Name: Esther (Gidding) Block, age 80

When: 20 Jul 1996

Where: Covenant Medical Center, Urbana, IL

Funeral services: 1 p.m., 23 Jul 1996, at Mittendorf-Calvert-Morgan Funeral Home, Champaign Chapel, 2400 Galen Drive, Champaign. The Rev. Stephen Foster officiated

Burial: Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign, IL

Born: 3 Dec 1915, at Homer, a daughter of George and Beulah Eaton Gidding

Married: 1 Jan 1936, at Homer, to Cecil Block

Survivors: her husband, two daughters, JoAnn Hansens and Peggy Neville, both of Champaign, and two grandchildren. Mrs. Block was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

Submitted by: Everett C. Block; Contact: Donna d-nicho@uiuc.edu