Gladys L. Zbinden, 81, Watseka, IL

Gladys L. Zbinden, 81, of Watseka, IL passed away on Monday, March 22, 2010 at Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka.

Visitation will run from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 25 at Segur-Knapp Funeral Home in Watseka, where a funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 26. Rev. Paul Copeland will officiate. Burial will be at Kankakee Memorial Gardens in Kankakee, IL.

Mrs. Zbinden was born June 18, 1928 in Kankakee, a daughter of Bascom W. and Leona Lake Jackson Sr. She married Lester Stevens and he preceded her in death in 1960. She then married Wilbur “Fritz” Zbinden on July 16, 1964 and he preceded her in death on March 14, 1995.

Survivors include two sons and one daughter-in-law, Michael Stevens of Kankakee and Mark and Val Stevens of Palatine, IL; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Todd Runck of Tempe, AZ and Nancy and Jim McKenna of Watseka; three brothers, Donald Jackson of Toluca, IL, James Jackson of Newport Beach, CA and Charles Jackson of Lake Odessa, MI; seven sisters, Ethel Venema of Idaho, Louise Hamende of St. Elmo, IL, Ruth Lefeave of El Paso, TX, Shirley Wooldridge of Bourbonnais, Thelma Alcorn of Watseka, Lillian Hanson of Kankakee and Phyllis Knecht of Tennessee; seven grandchildren, Lisa Cosgray, MacKenzie Stevens, Lindsey Stevens, Olivia Stevens, Duncan McKenna, Madeline McKenna and Matthew Stevens; and one great-granddaughter, Ava Cosgray.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Lucille Richmond; one brother, Bascom Jackson Jr.; and two granddaughters, Cory Stevens and Hannah McKenna.

Mrs. Zbinden worked at the Watseka Elks Lodge for over twenty years.

Memorials may be made to Donor’s Choice.

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