Hazel M. (Groharing) Turney Obituary

HAZEL M. (GROHARING) TURNEY, 87, of Savanna died Sunday May 25, 1997 at Samaritan Health System in Clinton, Iowa. Born on February 5, 1910 in Thomson, she was the daughter of Howard L. and Jessie M. (Hitchcock) Groharing. She married Guy E, Turney on October 25, 1929 in Lanark. She was a homemaker and worked for several years as a nurses aid at Savanna City Hospital. She was a member of the Hickory Grove United Methodist Church in Wacker, and was a former member of the Ladies Aid group at the church. She was a member of the former N. C. Club. She was a seamstress and enjoyed crocheting and sewing. Surviving her are her husband; three daughters, Dora Lee (James) Cecka, of Beloit, Wisconsin; Carole (James) Watson of Herrin, and Judy (Carlos) Basante of Plano, Texas; two sisters, Opal Cross of Peachtree City, Georgia and Jessie (Francis “Bud”) Riddle of Savanna; six grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna. The Rev, Michael Pater of Hickory Grove United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Lower York Cemetery in Thomson. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Law Jones Funeral Home. A memorial fund has been established in her name.

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