	Ida B. Hester, age 92, of Du Quoin, passed away in the Fair Acres Nursing Home on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at 8:15 p.m.  
	Ida was born in Pinckneyville on February 16, 1912 the daughter of Fred W. and Emma (Lenz) Hauser.  She married Hurley D. Hester on October 22, 1950 in Pinckneyville and he preceded her in death on September 23, 1987.  
	Ida worked as a retail clerk at Walker's 5 & 10 and Ben Franklin in Pinckneyville and was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pinckneyville.  
	Survivors include her daughter, Ruth Haner and husband Everett, Jr. of Du Quoin;  four grandchildren, Jodi Greenwood, David Haner, Jerry Goldman & Renee Goldman; five great-grandchildren & one great great-grandson.  
	She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Elsie Snider and a son, Alfred Goldman.  
	Funeral services will be held at the Pyatt-Harrawood & Epplin Funeral Home in Du Quoin on Friday, February 4, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Howard Self officiating.  Interment will be in the Sunset Memorial Park in DuQuoin.  
	Visitation will be held at the Pyatt-Harrawood & Epplin Funeral Home in Du Quoin on Friday, February 4, 2005 from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.  
	Memorials may be made to Luke Memorial Hospice or St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pinckneyville.
