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Service:
11 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 2022, at Irish Grove
Cemetery in Middletown
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
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Obituary
Yvonne Kay (Harp) Cheek, 71, of
Lincoln, passed away August 22, 2022, at her home
surrounded by her loving family.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday,
August 27, 2022, at Irish Grove Cemetery in
Middletown, IL. Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
is assisting the family.
Yvonne was born January 26, 1951, in Pekin, IL., the
daughter of James and Wilma (Stone) Harp. She was a
1969 graduate of San Jose High School. She married
Mark Allen Cheek on September 10, 1969, in Palmyra,
MO. and was fiercely loyal to him for 53 years.
Mrs. Cheek retired from Lehn and Fink in Lincoln,
IL. During her retirement she enjoyed lending an ear
to her boys and always being there for them. She
enjoyed playing Bingo and visiting with anyone, she
did not know a stranger. Yvonne greeted everyone
with open arms and an infectious smile.
Being raised a farmer's daughter, she was an
accomplished cook and was well known for many
recipes, but most of all her cheery cheesecakes.
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She is survived by her husband Mark, children: Chad Allen Cheek
of Hartsburg, Jason Michael Burkhart, whom she always considered one of her own,
of Hartsburg, and Joshua Kyle Cheek (Shelli) of Lincoln; and special grandson
Tanner Michael Cheek also of Lincoln.
She was preceded in death by a son James Albert Cheek, a daughter Amy Lynn
Cheek, her parents, sister Loretta Harp-Jones, and brothers Dallas, Richard, and
Marvin Harp.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Huntington's Disease
Clinical and Research Fund
https://secure.jhu.edu/form/
Huntingtonsdisease
or to Logan County Animal Rescue.
Memorials for Logan County Animal Rescue will be accepted at the funeral home,
mailed to LAR 750 Prairie St. Lincoln, IL 62656 or by calling Kelly Cale at
21-735-2105.
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