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    GLORIA CALMES

    June 24, 1943 - November 12, 2012

    Gloria â€Å"Doll†Calmes, 69, of Kankakee, died Monday, November 12, 2012 at Riverside Medical Center. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 20, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until time of funeral services at 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Ernest Rucker will officiate. Burial will be in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL. Gloria â€Å"Doll†Calmes was born June 24, 1943 in Marianna, Arkansas to John H. and Drucilla Bracy Glenn. She professed her faith in Christ and was baptized at a young age. She was first united with Friendship Baptist Church and later became a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church. She was united in Holy Matrimony to John C. Calmes on December 2, 1985. Mrs. Calmes, a homemaker enjoyed cooking, watching ‘Westerns’ and playing bingo. She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, John C. Calmes of Kankakee, IL; one daughter, Sherika Willingham of Bourbonnais, IL; four sons and one daughter-in-law, Willie Dean, Douglas Willingham and Marc Calmes, all of Kankakee, IL and John Jr. and Robin Calmes of Indianapolis, IN; four sisters and one brother-in-law, Leonia Green, Blanchie and Albert Hairston and Julia Billips, all of Kankakee, IL and Bessie Willingham of St. Louis, MO; 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a host of stepchildren, step-grandchildren, step-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Albert and James Glenn.

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    Gloria â€Å"Doll†Calmes, 69, of Kankakee, died Monday, November 12, 2012 at Riverside Medical Center. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 20, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until time of funeral services at 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Missionary... View Obituary & Service Information

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