Ashpole, Mary M.

ASHPOLE, VANDEVYVER, DEWITTE, BRAMM

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Date: 12/26/2008 at 19:07:29

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MORRISON, Ill. — Mary M. Ashpole, 94, a resident of Resthave Nursing Home, Morrison, died Thursday, December 11, 2008, at Morrison Community Hospital in Morrison.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 16, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Morrison, with Rev. Father William Antillon officiating. Interment will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, December 15, at the Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. Mary was born November 3, 1914, in Port Byron, Ill., the daughter of Remi and Julia (VanDeVyver) DeWitte. She attended the Erie, Ill., area schools. She married Charles Ashpole on September 28, 1935, in Prophetstown, Ill.; he died April 19, 1992. Mary and Charles farmed in the rural Lyndon and Morrison area from the time of their marriage until Charles’ death. Mary was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Morrison, and a former member of St. Catherine’s Altar and Rosary Society in Prophetstown. She was in a bowling league in Erie, and Mary and Charles started a pinochle club of eight couples that lasted for 27 years. She was a member of the Morrison Hospital Auxiliary and Pink Ladies for over 25 years. Mary was an active member of Morrison Whiteside County Extension, serving as President for one term. Mary and Charles loved to dance. Survivors include one daughter, Karen Bramm, of Lyndon, Ill.; one son, Eugene (Betty) Ashpole, of Morrison; nine grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; one son, Gerald; and three brothers, Maurice, Silver and Henry DeWitte.Memorials may be made to Morrison Hospital Auxiliary and Resthave Nursing Home. To send online condolences go to www.bosmarenkes.com.Death date: December 11, 2008
Published in the Clinton Herald from 12/12/2008 - 12/14/2008