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| Name: |
Emma M. Yentes
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| Birth Date & Death Date |
January 10th, 1912 - March 1st, 2010
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| Obituary: |
Fairbury - Emma M. Yentes, 98, of Carefree, Ariz., formerly of Fairbury, died at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 1, 2010, at Carefree Manor Residence Home.
She was born Jan. 10, 1912, in Cropsey Township, Ill., to Adam and Rachel Farney Weisser Brucker. She married Benjamin Yentes on Jan. 21, 1933, in Peoria. He preceded her in death on Sept. 23, 1988. She also was preceded in death by half sister, Aldine Weisser Maier; half brothers, Louis, Fred, Walter, Elmer and Howard Brucker; Brucker half sisters, Minnie Lange, Anna, Ella Underwood, Laura Sheppelman and Irene Yoder; and Yentes brothers- and sisters-in-law, Peter, George, Anna, Oscar, Louis, Hilda, Martha and Joseph.
Surviving are her niece, Velda Maier (Melvin) Lenz of Gilman, Ill., and Mesa, Ariz.; great-niece, Debra Lenz (Karl) Koenig of Scottsdale, Ariz.; great-nephews, Gary (Nancy) Lenz of McAllen, Texas, and Steven (Jill) Lenz of Phoenix, Ariz.; and numerous nieces, nephews, great- and great-great nieces and nephews.
The last direct descendent of Adam Brucker, an early settler of the Cropsey prairie, Emma graduated from Fairbury Township High School and Gallagher Business School in Kankakee, Ill. She and her husband lived in the Morton, East Peoria and Decatur areas while Ben worked at Caterpillar Inc.
Her hobbies included gardening, flower arranging, crocheting and other needlework as well as reading. She and her husband are both affectionately remembered for their lively outlook on life and their storytelling.
Emma was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Fairbury.
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| Memorials: |
Dominy Memorial Library Building Fund, 201 S. Third St., Fairbury, IL 61739 or Fairview Haven Nursing Home, 605 N. Fourth St., Fairbury, IL 61739
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| Cemetery: |
Morton Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
Corner of Birchwood Ave. and South 4th St.
Morton, IL 61550 (map/driving directions)
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| Visitations: |
1:00PM to 2:00PM on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at Knapp - Johnson Funeral Home (map/driving directions)
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| Services: |
2:00PM at Knapp - Johnson Funeral Home on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 (map/driving directions)
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