M. Bernice Hanley's Obituary
EVANSVILLE, IN - M. Bernice (Coartney) Hanley, age 97 of Evansville, Indiana and formerly of Urbana, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville. Graveside Services honoring and celebrating her life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 14, 2011 at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Mattoon with Pastor Wayne Carrigan officiating. There will be no public visitation. It is requested that in lieu of flowers memorial gifts in her honor be made to the March of Dimes. Gifts may be left at the Graveside Service or mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive, Charleston, IL 61920. Bernice was born at home on the family farm in Coles County, Illinois on December 10, 1913, the oldest of four children born to the late Harry and Pearl (Rhoden) Coartney. She married Kenneth Everett Hanley on August 29, 1936 and they shared nearly fifty years of marriage prior to his death in February of 1986. She is survived by their children, Barbara (Hanley) Meyer of 15511 Sherman Way #2, Van Nuys, California 91406, Kay (Hanley) Tibbetts and husband Ronald of Leesburg, Florida and Philip Hanley and wife Marianne of Evansville, Indiana; four grandchildren, Lori Ernest and husband Scott of Kettering, Ohio, Christine Kennedy and husband Neal of Springboro, Ohio, Douglas Hanley and wife Veronica of Las Vegas, Nevada, Scott Hanley of Clarendon Hills, Illinois; a stepson, Andrew Brooks of Evansville; seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Bonnie Weber and husband Bill of Ashmore, Illinois; a sister-in-law, Jean Coartney of Ashmore; and several nieces and nephews and their families. In addition to her parents Bernice was preceded in death by a brother, Jack Coartney, a sister, Mildred Brown and a son-in-law, Glen Meyer. Bernice lived in Charleston, Toledo and then in Mattoon for twenty-five years. She and Everett made the move to Urbana which soon became home for this loyal Illini fan of seventy years. Everett and Bernice thoroughly enjoyed camping and were members of Good Sam and TWT Camping Clubs. She enjoyed being a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and as a homemaker, her priority was creating a warm and loving home - her family was truly blessed. When she could no longer live on her own, Bernice moved to Evansville to be near family and was lovingly cared for by the staff at West Park Rehabilitation Hospital.
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