Mabel Lorene LeFevre died on Monday, October 3, 2016, at the age of 99, at the residence of her son.She was born on May 2, 1917, in Greenbush, Warren County, Illinois, the daughter of Martie W. Caves and Beulah (Simmons) Caves Stegall. She married Ivan Lyle LeFevre on September 10, 1945 in Yuma, Arizona. He preceded her in death on April 3, 1988. She was also preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Norma Floyd, Cleta Rogers and Edna Van Velsor and a brother, Donald Caves.
Mable is survived by her son, Jeffrey LeFevre of Elmhurst, Illinois, a daughter Sharon (Dennis) Galloway of North Port, Florida; two grandsons, Neil Galloway (Tracy Michaels) of Amesbury, Massachusetts and Shawn Galloway of Chicago, Illinois; and two great-grandchildren, Connor Galloway and Erin Galloway of Lynn, Massachusetts. She is also survived by her brothers, Martin Caves of Quincy, Illinois and Ernest (Wanda) Caves of Galesburg, Illinois and many nieces and nephews.
After graduating Avon High School in 1937, Mable moved to Abingdon, Illinois where she worked as a seamstress at the Blue Bell Factory that manufactured jeans. Following her marriage, she lived a short time in Huntington Park (Los Angeles), California before settling down in Elmhurst, Illinois to raise their family. When she retired they moved to Phoenix, Arizona until the death of her husband. She was baptized on 9 October 1977 at the Phoenix Christian Assembly by Pastor Donald R. Grosvenor. In 1990, she returned to Illinois and lived in Morton before moving to Elmhurst, to live with her son.
Visitation will be 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at Hinchliff-Pearson-West Abingdon Chapel, 206 North Washington Street, Abingdon, Illinois. Burial will follow at the Abingdon Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.h-p-w.com.
