- Date Of Birth: July 7, 1924
- Date Of Death: January 21, 2007
- State: Illinois
Florence V. Toots Hames, 82, formerly of Oglesby, died at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, January 21, 2007, at St. Joseph’s Nursing Home, Lacon. She was born July 7, 1924, in Dixon to Luigi and Victoria (Magnafici) Bevilacqua. She was a nurse at the Hygienic Institute, Peru, and for several local Doctors. She was a graduate of Dixon High School, and St. Joseph Mercyville Nursing School, Aurora.
She married Herbert E. Hames, Jr. on July 7, 1951, in St. Patricks Church, Dixon. She was a member of Holy Family Church, the Daughters of Isabella, former president of the St. Bede Mothers Club, and volunteered at the Hygienic Institute, Peru, from 1990 to 1997.
She is survived by: 1 son, Herb E. (Marian) Hames, III of Omaha, Nebraska; 4 daughters, Toni Lee (Vito) Caragiulo of Omaha, Nebraska, Teri Jo (Dr. Robert) Pogue of Stronghurst, Illinois, Mary (Bob) Biebel of Winona, Minnesota, and Holly (Mat) Johnson of El Cajon, California; 13 grandchildren; and 2 sisters, Gilda Bevilacqua of Rockford, and Josephine (William) La Fever of Dixon. She was preceded by: her husband, Herbert E. Hames, Jr. on November 23, 2002; 3 brothers; and 1 sister.
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