Hancock County Journal-Pilot
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
October 25, 2000Leona Bivens
August 4, 1911 -- October 17, 2000
Leona Bivens, 89, of Meadville, PA, formerly of Carthage, died at 2:30 a.m. October 17, 2000, at the Wesbury Methodist Retirement Community in Meadville. She was born in Hancock County on August 4, 1911, the daughter of Bert and Blanche Kimbrough White.
Survivors include three sons, Dr. Richard Bivens of Westfield, NY, Bert Bivens of Bellingham, WA, and Loren Bivens of Simi Valley, CA; eight grandchildren, Jonathan, Jennifer, Bruce, Dominick, Dashiel, and Jasper Bivens, Susan Frederickson and Diane Ross and 10 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Olive Earls and Marie Carle and one brother, Leonard White.
She was employed as a bookkeeper for the First National Bank of Carthage for 25 years. She enjoyed gardening.
Services will be held at Neiser-Printy Funeral Home in Carthage at 2 p.m. on October 28, 2000. Family will meet friends from 1 p.m. until the time of services. Burial will be in the Basco South Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to Neiser-Printy Funeral, 603 Walnut St., Carthage, IL 62321 for either the American Heart Association or Memorial Hospital in Carthage.
HCJP 10-25-00
Daily Gate City
Keokuk, IowaLeona Bivens
Aug. 4, 1911 -- Oct. 17, 2000
MEADVILLE, Penn. -- Leona Bivens, 89, of Meadville, Penn., formerly of Carthage, Ill., died at 2:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2000, at the Wesbury Methodist Retirement Community in Meadville.
She was born on Aug. 4, 1911, in Hancock County, the daughter of Bert and Blanche Kimbrough White.
Survivors include: three sons, Dr. Richard Bivens of Westfield, N.Y., Bert Bivens of Bellingham, Wash., and Loren Bivens of Simi Valley, Calif.; eight grandchildren, Jonathan, Jennifer, Bruce, Dominick, Dashiel and Jasper Bivens, Susan Frederickson and Diane Ross; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death a brother, Leonard White and two sisters, Olive Earls and Marie Carle.
She was employed as a bookkeeper for the First National Bank of Carthage for 25 years. She enjoyed gardening.
Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Neiser-Printy Funeral Home in Carthage.
Burial will be in the Basco South Cemetery.
Visitation is from 1 p.m. Saturday until the time of services at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or Memorial Hospital in Carthage and may be sent to the funeral home at 603 Walnut St., Carthage, Ill., 62321.
Husband: Lowell Bivens
Note: "White" is not her birth name.
