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Geneva Irene Douglas, 85, of
Lincoln, passed away January 1, 2025 at Memorial
Medical Center, Springfield.
Cremation rites have been accorded by Holland Barry
& Bennett Funeral Home.
Geneva was born April29, 2939, in Middletown, IL.,
the daughter of Chester Foley Sr. and Ollie Foley.
She married Virgil Douglas on December 6, 1958 in
Joliet, IL. They were married for 59 years before
his passing on January 1, 2017.
Geneva was employed as an LPN and worked for over 40
years at ALMH/Memorial Health on the ICU and kidney
dialysis units. She loved caring for her patients
and always let you know what was on her mind. She
loved her family dearly and enjoyed spending time
with them. She also enjoyed walking, playing slot
machines, word search puzzles, and watching college
basketball (especially Kansas Jayhawks and Bill Self
and Fighting Illini). She will be greatly missed by
her family and friends.
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Survivors include her daughter Sherry (John) Schonauer;
grandchildren: Dewey Winkel, Andrew Schonauer, Louie (Natalie) Schonauer, Alex
Schonauer, Tiffany (Paul) Johnson, and Britney (Chris Crawley) Foley; great
grandchildren: Shyanne Foley, Carson Newell, Paisley Newell, Taylor Newell, and
Brooks Schonauer; nieces and nephews who were always there to lend a helping
hand: Sandy (Gary) Wampler, Sylvia (Dale) Wampler, Chuck (Joyce) Kirk, and Jerry
Lowman.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sons Dwayne J.
Foley and Victor L. Douglas, grandson Timothy D. Foley, brothers Paul Foley and
Chester Foley Jr., and sister Joyce Robinson.
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