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Mabel Park

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[December 06, 2014]  WAYNESVILLE - Mabel Park, 97, of Waynesville, passed away at 8:01 p.m. Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at her home.

Service: Graveside services will be held on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Wiley Cemetery in Colfax

Funeral home: Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of Atlanta

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Mabel Park, 97, of Waynesville, passed away at 8:01 p.m. Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at her home.

Graveside services for Mrs. Park will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at Wiley Cemetery in Colfax. Mr. Tony Billingsley will officiate.

Mabel Meeks was born November 2, 1917, in Anchor, Ill., the daughter of Harley and Hansiene Peek Meeks. She married Philip Park on December 25, 1935, in Colfax. He preceded her in death on April 2, 1963.

Mabel is survived by her daughters: Phyllis Granacher of Waynesville and Mabel Houchens of Ellsworth; five grandchildren: Rory Houchens of Ellsworth, Lisa Smith of LeRoy, Leslie Houchens of Bloomington, Laurie (Thomas) Sanders and Page (Douglas) Wood, both of Normal; five great-grandchildren: Rachel (Michael) Lockett of Minnesota, Louis (Becky) Sanders of Normal, Elizabeth (Marcus) Deeker of New York, Taylor Sanders of Kentucky and Jeffrey Smith of Ellsworth; seven great-great-grandchildren: Michael, Emma and Evelynn Lockett; Matthew Sanders; and Teagan, Ashlin and Callan Decker; five sisters: Rosemary Woodward and Ina Westerfield of Fairbury, Olive Riggs of Quincy, Nellie Johansen of Champaign and Bevelyn Arahood of Virginia and one brother-in-law: Robert Lawrence of Fairbury.

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She was preceded in death by three brothers: Otto, Clarence and Roscoe Meeks and two sisters: Agnes Phillips and Inez Lawrence.

Mabel was a 1935 graduate of Colfax High School where she earned the honor of Salutatorian of her graduating class. She worked for State Farm Life Insurance Company for 23 years as a re-insurance accounting clerk and retired in 1982. She was a member of Grace Methodist Church of Bloomington. She graced many homes with her beautiful crochet, macramé, embroidery and sewing.

Memorials may be made to McLean County Humane Society or Living Hope Christian Church in Downs.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of Atlanta.

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