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Catherine Mills

Catherine Mills
Catherine A. Mills, 84, Machesney Park, Ill., died at 8:01 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2005 in Rockford Memorial Hospital.
She was born December 1, 1920, in Rockford, the daughter of Earl E. and Esther Dinse Pugh. She married Harry L. Mills in Rockford in 1946. Catherine lived in Machesney Park until moving to Boscobel in 1967. She returned to Machesney Park in turned 2000.
She was a founding member of Evans United Methodist Church, a member of the Harlem Alumni Association and former President of Women's Society of Mt. Zion Methodist Church where she also served as secretary of the Cemetery Association. She loved to quilt and do needlework donating many items to the VA Hospital in Tomah and other charities.
She is survived by a daughter, Sue (Roger) Yurs, Rockford; grandchildren, Tammy Yurs, Belvidere, Todd (Andrea) Yurs, Neoga, Brian (Ivelisse Atiles) Mills, Grayslake, Kevin Mills, Kelly (Patti) Mills, all of Machesney Park, Kristen (Jamal) Rashid, Coon Rapids, Minn., and Cindy Swenson, Minneapolis; nine great-grandchildren; daughters-in-law, Arlys Mills, Machesney Park, Cheri Hastings, Minneapolis; a sister, Agnes Milsap, Eugene, Ore.; and special cousin, Dorothy Nulle, Woodstock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Harry, in 1999; and sons, Earl and Arthur Mills.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 23 at Evans United Methodist Church. Rev. John Wesley Lee officiated with burial in Cedar Bluff Cemetery. Delehanty Funeral Home, Loves Park, Ill. was in Dedar Bluff Cemetery. Memorieals may be made to the church.
--The Boscobel Dial, Boscobel, Wisconsin, March 24, 2005 Page 3