Clarabelle Gillenwater, 78, Herod, IL

Clarabelle Gillenwater, 78, of Herod, IL, formerly of Watseka, IL, passed away on Friday, July 16, 2010 at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, IL.

Visitation will run from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20, at Segur-Knapp Funeral Home in Watseka, IL, where services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 21. Rev. Joe Dapelo will officiate. Burial will be at Iroquois Memorial Park in Watseka, IL.

Mrs. Gillenwater was born April 2, 1932 in Watseka, IL, a daughter of Ernest and Ethel Tharp Shafer. She married Jackson Billy Gillenwater on Jan. 15, 1949 in Watseka, IL and he preceded her in death on Dec. 13, 1986.

Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law, Janice and Roy H. Flynn of Herod, IL and Susan Pigg of Boise, ID; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Sandy Gillenwater and Jay and Cindy Gillenwater, all of Watseka; nineteen grandchildren and thirty-seven great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband she was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and two sisters.

Mrs. Gillenwater was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Watseka; Watseka American Legion Auxiliary; and Iroquois County VFW Auxiliary. She enjoyed word search puzzles, playing cards and crocheting.

Memorials may be made to the American Kidney Foundation.

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