A memorial service will be held Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Rochester, Minn. for Madeline Grace Billings, 85, who died on Dec. 15, 1999. Rev. Robert G. Long will officiate at the ceremony, with funeral arrangements handled by Ranfranz Funeral Home, Rochester, Minn. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Billings was born Feb. 17, 1914 in Thiensville. She married Robert James Billings on May 7, 1938 in Thiensville. She and her husband bought Hilger Hardware in Thiensville from her father in 1948 and operated it until they moved to Minnesota in 1959. They then bought the Walker Hardware store in Rochester. They were founding members of Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Mequon and she was a member of the Eastern Star in Cedarburg.

Survivors include: son Stephen Billings of Rochester, Minn.; daughters Christine Smith and Catherine Clark, both of Atlanta, Ga.

She is further survived by nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband Robert and son James.