Obituaries: Stoller

FAIRBURY – Elmer E. Stoller, 93, Forrest, the last grandchild of Gilgian and Elizabeth Stoller died at 11:30 am Monday, July 30, 2018 at Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury.

His funeral will be at 10:00 am Friday, August 3, 2018 at the Apostolic Christian Faith Church, Roberts with ministers of the church officiating.  Burial will be in the North Apostolic Christian Cemetery, Forrest.

Visitation will be 4:00 to 8:00pm Thursday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury and 9:00 to 9:45 am Friday at the church.  The family suggests memorials be given to the Fairview Haven Retirement Community, Fairbury.

Mr. Stoller was born June 14, 1925 in Wing, IL the son of Benjamin and Lydia Nussbaum Stoller.  He married Rosetta Gerber on November 27, 1949 in Rockville, CT.  She survives.

Other survivors include their children, Greg (Jill) Stoller, Forrest, John (Patricia) Stoller, Leo, IN, Peggy (Terry) Young, Keizer, OR, Stanley (Debora) Stoller, Secor, Randall (Ronda) Stoller, Fairbury, twenty-two grandchildren, eighty-one great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by four brothers, three sisters, one granddaughter and one great grandson.

Mr. Stoller was a lifelong dairy farmer.  He served on Fairview Haven Retirement Community’s board of directors for fourteen years and was a member of the Apostolic Christian Faith Church, Roberts.

 A guest registry is available at www.duffypilsmemorialhome.com.

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