1916 - 2003 (86 years)
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| Name |
Rice, Delilah |
| Birth |
24 Oct 1916 |
Richland County, Illinois  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Reference Number |
RICE.D003 |
| _FGRAVE |
7093564 |
| Death |
14 Jan 2003 |
Manorcare Nursing Home, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois |
| Person ID |
I50819 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
26 Nov 2021 |
| Father |
Rice, Matthew Everett, b. 30 Nov 1870, Illinois d. 7 Mar 1948, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Stallard, Bertha Marie, b. 23 Feb 1895, Illinois d. 10 May 1943, Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Apr 1914 |
| Family ID |
F18368 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- ALLERTON - Delilah (Rice) Bailey, 86, of Allerton, died (Jan. 14, 2003) at Manorcare Nursing Home in Urbana.
She was born Oct. 24, 1916, in Richland County, the daughter of Mathew and Bertha Mae (Stallard) Rice. She married Gleason L. Bailey April 12, 1941, in Hoopeston. He died July 2, 1986.
She is survived by two sons, Robert Bailey of Portland. Ore., and Gary Bailey of Allerton; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and one sister, June Steckler of Mount Carmel. She was preceded by two brothers.
Mrs. Bailey was a member of the Allerton Methodist Church, Alliance Chapter of DAR and the Allerton Historical Society and was a 50 year member of OES of Allerton. She worked as a registered nurse for over 50 years and was employed by the Veterans Administration Hospital in Danville for 23 years, retiring in 1984.
Fineral services were held at Joines Funeral Home in Newman; Officiating: Rev. Carl Fox; Burial: Payne Cemetery in Brocton; Memorials: Allerton Methodist Church.
The Independent News, Georgetown, Illinois, February 5, 2003.
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