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Herbert Uftring - December 19, 2002
Dolores H. Block, 80, of 224 W. First Street, Minonk, died at 5:25 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 19, 2002) at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Minonk, Craig Swenson officiating. Burial will be in Minonk Township Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Froelich Memorial Home, Minonk, and one hour before the service Monday at the church. Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church or Shriners Children's Hospital, 2211 N. Oak Park Ave., Chicago, IL 60707. She was born April 24, 1922, in Flanagan, a daughter of Fred and Gertrude Durre Weichman. She married Clarence H. Block on Sept. 2, 1945, in Flanagan. He died Oct. 4, 1993. Survivors include two daughters, Donis (Jay) Klein and Evon (Larry) Meierhofer, both of Minonk; and Cary (Shari) Block, Rutland; one brother, Bernard Weichman, Flanagan; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Her parents; one infant son, Douglas; one sister; and one grandchild preceded her in death. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and its WELCA and Sewing Circle groups. She and her husband owned and operated Block's Cleaners, Minonk, for a number of years before retiring in 1998. |