Bernadine Mae Orton, 85, of 4 Dirksen Court died Friday, May 15, 1998, at Beechwood Health Care Center.
Born March 18, 1913, in Emden to Joseph and Caroline Block Creager, she married Walter Kuecks in 1931 in Pekin. He died in 1953. She married Gordon D. Orton on Sept. 4, 1961, in Pekin. He died in 1986. One brother, one sister, one half brother and two half sisters also preceded her in death.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. John (Rosemary) Eggena of Pekin; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was a table lady at American Distilling Co. in Pekin.
She was a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin, its Corona Circle, Victoria White Shrine in Pekin and Order of the Eastern Star, Celestial City Chapter 333.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
Peoria Journal Star - May 16, 1998.
Obituary provided by Stephen Cantrell.
Born March 18, 1913, in Emden to Joseph and Caroline Block Creager, she married Walter Kuecks in 1931 in Pekin. He died in 1953. She married Gordon D. Orton on Sept. 4, 1961, in Pekin. He died in 1986. One brother, one sister, one half brother and two half sisters also preceded her in death.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. John (Rosemary) Eggena of Pekin; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was a table lady at American Distilling Co. in Pekin.
She was a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin, its Corona Circle, Victoria White Shrine in Pekin and Order of the Eastern Star, Celestial City Chapter 333.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
Peoria Journal Star - May 16, 1998.
Obituary provided by Stephen Cantrell.
Bernadine Mae Orton, 85, of 4 Dirksen Court died Friday, May 15, 1998, at Beechwood Health Care Center.
Born March 18, 1913, in Emden to Joseph and Caroline Block Creager, she married Walter Kuecks in 1931 in Pekin. He died in 1953. She married Gordon D. Orton on Sept. 4, 1961, in Pekin. He died in 1986. One brother, one sister, one half brother and two half sisters also preceded her in death.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. John (Rosemary) Eggena of Pekin; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was a table lady at American Distilling Co. in Pekin.
She was a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin, its Corona Circle, Victoria White Shrine in Pekin and Order of the Eastern Star, Celestial City Chapter 333.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
Peoria Journal Star - May 16, 1998.
Obituary provided by Stephen Cantrell.
Born March 18, 1913, in Emden to Joseph and Caroline Block Creager, she married Walter Kuecks in 1931 in Pekin. He died in 1953. She married Gordon D. Orton on Sept. 4, 1961, in Pekin. He died in 1986. One brother, one sister, one half brother and two half sisters also preceded her in death.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. John (Rosemary) Eggena of Pekin; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was a table lady at American Distilling Co. in Pekin.
She was a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin, its Corona Circle, Victoria White Shrine in Pekin and Order of the Eastern Star, Celestial City Chapter 333.
Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.
Peoria Journal Star - May 16, 1998.
Obituary provided by Stephen Cantrell.
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