Katherine M. Breit, 87, of Pekin passed away Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at Rosewood Care Center in East Peoria.
Born July 10, 1923, in Hopedale to Harold Ralph and Jessie Mae (Robertson) Temple, she married Leonard Ivan Gray on Sept. 29, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. He died March 1, 1974, in Las Vegas. She later married Gene Franklin Breit on May 28, 1983, in Pekin. He died July 25, 2003, in Pekin.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Richard Gray, on Jan. 28, 1986, in Pekin; and two brothers, Harold Temple and Harry Charles Temple.
Surviving are two sons, Larry (Avis) Gray of Casa Grande, Ariz., and Lenny (Marcia) Gray Jr. of Pekin; one daughter, Joyce (Wayne) Baker of Creve Coeur; and two sisters, Geraldine M. Christy of Mason City and Shirley Jean Helmig of Pekin.
Katherine worked at the former Carp's Department Store in downtown Pekin and for Central Transfer Trucking in Peoria as a billing clerk. She then worked for American Distilling Co. in Pekin as a longtime shipping clerk. American Distilling later became Midwest Grain Products and Katherine retired from there in 1986. In all, she worked 32 years. She also did seasonal work for Sommer Brothers Seed Co. in Pekin and Libby's in Morton.
Katherine enjoyed camping, boating, bowling and playing cards.
She was a member of the Roy L. King Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1232 Ladies Auxiliary.
Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sept. 28, 2010.
Born July 10, 1923, in Hopedale to Harold Ralph and Jessie Mae (Robertson) Temple, she married Leonard Ivan Gray on Sept. 29, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. He died March 1, 1974, in Las Vegas. She later married Gene Franklin Breit on May 28, 1983, in Pekin. He died July 25, 2003, in Pekin.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Richard Gray, on Jan. 28, 1986, in Pekin; and two brothers, Harold Temple and Harry Charles Temple.
Surviving are two sons, Larry (Avis) Gray of Casa Grande, Ariz., and Lenny (Marcia) Gray Jr. of Pekin; one daughter, Joyce (Wayne) Baker of Creve Coeur; and two sisters, Geraldine M. Christy of Mason City and Shirley Jean Helmig of Pekin.
Katherine worked at the former Carp's Department Store in downtown Pekin and for Central Transfer Trucking in Peoria as a billing clerk. She then worked for American Distilling Co. in Pekin as a longtime shipping clerk. American Distilling later became Midwest Grain Products and Katherine retired from there in 1986. In all, she worked 32 years. She also did seasonal work for Sommer Brothers Seed Co. in Pekin and Libby's in Morton.
Katherine enjoyed camping, boating, bowling and playing cards.
She was a member of the Roy L. King Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1232 Ladies Auxiliary.
Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sept. 28, 2010.
Katherine M. Breit, 87, of Pekin passed away Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at Rosewood Care Center in East Peoria.
Born July 10, 1923, in Hopedale to Harold Ralph and Jessie Mae (Robertson) Temple, she married Leonard Ivan Gray on Sept. 29, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. He died March 1, 1974, in Las Vegas. She later married Gene Franklin Breit on May 28, 1983, in Pekin. He died July 25, 2003, in Pekin.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Richard Gray, on Jan. 28, 1986, in Pekin; and two brothers, Harold Temple and Harry Charles Temple.
Surviving are two sons, Larry (Avis) Gray of Casa Grande, Ariz., and Lenny (Marcia) Gray Jr. of Pekin; one daughter, Joyce (Wayne) Baker of Creve Coeur; and two sisters, Geraldine M. Christy of Mason City and Shirley Jean Helmig of Pekin.
Katherine worked at the former Carp's Department Store in downtown Pekin and for Central Transfer Trucking in Peoria as a billing clerk. She then worked for American Distilling Co. in Pekin as a longtime shipping clerk. American Distilling later became Midwest Grain Products and Katherine retired from there in 1986. In all, she worked 32 years. She also did seasonal work for Sommer Brothers Seed Co. in Pekin and Libby's in Morton.
Katherine enjoyed camping, boating, bowling and playing cards.
She was a member of the Roy L. King Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1232 Ladies Auxiliary.
Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sept. 28, 2010.
Born July 10, 1923, in Hopedale to Harold Ralph and Jessie Mae (Robertson) Temple, she married Leonard Ivan Gray on Sept. 29, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. He died March 1, 1974, in Las Vegas. She later married Gene Franklin Breit on May 28, 1983, in Pekin. He died July 25, 2003, in Pekin.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Richard Gray, on Jan. 28, 1986, in Pekin; and two brothers, Harold Temple and Harry Charles Temple.
Surviving are two sons, Larry (Avis) Gray of Casa Grande, Ariz., and Lenny (Marcia) Gray Jr. of Pekin; one daughter, Joyce (Wayne) Baker of Creve Coeur; and two sisters, Geraldine M. Christy of Mason City and Shirley Jean Helmig of Pekin.
Katherine worked at the former Carp's Department Store in downtown Pekin and for Central Transfer Trucking in Peoria as a billing clerk. She then worked for American Distilling Co. in Pekin as a longtime shipping clerk. American Distilling later became Midwest Grain Products and Katherine retired from there in 1986. In all, she worked 32 years. She also did seasonal work for Sommer Brothers Seed Co. in Pekin and Libby's in Morton.
Katherine enjoyed camping, boating, bowling and playing cards.
She was a member of the Roy L. King Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1232 Ladies Auxiliary.
Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sept. 28, 2010.
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