Obit: Betty Jane Calvert nee Church
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Obit: Betty Jane Calvert nee Church
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Posted: 3 Jun 2009 1:00PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Calvert, Nickerson, Church, Schuette, Skaggs, McGuffin, Brown, McNealy, Herlein, Curry, Belknap, Roth
QUINCY, Ill. -- Betty Jane Calvert, 79, of 6807 Horseshoe Valley Road, Quincy, died Friday, Oct. 10, 2003, at the North Adams Nursing Home, Mendon, Ill.
Services were at the Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home. Burial was at Sunset Cemetery at the Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy.
Memorials may be made to the Blessing Foundation for Hospice or the Veterans of Foreign Wars Activity Fund at the Illinois Veterans Home.
Mrs. Calvert was born Feb. 24, 1924, in Muscatine, the daughter of James Ray and Lola Nickerson Church. She married Virgil L. Calvert Dec. 31, 1941, in Kahoka, Mo.
She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She enjoyed playing the piano and listening to gospel music. She loved to read, grow flowers, do crafts and crossword puzzles. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, devoted to her family.
Survivors include her husband; five daughters, Linda Schuette and husband Kent of Quincy, Bonnie Skaggs and husband Dave of Sarasota, Fla., Joni McGuffin and husband Glen and Diana Calvert, all of Mendon, and Cindy Brown and husband Richard of Schaumburg, Ill.; five sons, Virgil Calvert Jr. and wife Barbara of Pekin, Ill., Dennis Calvert and wife Connie and Jim Calvert and wife Vicki, all of Quincy, Brian Calvert of Independence, Mo., and John Calvert of Sarasota; 25 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; five sisters, Ramona McNealy of Las Vegas, Shirley Herlein and husband Bob, Yvonne Curry, Myrle Belknap and husband Chuck and Mary Roth, all of Muscatine; four brothers, David Church and wife Kay, Harry Church, Albert Church and wife Pat and Frank Church and wife Chris, all of Muscatine; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Lysle Calvert; a grandson, Gary Calvert; her stepmother, Evelyn Church; and two brothers, Jim Church and Kenneth Church.
Services were at the Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home. Burial was at Sunset Cemetery at the Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy.
Memorials may be made to the Blessing Foundation for Hospice or the Veterans of Foreign Wars Activity Fund at the Illinois Veterans Home.
Mrs. Calvert was born Feb. 24, 1924, in Muscatine, the daughter of James Ray and Lola Nickerson Church. She married Virgil L. Calvert Dec. 31, 1941, in Kahoka, Mo.
She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She enjoyed playing the piano and listening to gospel music. She loved to read, grow flowers, do crafts and crossword puzzles. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, devoted to her family.
Survivors include her husband; five daughters, Linda Schuette and husband Kent of Quincy, Bonnie Skaggs and husband Dave of Sarasota, Fla., Joni McGuffin and husband Glen and Diana Calvert, all of Mendon, and Cindy Brown and husband Richard of Schaumburg, Ill.; five sons, Virgil Calvert Jr. and wife Barbara of Pekin, Ill., Dennis Calvert and wife Connie and Jim Calvert and wife Vicki, all of Quincy, Brian Calvert of Independence, Mo., and John Calvert of Sarasota; 25 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; five sisters, Ramona McNealy of Las Vegas, Shirley Herlein and husband Bob, Yvonne Curry, Myrle Belknap and husband Chuck and Mary Roth, all of Muscatine; four brothers, David Church and wife Kay, Harry Church, Albert Church and wife Pat and Frank Church and wife Chris, all of Muscatine; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Lysle Calvert; a grandson, Gary Calvert; her stepmother, Evelyn Church; and two brothers, Jim Church and Kenneth Church.