ALLIE CHARLES

MARBLE HILL -- Private graveside service for Allie Rebecca Charles of Ottumwa, Iowa, will be held Saturday at Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Charles, 94, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 1997, at Vista Woods Care Center in Ottumwa.

She was born July 12, 1903, in Bollinger County, daughter of Monroe and Rebecca Sitze Lawrence. She and William Charles were married Dec. 31, 1922. He died Dec. 4, 1977.

Charles operated an ice cream store and trucking business at Lutesville, and after retiring moved to Cape Girardeau where she resided 25 years. She moved to Ottumwa in 1994.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles were among the founders of Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery.

Survivors include two daughters, Melba Dodson of Plymouth, Mich., Marcella Gross of Ottumwa; a sister, Val Frazer; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.