Georgia W. Lane

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, April 30, 2008

GALESBURG, ILL. — Georgia Wilcoxon Lane, 78, died April 9, 2008, at Cottage Hospital

The Alliance, Ohio, native was born Sept. 1, 1929. She was a daughter of the late Dr. George M. Wilcoxon and Louise Shem Wilcoxon. Georgia attended the University of Chicago at age 16 for two years. She transferred to Mount Union College, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in 1951. During her college years, she joined Alpha Xi Delta, founded in 1893 in Galesburg, and held numerous offices at local and regional levels. Georgia taught music in both public and private schools. She married Kenneth E. Lane on Aug. 2, 1953, moved to Chicago and had two children. She then moved to Wheaton and had two more. Georgia was a singer who worked as a professional church soloist and made several records. She was a lifelong genealogist, publishing countless newsletters and two books. She established the Wilcoxons as one of the First Families of Ohio. She traveled widely and loved music, tennis, card games, her family and the Florida sunshine. She was a 44-year survivor of breast cancer. She was preceded in death by a sister Sherry Lowe; a nephew, Matthew Lowe, an uncle, Don Shem; and an aunt, Thelma “Peg” Wilcoxon.

Graveside service is May 19 at the Alliance City Cemetery in Alliance, Ohio. Hinchliff-Pearson-West Galesburg Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Nova Singers, P.O. Box 1302, Galesburg, IL, 61402-1302.

Online condolences may be made at http://www.h-p-w.com/?s=lane.

Survivors include son, Kenneth C. Lane and his wife, Roxanne, of Reedsburg, Wis.; three daughters, Laura L. Lane and her husband, Richard Stout, of Galesburg, Linda Lane Haghi and her husband, Mehrdad Haghi, of Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Katherine Lane Bunting and her husband, Gary, of Bowling Green, Ky.; five grandchildren, Jacob Lane of Madison, Wis., Joshua Lane of Whitewater, Wis., Lydia Lane Stout of Galesburg and Leila and Sarah Haghi of Laguna Niguel; a sister, Peggy DeTombe of London, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.