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Leona Bakken

[March 07, 2011]  KENNEY -- Leona M. Bakken, 83, of Kenney, died Friday, March 4, 2011, at 10:32 p.m. at Liberty Village Nursing Home in Clinton.

Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at Peasley Funeral Home, 401 Delavan St. in Lincoln. Prior to the visitation, there will be a rosary service at 4:45 p.m.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at noon Friday, March 11, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 502 N. Monroe St. in Clinton, with the Rev. James P. Henning, OFM Conv., officiating. There will also be visitation for an hour prior to the service at the church.

Cremation rites will be accorded following the funeral service.

Mrs. Bakken was a school bus driver for the Beason School District for many years.

Leona Marguerite Theresa Fleck was born Sept. 25, 1927, in Buffalo. Her parents were Lambert Peter Fleck Sr. and Helena Marie Burg Fleck. She married Peter H. Bakken Sr. on April 7, 1951, in DeKalb.

She is survived by her husband; their children, Leonard (and Rita) Bakken of Lincoln, Teresa (and Mike) Shafiabady of Kankakee, Peter (and Denise) Bakken Jr. of Shabbona, Charles (and Jeannine) Bakken of Beason, Kenneth (and Becky) Bakken of Bethalto and Roger (and Jeannie) Bakken of Lincoln; 17 grandchildren;  two stepgrandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Helen Steele of Buffalo and Cecelia Peters of New Berlin; and two brothers, George Fleck Sr. and Fred Fleck Sr., both of Riverton.

She was preceded in death by one granddaughter, two great-grandchildren, four brothers and four sisters.

Mrs. Bakken was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Lincoln and attended St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Clinton.

She was an avid gardener.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research for cancer.  

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