Cheek, Mildred Clara Bacon

CHEEK, BACON, KILGORE, BAKER

Posted By: KEN BAKER (email)
Date: 9/25/2018 at 15:50:02

Des Moines Sunday Register, 12/3/2006

Mildred Clara Cheek, 87, of Nevada died on Friday, December 1, 2006 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM on Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at the First Christian Church-Disciples of Christ with Pastor Brice Hughes officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memory Gardens in rural Nevada.

Mildred was born on October 31, 1919 in Cromwell, Union County, Iowa, to Ralph and Effie (Kilgore) Bacon. She was a 1936 graduate of Tingley, Iowa High School. On February 29, 1939 Mildred married Roy Elvin Cheek in Abilene, Kansas. She and Roy lived in Creston from 1968-1988 and moved back to Nevada in 1989. Mildred was a member of the First Christian Church. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting and camping with her grandchildren.

Mildred is survived by two sons, Jerry (Linda) Cheek of Nevada and Dee (Sandra) Cheek of Ames; five grandchildren and two step-grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.

Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Roy on August 24, 1994, and a sister, Helen Baker in 1966.

Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada has been entrusted with Mildred and her arrangements.