Bernice McGarry 

DeWITT,  Iowa -- Services for  Bernice A. McGarry,  of DeWitt, will be 10:30
a.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Villa Nova. Burial will be in
the church's cemetery.  Visitation is 3-7 p.m. today at Nelson Funeral Home,
DeWitt, with   a rosary at  4  p.m.  and a Scripture   service at  6:30 p.m.
Mrs. McGarry died  Sunday, March 28,  1999, at Westwing  Place, DeWitt.  She
had  been a homemaker.  Bernice  Shea was born  Dec. 30, 1913, in DeWitt, to
John and  Katherine (Judge) Shea. She  married  Leonard McGarry on  June 21,
1934, in  DeWitt. He died March 7,  1975.  She was a  graduate of St. Joseph
High School, DeWitt. She was a member of St.  Patrick Catholic Church, Villa
Nova; and the Altar and Rosary Society. Her interests included gardening and
reading. She devoted her life to her family and faith. Memorials may be made
to the  family   in  lieu of flowers.    Survivors  include daughters,   Kay
(Mrs. Dick)  Lincoln,  DeWitt, Judy  (Mrs.  David) Fletcher,   DeWitt, Leona
(Mrs. Jim) Seifert, Donahue,  Helen (Mrs. Tom)  Medlin, Princeton, N.C., and
Paulette (Mrs. David) Frank, Port Angeles,  Wash.; sons and daughter-in-law,
Dick and Betty McGarry, DeWitt, Paul McGarry, DeWitt, Steve McGarry, DeWitt,
John McGarry, Sabula, and  James McGarry, Prescott, Ariz.; 35 grandchildren;
51 great-grandchildren;   five  great-great-grandchildren;  and   a  sister,
Lucille Maher, Rochester, Minn. She  was preceded in  death by five sisters,
four brothers, a grandchild and two great-great-grandchildren.

Quad City Times
March 30, 1999
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