IIla “Jean” (Lowrey) Bacon, 90, passed away on Saturday, November 14,
2020 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas due to complications of
Covid-19. She was born to Leon E. and Lucy Ann (Berry) Lowrey in
Neosho, Missouri on February 28, 1930. She grew up in Neosho on the
family farm. Jean was baptized at a young age in the river near her
home. She attended the Neosho Schools graduating from Neosho High
School. After graduation, she moved out to Northwest Kansas to help her
sister with her children. Her sister’s husband was working for the
Foster Farms near Rexford, Kansas. When Jean was done helping her
sister, she worked in the Rexford Café. Henry Lloyd “Red” Bacon was a
regular at the café and Jean met and fell in love with him. Jean and
Lloyd were married in 1950. They were blessed with two children Danny
and Marcy.
Jean and Lloyd lived in Rexford, Kansas where Lloyd was working as a
Post Master. Jean helped Lloyd in the Post Office working as a Postal
Clerk. December 17, 1968, Lloyd passed away. Exactly three years after
Lloyd’s death, Jean was blessed with her first grandson, Kyle Keith
Gilbert. Eventually, Jean moved to Hoxie, Kansas. She worked for the
Sheridan County Health Complex as Supervisor of the House Keeping
Department. She also worked for Developmental Services of Northwest
Kansas DSNWK). She loved cooking and enjoyed cooking for her grandson,
Bryce. Gardening and doing yard work was a passion of hers. She always
wanted her yard to look nice and mowed it as often as she could. Jean
loved going to her grandkids wrestling, basketball, and volleyball
events. Royal’s baseball and Red’s ice cream where something she really
enjoyed. Jean was an energetic, on the go person and loved looking for
a bargain at the flea markets, Swap Shop, or garage sales.
Jean is survived by her son, Danny Bacon and wife Ronda of Hoxie,
Kansas; daughter, Marcy Gilbert and husband Keith of Rexford, Kansas;
Grandchildren, Kyle Gilbert, Michelle Renner, Seth Gilbert, Shaun
Gilbert, Brandy Benavidez, Ashley Breese, Bryce Bacon, and Danielle
Bacon; great-grandchildren, Jada Renner, Levi Renner, Talon Breese,
Trace Breese, Dominic Benavidez, and Eziekel Benavidez, and sisters,
Bessie Lauffer of Independence, Missouri and Ellen Jeffers of
Independence, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Lloyd “Red” Bacon;
Parents, Leon and Lucy Lowrey; brother, Charles Lowrey; sisters, Eunice
Wisehart, Virginia Hoppas, Viola Smith, Rosalee Middleton.
A Funeral Service is planned for Monday, November 23, 2020, 2:00
P.M., at the Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home in Hoxie, Kansas. Burial will
follow the service in the Rexford Cemetery. Visitation will be held
Sunday, November 22, 2020, from 1:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. at the funeral
home. Memorials are suggested to the Ila Jean Bacon Memorial Fund and
may be sent in care of Mickey-Leopold Funereal Home, PO Box 987, Hoxie,
Kansas 67740. Words of Comfort may be left at mickeyleopoldfuneral.com
Jean is in heaven. She will be missed, but she will always be in
the hearts of her family and friends. Hold tight to your memories of
her and smile when you think of Jean.