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Dene Harris
Dene Harris, 76, of Pekin died
Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 5:25 a.m. at the Pekin Manor in Pekin.
Visitation will be on
Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City.
His funeral, with Nash Shawgo officiating,
will follow at 11:30 a.m.
Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery,
Mason City.
Mr. Harris was a World War II Navy veteran,
serving at Boston, Mass., and Guam on the USS Gyatt 712 out of
Norfolk, Va. He did two tours of Europe.
He retired from Corn Products in Pekin
after 31 years of employment.
He was born Aug. 24, 1926, in Butler,
Okla., to Nelson Harris and Mabel Easley. He married Joanne Kathleen
Butler in Maquon, Mo., on March 27, 1954.
Survivors are his wife; three brothers,
Gene Harris (his twin), Jack Easley and
Frank Root, all of Mason City; and four sisters, Audrey Johnson, Daisey Marcum, Alice Wagner
and Nadine
Anderson, all of Mason City.
He was preceded in death by an infant
daughter (stillborn).
Military rites will be provided by the
Mason City American Legion Post 496.
Memorials
may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Margaret 'Peg' Worth
Margaret "Peg" Worth
died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 3:30 a.m. at Memorial Medical Center
in Springfield.
A memorial service
will be at 1 p.m. March 29 at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in
Lincoln, with the Rev. Henry Cox officiating. Visitation will be an
hour before the service.
Burial of cremains
will be in Richmond Grove Cemetery, New Holland.
Mrs. Worth was
employed by the Illinois secretary of state for 34 years before she
retired in 1973. She lived in Springfield for many years before her
marriage, when she moved to New Holland.
She was born May 27,
1913, in Edinburg to Richard and Marie Driskell Lowe. She married
Glen Worth on Oct. 6, 1955, in Springfield.
Surviving are one
stepson, Thomas (and Jan) Worth of Lake in the Hills; a
stepgranddaughter, Lori (and Butch) Brown of Clarksville, Tenn.; two
step-great-grandsons; one sister, Nellie Rescho of Springfield; two
nieces, Linda (and Harold) Whitworth of Nashville and Patti Fricke
of Springfield; and several nephews.
She was preceded in
death by a stepson, Brem Worth, and a sister, Darliene Youngberg.
She was a member of
the First United Methodist Church of Middletown and the women's
organization of the church. She was also a member of the New Holland
Women's Club, The Oasis senior citizens of Lincoln, the Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and was a volunteer at the
hospital for many years,
She was a graduate of
Springfield High School and Illinois Business College.
Memorials may be made to First United
Methodist Church of Middletown.
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Mary Bridges
Mary Louise Bridges,
86, formerly of Atlanta, died Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 1:55 a.m.
at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln, where she had resided for the past
10 years.
A graveside service
will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Atlanta Cemetery.
There will be no
visitation.
Quiram Funeral Home
in Atlanta is handling arrangements.
Mrs. Bridges was a
homemaker, and she volunteered several years at Lincoln
Developmental Center as a foster grandparent.
She was born March 8,
1917, at Bridgeport, Ind., to Charles and Margaret Bethman Lamb. She
married Lloyd D. Patterson in 1939, and he died in 1966. She married
Robert Bridges in 1970, and he died in 1976.
Survivors are one
son, John Patterson of Lincoln, and one sister, Gerry Freehill of
Normal.
She was also preceded
in death by one son, one brother and one sister.
She was a member of
the Atlanta United Methodist Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to St.
Clara's Manor in Lincoln.
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