Ethel Baker Yuill Gittings, 91 1/2, of Rock Island, died Friday, April 18, 2008, in Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline, with the Rev. Kenneth L. Harris officiating. Burial is in Moline Memorial Park. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, 724 2nd Ave. W., Milan, IL 61264.
The former Ethel Graham Baker was born Aug. 14, 1916, in Moline, the daughter of Howard and Ethel Graham Baker. She graduated from United Township High School and Brown's Business College. She married Robert Yuill June 18, 1944, in East Moline. He died July 8, 1968. She married Paul Gittings Oct. 9, 1973, in Dunedin, Fla. He died June 3, 1993.
She was a bookkeeper and secretary for many years. She lived in Florida for 17 years, returning to Rock Island in 1989. She was a member of Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church, Moline; Naomi Circle of the church, and Friendship Circle of King's Daughters. She loved her dogs, and enjoyed sewing, dancing and traveling.
Ethel is survived by a daughter, Sandra K. Cook and her friend, Jack Williams, Rock Island; a son and daughter-in-law, John R. and Regina Yuill, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; a granddaughter, Megan Santoyo and her husband, Alfonso, Palatine, Ill.; a great-granddaughter, Isabella Santoyo; a sister, Velma Hardy, Libertyville, Ill.; a brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Mary Ann Baker, Silvis; and a brother-in-law, Hans Thomsen, Rock Island. She was preceded in death by her husbands; a daughter in infancy; sisters, Phyllis Thomsen and Grace Eleanor Shipley; and a brother, Howard Baker.
Ethel's family invites friends to sign her guestbook or light a candle in her memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline, with the Rev. Kenneth L. Harris officiating. Burial is in Moline Memorial Park. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, 724 2nd Ave. W., Milan, IL 61264.
The former Ethel Graham Baker was born Aug. 14, 1916, in Moline, the daughter of Howard and Ethel Graham Baker. She graduated from United Township High School and Brown's Business College. She married Robert Yuill June 18, 1944, in East Moline. He died July 8, 1968. She married Paul Gittings Oct. 9, 1973, in Dunedin, Fla. He died June 3, 1993.
She was a bookkeeper and secretary for many years. She lived in Florida for 17 years, returning to Rock Island in 1989. She was a member of Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church, Moline; Naomi Circle of the church, and Friendship Circle of King's Daughters. She loved her dogs, and enjoyed sewing, dancing and traveling.
Ethel is survived by a daughter, Sandra K. Cook and her friend, Jack Williams, Rock Island; a son and daughter-in-law, John R. and Regina Yuill, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; a granddaughter, Megan Santoyo and her husband, Alfonso, Palatine, Ill.; a great-granddaughter, Isabella Santoyo; a sister, Velma Hardy, Libertyville, Ill.; a brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Mary Ann Baker, Silvis; and a brother-in-law, Hans Thomsen, Rock Island. She was preceded in death by her husbands; a daughter in infancy; sisters, Phyllis Thomsen and Grace Eleanor Shipley; and a brother, Howard Baker.
Ethel's family invites friends to sign her guestbook or light a candle in her memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.
Ethel Baker Yuill Gittings, 91 1/2, of Rock Island, died Friday, April 18, 2008, in Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline, with the Rev. Kenneth L. Harris officiating. Burial is in Moline Memorial Park. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, 724 2nd Ave. W., Milan, IL 61264.
The former Ethel Graham Baker was born Aug. 14, 1916, in Moline, the daughter of Howard and Ethel Graham Baker. She graduated from United Township High School and Brown's Business College. She married Robert Yuill June 18, 1944, in East Moline. He died July 8, 1968. She married Paul Gittings Oct. 9, 1973, in Dunedin, Fla. He died June 3, 1993.
She was a bookkeeper and secretary for many years. She lived in Florida for 17 years, returning to Rock Island in 1989. She was a member of Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church, Moline; Naomi Circle of the church, and Friendship Circle of King's Daughters. She loved her dogs, and enjoyed sewing, dancing and traveling.
Ethel is survived by a daughter, Sandra K. Cook and her friend, Jack Williams, Rock Island; a son and daughter-in-law, John R. and Regina Yuill, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; a granddaughter, Megan Santoyo and her husband, Alfonso, Palatine, Ill.; a great-granddaughter, Isabella Santoyo; a sister, Velma Hardy, Libertyville, Ill.; a brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Mary Ann Baker, Silvis; and a brother-in-law, Hans Thomsen, Rock Island. She was preceded in death by her husbands; a daughter in infancy; sisters, Phyllis Thomsen and Grace Eleanor Shipley; and a brother, Howard Baker.
Ethel's family invites friends to sign her guestbook or light a candle in her memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline, with the Rev. Kenneth L. Harris officiating. Burial is in Moline Memorial Park. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, 724 2nd Ave. W., Milan, IL 61264.
The former Ethel Graham Baker was born Aug. 14, 1916, in Moline, the daughter of Howard and Ethel Graham Baker. She graduated from United Township High School and Brown's Business College. She married Robert Yuill June 18, 1944, in East Moline. He died July 8, 1968. She married Paul Gittings Oct. 9, 1973, in Dunedin, Fla. He died June 3, 1993.
She was a bookkeeper and secretary for many years. She lived in Florida for 17 years, returning to Rock Island in 1989. She was a member of Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church, Moline; Naomi Circle of the church, and Friendship Circle of King's Daughters. She loved her dogs, and enjoyed sewing, dancing and traveling.
Ethel is survived by a daughter, Sandra K. Cook and her friend, Jack Williams, Rock Island; a son and daughter-in-law, John R. and Regina Yuill, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; a granddaughter, Megan Santoyo and her husband, Alfonso, Palatine, Ill.; a great-granddaughter, Isabella Santoyo; a sister, Velma Hardy, Libertyville, Ill.; a brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Mary Ann Baker, Silvis; and a brother-in-law, Hans Thomsen, Rock Island. She was preceded in death by her husbands; a daughter in infancy; sisters, Phyllis Thomsen and Grace Eleanor Shipley; and a brother, Howard Baker.
Ethel's family invites friends to sign her guestbook or light a candle in her memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.
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