PEKIN, IL - Marion Theresa (Zapfe) Perrin, 84, of Venice, Fla., formerly of Pekin, died Dec. 3, 2006, at her home.
She was born June 15, 1922, in Chicago, Ill., and retired to Venice in 1987 from Pekin, Ill., where she had lived some 38 years raising a family of 23 children.
She was active in voluntary community work at Pekin Hospital and was a Eucharistic minister at St. Joseph's Church in Pekin. In 1967, she was named "Pekin Mother of the Year."
Marion was an active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Venice, where she served on the Church Welcoming Committee, and also visited the elderly and those confined to Hospice, Bela Vita and other nursing homes.
Survivors include her husband, Charles, a retired Illinois Judge; sons, Chuck of San Diego, Calif., John of San Diego, Calif., and Christopher of Springfield, Ill.; and daughters, Patti of San Diego, Calif., Rita of Cornelius, N.C., Teri of Stilwater, Minn., Nancy of Summerville, S.C., Ann Elise of Mishawaka, Ind., and Melanie Jean of New Braunfels, Texas.
Two sons, Thomas Anthony and James Michael, and one daughter, Mary Therese, preceded her in death.
She had 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service and burial of the cremains is being planned for a later date at Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Rose Garden.
Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) - Friday, December 8, 2006
She was born June 15, 1922, in Chicago, Ill., and retired to Venice in 1987 from Pekin, Ill., where she had lived some 38 years raising a family of 23 children.
She was active in voluntary community work at Pekin Hospital and was a Eucharistic minister at St. Joseph's Church in Pekin. In 1967, she was named "Pekin Mother of the Year."
Marion was an active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Venice, where she served on the Church Welcoming Committee, and also visited the elderly and those confined to Hospice, Bela Vita and other nursing homes.
Survivors include her husband, Charles, a retired Illinois Judge; sons, Chuck of San Diego, Calif., John of San Diego, Calif., and Christopher of Springfield, Ill.; and daughters, Patti of San Diego, Calif., Rita of Cornelius, N.C., Teri of Stilwater, Minn., Nancy of Summerville, S.C., Ann Elise of Mishawaka, Ind., and Melanie Jean of New Braunfels, Texas.
Two sons, Thomas Anthony and James Michael, and one daughter, Mary Therese, preceded her in death.
She had 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service and burial of the cremains is being planned for a later date at Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Rose Garden.
Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) - Friday, December 8, 2006
PEKIN, IL - Marion Theresa (Zapfe) Perrin, 84, of Venice, Fla., formerly of Pekin, died Dec. 3, 2006, at her home.
She was born June 15, 1922, in Chicago, Ill., and retired to Venice in 1987 from Pekin, Ill., where she had lived some 38 years raising a family of 23 children.
She was active in voluntary community work at Pekin Hospital and was a Eucharistic minister at St. Joseph's Church in Pekin. In 1967, she was named "Pekin Mother of the Year."
Marion was an active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Venice, where she served on the Church Welcoming Committee, and also visited the elderly and those confined to Hospice, Bela Vita and other nursing homes.
Survivors include her husband, Charles, a retired Illinois Judge; sons, Chuck of San Diego, Calif., John of San Diego, Calif., and Christopher of Springfield, Ill.; and daughters, Patti of San Diego, Calif., Rita of Cornelius, N.C., Teri of Stilwater, Minn., Nancy of Summerville, S.C., Ann Elise of Mishawaka, Ind., and Melanie Jean of New Braunfels, Texas.
Two sons, Thomas Anthony and James Michael, and one daughter, Mary Therese, preceded her in death.
She had 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service and burial of the cremains is being planned for a later date at Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Rose Garden.
Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) - Friday, December 8, 2006
She was born June 15, 1922, in Chicago, Ill., and retired to Venice in 1987 from Pekin, Ill., where she had lived some 38 years raising a family of 23 children.
She was active in voluntary community work at Pekin Hospital and was a Eucharistic minister at St. Joseph's Church in Pekin. In 1967, she was named "Pekin Mother of the Year."
Marion was an active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Venice, where she served on the Church Welcoming Committee, and also visited the elderly and those confined to Hospice, Bela Vita and other nursing homes.
Survivors include her husband, Charles, a retired Illinois Judge; sons, Chuck of San Diego, Calif., John of San Diego, Calif., and Christopher of Springfield, Ill.; and daughters, Patti of San Diego, Calif., Rita of Cornelius, N.C., Teri of Stilwater, Minn., Nancy of Summerville, S.C., Ann Elise of Mishawaka, Ind., and Melanie Jean of New Braunfels, Texas.
Two sons, Thomas Anthony and James Michael, and one daughter, Mary Therese, preceded her in death.
She had 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service and burial of the cremains is being planned for a later date at Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Rose Garden.
Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) - Friday, December 8, 2006
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