Lee Ann Harvey, 82, of Lawn Ridge, died Thursday, October 13, 2005, at her residence.
Born October 18, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Margie Kaminski Michels, she married John R. Harvey on June 27, 1943, in Norfolk, VA. He survives, along with 3 sons, Robert (Beverly) of Vail, Arizona, Roger (Linda) of LaMoille, Illinois, and John (Sandy) of Peoria; her sister, Lauretta Olson of Albuquerque, New Mexico; her brother, Ret. Lt. Col. Daniel Michels of Soldotna, Alaska; 3 sisters-in-law, Consula LaFollette of Galesburg, Illinois, Anne Updyke of Wyoming, Illinois, and Nadine Harvey of San Jose, Illinois
After their marriage, she went with John to North Island near San Diego, California, and worked in Bing Crosby's parachute factory for nine months. She went to San Francisco for one month, then for the next 1½ yrs until the end of WWII, she lived with her parents in Winslow, Arizona, working at the Santa Fe Railroad Harvey House Restaurant as a waitress. Their first son was born there. They returned to Illinois in October of 1945, and they farmed in the West Jersey, Illinois area for 2 yrs, Laura area for 9 yrs, and then moved to Mendota, Illinois where she became a Licensed Practical Nurse, working in the Mendota Community Hospital, Lutheran Infirmary and Peoples Hospital in Peru, Illinois.
She moved back to the Princeville area for the next 35 yrs, doing private duty nursing in the Princeville, Chillicothe, Edelstein, Sparland and Speer areas.
Interment will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - October 15, 2005.
Born October 18, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Margie Kaminski Michels, she married John R. Harvey on June 27, 1943, in Norfolk, VA. He survives, along with 3 sons, Robert (Beverly) of Vail, Arizona, Roger (Linda) of LaMoille, Illinois, and John (Sandy) of Peoria; her sister, Lauretta Olson of Albuquerque, New Mexico; her brother, Ret. Lt. Col. Daniel Michels of Soldotna, Alaska; 3 sisters-in-law, Consula LaFollette of Galesburg, Illinois, Anne Updyke of Wyoming, Illinois, and Nadine Harvey of San Jose, Illinois
After their marriage, she went with John to North Island near San Diego, California, and worked in Bing Crosby's parachute factory for nine months. She went to San Francisco for one month, then for the next 1½ yrs until the end of WWII, she lived with her parents in Winslow, Arizona, working at the Santa Fe Railroad Harvey House Restaurant as a waitress. Their first son was born there. They returned to Illinois in October of 1945, and they farmed in the West Jersey, Illinois area for 2 yrs, Laura area for 9 yrs, and then moved to Mendota, Illinois where she became a Licensed Practical Nurse, working in the Mendota Community Hospital, Lutheran Infirmary and Peoples Hospital in Peru, Illinois.
She moved back to the Princeville area for the next 35 yrs, doing private duty nursing in the Princeville, Chillicothe, Edelstein, Sparland and Speer areas.
Interment will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - October 15, 2005.
Lee Ann Harvey, 82, of Lawn Ridge, died Thursday, October 13, 2005, at her residence.
Born October 18, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Margie Kaminski Michels, she married John R. Harvey on June 27, 1943, in Norfolk, VA. He survives, along with 3 sons, Robert (Beverly) of Vail, Arizona, Roger (Linda) of LaMoille, Illinois, and John (Sandy) of Peoria; her sister, Lauretta Olson of Albuquerque, New Mexico; her brother, Ret. Lt. Col. Daniel Michels of Soldotna, Alaska; 3 sisters-in-law, Consula LaFollette of Galesburg, Illinois, Anne Updyke of Wyoming, Illinois, and Nadine Harvey of San Jose, Illinois
After their marriage, she went with John to North Island near San Diego, California, and worked in Bing Crosby's parachute factory for nine months. She went to San Francisco for one month, then for the next 1½ yrs until the end of WWII, she lived with her parents in Winslow, Arizona, working at the Santa Fe Railroad Harvey House Restaurant as a waitress. Their first son was born there. They returned to Illinois in October of 1945, and they farmed in the West Jersey, Illinois area for 2 yrs, Laura area for 9 yrs, and then moved to Mendota, Illinois where she became a Licensed Practical Nurse, working in the Mendota Community Hospital, Lutheran Infirmary and Peoples Hospital in Peru, Illinois.
She moved back to the Princeville area for the next 35 yrs, doing private duty nursing in the Princeville, Chillicothe, Edelstein, Sparland and Speer areas.
Interment will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - October 15, 2005.
Born October 18, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Margie Kaminski Michels, she married John R. Harvey on June 27, 1943, in Norfolk, VA. He survives, along with 3 sons, Robert (Beverly) of Vail, Arizona, Roger (Linda) of LaMoille, Illinois, and John (Sandy) of Peoria; her sister, Lauretta Olson of Albuquerque, New Mexico; her brother, Ret. Lt. Col. Daniel Michels of Soldotna, Alaska; 3 sisters-in-law, Consula LaFollette of Galesburg, Illinois, Anne Updyke of Wyoming, Illinois, and Nadine Harvey of San Jose, Illinois
After their marriage, she went with John to North Island near San Diego, California, and worked in Bing Crosby's parachute factory for nine months. She went to San Francisco for one month, then for the next 1½ yrs until the end of WWII, she lived with her parents in Winslow, Arizona, working at the Santa Fe Railroad Harvey House Restaurant as a waitress. Their first son was born there. They returned to Illinois in October of 1945, and they farmed in the West Jersey, Illinois area for 2 yrs, Laura area for 9 yrs, and then moved to Mendota, Illinois where she became a Licensed Practical Nurse, working in the Mendota Community Hospital, Lutheran Infirmary and Peoples Hospital in Peru, Illinois.
She moved back to the Princeville area for the next 35 yrs, doing private duty nursing in the Princeville, Chillicothe, Edelstein, Sparland and Speer areas.
Interment will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - October 15, 2005.
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