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Nellie Treat

Jerseyville |

Nellie Faye Treat, 89, of Jerseyville, died at 9:05 p.m., Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville.She was born in Elsah Township, Jersey County, Illinois on July 14, 1928, the sixth of seven children born to George Wesley and Lida Minnie (Cope) Ferguson.Faye was first married to Delos Brooks, and together they had their only daughter, Lois.  She then married Harry Lee Gibson on March 11, 1966 in Jerseyville.  They shared 17 years together prior to his death on Nov. 26, 1983.Several years later she married Leeman Franklin Treat on June 30, 1989 in Jerseyville, and the two moved to his hometown of Marshall, Arkansas, moving back to Jerseyville to be closer to family just prior to his death on Aug. 1, 2006.For many years, Faye worked at Owens-Illinois in Alton, and later worked as a cook and matron at the Jersey County Jail, and as a cook at Fran & Marilyn's Restaurant in Jerseyville, where she made many friends.Surviving are her daughter, Lois Lyles of Jerseyville; four grandchildren, Julie Covington of Arenzville, Ricky Lyles, David Lyles and Jason Lyles all of Houston, Texas; 15 Great Grandchildren and numerous great great grandchildren.In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Richard Eugene Seymour on Apr. 10, 1999; a granddaughter, Dawn Mechaele Roberts on Feb. 20, 2003; three brothers, Dwight Cope, Sam Ferguson, and Leonard Ferguson; and three sisters, Dora Mae Lemons, Mildred Brakeville and Alice Kallal.Visitation will be from 9 am., Thursday until time of funeral services at 11 a.m. at the Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Rev. Ed Haun will officiate.She will be laid to rest in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville.Memorials may be given to the Riverbend Area Humane Society in Jerseyville.


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