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Mary Ione Kolinek Lewallen

7 Apr 1922 – 23 Jul 2009

Birth7 Apr 1922
Death23 Jul 2009
CemeteryWaco Memorial Park
Robinson , McLennan County , Texas , USA
Added bySlick aka Sharon Erwin McNary on 13 Feb 2023
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39810421

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Mary Lewallen, 87, of Waco, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2009, at a local nursing home, with us three girls by her side. Her services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors Chapel, with the Rev. Greg Brumit and Chaplain Suzanne Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation with family and friends will be 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 24, at the funeral home. Mary Ione was born in Elgin, Texas, to the late Anna Pauline Bayer Kolinek and John Carl Kolinek. On Feb. 11, 1943, she married Virgil Grant Lewallen. Mary was her husband's fishing, hunting and "bird dog" buddy. She had more children than the three she gave birth to as she was always "adopting" her children's friends. An extremely good cook and extraordinarily talented seamstress who could copy clothing without even using a pattern. Preceding her in death was her husband, V. G. "Bubby" Lewallen; grandsons, James Michael Norris and Duane Keith McCain; three brothers; and seven sisters. Survivors include her daughters, Jeanne Norris, of Waco, JoAnn Peeler and husband, Ed, of Buckholts, and Jan Bartee, of Waco; grandchildren, Lisa Marshall and husband, Henry, Joey McCain, Larry Peeler and wife, Sharlayne, Linda Peeler, J.R. Norris and wife, Amanda, Grant Bartee and wife, Fabiola, and Suzanne McCain; great-grandchildren, Sara, Grace and John Marshall, Sara, Gilam, and Jacob Norris, and Myles Peeler; sister, Ella Chiles, of Waco; and numerous nieces and nephews. Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/242009...TL3/T4

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