When I come to the end of the day

And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared-
Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey we all must take
And each must go alone.
It’s all a part of the Maker’s plan,
A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds-

Miss me, but let me go.

     Ina Maye Spencer, 90, of Mexico, died at 2:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2005, at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico.

Mrs. Spencer was born on March 30, 1915, in Beverly, Ill., a daughter of Charles and Maude Kelly Hull. She attended Western Illinois University at Macomb. On May 5, 1939, in St. Louis, she married William Roswell “Ross” Spencer, who died on May 23, 2003. She taught several different grades of elementary school, and was a member of the Methodist Church. She and her husband moved to Mexico from Illinois in 1998.

Survivors include one son, James L. Spencer and wife Darlene, Mexico; three grandchildren, Nicole Santrizos, Charleston, S.C., Sloane Rogers, Everett, Wash., and Heath Spencer, Mexico; two great grandchildren, Kyle and Laurel Rogers, Everett, Wash.; three brothers, Marvin Hull and wife Leah Mable, Barry, Ill., Wendall Hull, Quincy, Ill., and Charles Robert Hull, state of Florida; and one sister, Mrs. Glenn (Mardell) Spencer, Quincy, Ill.

In addition to her husband, one grandson, Mark Spencer, preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Dale Stone officiating. Visitation will be Monday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

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