Marie Kathryn Hinkel Gravitt, 91, of Coal Valley, Illinois, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center, Moline.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Coal Valley, with The Reverend Ray Guthrie officiating. Visitation was 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church where a Christian Wake Service was held at 8 p.m. Burial was in Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley, was entrusted with the arrangements.
Marie was born September 12, 1915, in Dubuque, Iowa, the daughter of John and Catherine Majerus Hinkel. She married Arthur Floyd Gravitt on April 1, 1933, in East Moline. He died May 26, 2000. She was a long-time member of St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Coal Valley, and was the church's custodian for 31 years, retiring in 1997.
Marie loved her large family and enjoyed making quilts.
She was survived by: five children, Janice Marie (Richard Dean) Seibert, Richard Lee (Patricia K.) Gravitt, Barbara Ann (Marvin Lee) Swanson, Marjorie Faye (Jerry Duane) Maddox, and Sandra Jean (Donald Lee Jr.) Metzner; 14 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur, and two sons, Arthur Eugene "Gene" Gravitt and Michael Wayne "Mike" Gravitt.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Coal Valley, with The Reverend Ray Guthrie officiating. Visitation was 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church where a Christian Wake Service was held at 8 p.m. Burial was in Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley, was entrusted with the arrangements.
Marie was born September 12, 1915, in Dubuque, Iowa, the daughter of John and Catherine Majerus Hinkel. She married Arthur Floyd Gravitt on April 1, 1933, in East Moline. He died May 26, 2000. She was a long-time member of St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Coal Valley, and was the church's custodian for 31 years, retiring in 1997.
Marie loved her large family and enjoyed making quilts.
She was survived by: five children, Janice Marie (Richard Dean) Seibert, Richard Lee (Patricia K.) Gravitt, Barbara Ann (Marvin Lee) Swanson, Marjorie Faye (Jerry Duane) Maddox, and Sandra Jean (Donald Lee Jr.) Metzner; 14 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur, and two sons, Arthur Eugene "Gene" Gravitt and Michael Wayne "Mike" Gravitt.
Marie Kathryn Hinkel Gravitt, 91, of Coal Valley, Illinois, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center, Moline.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Coal Valley, with The Reverend Ray Guthrie officiating. Visitation was 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church where a Christian Wake Service was held at 8 p.m. Burial was in Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley, was entrusted with the arrangements.
Marie was born September 12, 1915, in Dubuque, Iowa, the daughter of John and Catherine Majerus Hinkel. She married Arthur Floyd Gravitt on April 1, 1933, in East Moline. He died May 26, 2000. She was a long-time member of St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Coal Valley, and was the church's custodian for 31 years, retiring in 1997.
Marie loved her large family and enjoyed making quilts.
She was survived by: five children, Janice Marie (Richard Dean) Seibert, Richard Lee (Patricia K.) Gravitt, Barbara Ann (Marvin Lee) Swanson, Marjorie Faye (Jerry Duane) Maddox, and Sandra Jean (Donald Lee Jr.) Metzner; 14 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur, and two sons, Arthur Eugene "Gene" Gravitt and Michael Wayne "Mike" Gravitt.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Coal Valley, with The Reverend Ray Guthrie officiating. Visitation was 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church where a Christian Wake Service was held at 8 p.m. Burial was in Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley, was entrusted with the arrangements.
Marie was born September 12, 1915, in Dubuque, Iowa, the daughter of John and Catherine Majerus Hinkel. She married Arthur Floyd Gravitt on April 1, 1933, in East Moline. He died May 26, 2000. She was a long-time member of St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Coal Valley, and was the church's custodian for 31 years, retiring in 1997.
Marie loved her large family and enjoyed making quilts.
She was survived by: five children, Janice Marie (Richard Dean) Seibert, Richard Lee (Patricia K.) Gravitt, Barbara Ann (Marvin Lee) Swanson, Marjorie Faye (Jerry Duane) Maddox, and Sandra Jean (Donald Lee Jr.) Metzner; 14 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur, and two sons, Arthur Eugene "Gene" Gravitt and Michael Wayne "Mike" Gravitt.
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Interred next to her husband, Arthur Floyd Gravitt. There is a cenotaph adjacent to her grave for her son, Michael Wayne Gravitt Sr.
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