Ethel Juanita Oest, 76, of 287 South Street, Pekin, IL, died at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, August 10, 2003, at her home.
She was born Feb 28, 1927, in Chandlerville to John Henry and Sarah Adeline Friend McCaulley.
Surviving are one daughter, Sharyn (and Albert) Cochran of Pekin; one brother, Richard "Bill" (and Jeanette) McCaulley of East Peoria; and two sisters, Alsace "Lorraine" Blanch of Peoria, IL and Marjorie "Darlene" (and John) Hess of Moberly, MO.
She was preceded in death by two brothers.
She last worked for Proctor Hospital in Peoria for 15 years and Kmart in Pekin for 9 years, retiring from both in 1992. Prior to that, she worked for Ideal Troy Cleaners and Launderers in Peoria for 35 years.
She attended First Church of the Nazarene in Pekin.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
August 12, 2003 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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A poem on Juanita's memory card:
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
in this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! But Jesus' love illumined
every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus' arm to lean on
could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth -
You shall rest in Jesus' land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!
She was born Feb 28, 1927, in Chandlerville to John Henry and Sarah Adeline Friend McCaulley.
Surviving are one daughter, Sharyn (and Albert) Cochran of Pekin; one brother, Richard "Bill" (and Jeanette) McCaulley of East Peoria; and two sisters, Alsace "Lorraine" Blanch of Peoria, IL and Marjorie "Darlene" (and John) Hess of Moberly, MO.
She was preceded in death by two brothers.
She last worked for Proctor Hospital in Peoria for 15 years and Kmart in Pekin for 9 years, retiring from both in 1992. Prior to that, she worked for Ideal Troy Cleaners and Launderers in Peoria for 35 years.
She attended First Church of the Nazarene in Pekin.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
August 12, 2003 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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A poem on Juanita's memory card:
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
in this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! But Jesus' love illumined
every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus' arm to lean on
could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth -
You shall rest in Jesus' land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!
Ethel Juanita Oest, 76, of 287 South Street, Pekin, IL, died at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, August 10, 2003, at her home.
She was born Feb 28, 1927, in Chandlerville to John Henry and Sarah Adeline Friend McCaulley.
Surviving are one daughter, Sharyn (and Albert) Cochran of Pekin; one brother, Richard "Bill" (and Jeanette) McCaulley of East Peoria; and two sisters, Alsace "Lorraine" Blanch of Peoria, IL and Marjorie "Darlene" (and John) Hess of Moberly, MO.
She was preceded in death by two brothers.
She last worked for Proctor Hospital in Peoria for 15 years and Kmart in Pekin for 9 years, retiring from both in 1992. Prior to that, she worked for Ideal Troy Cleaners and Launderers in Peoria for 35 years.
She attended First Church of the Nazarene in Pekin.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
August 12, 2003 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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A poem on Juanita's memory card:
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
in this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! But Jesus' love illumined
every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus' arm to lean on
could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth -
You shall rest in Jesus' land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!
She was born Feb 28, 1927, in Chandlerville to John Henry and Sarah Adeline Friend McCaulley.
Surviving are one daughter, Sharyn (and Albert) Cochran of Pekin; one brother, Richard "Bill" (and Jeanette) McCaulley of East Peoria; and two sisters, Alsace "Lorraine" Blanch of Peoria, IL and Marjorie "Darlene" (and John) Hess of Moberly, MO.
She was preceded in death by two brothers.
She last worked for Proctor Hospital in Peoria for 15 years and Kmart in Pekin for 9 years, retiring from both in 1992. Prior to that, she worked for Ideal Troy Cleaners and Launderers in Peoria for 35 years.
She attended First Church of the Nazarene in Pekin.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
August 12, 2003 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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A poem on Juanita's memory card:
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
in this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! But Jesus' love illumined
every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus' arm to lean on
could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth -
You shall rest in Jesus' land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!
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