Mrs. Ethel Leona Clark Bailey, 103, passed away April 21, 2011, in Asheville, NC.
Born June 26, 1907, in Reynolds, Nebraska, she was daughter of the late Clarence Edgar & Elsie Perrigo Clark. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Henry Bailey; sister, Edith Vern Hughes; and two brothers: Lewis William Clark and Ralf Dewayne Clark.

Her husband, Wayne Henry Bailey, was Superintendent of Robert's Construction Co. which built roads across Nebraska.

About 60 moves later, Ethel had a vision to buy the Lutheran Memorial church in Syracuse, NE, in 1953 and converted it into the Hotel Wayne. In 1979, it was remolded into the Town House Apartments.

She was a member of the Syracuse United Methodist Church for 47 years and a charter member of the Beta Sigma Phi.

Her survivors include two daughters, Audrey Rogers (Mrs. Turner Rogers) of Asheville, NC and Nancy Dowding and her husband, Vincent of Grand Island NE; son Wayne Ellis Bailey and his wife Doris of Broken Arrow, OK; sister, Agnes Gorton of Grants Pass, OR; eight grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren

Mrs. Bailey was an active volunteer in the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCC) – Crisis Ministry until just after her 103rd birthday.

In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Bailey requested that donations be made to ABCCM, 30 Cumberland Ave. Asheville NC 28801.

Visitation will be Sunday May 1, 2011 from 9 A.M. until 9 P.M. with the family greeting friends from 3:00 until 4:00 P.M, at Fusselman-Allen-Harvey Funeral Home, 644 Park Street, Syracuse.

A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM, Monday, May 2, 2011 at Syracuse United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Park Hill Cemetery.

Fusselman-Allen-Harvey Funeral Home, Syracuse, NE 402-269-2441