Kewanee, IL - Darlene M. Ferris, 90, of Kewanee, died at 6:13 PM, Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Kewanee Hospital.
She was born February 7, 1922 in Bradley, IL the daughter of Austin William and Margaret Melvina (Newkirk) Carman. She married Arnold J. Ferris on February 5, 1942 in Davenport, IA and he preceded her in death April 20, 1984.
Survivors include two daughters, Martha Miller of Imperial, MO and Rosemary Behnke of Kelso, WA, four grandchildren, Robin Sherrill of Bonne Terre, MO, Eric Miller of DeSoto, MO, Tracy Fanning of Japan and Ann Behnke of Kelso, WA and ten great grandchildren, Tim and Jessica Sherrill, Brittany and Makayla Miller, Kayla, Daniel and Colleen Fanning, Ron and David Moore and Tara Behnke.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother and a sister.
Darlene was a homemaker and had worked at Boss Manufacturing. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking and in her early years she enjoyed doing crafts and attending flea markets and yard sales. She was a very giving person who had a great love for God, her family and her church and church family. She also enjoyed reading her bible and when her eyesight failed, she would listen to Christian radio stations.
Cremation has been accorded. Private inurnment will be held at a later date.
Rux Funeral Home in Kewanee, Illinois
She was born February 7, 1922 in Bradley, IL the daughter of Austin William and Margaret Melvina (Newkirk) Carman. She married Arnold J. Ferris on February 5, 1942 in Davenport, IA and he preceded her in death April 20, 1984.
Survivors include two daughters, Martha Miller of Imperial, MO and Rosemary Behnke of Kelso, WA, four grandchildren, Robin Sherrill of Bonne Terre, MO, Eric Miller of DeSoto, MO, Tracy Fanning of Japan and Ann Behnke of Kelso, WA and ten great grandchildren, Tim and Jessica Sherrill, Brittany and Makayla Miller, Kayla, Daniel and Colleen Fanning, Ron and David Moore and Tara Behnke.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother and a sister.
Darlene was a homemaker and had worked at Boss Manufacturing. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking and in her early years she enjoyed doing crafts and attending flea markets and yard sales. She was a very giving person who had a great love for God, her family and her church and church family. She also enjoyed reading her bible and when her eyesight failed, she would listen to Christian radio stations.
Cremation has been accorded. Private inurnment will be held at a later date.
Rux Funeral Home in Kewanee, Illinois
Kewanee, IL - Darlene M. Ferris, 90, of Kewanee, died at 6:13 PM, Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Kewanee Hospital.
She was born February 7, 1922 in Bradley, IL the daughter of Austin William and Margaret Melvina (Newkirk) Carman. She married Arnold J. Ferris on February 5, 1942 in Davenport, IA and he preceded her in death April 20, 1984.
Survivors include two daughters, Martha Miller of Imperial, MO and Rosemary Behnke of Kelso, WA, four grandchildren, Robin Sherrill of Bonne Terre, MO, Eric Miller of DeSoto, MO, Tracy Fanning of Japan and Ann Behnke of Kelso, WA and ten great grandchildren, Tim and Jessica Sherrill, Brittany and Makayla Miller, Kayla, Daniel and Colleen Fanning, Ron and David Moore and Tara Behnke.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother and a sister.
Darlene was a homemaker and had worked at Boss Manufacturing. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking and in her early years she enjoyed doing crafts and attending flea markets and yard sales. She was a very giving person who had a great love for God, her family and her church and church family. She also enjoyed reading her bible and when her eyesight failed, she would listen to Christian radio stations.
Cremation has been accorded. Private inurnment will be held at a later date.
Rux Funeral Home in Kewanee, Illinois
She was born February 7, 1922 in Bradley, IL the daughter of Austin William and Margaret Melvina (Newkirk) Carman. She married Arnold J. Ferris on February 5, 1942 in Davenport, IA and he preceded her in death April 20, 1984.
Survivors include two daughters, Martha Miller of Imperial, MO and Rosemary Behnke of Kelso, WA, four grandchildren, Robin Sherrill of Bonne Terre, MO, Eric Miller of DeSoto, MO, Tracy Fanning of Japan and Ann Behnke of Kelso, WA and ten great grandchildren, Tim and Jessica Sherrill, Brittany and Makayla Miller, Kayla, Daniel and Colleen Fanning, Ron and David Moore and Tara Behnke.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother and a sister.
Darlene was a homemaker and had worked at Boss Manufacturing. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking and in her early years she enjoyed doing crafts and attending flea markets and yard sales. She was a very giving person who had a great love for God, her family and her church and church family. She also enjoyed reading her bible and when her eyesight failed, she would listen to Christian radio stations.
Cremation has been accorded. Private inurnment will be held at a later date.
Rux Funeral Home in Kewanee, Illinois
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