Bernice Cobb

Register-Mail, The (Galesburg, IL) - December 20, 2007 Deceased Name: Helen Bernice Tully Helen Bernice Tully

1910-2007

KNOXVILLE - Helen Bernice Tully, 97, of rural Knoxville died at 7:30 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 16, 2007) at Knox County Nursing Home, Knoxville.

Bernice was born Sept. 11, 1910, in Lovilia, Iowa, the daughter of Hal and Margaret Morrissey Cobb. She married Michael Joseph Tully on April 15, 1936, in Newton, Iowa. Surviving Bernice are two sons, Ronald (Jo Ann) Tully of California and Patrick (Sandra) of Wataga; two daughters, Michele Harmon of Knoxville and Mary Jane (John) Inzirillo of California; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Preceding Bernice in death were her husband, Michael, on April 4, 2003; a son, Gary; a daughter, Judith; and two sisters.

Bernice graduated from Newton High School in 1928. She was a homemaker and farmed with her husband for over 50 years. She was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and its Altar and Rosary Society. She was also a member of the Egypt Neighborhood Club.

Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Corpus Christi Church, with the Rev. Deus-Dedit Byabato officiating. Visitation will be 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at Watson Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Peoria.

Memorials may be made to St. Vincent DePaul Society.

Expressions of sympathy may be made at www.watsonfh.net.