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Service:
11 a.m. Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at St. John’s
Lutheran Church in rural Green Valley
Funeral home:
Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory, 500 North
4th Street, Pekin
Obituary
Helen Louise Leesman, 88, of Lincoln,
passed away at 9:20 p.m. Sunday, September 30, 2018
at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. She
was formerly of Hartsburg.
Born November 25, 1929 in Beason to Abshure H. and
Frances L. (Wilson) Rogers, she married Lawrence
Joseph Leesman on September 25, 1949 in Beason. He
died February 19, 1981. She was also preceded in
death by her parents; one sister, Mary Pushala; and
five brothers, Baxter Rogers, George Rogers, Paul
Rogers, William Rogers, and one in infancy.
Surviving are two sons, Rick (Amy) Leesman of Pekin
and Randy (Linda) Leesman of Port St. Lucie,
Florida; two grandchildren, Scott (Nikki) Leesman of
East Peoria and Joseph Leesman of Pekin; one
brother, Robert (Doris) Rogers of Lincoln; and two
sisters, Shirley (Darrell) Brown of Apache Junction,
Arizona and Kay Boyd of New York.
Helen worked at Stetson China Company in Lincoln as
a painter and later for Lehn and Fink Company in
Lincoln for over 30 years.
She was a member of St. John’s (Sand Prairie)
Lutheran Church in rural Green Valley and a former
member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hartsburg.
Helen was a talented painter and enjoyed playing
pinochle and bingo.
Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday,
October 16, 2018 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in
rural Green Valley. Pastor Chris Sansom and DCE Bill
Krueger will officiate. There will be no visitation.
Inurnment will be at Hartsburg Union Cemetery in
Hartsburg. |
Arrangements are by Preston-Hanley Funeral
Homes & Crematory in Pekin.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to
the American Cancer Society, 4234 North Knoxville Avenue,
Peoria, IL 61614.
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www.preston-hanley.com |
