Carol Ely
Carol Jean Rice Ely, 67, Fairbury, died at 1 a.m. Thursday, September 7, 2017 at her residence in Fairbury.
Visitation will be 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be given to Dominy Memorial Library, Fairbury; Children’s Research Foundation, Claredon Hill, Ill.; Advocate BroMenn Hospice, Normal.
Mrs. Ely was born October 31, 1949 in Fairbury the daughter of Lloyd Eugene and Dorothy Wiese Rice. She married Donald Ely on November 30, 1968. He preceded her in death on August 21, 1999.
Survivors include her mother, Dorothy, Piper City; her children, Angela K. Bork, Blue Mound; Vicki J. Phillips, Sibley; Jeffery E. Ely, Fairbury; 6 grandchildren, Rowan, Taylor & Morgan Bork; Kaydan Smith, Elyssa & Lane Phillips; 7 brothers and sisters, Janet (Richard) DuBroff, Normal; Daniel (Norma) Rice, Lexington; Susan (William) Saathoff, Wadsworth, OH; Ruth (Steve) Kutenbach, Towanda; Amy Owen, Bloomington; David (Dawn) Rice, Buckley; Nancy (Larry) Miller, Watertown, Wisc..
She is preceded in death by her father and a sister, Connie Lambert.
Mrs. Ely was a 1967 graduate of Piper City High School. She worked for Cornbelt Library System, the Dominy Memorial Library, Pontiac Daily Leader and Alliance Grain, Anchor.
She was an active member of the GFWC Illinois; Fairbury Junior and Woman’s Clubs since 1975. She was a Girl Scout Leader for many years and was Chairperson of the Fairbury Fair Floriculture Department (1977-2013).
A guest registry is available at www.duffypilsmemorialhome.com.
Mary Ruth Guse, 92, of Colfax, passed away at 11:15 a.m., September 7, 2017, at Aperion Care of Bloomington.
Cremation has been accorded.
A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 14, 2017, at St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Anchor.
Memorials may be made to St. John’s Lutheran Church, Anchor.
Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Colfax is in charge of arrangements.
Mary was born June 1, 1925, in Danville, the daughter of Harold Sheridan and Ruth Lucille Street Unger.
She first married Wilbur Beard on October 12, 1947. He died May of 1993. She then married Edward Guse on September 17, 1994. He survives.
Also surviving are her son, Sheridan (Linda) Beard; daughter, Susan Staton both of Bloomington; step-daughters, Deanna Biehl and Susan (Leland) Lott; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter, grandson, and brother.
Mary was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Anchor.
An online registry is available at www.duffypilsmemorialhome.com.
