Elsie M. Hamas

Created: Friday, October 26, 2012 1:15 a.m. CDT

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. – Elsie M. Hamas, 90, of Prescott Valley, Ariz., formerly of Dixon, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at Hospice Family Care in Prescott, Ariz.

She was born Dec. 13, 1921, in Chana, the daughter of Wilke and Katie (Reinema) Engelkes. She married Albert F. “Beano” Hamas on Oct. 29, 1942, in Streator. He preceded her in death on May 12, 1991.

Survivors include one daughter, Joan Lys of Prescott Valley; two sons, Richard (Kathy) Hamas of Byron and Michael (Paulette) Hamas of Dixon; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Erda Johnson of Loves Park.

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