Elsie M. Howard, 95, Woodland, IL

Elsie M. Howard, 95, of Woodland, IL passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at Iroquois Resident Home in Watseka.

Visitation will run from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, March 26 at Segur-Knapp Funeral Home in Watseka, where a funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 27. Joe Hughes will officiate. Burial will be at Body Cemetery in Woodland.

Mrs. Howard was born June 26, 1914 in West Plains, MO, a daughter of William Asa and Grace Ellen Stephenson Redburn. She married Fred B. Howard on Sept. 20, 1936 in Watseka and he preceded her in death on July 30, 1994.

Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law, Gloria and Henry Trumann of Milford and Glenda Huff of Kankakee; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Ervin and JoAnn Howard of Watseka and Gary Howard of Prior Lake, MN; one sister, Margaret Morgan of Watseka; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-eight great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; three sisters; one son, Glen; one granddaughter, Lisa; and two sons-in-law, Robert Mann and Richard Huff.

Mrs. Howard was a member of the VFW Auxiliary #7450 in Watseka. She was a member of Friends Church in Watseka and also attended Woodland United Methodist Church. She enjoyed gardening and traveling. She loved her grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Woodland United Methodist Church or Catholic Charities.

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