Mary Ada Chrissinger was born May 23, 1912, in Eddyville, IA, the youngest daughter of Harris Roberts Chrissinger and Edith Gander Edwards Chrissinger. As her family moved around the Midwest, Mary attended 19 different schools from 1st through 12th grade, graduating from high school in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1929. After working for two years at Woolworth's candy counter in Galesburg, IL, she left to attend nurses' training at East Moline State Hospital. Funeral services are 10 AM Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at St. Anne Catholic Church, East Moline. Entombment is in St. Mary's Mausoleum. Visitation is 4-7 PM Monday at Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd., East Moline, where a rosary will be recited at 6:30 PM. Mary died Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at Monmouth Nursing Home, Monmouth. Mary was joined in marriage to John Patrick Kehoe on April 7, 1934 in Sunbury, IL. She worked as a homemaker and eventually returned to work at the State Hospital, retiring in 1972. For many years, she was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church in East Moline, taking part after her retirement in helping the Altar Society roll bandages for the Red Cross. Mary also logged many volunteer hours with Illini Hospital Auxiliary, and was a very active union member and Democrat. She learned to swim at age 60, and enjoyed lap swimming and water exercise classes at Two Rivers YMCA in Moline. At age 84, Mary moved to Monmouth, IL, where she became a member of Immaculate Conception Parish and continued her water exercise classes at the Warren County YMCA into her early 90's. In her final years, Mary was well cared for by Courtyard Estates Independent Living Facility, Aledo Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Monmouth Nursing Home, and Hospice Compassus. Mary was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, a son-in-law, and her husband. She is survived by her daughters Joan (Richard) Tyler, Aransas Pass, TX, and Marilyn (John) Van Ausdall, Monmouth, IL, and her son, Michael Kehoe, Aransas Pass, along with 7 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great-grandchildren, and some wonderful Irish nephews- and nieces-in-law. Memorials for Mary may be made to St. Anne Church or to the Monmouth Nursing Home van fund.