1942
Carolyn
2007
Carolyn D. Leisure
January 25, 1942 — December 27, 2007
Carolyn Leisure, 65, of East Moline, died December 27, 2007 at her home.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, January 3, 2007at Christ United Methodist Church, East Moline. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd. 6601-38th Ave., Moline. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to her family.
Carolyn Dellamae Mitts was born January 25, 1942 to Flossie B. (Price) and Homer Mitts in Kewanee, IL. She attended elementary school in Orion and Briar Bluff near Colona and graduated from U.T.H.S. in 1960. She married Wandal Heatherly on May 23, 1961 in East Moline and later married Ralph W. Leisure on April 8, 1967 in Colona, IL.
She started her work ethics as a car hop in Colona and Silvis. Then she worked retail for F.W. Woolworths W T Grants & Zayers then to Service Rubber for 5 years before becoming a stay at home mom in 1969. She went back to work in 1985 at Sears, then at Ben Franklin. She retired in 2004 from Target.
Carolyn was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, East Moline and was a former member of the PTA. She loved her family and loved to cook and entertain, garden crochet, sew quilts for her grandchildren and do crafts with her grandchildren.
She is survived by
Husband Ralph East Moline
Daughters Sylvia (Rick) Nimrick Port Byron
Sandra Heatherly East Moline
Chris Leisure Decatur, AL
Trisha (Tom) Burgeson Cambridge
Sons Mark (Sheri) Leisure Ankeny, IA
Dale (Kay) Leisure West Alexander, PA
13 grandchildren 8 great grandchildren
Sister Wilma Whitehair Cambridge
7 nieces and nephews
13 great nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother and his wife George and Anne Mitts, brother-in-law Robert Whitehair, grandson, great grandson and daughter Rae Ann Beberich.
Online condolences may be expressed to Carolyn's family by visiting her obituary at
www.esterdahlmortuary.com
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, January 3, 2007at Christ United Methodist Church, East Moline. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Ltd. 6601-38th Ave., Moline. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to her family.
Carolyn Dellamae Mitts was born January 25, 1942 to Flossie B. (Price) and Homer Mitts in Kewanee, IL. She attended elementary school in Orion and Briar Bluff near Colona and graduated from U.T.H.S. in 1960. She married Wandal Heatherly on May 23, 1961 in East Moline and later married Ralph W. Leisure on April 8, 1967 in Colona, IL.
She started her work ethics as a car hop in Colona and Silvis. Then she worked retail for F.W. Woolworths W T Grants & Zayers then to Service Rubber for 5 years before becoming a stay at home mom in 1969. She went back to work in 1985 at Sears, then at Ben Franklin. She retired in 2004 from Target.
Carolyn was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, East Moline and was a former member of the PTA. She loved her family and loved to cook and entertain, garden crochet, sew quilts for her grandchildren and do crafts with her grandchildren.
She is survived by
Husband Ralph East Moline
Daughters Sylvia (Rick) Nimrick Port Byron
Sandra Heatherly East Moline
Chris Leisure Decatur, AL
Trisha (Tom) Burgeson Cambridge
Sons Mark (Sheri) Leisure Ankeny, IA
Dale (Kay) Leisure West Alexander, PA
13 grandchildren 8 great grandchildren
Sister Wilma Whitehair Cambridge
7 nieces and nephews
13 great nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother and his wife George and Anne Mitts, brother-in-law Robert Whitehair, grandson, great grandson and daughter Rae Ann Beberich.
Online condolences may be expressed to Carolyn's family by visiting her obituary at
www.esterdahlmortuary.com
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