Vera Connerly, 79, of 301 Sherwood Drive died at 1:40 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, 1995, at Hallmark Nursing Center in Pekin.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Preston-Hanley Funeral Home, Pekin Chapel. The Rev. John E. Plunkett will officiate. Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Creve Coeur Christian Church, of which she was a member.
She was born Sept. 27, 1915, in Washington County, KY., to John L. and Bertha Carter Lambert. She married Ray Bushong Oct 5, 1933, in Petersburg. He died in 1948. She married Theron Connerley Jan 11, 1961 in Creve Couer. He died in 1986.
One son, Gerald Bushong who died in Oct 1991, and one brother also preceded her in death.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Jack (Bonnie) Fryman and Wanda Bushong, both of Pekin;one step-daughter, Mrs Wayne (Elaine) Viegenbein of Pekin; two sons, Bobby Bushong of Pekin and Walter Bushong of Edwardsville; 22 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Myrttle Clark and Christine Shum, both of Delavan.
Mrs. Connerly was a nurse's aide at the Peoria State Hospital for 21 ½ years, retiring Jn 5, 1975.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Preston-Hanley Funeral Home, Pekin Chapel. The Rev. John E. Plunkett will officiate. Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Creve Coeur Christian Church, of which she was a member.
She was born Sept. 27, 1915, in Washington County, KY., to John L. and Bertha Carter Lambert. She married Ray Bushong Oct 5, 1933, in Petersburg. He died in 1948. She married Theron Connerley Jan 11, 1961 in Creve Couer. He died in 1986.
One son, Gerald Bushong who died in Oct 1991, and one brother also preceded her in death.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Jack (Bonnie) Fryman and Wanda Bushong, both of Pekin;one step-daughter, Mrs Wayne (Elaine) Viegenbein of Pekin; two sons, Bobby Bushong of Pekin and Walter Bushong of Edwardsville; 22 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Myrttle Clark and Christine Shum, both of Delavan.
Mrs. Connerly was a nurse's aide at the Peoria State Hospital for 21 ½ years, retiring Jn 5, 1975.
Vera Connerly, 79, of 301 Sherwood Drive died at 1:40 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, 1995, at Hallmark Nursing Center in Pekin.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Preston-Hanley Funeral Home, Pekin Chapel. The Rev. John E. Plunkett will officiate. Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Creve Coeur Christian Church, of which she was a member.
She was born Sept. 27, 1915, in Washington County, KY., to John L. and Bertha Carter Lambert. She married Ray Bushong Oct 5, 1933, in Petersburg. He died in 1948. She married Theron Connerley Jan 11, 1961 in Creve Couer. He died in 1986.
One son, Gerald Bushong who died in Oct 1991, and one brother also preceded her in death.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Jack (Bonnie) Fryman and Wanda Bushong, both of Pekin;one step-daughter, Mrs Wayne (Elaine) Viegenbein of Pekin; two sons, Bobby Bushong of Pekin and Walter Bushong of Edwardsville; 22 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Myrttle Clark and Christine Shum, both of Delavan.
Mrs. Connerly was a nurse's aide at the Peoria State Hospital for 21 ½ years, retiring Jn 5, 1975.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday at Preston-Hanley Funeral Home, Pekin Chapel. The Rev. John E. Plunkett will officiate. Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Creve Coeur Christian Church, of which she was a member.
She was born Sept. 27, 1915, in Washington County, KY., to John L. and Bertha Carter Lambert. She married Ray Bushong Oct 5, 1933, in Petersburg. He died in 1948. She married Theron Connerley Jan 11, 1961 in Creve Couer. He died in 1986.
One son, Gerald Bushong who died in Oct 1991, and one brother also preceded her in death.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Jack (Bonnie) Fryman and Wanda Bushong, both of Pekin;one step-daughter, Mrs Wayne (Elaine) Viegenbein of Pekin; two sons, Bobby Bushong of Pekin and Walter Bushong of Edwardsville; 22 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Myrttle Clark and Christine Shum, both of Delavan.
Mrs. Connerly was a nurse's aide at the Peoria State Hospital for 21 ½ years, retiring Jn 5, 1975.
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