[S1676] Qconline.com, The Rock Island Argus and The Dispatch, online www. qconline.com, No publication date given. Lee M. McNeal, 99, of Aledo, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Aledo Health and Rehab Center.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Fippinger Funeral Home, Aledo.Burial is at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Millersburg. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where memorials may be left to Oak Ridge Cemetery. Online condolences can be made at www.fippingerfuneralhome.com.
He was born June 2, 1911, in Millersburg Township, Ill., a son of William and Bessie Fuller McNeal. He attended the local schools and married Mary Inez Epperly Nov. 21, 1934, in Rock Island. She died March 2, 1992. He married Mary Jones Nov. 21, 1992. She died in 1997. He than married Hazel Hunter Sept. 21, 1997.
Lee was a dairy and grain farmer in Duncan Township most of his life, and was a custodian at Rockridge High School and Apollo Elementary School. He also worked at the ASCS office and was on the board of director's and cared for Oak Ridge Cemetery.
He was a member of the Mercer County Senior Citizens Center and the Joy Baptist Church. He enjoyed fishing, camping, bird and squirrel watching and traveling to Texas in the winter.
He is survived by his wife, Hazel; two daughters, Ilene (Bill) Tracy, Mary Lee (Bob) McAlister, all of Aledo; seven grandchildren, Mike (Jami) Tracy, Wichita, Kan., Pam (Jason) Boyd, Albuquerque, N.M., Stephanie (Zach Lerner) Tracy, San Francisco, Calif., John (Candy) Swank, DeeAnn (Jeff) Rush, Aledo, Jeff (Annette) Swank, Herscher, Ill.; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two wives; a grandson, Steve; and a brother.