Wanda L McCleary

Wanda L. McCleary ALEDO, Illinois -- Wanda L. McCleary, 76, of Aledo, died on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family. Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 3, 2014, at the Fippinger Funeral Home in Aledo. Burial will take place in Peniel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 until 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2014, at the funeral home. Memorials may be left to Erika Kate Hope Alliance or the Heartland Hospice Memorial Fund. Wanda was born on June 8, 1938, in rural Joy, the daughter of Ernest and Pearl Adams Sheese. She graduated from Joy High School in 1956. On November 10, 1956, she married Howard "Hap" McCleary at the Joy Methodist Church. Wanda was a homemaker and assisted in the operation of the family farm. She had a gift of hospitality and used it to bless the Village of Joy community. Wanda thoroughly enjoyed helping others and putting their needs and desires before her own. She had a very strong faith and love of God. She was a former 4H leader and a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed flower gardening and spending time with her family and granddaughters. Survivors include her husband,...[more]

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p McCleary; one daughter, Sherie Keller and husband, Dan, of Muscatine, Iowa; two sons, Dennis McCleary of Aledo, and David McCleary of Iowa City, Iowa; two granddaughters, Erica Hoopes and husband, Sam, and Maggie Johnston, all of Muscatine, Iowa; two step-granddaughters, Kearstyn Wacker and Kourtney Fox, both of Muscatine, Iowa; step-great-grandchildren, Kody, Noah, Allyson and Alivia, all of Muscatine; four sisters, Ernestine King of Aledo, Berni Efnor and husband, Darrel, of Bradford, Martha King and husband, Aubrey, of New Boston, and Diana Fullerton and husband, Denny, of Keithsburg; and several nieces and nephews.