Born November 11, 1939 in Peoria to Rosa Lee Hamm, she married Gary Hickman in 1955. She later married Lonnie Chaney in 1963. She then married Brian Bellemey in 1973. She married Ronald J. Soehlig in 1985. Preceding her in death was her husbands: her mother, Rosa Lee; one daughter, Cindy Wyman; six siblings; one uncle, Jim Hamm and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Surviving are three daughters, Alice (Craig) Boyd of Ottawa, Kansas, Rita McGinnes and Debra Hickman, both of Pekin; one son, Del Hickman of Wichita, Kansas; 12 grandchildren, Charity, Sheena, Gene, Kacinda, Nicky, Easton, Valarie, Christopher, Cynthia, Joshua, Jami and Kara; 22 great-grandchildren and one uncle, Butch (Sandy) Logue of Oakford.
Iona worked at Caterpillar Inc. in Mapleton for 30 years, retiring in 2004.
She enjoyed butterflies, traveling, RV’ing, fishing and riding motorcycles.
Iona was a former member of the South Pekin Congregational Church in South Pekin.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19, 2021 at Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory in Pekin. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home. Burial will be at Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.
Memorial contributions may be made to her family.
To express condolences online, visit www.preston-hanley.com
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