FRUITLAND Park, Fla. - Lillian Marie Hallowell, 88, Fruitland Park, died Feb. 21, 2007.
Graveside services in La Harpe are pending.

Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007, Northside Christian Church, Fruitland Park, Fla.

A memorial fund has been established at Northside Christian Church to send youth to church camp.

Mrs. Hallowell was born April 10, 1920, in Chicago, the daughter of M.L. and Alma I. Green. She married Henry Rhea Hallowell of La Harpe, Ill. on May 23, 1942. He preceded her in death in 1999.

She graduated from Muscatine High School in 1938. She attended Muscatine Junior College and was a graduate of the Burlington School of Cosmetology.

She and her husband resided in La Harpe for 50 years. She lived with her daughter, Patricia, since the death of her husband, Henry. She moved to Fruitland Park on a permanent basis in 2001.

She was an active member of First Christian Church, Muscatine; First Christian Church, La Harpe, where she taught Sunday school for many years; and Northside Christian Church, Fruitland Park. She was a Girl Scout leader and school chaperon in La Harpe for many years. At age 80, she began painting lessons and painted many pictures for family and friends, specializing in pastels. She loved to write poetry. In the 2004 hurricanes that devastated Central Florida, she helped at the Salvation Army. She was also a member of the Auxiliary to American Legion Post 219 in Fruitland Park.

Survivors include a daughter, Patricia R. Aaberg of Fruitland Park; a son-in-law, Donald M. Aaberg of Fruitland Park; daughter-in-law, Jodelle Hallowell of Durham, Ill.; grandsons, Scott Hallowell of Durham and Jamie Hallowell of La Harpe; stepgrandson, William Aaberg of Fruitland Park; three sisters, Vera Garvin and Rose Rummery, both of Muscatine, and Marybelle Brandstatter of Coralville; and special friend, Margaret A. Haecherl of Sacramento, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Donald; two brothers, John and James Green of Muscatine; and her parents.