Mary Catherine Greer

	Mary Catherine Greer, age 95, of Coulterville, died in Sparta Community Hospital on February 6. 2002 at 4:55 p.m.
	Mary was born in Pinckneyville on April 3, 1906, the daughter of Edward and Magdalina Elizabeth (Bahre) Timpner.  She married William James Greer on August 19, 1935 in Pinckneyville and he preceded her in death in 1982.  Mary worked on the family dairy farm most of her life and dedicated many years to being a school teacher.  She graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1929.  She was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pinckneyville, enjoyed quilting, her flower and vegetable gardens, helping on the family farm and traveling.  She was very active even into her 90s.
	She is survived by a son, Donald J. Greer and wife Linda of Coulterville; three grandchildren, Marcy, Tracy and Bradley Greer; a great-grandson, Dakota Greer; a brother, Edward Timpner of Pinckneyville; a sister-in-law, Caroline Greer of Swanwick and two brothers-in-law, Aaron Greer of Pinckneyville and Everett Greer of Texas.
	 She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and three children, James, Rosemary and a son in infancy.
	Funeral services were held on Saturday, February 9 at the St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pinckneyville at 11 a.m. with Rev. Karen Stahr Terada officiating.  Interment was in the Mueller Hill Cemetery in Pinckneyville.
	Visitation was at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville on Friday, February 8 from 6 until 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 until 9:30 a.m. then at the church from 10 a.m. until services.
	Memorials may be made to the St. Paul United Church of Christ.
