Mummey
Obituary # 5
Mrs.
Mary Jane Daugherty, 77, of 522 Newman St., Knoxville, IL, died at 9:20 AM Sunday May 13,
2001 at her home. Her funeral will be 1:30 PM Wednesday May 16, 2001 at
Hinchliff-Pearson-West Galesburg Chapel with Rev. Jerald W. Hill officiating.
Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, Galesburg. Visitation will be from
12:30 P.M. to 1:30 P.M. Wednesday at the Chapel. Memorials may be made to
Community Hospice of America.
She was
born on January 7, 1924 in Millersburg IL to Lee and Edna (Mummey) Stead. She
married Howard Daugherty in Palmyra MO on August 21, 1948. He preceded her in
death. She worked as a cook at the Knoxville High School for several years and
cleaned the offices of Dr. R.G. Hickerson for 33 years, retiring in 1999. She
was a 1942 graduate of Joy High School and a member of the Knoxville Christian
Church.
She is
survived by a son, Larry Daugherty of Monmouth, IL; a daughter, Linda Martin of
Galesburg, IL; a sister, Helen Swanson of Tucson, AZ; five grandchildren and
five great grandchildren.