Lil Bacon, age 83, of Annandale, MN died Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 19, 2003 at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Annandale with Fr. Ray Prybis, OMI officiating. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Sunday and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Monday at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Annandale. There will be a prayer service 7 p.m. Sunday. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 2003 at St. Patrick`s Cemetery, Dickinson, ND. Memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.
Lillian Bacon was born May 12, 1920 in Dunn County, ND to Jerry and Rose (Adamski) Kostelecky. She married Harold Anderson on February 11, 1956 and he preceded her in death on February 3, 1966. She married Merle Bacon on November 25, 1967 and he preceded her in death on January 3, 1987. She was born and raised in Dunn County, ND, lived in Dickinson from 1947-1968, then Battle Lake, MN until moving to Annandale in 1975. She worked for Parker Hannifin, Quick Coupling Division from 1977-1989 and was currently employed by the Annandale Firefighter`s Relief Association as a pull-tab booth operator at the Waterfront Bar & Supper Club. She was a member of St. Ignatius Church, Council of Catholic Women, and a 60-year member of Catholic Workman. She enjoyed friends, family, and gambling.
She is survived by children, Jerry Anderson of Annandale, Jocelyn Givens and her husband, Tom of Dallas, OR, Tom Anderson & his wife, Kellie of Ramsey, MN, Paul Anderson of Annandale, Tom Bacon and his wife, Barb of Pensacola, FL, Carol Olson of Hawley, MN; brothers, sister, & their spouses, Jerry & Lillian Kostelecky of Dickinson, Edwin & Mary Kostelecky of Dickinson, Mary Ann & Wally Loran of Detroit Lakes, MN; 12 grandchildren; and 9 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; brothers, Taft, Lewis, Laudie, Robert, William, & Charles; and sister, Dorothy Kudrna.
Pallbearers will be Scott Picken, Maynard Nilson, Tom Givens, Tom Bacon, Rod Loran, and Jeff Kostelecky. Music will be provided by Dureen Gasser.
Arrangements were by Dingmann Funeral Care of Annandale, Minnesota.