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Obituary of Esther Matteson
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Friends may continue to call from 9 - 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Reeves Funeral Home in Coal City, IL. Burial will be in the family plot in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wilmington, IL Esther was born on July 26, 1914 in Goose Lake Township, Grundy County, Illinois, to Albert and Agnes (Hughes) Dirker. She graduated from Morris High School in 1932 and worked at the Joliet Army Ammunition plant during WWII. Esther married Alan Heavens at Assumption Church in Coal City, IL in September, 1942. Alan preceded her in death in 1957 as did a daughter, Diana in infancy. In 1969 Esther married Howard S. Matteson who preceded her in death in 1977. Esther worked as a secretary for Coal City High School beginning in 1959 until her retirement in 1985. Esther was a very talented seamstress and was a 4-H leader in Coal City for several years. She taught ceramics and was active in many sewing and garden clubs over the years in both Coal City and in Mankato, MN where she moved in 1985. Survivors include her son, Jim (Cathy) Heavens of Dyersville, 3 grandsons: Alan, John and Patrick Heavens, a sister, Ethel Campbell Togliatti of Las Vegas, NV, a brother, Earl Dirker of Newark, IL, a cousin Virginia (Jim) Walsh of Morris, IL, and five nephews.
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