Annamae Capes Dewey, 87, of Belvidere, died Thursday, August 17, 2006 in Swedish-American Hospital following a sudden illness. Born February 11, 1919 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Charles Tilton and Bertha A. (Campbell) Jenkins. Annamae has lived in Belvidere for 16 years. She was previously a resident of Shabbona, Ill., Miami, Fla., Indianapolis, Ind. Maple Park, Ill., North Vernon, Ind., and Cincinnati, Ohio where she grew up and was educated. She married Claude E. Capes in Butlerville, Ill. on December 26, 1936. He died in 1964. She later married Harold R. "Pat" Dewey on February 23, 1968. He died December 31, 1993. Annamae was a Stamper for GTE in Genoa for 17 years retiring in 1980. She was a member of East Park Baptist Church; a former member of Shabbona Baptist Church where she held the position of recording secretary; a former Pink Lady for Highland Hospital, Belvidere; a former member of I.A.M. Local 1269 Machinist Union. In her spare time, she enjoyed refinishing furniture, playing cards and Dominos, putting puzzles together and watching Gaither videos. She attended OYLER School in Cincinnati. She is survived by a son, Tilton L. (Tess) Capes of San Antonio, Tex.; a daughter, Sharon (Robert) Stanton, Belvidere, Ill.; three step-children, Floyd V. (Dixie) Dewey; Judy K. Clausen; Carol S. Malone; fifteen grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Betty (Rubble) Smith, Jasper, GA; a brother, Clifford (Pauline) Jenkins, Louisville, KY. In addition to her two husbands, she is preceded in death by step-daughter, Janet Clausen, two grandchildren, Timothy and Jaclyn Schultz and 3 great granddaughters, Shawna Burno, Kadelyn Hoxsey, and Faith Hennessee; and sister, Velma Schnieder.

If desired, memorials to the East Park Baptist Church or to the Shriner's Hospitals for Children.