CASSINGHAMS in America

M. Irene (Shepperd) Teesdale Obituary

[From the Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois, 13 Feb 1993, p. C7.]

M. Irene Teesdale

M. Irene Teesdale, 74, of Colusa, the sister of a Peoria woman, died at 1:48 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, 1993, at Memorial Hospital in Carthage.

Born June 17, 1918, in Moline to William and Myrtle Murray Shepperd, she married H. Robert Teesdale on may 28, 1938, in Burlington, Iowa. He survives.

Also surviving are three sisters, Lola Robertson of Peoria, Barbara Hicks of Paducah, Ky., and Shirley Allard of Galesburg, Mich.; one son, Robert of Colusa; one daughter, Diane Moore of Lake Cormorant, Miss.; one brother, Lyle Shepperd of Battle Creek, Mich.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Two brothers preceded her in death.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Banks & Beals Funeral Home in Dallas City. the Rev. Larry Van Gundy will officiate. Calling hours will be after 1 p.m. Sunday and visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.