Mary Frances Bell, 90, of Lovington, passed away Friday, June 3, 2022, at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Texas.
The love of her life was Donald Leslie Bell, they were married on November 21, 1954; he preceded her in death on September 13, 2008. Together they were very active in their First Christian Church Lovington. They taught Sunday school together, small group, Mother was very active and a leader in the First Christian Church Women's Group and giving the children's sermon during church. Very active in the Lovington Library Board and volunteering to help grade school children read. Mary was a 32-year member of the Governor Edward Coles-Sally Lincoln Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also very passionate about genealogy.
Mary was a graduate of the Julia Burnham School of Nursing, Champaign, Illinois, she was very proud of her career as an RN and was a loyal employee her whole career at the Sullivan Illinois Masonic Home. Mary was a very accomplished quilter and she always had a quilt to be working on. After her son's passing, she moved to Texas to be near family which made her happy, but she always thought of her Lovington friends and wonderful neighbors.
Family was everything to her and she will always be remembered for her large family Easter Egg Hunt Dinners. Nothing could make her smile as much as spending time with her grandchildren. Not a day went by that she didn't miss her husband and her son, Mike after their passing, and even though she will be greatly missed we know she is with her savior and reunited again with her beloved Don and Mike.
Mary is survived by her children, Mark Allen (Teri ) Bell of Heber City, Utah and Julie Ann Lewis of Garland, Texas; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Donna (Jordan) Bell Sparks Heber City, Utah and great-grandchildren Adeline, Violet and baby due any day, Beth Anne (Brian) Hutson of Fort Worth, TX, and great grandchildren Christian Hutson and Avery Hutson, and Zackary Gregg Lewis of Champaign, IL; brother, Ronald (Sandy) Carpenter of Lake City, FL; sister, Sandra Carpenter Fear of Trowbridge, IL; All of her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, she dearly loved as much as her own, Delbert and Donna Bell, John Welsh, Joanne Rotramel. Mary is also survived by and loved her 16 nieces and nephews and 28 great-nieces and nephews, that meant the world to her and she loved staying in touch with their lives.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her son, Michael Louis Bell.
Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Keller Cemetery, Lovington. Memorials may be made to Sparrows Unlimited, Lovington, or to the First Christian Church in Lovington. McMullin-Young Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements.
The love of her life was Donald Leslie Bell, they were married on November 21, 1954; he preceded her in death on September 13, 2008. Together they were very active in their First Christian Church Lovington. They taught Sunday school together, small group, Mother was very active and a leader in the First Christian Church Women's Group and giving the children's sermon during church. Very active in the Lovington Library Board and volunteering to help grade school children read. Mary was a 32-year member of the Governor Edward Coles-Sally Lincoln Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also very passionate about genealogy.
Mary was a graduate of the Julia Burnham School of Nursing, Champaign, Illinois, she was very proud of her career as an RN and was a loyal employee her whole career at the Sullivan Illinois Masonic Home. Mary was a very accomplished quilter and she always had a quilt to be working on. After her son's passing, she moved to Texas to be near family which made her happy, but she always thought of her Lovington friends and wonderful neighbors.
Family was everything to her and she will always be remembered for her large family Easter Egg Hunt Dinners. Nothing could make her smile as much as spending time with her grandchildren. Not a day went by that she didn't miss her husband and her son, Mike after their passing, and even though she will be greatly missed we know she is with her savior and reunited again with her beloved Don and Mike.
Mary is survived by her children, Mark Allen (Teri ) Bell of Heber City, Utah and Julie Ann Lewis of Garland, Texas; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Donna (Jordan) Bell Sparks Heber City, Utah and great-grandchildren Adeline, Violet and baby due any day, Beth Anne (Brian) Hutson of Fort Worth, TX, and great grandchildren Christian Hutson and Avery Hutson, and Zackary Gregg Lewis of Champaign, IL; brother, Ronald (Sandy) Carpenter of Lake City, FL; sister, Sandra Carpenter Fear of Trowbridge, IL; All of her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, she dearly loved as much as her own, Delbert and Donna Bell, John Welsh, Joanne Rotramel. Mary is also survived by and loved her 16 nieces and nephews and 28 great-nieces and nephews, that meant the world to her and she loved staying in touch with their lives.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her son, Michael Louis Bell.
Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Keller Cemetery, Lovington. Memorials may be made to Sparrows Unlimited, Lovington, or to the First Christian Church in Lovington. McMullin-Young Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements.
Mary Frances Bell, 90, of Lovington, passed away Friday, June 3, 2022, at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Texas.
The love of her life was Donald Leslie Bell, they were married on November 21, 1954; he preceded her in death on September 13, 2008. Together they were very active in their First Christian Church Lovington. They taught Sunday school together, small group, Mother was very active and a leader in the First Christian Church Women's Group and giving the children's sermon during church. Very active in the Lovington Library Board and volunteering to help grade school children read. Mary was a 32-year member of the Governor Edward Coles-Sally Lincoln Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also very passionate about genealogy.
Mary was a graduate of the Julia Burnham School of Nursing, Champaign, Illinois, she was very proud of her career as an RN and was a loyal employee her whole career at the Sullivan Illinois Masonic Home. Mary was a very accomplished quilter and she always had a quilt to be working on. After her son's passing, she moved to Texas to be near family which made her happy, but she always thought of her Lovington friends and wonderful neighbors.
Family was everything to her and she will always be remembered for her large family Easter Egg Hunt Dinners. Nothing could make her smile as much as spending time with her grandchildren. Not a day went by that she didn't miss her husband and her son, Mike after their passing, and even though she will be greatly missed we know she is with her savior and reunited again with her beloved Don and Mike.
Mary is survived by her children, Mark Allen (Teri ) Bell of Heber City, Utah and Julie Ann Lewis of Garland, Texas; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Donna (Jordan) Bell Sparks Heber City, Utah and great-grandchildren Adeline, Violet and baby due any day, Beth Anne (Brian) Hutson of Fort Worth, TX, and great grandchildren Christian Hutson and Avery Hutson, and Zackary Gregg Lewis of Champaign, IL; brother, Ronald (Sandy) Carpenter of Lake City, FL; sister, Sandra Carpenter Fear of Trowbridge, IL; All of her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, she dearly loved as much as her own, Delbert and Donna Bell, John Welsh, Joanne Rotramel. Mary is also survived by and loved her 16 nieces and nephews and 28 great-nieces and nephews, that meant the world to her and she loved staying in touch with their lives.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her son, Michael Louis Bell.
Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Keller Cemetery, Lovington. Memorials may be made to Sparrows Unlimited, Lovington, or to the First Christian Church in Lovington. McMullin-Young Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements.
The love of her life was Donald Leslie Bell, they were married on November 21, 1954; he preceded her in death on September 13, 2008. Together they were very active in their First Christian Church Lovington. They taught Sunday school together, small group, Mother was very active and a leader in the First Christian Church Women's Group and giving the children's sermon during church. Very active in the Lovington Library Board and volunteering to help grade school children read. Mary was a 32-year member of the Governor Edward Coles-Sally Lincoln Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also very passionate about genealogy.
Mary was a graduate of the Julia Burnham School of Nursing, Champaign, Illinois, she was very proud of her career as an RN and was a loyal employee her whole career at the Sullivan Illinois Masonic Home. Mary was a very accomplished quilter and she always had a quilt to be working on. After her son's passing, she moved to Texas to be near family which made her happy, but she always thought of her Lovington friends and wonderful neighbors.
Family was everything to her and she will always be remembered for her large family Easter Egg Hunt Dinners. Nothing could make her smile as much as spending time with her grandchildren. Not a day went by that she didn't miss her husband and her son, Mike after their passing, and even though she will be greatly missed we know she is with her savior and reunited again with her beloved Don and Mike.
Mary is survived by her children, Mark Allen (Teri ) Bell of Heber City, Utah and Julie Ann Lewis of Garland, Texas; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Donna (Jordan) Bell Sparks Heber City, Utah and great-grandchildren Adeline, Violet and baby due any day, Beth Anne (Brian) Hutson of Fort Worth, TX, and great grandchildren Christian Hutson and Avery Hutson, and Zackary Gregg Lewis of Champaign, IL; brother, Ronald (Sandy) Carpenter of Lake City, FL; sister, Sandra Carpenter Fear of Trowbridge, IL; All of her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, she dearly loved as much as her own, Delbert and Donna Bell, John Welsh, Joanne Rotramel. Mary is also survived by and loved her 16 nieces and nephews and 28 great-nieces and nephews, that meant the world to her and she loved staying in touch with their lives.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her son, Michael Louis Bell.
Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Keller Cemetery, Lovington. Memorials may be made to Sparrows Unlimited, Lovington, or to the First Christian Church in Lovington. McMullin-Young Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements.
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