Florence A. Dexter

Florence Annette (Griffin) Dexter, 89, of Bourbonnais, formerly of Momence and Grant Park, died Sunday (Feb. 13, 2011) at Beecher Manor, after a three-plus-years struggle following a major blood hemorrhage. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais, and from 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Community United Methodist Church, Bourbonnais, until the 11 a.m. funeral services. The Rev. Craig Sweet will officiate. Burial will be in Kankakee Memorial Gardens, Aroma Township. Memorials may be made to the family wishes. Florence was the second of eight children, born March 27, 1921, in Martinton, to Ralph and Marie Holt-Fisher Griffin. She married Andrew J. Dexter Nov. 14, 1937, in Enos, Ind. After a 45-year marriage Andrew died Jan. 20, 1983. Besides being a mother and homemaker, she worked many years as a cosmetologist and from 1962 until 1987 owned and operated "Mi Ohn" Beauty Salon in Momence. After retiring, she worked as a cashier at Osco Drugs in Bourbonnais until 2003 and volunteered many years at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee. She was a member of the Momence HCE, having served in multiple positions. She was a past member of the Momence Twig Unit of Riverside Medical Center Auxiliary and the Grant Park PTA, having served several years as president. She was a member of Grace Community United Methodist Church in Bourbonnais, where she was involved with For Women Only, The Prayer Group and had served on several committees. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Momence, where she was a member of the Susanna Circle and the founder of the annual mother-daughter banquet. She was the proud mother of daughters and sons-in-law, Ruthann and Lawrence Sanders, of Beecher, and Cathy and Lou Mombrun, of Wilmington; sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Judy Keller-Dexter, of Momence, Ronald Dexter and Tom and Kathy Dexter, all of Bourbonnais, Jackie Dexter, of Piper City, and Evey Dexter, of Bourbonnais; bragging grandmother of Larina Sanders, of Crete, Larry (Sherry) Sanders Jr., of Cedar Lake, Ind., Melissa (Paul) Blakely, of Rankin, Andrea Dexter, of Bourbonnais, Anndee (Robert) Saess, of Waukesha, Wis., Jason (Samantha) Whitten, of St. Anne, Jessica (Chris) Drozda, of Herscher, Jennifer (Alan) Whitcomb, of Kankakee, Jonathan Dexter, of Bourbonnais, and Alexandria "Alex" Mombrun, of Wilmington; stepgrandchildren, Rick Stadt, of Bourbonnais, and Carlene (Larry) Giasson, of St. Anne; elated great-grandmother of Daniel Sanders, Heather (Jake Reynolds) Sanders and Larry Sanders III, all of Cedar Lake, Ind., Nicholas Blakley and Lyndsie Blakley, both of Rankin, Alysse Rueff, of Bradley, Johnathan Toma, of Momence, Aaron Gilbert and Nathan Hedges, both of Bourbonnais, Dakota "Kody" Saess, Cheyanne Saess and Jasmine Saess, all of Waukesha, Savanna Drozda and Kolton Drozda, both of Herscher; stepgreat-grandchildren, Chad Stadt, of Chicago, Cristin Stadt, of Bradley, Amber Kelson, Curtis Giasson and Samantha Giasson, all of St. Anne; overjoyed great-great-grandmother of Skylar Sanders and Brookelynn Reynolds; stepgreat-great-grandchildren, Aiden Kelson of St. Anne, and McKenna Stadt, of Bradley; brothers and sisters-in-law, Donald and Lillian Griffin, of Mundelein, Gerald and Betty Griffin, of Buchanna, Tenn. and James Griffin, of Richland, Wash.; sister, Ruth Hall, of Kentland, Ind.; sisters-in-law, Eleanor Griffin, of Athens, Ohio and Faye Griffin Ryan, of Early, Texas; brother-in-law, Louis Rolls, of Morocco, Ind.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Ray, Harold "Skeet" and Leslie; seven sisters-in-law, five brothers-in-law, two nieces, five nephews and three great-nieces.

Florence A. Dexter

March 27, 1921 - February 13, 2011