Lila M. Check

 Lila M. Check, age 83, of Bagley, died on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at the Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. She was born in Bagley to Clarence and Myrta (Champion) Brown on June 14, 1929. Lila married Francis Check on September 1, 1953, at St. Johns Catholic Church in Prairie du Chien. After forty-seven happy years together, Francis passed away on August 1, 2000. Lila enjoyed playing cards and games of any kind. She always looked forward to the get-togethers at her house on the Fourth of July. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Lila is survived by a daughter, Jenny and her husband, Glenn Marshall and two grandsons, Jason and Robert, and a sister-in-law, Wilma Brown.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Lennis Grauer and Veva Henry and two brothers, Melvin Lee Brown and Clifford CyBrown and her parents.

Funeral services were held on Monday, March 25, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Marys Catholic Church in Bloomington with Father John Meinholz officiating. Burial was in Bagley Cemetery, Bagley. Family and friends called on Sunday, March 24, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Martin Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Bloomington. Friends may also call on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until time of services at the church.

 A big thank you goes to her good friends Jim and Dorothy Stimart for always being there for Lila. Also, thank you to Dr. Sheirlie LaMantia and Dr. James Yurcek for taking special care of Lila.