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Hazel Lucera

August 29, 1926 — January 10, 2012

Hazel Earline Phillips Lucera 85, of Pekin passed away at 12:10 pm Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Kindred Hospital in Peoria. She was born August 29, 1926 in Endville, Mississippi to John and Lena Bell( Kelly) Witt.She married Shelby Phillips in 1944, he died in 1979, and she later married Anthony Lucera in 1982 he died in 2008. She is survived by one daughter, Barbara Jones of Florissant, MO; one brother Terry Maxcy of Mississippi; one sister Geneva Sanford Combs of Peoria; two grandsons, Brett (Angelique) Jones of O'Fallon, MO, and Brian (Dawn) Jones of St. Charles, MO; four great grandchildren, Madison, Alexa, Jackson and Padric Jones; one niece, Joyce Witt; five nephews, James, Bobby, Michael, Timothy and Paul Sanford, Hazel was preceded by her parents, three brothers, Murrell Witt, Hillary Witt, and Hoyt Ray Maxcy and an infant sister. Hazel was employed by 'Canteen' at Bradley University for eleven years before retiring.She loved to go Ball Room Dancing. She attended Liberty Baptist Church in Pekin. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Friday, January 13, 2012 at Henderson Funeral Home in Pekin.Rev Dr. Timothy Najpaver will officiate.Visitation will be from 10:00 am to 11:00 am prior to service.Burial will be in Swan Lake Memorial Gardens in Peoria. Memorials may be directed to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Illinois Chapter, 11 S. LaSalle Suite 1800 Chicago, IL 60603. To leave Hazel's family an online condolence please visit www.hendersonfuneralcare.com. Cemetery Swan Lake Memorial Gardens 4601 War Memorial Dr. Peoria,IL 61615 Visitation Friday, January 13, 2012 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Henderson Funeral Home and Crematory 2131 Velde Dr. Pekin,IL 61554 Service Friday, January 13, 2012 11:00 AM Henderson Funeral Home and Crematory 2131 Velde Dr. Pekin,IL 61554

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