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     Henrietta “Hen” Bliss, 67, of West Peoria, passed away at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, November 30, 2013, at Heartland of Peoria.
     There will be private services held for the family at Clary Funeral Home, 3004 West Lake Avenue, in Peoria. There will be no public visitation or service. Interment will be at Swan Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria.
     Henrietta was born on January 13, 1946 in Pottstown, the daughter of Bernard and Alice (Vicary) Roemer. They preceded her in death, along with a daughter, Christina M. Bliss, and four brothers. She married Harvey Bliss on October 15, 1967 in Peoria. He survives.
     She is also survived by her son, Brian Bliss of Peoria; daughter, Michelle Bliss of Spring Bay; granddaughters, Shauna Bliss and Alicia Fisk of Chillicothe; brothers, Dave (Marylou) Roemer of Peoria and Eugene (Marge) Roemer of Norwood; and her dogs, Ginger, Precious and Sugar.
     Henrietta graduated from Limestone Community High School in 1964. She was employed at the St. Joseph Home of Peoria for twenty-two years, retiring in 2003. She enjoyed bowling and was active at Town & Country’s Monday night Ball & Chain League and Friday night Richwoods Women’s League. She also enjoyed listening to Country music and spending time with her granddaughters.
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Hendrick Polanco My deepest condolences December 16, 2013
 

My deepest condolences.  May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...

John 11:32-45

32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”

38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”

45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;

Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage

http://www.jw.org