Marybelle Haines

Marybelle Haines, 93, of Du Quoin, passed away at 10:50 P.M., Friday, June 14, 2002 at the Fair Acres Nursing Home in Du Quoin.
Marybelle was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Du Quoin. She was a member of the United Methodist Women Keturah Circle, she had  been Sunday School Superintendent for many years, a member of the administrative board and a member of the Friendly Bible Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Du Quoin Library Board, Monday Club, Domestic Science Club, Garden Club, Perry County Home Extension and the PTA. She was association chairman of the Du Quoin Girl Scouts.
She was born June 15, 1908 at Du Quoin the daughter of William A. and Keturah (Jones) Kimmel.
Her father owned and operated Kimmel Hardware which was on the corner of Main and Mulberry Streets. She attended Wheatley School but was home the years between 4th & 6th. grade because of rheumatic fever. Her mother taught her and kept her up with her studies. After graduating from Du Quoin Township High School, she attended Ward Belmont in Tennessee for a year. From Ward Belmont she attended the University of Illinois; joined Pi Beta Phi sorority, was president of the chapter her senior year. She graduated in the 1931-32 school year with a major in French. Her father told her that she now had the book knowledge but that she needed the practical knowledge, so she sailed for France missing the U of I's graduating exercises.
She spent the summer in Dijon, France, brushing up on her French along with other students from all over the world. In the fall she went to Paris and enrolled in the Sorbonne. She was sent to the school of phonetics since she spoke French with a German accent, plus taking classes at the Sorbonne. She spent a year in France; from France she attended Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. She graduated from Middlebury with a Masters degree. She taught English and French for 3 years in Milford, Delaware.
From Delaware she returned to Du Quoin and married Richard W. Haines on July 28, 1936, he preceded her in death December 31, 1993.
She is survived by four children-Suzanne H. Crawford and husband Paul of Robbinston, Maine, Richard K. Haines and wife Mary of Du Quoin, Mary Jo Novak and husband Charles of Decatur, Sarah A. Cook and husband Robert of Crofton, Maryland, ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a brother William Dean Kimmel.
Funeral services were at 1:00 P.M.,Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at the First United Methodist Church in Du Quoin with Rev. Carl Mesiti officiating.
Friends called from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P M. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church.
Interment was in the Tamaroa Cemetery.
The Searby Funeral Home of Du Quoin was in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Du Quoin, Du Quoin Library or the Marshall Browning Hospital.
