Dorothy J. Baraks

Dorothy J. Baraks, 87, of Orion, Illinois, formerly of Coal Valley, died Friday, September 2, 2005, in Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island.

Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley, with The Reverend Tim Snart officiating. Burial is in Coal Valley Cemetery. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Coal Valley, or Oak Glen Home.

Dorothy Jane McElwain was born August 9, 1918, in Coal Valley, the daughter of Bailey L. and Ruth (Hayes) McElwain. She married Freeman F. Baraks on February 20, 1934, in Moline. He died November 20, 1992. She was a dietary aid at Oak Glen Home for 20 years, retiring in 1980.

Dorothy was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Coal Valley. She enjoyed watching sports on television, and especially loved being with her family.

Dorothy is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, John (Jack) and Nedra Baraks of Orion; two grandsons, Marcus Baraks of Durham, North Carolina, and Gregory Baraks and his wife Lori of Sealy, Texas; two great-grandsons, Jonathan and Jacob Baraks, both of Sealy; and a brother, William H. McElwain of Moline.

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