"Florence: We still miss you and your sister from the Waterbugs. Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one?s gone. Those we love can never be more that a thought apart. For as long there is a memory, they?ll live on in our hearts. - Author Unknown"
In loving memory of
Dorothy Lavery
May 22, 2013
Dorothy May Lavery, age 89 of 2023 Cherry Lane Estates North, formerly of 2625 Cherry, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 1:22 p.m. in Blessing Hospital.
She was born January 29, 1924 in Quincy, Illinois, the daughter of Matthew George and Sophia Schroeder Lavery.
She graduate from Quincy High School in 1942 and attended the Art Institute in Chicago. She retired in 1980 after 35 years as a telephone operator with Illinois Bell. Miss Lavery was a member of the Quincy Federation of Lutheran Women, the Great River Genealogy Society, the Quincy Historical Society, the Quincy Art Center, Quincy Preserves, Great River Water Color Society, Big River Carvers, the German Village Society and the Silver Liners (line dancing). She was a former member of the Lutheran Church of St. John and a charter member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Survivors include her sister Florence Lavery of Quincy; 5 cousins, Ruth Heckenkamp and Georgann Oppie, Joe Weibring and his wife Sandy, and Margie Boden and her husband James all of Quincy, and Alice Bender and her husband Bill of Omaha, NE; 2 God children, Cathy Phillips Mohn and her husband Gerald of Cary, NC, and Jay Maynard and his wife Kendra of Quincy; and many other cousins and good friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Services: 10:00 am Saturday (May 25, 2013) at Hansen-Spear Funeral Home with Rev. Martin Eden officiating.
Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois
Visitation: 4:00 to 6:00 pm Friday (May 24, 2013) at Hansen-Spear Funeral Home.
Memorials: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church or Good Samaritan Home
Website: www.hansenspear.com
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.
Tributes
"Florence, Larry and I are so sorry for the lose of your sister, Dorothy. Larry so enjoyed both of you when he worked on your home. He always talks about the day both you and Dorothy insisted on following him to the roof to examine a problem. You two were very special to him. Our prayers are with you."
"Dear Florence, My mother Mary F. Geers McDowell and myself want to extend our prayers for your sister and our dear friend. It has been a while since I had seen both of you, and my mother who worked with Dorothy at the Bell just loved both of you. Our prayers are for you and we pray for Dorothy's soul as she enters heaven. Paul K. Geers St. Louis, Mo"