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Anita Bingham

[October 11, 2011]  LINCOLN -- A graveside service for Anita Jane Dix Bingham, 91, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Cemetery.

A former longtime Lincoln resident, she died Oct. 3, 2011, at her home in Rome, Ga.

Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Bingham enjoyed a successful professional career as a business owner and served as the director of the Foster Grandparent program at Lincoln Developmental Center for over 20 years. She was a devoted mother to her three sons and caregiver to her grandchildren.

She was born Feb. 13, 1920, in Berwyn.

She is survived by three sons, Ken Bingham and his wife, Sue, of Rome, Ga., Jack Bingham of Phoenix, Ariz., and Jerry Bingham and his wife, Susanna, of Louisville, Ky.; grandchildren Wendy Bingham Smith, Mark Bingham, Christopher Bingham, Laura Bingham Bell, Susan (Mandy) Bingham Lombness, Christine Bingham, David Bingham, Eric Bingham and Katrina Bingham; 10 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, John Dix and Anna Kopecky; her husband, Vere LaMont Bingham; and all of her siblings.  

The family respectfully requests no floral contributions. To honor Mrs. Bingham's advocacy of children with developmental disabilities, memorials may be made to Central Illinois Service Access, Inc., 101 Madigan Drive, Lincoln, IL  62656.

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