CAPRON - Grace V. Leja, 68, died Wednesday, May 10, 1995, in St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford.
She was born Jan. 5, 1927, in Lawrence, the daughter of John and Violet (Scott) Lee. On Nov. 17, 1945, she married Mitchell Leja in Belvidere.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Belvidere Women of the Moose.
Surviving are a son, Dennis Leja, Addison; two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Rachel, both of Poplar Grove; five brothers and sisters, Agnes Hansman of Woodstock, John Lee of Columbia, S.C. Ann Winter of Hebron, Peggy Winchester of Edinburg, Texas and Linn Lee of Lakewood, Colo; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on Feb. 20, 1994; a brother, Shorty Lee and a sister, Florence Scott.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 14, in the Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 15, in the funeral home.
Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
(Northwest Herald 5/12/1995)
She was born Jan. 5, 1927, in Lawrence, the daughter of John and Violet (Scott) Lee. On Nov. 17, 1945, she married Mitchell Leja in Belvidere.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Belvidere Women of the Moose.
Surviving are a son, Dennis Leja, Addison; two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Rachel, both of Poplar Grove; five brothers and sisters, Agnes Hansman of Woodstock, John Lee of Columbia, S.C. Ann Winter of Hebron, Peggy Winchester of Edinburg, Texas and Linn Lee of Lakewood, Colo; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on Feb. 20, 1994; a brother, Shorty Lee and a sister, Florence Scott.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 14, in the Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 15, in the funeral home.
Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
(Northwest Herald 5/12/1995)
CAPRON - Grace V. Leja, 68, died Wednesday, May 10, 1995, in St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford.
She was born Jan. 5, 1927, in Lawrence, the daughter of John and Violet (Scott) Lee. On Nov. 17, 1945, she married Mitchell Leja in Belvidere.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Belvidere Women of the Moose.
Surviving are a son, Dennis Leja, Addison; two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Rachel, both of Poplar Grove; five brothers and sisters, Agnes Hansman of Woodstock, John Lee of Columbia, S.C. Ann Winter of Hebron, Peggy Winchester of Edinburg, Texas and Linn Lee of Lakewood, Colo; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on Feb. 20, 1994; a brother, Shorty Lee and a sister, Florence Scott.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 14, in the Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 15, in the funeral home.
Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
(Northwest Herald 5/12/1995)
She was born Jan. 5, 1927, in Lawrence, the daughter of John and Violet (Scott) Lee. On Nov. 17, 1945, she married Mitchell Leja in Belvidere.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Belvidere Women of the Moose.
Surviving are a son, Dennis Leja, Addison; two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Rachel, both of Poplar Grove; five brothers and sisters, Agnes Hansman of Woodstock, John Lee of Columbia, S.C. Ann Winter of Hebron, Peggy Winchester of Edinburg, Texas and Linn Lee of Lakewood, Colo; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on Feb. 20, 1994; a brother, Shorty Lee and a sister, Florence Scott.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 14, in the Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 15, in the funeral home.
Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
(Northwest Herald 5/12/1995)
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