GRIDLEY -- Carolyn K. Asper, 82, of 115 Boulder Drive, Gridley, died at 8:10 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 3, 2005) at Meadows Mennonite Nursing Home, rural Chenoa.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Church, Gridley, with the Revs. Jack Nicolay and Steve Estes officiating. Burial will be in Gridley Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home, El Paso, and at the church one hour before the service.
Carolyn was born Aug. 4, 1923, in Bloomington, a daughter of Ezra and Hester Adams Kuerth. She married John E. Asper on June 16, 1948, at her parents' home in rural Gridley. He survives.
Other survivors include her sister, Joan Widmer, Gridley; daughters, Gloria (Steve) Larson; Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and Mary Jo (Terry) Brewer, Ocklawaha, Fla.; and three grandsons, Kevin Larson, Bloomington, Ind.; Eric Larson, Fairfax, Va.; and Chad Brewer, Ocala, Fla.
Carolyn was a graduate of Gridley High School and Illinois State Normal University, receiving her master's degree in 1958. She taught at Wink Rural School near Fairbury, Prairie Valley Rural School near Gridley, Gibson City High School and Central School and Lincoln School, both in Pontiac. She spent her last 23 years of her teaching career at Gridley, beginning as a third-grade teacher, and later establishing and directing the school's centralized learning center for grades K-8. She retired in 1982.
Quilting, crocheting, gardening and reading occupied much of her free time. Carolyn led the Waldo Will-Do 4-H Club in Livingston County for nine years and assisted with Girl Scout camp-outs.
She was a member of the First United Church, Gridley.
In celebration of Carolyn's life, memorials may be made to the First United Church, Gridley building fund or Meadows Mennonite Nursing Home, rural Chenoa.
(The Pantagraph)
GRIDLEY -- Carolyn K. Asper, 82, of 115 Boulder Drive, Gridley, died at 8:10 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 3, 2005) at Meadows Mennonite Nursing Home, rural Chenoa.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Church, Gridley, with the Revs. Jack Nicolay and Steve Estes officiating. Burial will be in Gridley Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home, El Paso, and at the church one hour before the service.
Carolyn was born Aug. 4, 1923, in Bloomington, a daughter of Ezra and Hester Adams Kuerth. She married John E. Asper on June 16, 1948, at her parents' home in rural Gridley. He survives.
Other survivors include her sister, Joan Widmer, Gridley; daughters, Gloria (Steve) Larson; Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and Mary Jo (Terry) Brewer, Ocklawaha, Fla.; and three grandsons, Kevin Larson, Bloomington, Ind.; Eric Larson, Fairfax, Va.; and Chad Brewer, Ocala, Fla.
Carolyn was a graduate of Gridley High School and Illinois State Normal University, receiving her master's degree in 1958. She taught at Wink Rural School near Fairbury, Prairie Valley Rural School near Gridley, Gibson City High School and Central School and Lincoln School, both in Pontiac. She spent her last 23 years of her teaching career at Gridley, beginning as a third-grade teacher, and later establishing and directing the school's centralized learning center for grades K-8. She retired in 1982.
Quilting, crocheting, gardening and reading occupied much of her free time. Carolyn led the Waldo Will-Do 4-H Club in Livingston County for nine years and assisted with Girl Scout camp-outs.
She was a member of the First United Church, Gridley.
In celebration of Carolyn's life, memorials may be made to the First United Church, Gridley building fund or Meadows Mennonite Nursing Home, rural Chenoa.
(The Pantagraph)
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