MOUNDS, Ill. -- Margaret DuBois, 76, of Mounds, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo.
She was born Feb. 14, 1919, in Milburn, Ky., daughter of James and Mary Elliott Willett. She married Bert DuBois, who died in 1965.
DuBois had been a nurse aide at Meridian Manor Nursing Home in Mounds. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mound City.
Survivors include three daughters, Pat Greer of Mounds, Betty McBride of Edmond, Okla., Susie Wheeler of Indianapolis, Ind.; four sons, Pierre DuBois of Jackson, Mo., Bill DuBois of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Robert DuBois of Murphysboro, Joe DuBois of Edmond; two sisters, Stella Hobbs of Mayfield, Ky., Linda Medina of Chicago; a brother, Rudy Willett of Peoria; 20 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son and five brothers.
Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds after 5 p.m. Sunday. Parish prayers will be at 7.
Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Church, with the Rev. Bill McGhee officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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