Viola M. Lane, 93, a native of Illinois, and a resident of Gulf Shores, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, at Robertsdale Healthcare Center.
She was born Feb. 10, 1915, in Wenona, Ill., the second of nine children. She graduated from Wenona High School, and married Lyle Lane in 1936. She retired from Champion Pnumatic Machinery in Princeton, Illinois, as a bookkeeper working in accounting. She was a member of Gulf Shores United Methodist Church. She loved the Lord, her church and it's members. She was a loving and supporting wife, mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle Lane, parents, Joseph and Lillie Marconnet and six siblings.
Survivors include a son, Leon (Libby Britton) Lane of Cullman; two grandchildren, Debbie (Mark) Calvert of Atlanta, and David (Karen) Lane of Cullman; four great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild; two brothers, Edward Marconnet of Wauwatosa, Wis., and Robert Marconnet of Longmont, Colo.
Funeral services and visitation were held Friday, Aug. 15 at Gulf Shores United Methodist Church. Graveside services and interment will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19 at Lacon Cemetery, Lacon, Ill.
The family requests memorial donations be made to Gulf Shores United Methodist Church building fund, or Community Hospice, Foley.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Foley.
