Alice Rebecca Ablard
Born: November 7th, 1913
Died: January 30th, 1997
Obituary
Alice Rebecca Ablard, 83, of Burlington, died at 6:52 p.m.Thursday, Jan 30, 1997, at Genesis East Medical Center in Davenport.
Born Nov. 7, 1913, in Williamsburg, Iowa she was the daughter of Wm. Hy. and Susan Gittings Jones. On May 22, 1934, she married Glen L Ablard in Williamsburg. Mrs. Ablard worked at Advanced Ross Manufacturing for 25 years.
She was a 1933 graduate of Williamsburg High School and a member of Asbury Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband; one son, Russell Allyn Ablard of Rockwall, TX; two daughters, Camille Sue Michaels of West Burlington and Beverly Kay Swift of Austin, TX; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and two sisters, Anna Beth Jones of Washington, DC and Elenor Allinson of Oswego, Ore.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, and two sisters.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. today in Lunning Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
The funeral for Mrs. Ablard will be 2 p.m. Monday in Lunning Chapel, with the Rev. Karen Dungan officiating. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery.
A memorial has been established for the Rachel Swift Trust Fund, for the care of Mrs. Ablard's granddaughter who suffered a traumatic brain injury.