PAULINE NIESTRATH

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Pauline E. Niestrath, 82, of LeRoy died Saturday, Dec. 13, 1997, at LeRoy Manor.

She was born March 19, 1915, in Mounds, daughter of Otto Hugh and Rose Lovelette Kekow. She and Bill Henry Niestrath were married Nov. 14, 1936, at Mounds. He died Nov. 18, 1997.

Niestrath was a salesclerk at Montgomery Ward and Co. in Bloomington, retiring in 1980. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Mounds.

Survivors include a son, Hugh Niestrath of Bloomington; a daughter, Barbara Wilson of Cairo; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

There is no visitation.

A memorial graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge.

Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home in LeRoy is in charge of arrangements.

Announcement courtesy of Barkett Funeral Homes.