Mary Dell LaFollette
MARION-Mary Dell LaFollette, 79, of Marion passed away at 11:19AM, Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Funeral services will be held qt 1:00PM, Friday, October 21, 2005 at the Blue Funeral Home in Marion with Reverend Paul Lee officiating. Visitation will be held from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, Friday, October 21, 2005 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Davis Prairie Cemetery east of Marion. Memorials may be made to the Marion Senior Citizens Center; envelopes are available at the funeral home or may be sent c/o Blue Funeral Home, PO Box 411, Marion, IL 62959.
Ms. LaFollette was born on June 25, 1926 to Wayne and Antis (Onstott) Groves.
Survivors include sister, Alice Boswell; many nieces, nephews and cousins; and special friends at the Marion Senior Citizens Center and had many Christian friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Billy Wayne Groves.
Ms. LaFollette mother died at childbirth and she was raised by relatives, and out of this became a special bond between Mary Dell and her cousin, Ruth Ann Palmer. She delighted traveling with her cousin Ruth Ann. Mary passed away in Hershey, PA while on a tour.
She was of the Baptist faith.