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     Geraldine Anderson, 96, of Peoria, passed away at 1:34 p.m. on Saturday, August 3, 2013, at her home.
     Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 10720 N. Knoxville in Peoria, with the Rev. Anna Saxon officiating.  An additional memorial service will be held in Fort Myers Beach, FL, at a later date.
     Geraldine was born July 22, 1917, on the family farm near Delavan to Laurence and Ada (Youle) Alexander. She married Lyman B. Jennings, at the family farm, on December 21, 1938. He passed away in 1956. On February 18, 1972 she married Charles W. Anderson in Peoria. He passed away in 2004.
     She is survived by her sister, Lois Jost of Phoenix, AZ; her three children, Lyman Jennings (Lois Laudenslager) of Ormond Beach, FL, Mary Ann Allin of Washington, DC and David (Pamela) Jennings of Schaumburg; nine grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.
     A 1935 graduate of Delavan High School, she moved to Peoria in 1935 to attend Nursing School at St. Francis Hospital, becoming a registered nurse in 1938. She took a break from nursing, when her children were born, but returned to work as a private duty nurse in the 1950’s. In the late 1950’s, she began working in Dr. John Canterbury’s private office. That practice was acquired by Dr. Robert Stine in 1965 and she worked there, until her retirement in 1979.
     In Peoria, she was an active member of the I.V.Y. Club, which she and her family joined in 1954. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and later transferred her membership to Northminster Presbyterian Church. Since 1982, she has divided her time between Peoria and Fort Myers Beach, where she was a long-time resident of Port Carlos Cove and a member of the Chapel-by-the-Sea congregation.
     Throughout her life, Geraldine was an enthusiastic bridge player and a devoted nurse, volunteering at hospice care facilities in the Fort Myers area and taking care of friends and family members. She had a passionate interest in gardening and cooking, and she actively managed the Alexander family farm in Tazewell County, which she inherited from her parents.
     In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Hope Hospice, 9470 Healthpark Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33908.
     Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Clary Funeral Home, 3004 West Lake Avenue, in Peoria.
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Hendrick Polanco My deepest condolences November 19, 2013
 

My deepest condolences.  May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...

John 11:32-45

32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”

38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”

45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;

Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage

http://www.jw.org 

Jim & Linda Brumm A Great Friend August 22, 2013
 
I worked with Jerry many years at Dr. Stine's office, so became good friends and was honored to be part of Dr. Stine's original staff and family.  We had lots of good memories throughout the years plus kept up with one another's families.  Jerry w.as a very special lady and will be missed by everyone whose life she touched  Our thoughts and prayers are with Lyman, Mary Ann, and David and their families.