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Gerlyn B. “Jeri” Moriearty

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[May 16, 2016]  LINCOLN - Gerlyn B. “Jeri” Moriearty, 71, of Lincoln, passed away on April 1, 2016 surrounded by her loving family at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.

Celebration of Life:   5:00p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Lincoln Christian Church.

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln    Mount Pulaski

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Gerlyn B. “Jeri” Moriearty, 71, of Lincoln, passed away on April 1, 2016 surrounded by her loving family at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.

Jeri was born August 1, 1944 in Greenview, the daughter of Bus and Faye (Boyer) Wolstenholme. She married Michael Moriearty on May 16, 1965 in Lincoln; he survives.

Also surviving Jeri are her children, Doug (Kandy) Moriearty and Michelle Moriearty; her brother, Terry (Linda) Leslie; her sister, Barb (Gary) Anderson; her sister-in-law, Kay Leslie; her grandchildren, Jessica (Daniel) Benedict, Ryan (Lauren) Moriearty, Nate (Haley) Brandt, Nolan Moriearty; her great-granddaughter, Adi Benedict; and her nieces and nephews of which there are too many to mention. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her brother Jim.

 

Jeri loved to play card games with her friends and family she was also a collector of holiday greeting cards; especially Christmas. Jeri loved the Christmas season, she loved it because she would be surrounded by her family, and because Jeri was born to shop. Above all else, Jeri loved her family and she will be greatly missed by anyone fortunate enough to have known her.

A Celebration of Jeri’s life will be held at 5:00p.m. On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Lincoln Christian Church. Arrangements have been entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home Lincoln, IL. Memorial donations may be made in Jeri’s name to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

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