Georgiana Conibear, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Peoria, Ill., passed away and departed this life on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Heritage House in Atlantic, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
Georgiana was born in McNabb, Ill., on April 21, 1934, to Perry and Shirley Glover. She graduated from Magnolia Swaney High School in McNabb in 1952. She attended the University of Illinois, enjoying her years at the 4-H House, and later in life returned to college and graduated from Bradley University in 1971 with a teaching degree. She met Bruce E. Conibear of Lee Center, Ill., while they were both in Chicago. She was working with American Airlines and he was stationed in the area with the U.S. Army. They were married on Sept. 22, 1957, at the Clear Creek Meeting House in McNabb, Ill. Two children were born to bless this union, Nancy and Charles.
After receiving her teaching degree from Bradley University, Georgiana worked many years as a teacher in the Peoria Heights School District and taught in other districts as she and Bruce moved to different communities with his career in the insurance industry. She was also a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary teaching organization.
Georgiana was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Suzanne Glover Croisant.
She is survived by her husband, Bruce of Atlantic, Iowa; daughter, Nancy (Alec) Turner of Corning, Iowa; son, Charles (Susan) Conibear of Easton, Md.; sister, Lydia (Gene) Nowak of Garfield, Ark.; and brother, Syd Glover of Standard, Ill.
Inurnment will be at Parkview Cemetery in Peoria, Ill.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sept. 29, 2014.
Georgiana was born in McNabb, Ill., on April 21, 1934, to Perry and Shirley Glover. She graduated from Magnolia Swaney High School in McNabb in 1952. She attended the University of Illinois, enjoying her years at the 4-H House, and later in life returned to college and graduated from Bradley University in 1971 with a teaching degree. She met Bruce E. Conibear of Lee Center, Ill., while they were both in Chicago. She was working with American Airlines and he was stationed in the area with the U.S. Army. They were married on Sept. 22, 1957, at the Clear Creek Meeting House in McNabb, Ill. Two children were born to bless this union, Nancy and Charles.
After receiving her teaching degree from Bradley University, Georgiana worked many years as a teacher in the Peoria Heights School District and taught in other districts as she and Bruce moved to different communities with his career in the insurance industry. She was also a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary teaching organization.
Georgiana was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Suzanne Glover Croisant.
She is survived by her husband, Bruce of Atlantic, Iowa; daughter, Nancy (Alec) Turner of Corning, Iowa; son, Charles (Susan) Conibear of Easton, Md.; sister, Lydia (Gene) Nowak of Garfield, Ark.; and brother, Syd Glover of Standard, Ill.
Inurnment will be at Parkview Cemetery in Peoria, Ill.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sept. 29, 2014.
Georgiana Conibear, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Peoria, Ill., passed away and departed this life on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Heritage House in Atlantic, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
Georgiana was born in McNabb, Ill., on April 21, 1934, to Perry and Shirley Glover. She graduated from Magnolia Swaney High School in McNabb in 1952. She attended the University of Illinois, enjoying her years at the 4-H House, and later in life returned to college and graduated from Bradley University in 1971 with a teaching degree. She met Bruce E. Conibear of Lee Center, Ill., while they were both in Chicago. She was working with American Airlines and he was stationed in the area with the U.S. Army. They were married on Sept. 22, 1957, at the Clear Creek Meeting House in McNabb, Ill. Two children were born to bless this union, Nancy and Charles.
After receiving her teaching degree from Bradley University, Georgiana worked many years as a teacher in the Peoria Heights School District and taught in other districts as she and Bruce moved to different communities with his career in the insurance industry. She was also a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary teaching organization.
Georgiana was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Suzanne Glover Croisant.
She is survived by her husband, Bruce of Atlantic, Iowa; daughter, Nancy (Alec) Turner of Corning, Iowa; son, Charles (Susan) Conibear of Easton, Md.; sister, Lydia (Gene) Nowak of Garfield, Ark.; and brother, Syd Glover of Standard, Ill.
Inurnment will be at Parkview Cemetery in Peoria, Ill.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sept. 29, 2014.
Georgiana was born in McNabb, Ill., on April 21, 1934, to Perry and Shirley Glover. She graduated from Magnolia Swaney High School in McNabb in 1952. She attended the University of Illinois, enjoying her years at the 4-H House, and later in life returned to college and graduated from Bradley University in 1971 with a teaching degree. She met Bruce E. Conibear of Lee Center, Ill., while they were both in Chicago. She was working with American Airlines and he was stationed in the area with the U.S. Army. They were married on Sept. 22, 1957, at the Clear Creek Meeting House in McNabb, Ill. Two children were born to bless this union, Nancy and Charles.
After receiving her teaching degree from Bradley University, Georgiana worked many years as a teacher in the Peoria Heights School District and taught in other districts as she and Bruce moved to different communities with his career in the insurance industry. She was also a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary teaching organization.
Georgiana was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Suzanne Glover Croisant.
She is survived by her husband, Bruce of Atlantic, Iowa; daughter, Nancy (Alec) Turner of Corning, Iowa; son, Charles (Susan) Conibear of Easton, Md.; sister, Lydia (Gene) Nowak of Garfield, Ark.; and brother, Syd Glover of Standard, Ill.
Inurnment will be at Parkview Cemetery in Peoria, Ill.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sept. 29, 2014.
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