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Loretta Ahlstrom
[October
01, 2013]
McLEAN -- Loretta Zimmerman Ahlstrom, 83, of
McLean, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. at the Bloomington
Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, Bloomington.
(Below is a copy of
the obituary from the funeral home.)
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McLean – Loretta Zimmerman Ahlstrom, 83, of McLean,
passed away at the Bloomington Rehabilitation and
Health Care Center in Bloomington on Monday,
September 30, 2013.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Ahlstrom will be held on
Thursday, October 3, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at the
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta. Pastor Brian
Goke will officiate.
Visitation for Loretta will be held from 5:00 p.m.
until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at
the Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta and for
one hour prior to the service on Thursday.
Burial will be in the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery in
Wenona, Ill.
Loretta Mae Zimmerman was born on July 10, 1930, in
Washington, Ill., the daughter of Daniel and Luella
Schantz Zimmerman. She married Leland "Pete"
Ahlstrom on August 15, 1970. He preceded her in
death on July 14, 1997.
Surviving Loretta are her children: Mardell (Kevin)
Bottles and Howard (Alka) Ahlstrom, both of McLean;
grandchildren: Dustin (Barbie) Bottles and Justin
(fiancé Jody Alberts) Bottles; seven
great-grandchildren; three sisters: Kathleen (David)
Kaufmann of Danvers, Aldine (Lloyd) Combs of Normal,
Verna Ruth Zimmerman of Normal, and one brother:
Eldon Zimmerman of Homewood, Alabama; and several
nieces and nephews
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Mrs. Ahlstrom was preceded in death by her husband;
one brother, Marvin Zimmerman; one grandson, Michael
Bottles; and one great-grandson, Brayden Bottles.
Loretta was a member of St. John's Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Bloomington and the American
Legion Auxiliary #573 in McLean. She had worked at
OSF St. Joseph Hospital as an Aide. Loretta was an
avid bowler and reader, and loved traveling to visit
family and friends.
Loretta's family would like to thank the staff of
Bloomington Rehab and Health Care Center for the
care that their mother/sister received while a
resident.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Hope Funk's Grove Fire
Department, McLean; Bloomington Rehab. Activity
Dept. or St. John's Lutheran Church Caregivers.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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