PEKIN -- Dorothy M. LeMasters, 90, formerly of 1266 Florence, Apt. G, died at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1999, at her daughter's home at 1310 Lincoln St.
Born Dec. 14, 1908, in Otsego, Mich., to Irvey and Etta Mudgett Keefer, she married Harvey LeMasters on Oct. 5, 1930, in Beardstown. He died May 18, 1991, in Pekin.
She also was preceded in death by two sons, Dale LeMasters and Robert LeMasters, three daughters, Virginia McGeehan, Gale LeMasters and Judith Ann LeMasters, four brothers and five sisters.
Surviving are one son, Dan of Pekin; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Darlene) Handegan of Pekin; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three stepgreat-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Keefer and Merle Keefer, both of Pekin, and one sister, LeAnn Schappaugh of San Antonio.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Woolsey Funeral Home in Pekin. The Rev. Judy Doyle will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 tonight and one hour before services, both at the chapel. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Silver Doors Fund at First United Methodist Church or Methodist Hospice.
January 20, 1999 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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Born Dec. 14, 1908, in Otsego, Mich., to Irvey and Etta Mudgett Keefer, she married Harvey LeMasters on Oct. 5, 1930, in Beardstown. He died May 18, 1991, in Pekin.
She also was preceded in death by two sons, Dale LeMasters and Robert LeMasters, three daughters, Virginia McGeehan, Gale LeMasters and Judith Ann LeMasters, four brothers and five sisters.
Surviving are one son, Dan of Pekin; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Darlene) Handegan of Pekin; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three stepgreat-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Keefer and Merle Keefer, both of Pekin, and one sister, LeAnn Schappaugh of San Antonio.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Woolsey Funeral Home in Pekin. The Rev. Judy Doyle will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 tonight and one hour before services, both at the chapel. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Silver Doors Fund at First United Methodist Church or Methodist Hospice.
January 20, 1999 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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PEKIN -- Dorothy M. LeMasters, 90, formerly of 1266 Florence, Apt. G, died at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1999, at her daughter's home at 1310 Lincoln St.
Born Dec. 14, 1908, in Otsego, Mich., to Irvey and Etta Mudgett Keefer, she married Harvey LeMasters on Oct. 5, 1930, in Beardstown. He died May 18, 1991, in Pekin.
She also was preceded in death by two sons, Dale LeMasters and Robert LeMasters, three daughters, Virginia McGeehan, Gale LeMasters and Judith Ann LeMasters, four brothers and five sisters.
Surviving are one son, Dan of Pekin; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Darlene) Handegan of Pekin; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three stepgreat-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Keefer and Merle Keefer, both of Pekin, and one sister, LeAnn Schappaugh of San Antonio.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Woolsey Funeral Home in Pekin. The Rev. Judy Doyle will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 tonight and one hour before services, both at the chapel. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Silver Doors Fund at First United Methodist Church or Methodist Hospice.
January 20, 1999 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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Born Dec. 14, 1908, in Otsego, Mich., to Irvey and Etta Mudgett Keefer, she married Harvey LeMasters on Oct. 5, 1930, in Beardstown. He died May 18, 1991, in Pekin.
She also was preceded in death by two sons, Dale LeMasters and Robert LeMasters, three daughters, Virginia McGeehan, Gale LeMasters and Judith Ann LeMasters, four brothers and five sisters.
Surviving are one son, Dan of Pekin; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Darlene) Handegan of Pekin; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three stepgreat-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Keefer and Merle Keefer, both of Pekin, and one sister, LeAnn Schappaugh of San Antonio.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Woolsey Funeral Home in Pekin. The Rev. Judy Doyle will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 tonight and one hour before services, both at the chapel. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Silver Doors Fund at First United Methodist Church or Methodist Hospice.
January 20, 1999 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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