Rosemary LaForge Apel, 86, of Lincoln, passed away December 02, 2009 at her residence.
Rosemary was born September 22, 1923 in Burtonview, IL, the daughter of Dorcus and Bessie (Gallagher) LaForge. She married Harold Apel on December 23, 1945 at the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln, IL. He preceded her in death on April 27, 2009.
Mrs. Apel was the Sunday School secretary for Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln for many years. She was a charter member of Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln and served with the Dorcas Guild of the church. She was involved with Vacation Bible School and Sunday School at the church also.
She graduated from Fairland School in Burtonview and from New Holland High School. She received a degree in Vocal Music from Lincoln College. After graduation she taught at Musick School in Lincoln, a one room school for grades K-8. During the summer, while she was teaching, she was employed at State Bank of Lincoln.
She was the treasurer for logan County C.R.O.P. for many years, a member and officer of the Oran Township Home Bureau, and was co-leader of the Cloverdale 4-H club.
Above all else she was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed baking and sharing those treats with the people she cared for. Baking was her language of love.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Rosemary was born September 22, 1923 in Burtonview, IL, the daughter of Dorcus and Bessie (Gallagher) LaForge. She married Harold Apel on December 23, 1945 at the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln, IL. He preceded her in death on April 27, 2009.
Mrs. Apel was the Sunday School secretary for Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln for many years. She was a charter member of Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln and served with the Dorcas Guild of the church. She was involved with Vacation Bible School and Sunday School at the church also.
She graduated from Fairland School in Burtonview and from New Holland High School. She received a degree in Vocal Music from Lincoln College. After graduation she taught at Musick School in Lincoln, a one room school for grades K-8. During the summer, while she was teaching, she was employed at State Bank of Lincoln.
She was the treasurer for logan County C.R.O.P. for many years, a member and officer of the Oran Township Home Bureau, and was co-leader of the Cloverdale 4-H club.
Above all else she was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed baking and sharing those treats with the people she cared for. Baking was her language of love.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Rosemary LaForge Apel, 86, of Lincoln, passed away December 02, 2009 at her residence.
Rosemary was born September 22, 1923 in Burtonview, IL, the daughter of Dorcus and Bessie (Gallagher) LaForge. She married Harold Apel on December 23, 1945 at the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln, IL. He preceded her in death on April 27, 2009.
Mrs. Apel was the Sunday School secretary for Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln for many years. She was a charter member of Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln and served with the Dorcas Guild of the church. She was involved with Vacation Bible School and Sunday School at the church also.
She graduated from Fairland School in Burtonview and from New Holland High School. She received a degree in Vocal Music from Lincoln College. After graduation she taught at Musick School in Lincoln, a one room school for grades K-8. During the summer, while she was teaching, she was employed at State Bank of Lincoln.
She was the treasurer for logan County C.R.O.P. for many years, a member and officer of the Oran Township Home Bureau, and was co-leader of the Cloverdale 4-H club.
Above all else she was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed baking and sharing those treats with the people she cared for. Baking was her language of love.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Rosemary was born September 22, 1923 in Burtonview, IL, the daughter of Dorcus and Bessie (Gallagher) LaForge. She married Harold Apel on December 23, 1945 at the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln, IL. He preceded her in death on April 27, 2009.
Mrs. Apel was the Sunday School secretary for Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln for many years. She was a charter member of Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln and served with the Dorcas Guild of the church. She was involved with Vacation Bible School and Sunday School at the church also.
She graduated from Fairland School in Burtonview and from New Holland High School. She received a degree in Vocal Music from Lincoln College. After graduation she taught at Musick School in Lincoln, a one room school for grades K-8. During the summer, while she was teaching, she was employed at State Bank of Lincoln.
She was the treasurer for logan County C.R.O.P. for many years, a member and officer of the Oran Township Home Bureau, and was co-leader of the Cloverdale 4-H club.
Above all else she was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed baking and sharing those treats with the people she cared for. Baking was her language of love.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
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