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Val Birket 1916 - 2007 Val Cecilia Birket, 91, widow of Ralph O. Birket (a Peoria native and
long-time employee of Illinois Bell Telephone Company), died on
December 23 at Sunny Acres in Petersburg after a long illness. She had lived in the Springfield area for nearly 50 years.
The daughter of George and
Harriet Wright Struebing, she was born December 12, 1916, Cecile Velma Struebing in Bellflower, Illinois, and graduated from high school in Coffeyville, Kansas. A former beauty queen, she attended business school for 2 years before working as an operator
and chief operator at Illinois Bell in Champaign. She married Ralph Birket in 1947 and thereafter was a mother, homemaker, and caregiver,
including serving on the Altar Guild of St. Ambrose Episcopal Church
in Chicago Heights and on local PTAs in that area and Springfield.
She is survived by her daughter, Sallie Birket Chafer, of Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia.
Cremation rites have been accorded. Hurley Funeral Home in Petersburg is in charge of arrangements.
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