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- The last surviving member of a longtime Limestone Township family, Barbara Goepper DeLonais, passed away Thursday (Dec. 7, 2006), at her home in Bradley, surrounded by her loving family.
Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to Kankakee Animal Control.
Barbara was the third child of Albert G. and Lulu Buhrmester Goepper, born on Aug. 1, 1913. The Goepper family settled in Limestone in the late 1800s and farmed acreage still in the family today.
Barbara became a schoolteacher and taught in one-room schools in Limestone Township and Reddick for eight years.
In November 1941, she married Alfred DeLonais in Kankakee. He passed away in 1992.
She was extremely gifted at needlework, which was a favorite hobby for many years. Over the years, she also had several adopted dogs. In later years, well into her eighties, she enjoyed reading and traveling in her daughter's motor home, taking part in a number of short as well as cross-country trips. She was also an avid Chicago Bulls fan.
Barbara is survived by her daughter, Nancy DeLonais Brown of Bradley; granddaughter, Carrie Anne Brown Crane (Lance Devore) of Bradley; great-grandchildren, Savannah and Cody Crane and Drew Devore, all of Bradley; and brother-in-law, Leonard DeLonais of Bourbonnais. Also surviving are nieces Gina (Dana) Weaver of Kankakee, Chloe (Alex) Hrechko of New Braunfels, Texas, Richard (Debbie) Goepper of Joliet, Evelyn (Chuck) Coffel & Vicki (Roger) Beland of Bourbonnais, Keith Cromwell of Kankakee, Gretchen (Sam) Averitt of Tucson, Ariz., and Brenda (Jerry) Walter of Bradley; & special friend, Hazel Sibley of Kankakee.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and siblings Forrest Goepper, Marguerite Regnier and Maxine Dinardi.
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