DECATUR - Lillian R. "Tud" Monahan, 95, Decatur, formerly of Kankakee, passed away peacefully Friday (Feb. 27, 2009) in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Colfax. Father Carl LoPresti will officiate. Burial will be in Cropsey Cemetery. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax, is in charge of arrangements.
Lillian was born April 14, 1913, in Cropsey, the daughter of Frederick and Rose Kerber Brucker. She lived for many years in Cullom, where she was a beautician. She then moved to Kankakee in 1959, before moving to Decatur in 2003. Lillian was well known for her talent in designing and sewing all of her clothes.
She is survived by her only daughter, Vi (Richard) Eggers, Decatur; two grandchildren, Todd (Susan) Eggers, Decatur, and Lori (Luke) Eggers Brown, Grand Rapids, Mich.; four great-grandchildren, Todd and Aaron Eggers, and Luke and Elison Brown; two sisters, Pauline Beyer and Helen Althouse, both of Gibson City; two nephews and one niece, Jerry (Janet) Beyer, Cropsey; Marty (JoAnn) Althouse, Melvin; and Jeanne Kay, Winter Park, Fla.; as well as several great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Charles Monahan.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Colfax. Father Carl LoPresti will officiate. Burial will be in Cropsey Cemetery. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax, is in charge of arrangements.
Lillian was born April 14, 1913, in Cropsey, the daughter of Frederick and Rose Kerber Brucker. She lived for many years in Cullom, where she was a beautician. She then moved to Kankakee in 1959, before moving to Decatur in 2003. Lillian was well known for her talent in designing and sewing all of her clothes.
She is survived by her only daughter, Vi (Richard) Eggers, Decatur; two grandchildren, Todd (Susan) Eggers, Decatur, and Lori (Luke) Eggers Brown, Grand Rapids, Mich.; four great-grandchildren, Todd and Aaron Eggers, and Luke and Elison Brown; two sisters, Pauline Beyer and Helen Althouse, both of Gibson City; two nephews and one niece, Jerry (Janet) Beyer, Cropsey; Marty (JoAnn) Althouse, Melvin; and Jeanne Kay, Winter Park, Fla.; as well as several great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Charles Monahan.
DECATUR - Lillian R. "Tud" Monahan, 95, Decatur, formerly of Kankakee, passed away peacefully Friday (Feb. 27, 2009) in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Colfax. Father Carl LoPresti will officiate. Burial will be in Cropsey Cemetery. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax, is in charge of arrangements.
Lillian was born April 14, 1913, in Cropsey, the daughter of Frederick and Rose Kerber Brucker. She lived for many years in Cullom, where she was a beautician. She then moved to Kankakee in 1959, before moving to Decatur in 2003. Lillian was well known for her talent in designing and sewing all of her clothes.
She is survived by her only daughter, Vi (Richard) Eggers, Decatur; two grandchildren, Todd (Susan) Eggers, Decatur, and Lori (Luke) Eggers Brown, Grand Rapids, Mich.; four great-grandchildren, Todd and Aaron Eggers, and Luke and Elison Brown; two sisters, Pauline Beyer and Helen Althouse, both of Gibson City; two nephews and one niece, Jerry (Janet) Beyer, Cropsey; Marty (JoAnn) Althouse, Melvin; and Jeanne Kay, Winter Park, Fla.; as well as several great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Charles Monahan.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Colfax. Father Carl LoPresti will officiate. Burial will be in Cropsey Cemetery. Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax, is in charge of arrangements.
Lillian was born April 14, 1913, in Cropsey, the daughter of Frederick and Rose Kerber Brucker. She lived for many years in Cullom, where she was a beautician. She then moved to Kankakee in 1959, before moving to Decatur in 2003. Lillian was well known for her talent in designing and sewing all of her clothes.
She is survived by her only daughter, Vi (Richard) Eggers, Decatur; two grandchildren, Todd (Susan) Eggers, Decatur, and Lori (Luke) Eggers Brown, Grand Rapids, Mich.; four great-grandchildren, Todd and Aaron Eggers, and Luke and Elison Brown; two sisters, Pauline Beyer and Helen Althouse, both of Gibson City; two nephews and one niece, Jerry (Janet) Beyer, Cropsey; Marty (JoAnn) Althouse, Melvin; and Jeanne Kay, Winter Park, Fla.; as well as several great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Charles Monahan.
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