Dolores A. (Dee) Austin

Dolores A. (Dee) Austin, age 67, of Maquon, Illinois died at 7:42 P.M. on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Galesburg Cottage Hospital, Galesburg, Illinois after a courageous battle with cancer.

 

She was born on October 25, 1947 in Galesburg, Illinois to Claire and Ruth (Clayburg) Lopeman. She graduated from Galesburg Senior High School in 1965. She worked for the former O.T. Johnson’s and Rusty Fried Chicken. Dolores married Alan Austin on October 12, 1967 at Corpus Christi Church in Galesburg, Illinois. He preceded her in death on August 3, 2007.

 

After marrying she made her home in Maquon, Illinois, where she and her husband owned and operated Alan Austin Trucking in Maquon, Illinois. She was also an EMT in Maquon, Illinois for several years and a member of the Board for Friends of Knox County.

 

Dolores did not have children but asked God what her purpose was if she could not be a mother and the next day she found a mother cat with babies under her porch, so from then on she took in many stray cats in Maquon and gave them a good home.

 

Dolores is survived by a brother-in-law and sister-in-law,  John (Debbie) Austin of Morton, Illinois; one nephew, Nick Austin of Morton, Illinois, and longtime neighbors and their family Delbert (Beth) Wells of Maquon, Illinois.  Also surviving is a special cousin, Patricia (Dale) Smith of Galesburg, Illinois.  She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.

 

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, December 22, 2014 at the Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes & Crematory in Knoxville, Illinois.  Visitation will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at the Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Homes & Crematory in Knoxville, Illinois.  Interment will be in the Maquon Cemetery, Maquon, Illinois. Fellowship will follow the graveside services at the Hurd-Hendricks Fellowship Center in Knoxville, Illinois.   Memorials may be made to the Guardian Angels or the Friends of Knox County. Online condolences and sympathy cards may be sent through www.hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com