MARIE BACON

Marie Helen Telle Bacon, 76, of 1764 Pemiscott died Saturday, June 28, 1997, at her home.

She was born Nov. 20, 1920, in Gordonville, the daughter of Ernst T. and Elda Simeners Telle. She married Melvin Bacon on Nov. 18, 1945, in Cape Girardeau.

She was a homemaker and a volunteer at Southeast Missouri Hospital, Meals on Wheels and the Girl Scouts. She belonged to the site council of the Senior Citizens Center and the V.F.W. She donated hand-made afgans to the gift shop at Southeast Hospital and made Christmas stockings for the infants there.

She was a junior aide at Trinity Lutheran Church, where she was a member.

Survivors include her husband; a son, David Bacon of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Martha Louise Dickinson of Hartville, and two grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters.

Friends may call today from 4 to 8 p.m., at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. David V. Dissen officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.