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Lela Hand
LELA HAND
Center Point
Lela Berniece (Shaffer) Hand, 94, a lifelong resident of Center Point, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, of ovarian cancer. Funeral service: 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion. The family will greet friends from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Private family burial: Lafayette Cemetery, rural Alburnett.
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