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Obituary for Mary Jo Gooley
MARY JO GOOLEY, 73, of Morrison, IL, died Saturday, August 12, 2023, at Rock River Hospice and Home in Sterling, IL.
Her funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, August 17, 2023, at the Morrison United Methodist Church with Pastor Sun-Ah Kang, pastor of the Morrison United Methodist Church officiating. A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 PM on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at the Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. Interment will be at Grove Hill Cemetery in Morrison, IL. Memorials have been established to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Morrison United Methodist Church.
Mary Jo was born June 9, 1950 in Morrison, IL, to Harry and Mary Josephine (Sharer) Schipper. She was educated in the Garden Plain grade schools and was a 1968 graduate of Fulton High School. She then graduated from Clinton Community College in 1996, while raising four children. Mary Jo married Kenneth R. Gooley on May 20, 1972, in Garden Plain, IL. She was employed by Fidelity in Fulton, IL, General Electric, Volkmann’s Furniture and Smith Bank in Morrison, IL, 1st National Bank in Sterling, IL and the Albany United Methodist Church, where she became involved with the youth group and education. She was a member of the Morrison United Methodist Church where she helped with Youth Education (Sunday School) and other church committees. She was active in the Girl Scouts in Albany, Garden Plain, and later in Morrison, IL. Mary Jo loved traveling with her husband, Ken. A few of her favorite trips included family vacations to Tennessee and Michigan, Disney World for their 50th Wedding Anniversary, the Scout Jamboree in Baraboo, WI, Australia and Fiji. She also enjoyed going on various bus trips, fishing trips to Northern Wisconsin and cruising to the Caribbean, Panama and Alaska.
Survivors include her husband, Ken; two daughters, Nicole Lukehart of Erie, IL and MaKaylin Gooley of Milo, IA; two sons, Ryan (Margaret) Gooley of Brownsburg, IN and Ben Gooley of Morrison, IL; three grandchildren, Chloee and Averee Lukehart and Alivia Lowe; two brothers, Richard (Linda) Schipper and Phil (Kathy) Schipper both of Fulton, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents; many aunts, uncles and cousins.
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Previous Events
Visitation
Wednesday
16
Aug
4:00 PM
- 7:00 PM
Bosma-Renkes - Morrison Chapel
404 Lincolnway East
Morrison, IL 61270
Service
Thursday
17
Aug
10:30 AM
Morrison United Methodist Church
200 W. Lincolnway
Morrison, IL 61270
Cemetery Details
Location
Grove Hill Cemetery
East High Street
Morrison, IL 61270
Memorial Contribution
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
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