WELCOME TO THE LEE COUNTY ILLINOIS OBITUARIES  LENA M. (WOESSNER) GILBERT
, 102, of Franklin Grove, died on Wednesday, May 30, 2007at Franklin Grove Nursing Center in Franklin Grove. She farmed with her husband in the Dixon and Amboy area for many years.
Lena was born, June 5, 1904, the daughter of John and Caroline (Bort) Woessner. She married Waldron Gilbert on February 8, 1928, in Sterling, Illinois. He preceded her in death on December 5, 1984. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Dixon.
Survivors include, one son, Kenneth Gilbert, Dixon; two daughters, Doris (Martin) Ebert, Ashton, and Joyce Bothe, Amboy; seven grandchildren, Larry (Aneda) Ebert, Randy (Sandy) Ebert, Susan (Mark) Buchanan, Joe (Robin) Bothe, John (Michelle) Bothe, Pat Morris, and Gary (Sheree) Moris; fourteen great-grandchildren, four great-great grandchildren and several step-great and step great-great grandchildren.
Lena was preceded in death by two daughters, Jean Morris and Shirley, in infancy; four brothers, Clarence, John, Carl, and Walter Woessner; two sisters, Edna Hammelman and Edith Fassler; two sons-in-law, Howard Bothe and Robert Morris; and one daughter-in-law, Virginia Gilbert.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 4, 2007, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Dixon, with the Rev. Robert L. Hansen, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Palmyra Cemetery, Dixon. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Preston-Schilling Funeral Home, Dixon, with the family present from 2-4:00 p.m. and 6-8:00 p.m. and Monday from 9:30 until time of service at the church.
Memorials have been established to the Franklin Grove Nursing Center and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Dixon.
MEVELENE (JACKSON) GOOD
, 73, of Oregon died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, in Polo Health Care Center. She was born April 25, 1935, in Spruce Pine, Ala., the daughter of Delmus and Geneva Cofield Jackson. She married Harold Good Jr. on Jan. 26, 1951, in Oregon; he died in 1996. Mev was a waitress at Charlie's in Byron for many years. She enjoyed Bingo, gardening, flowers and crocheting. She is survived by daughters, Sherry Hartzell of Franklin, Joyce (Randy) Pederson of Byron and Vickie (Fred) Kelchner of Mount Morris; grandchildren, Janelle Strite, Brent Hartzell, Tony Pederson, Alyssa Pederson, Jean Ann Bennett and Michael Ludwick; seven great-grand-children; sister, Syble Copeland of Oregon; brother, Curtis Jackson of Rockford; and special sister-in-law, Sharon Good. Predeceased also by parents; son, Harold Eugene "Punk" Good; and grandson, Stephen Hartzell. Service at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, in Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home, 110 S. Seventh St., Oregon, with Pastor John Guthrie, East Oregon Church of God, officiating. Burial in Chapel Hill Gardens, Dixon. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, in the funeral home. Memorials to Heartland Home Nursing or Ogle County Hospice would be appreciated. For more information, visit farrellhollandgale.com. Published in the rrstar.com from 5/22/2008 - 5/28/2008.
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