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McCleery, Esther R. 1920-1986

MCCLEERY, ATTEBERRY, FINKBINER, DOTY, LANGSTON

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 1/14/2017 at 12:21:06

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register
July, 1986

MRS. MCCLEERY SERVICES HELD

Esther R. McCleery, 65, of 417 Fifteenth Ave., Grinnell, died Saturday, July 19, at Grinnell General Hospital.

Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Grinnell Christian Church with the Rev. John Epperson officiating. Organist was Marlene Toney. Pallbearers were members of the family.

Burial was in Hazelwood Cemetery, with the Smith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Grinnell Christian Church.

The daughter of Ray and Nell Atteberry Finkbiner, she was born on Dec. 26, 1920, at Springfield, Mo. She attended Belhaven Girls School in Mississippi and later graduated from Southwest Missouri State with a degree in education.

On Jan. 11, 1946, she was married to John A. McCleery in Pontiac, Mich. While living in Midland she taught at Eastlawn Elementary School and was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. McCleery moved to Grinnell in 1981 to be near their daughter, Gloria Doty. While living here, Mrs. McCleery was a member of the Grinnell Christian Church.

She is survived y her daughter, Gloria Doty of rural Grinnell; one son, John A. McCleery of Houston, Texas; five grandchildren; and one sister, Marjorie Langston of Raytown, Mo. She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.


 

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