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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Fern P.
Gindler
March 13, 1915 – January 18, 2007
Obituary
Mrs. Fern P. Gindler, (nee: Porter), 91, of Maryville, Illinois, born March 13, 1915, in St. Jacob, Illinois, died Thursday, January 18, 2007 at Anderson Hospital, Maryville, Illinois.
Mrs. Gindler graduated from Highland High School. In her early years she worked at the Collinsville Dress Factory and ASC office. Mrs. Gindler was a member of Madison County Home Extension Farm Bureau, and United Church of Christ Choir. She was s Sunday School teacher and belonged to Friedens Guild. She was a member of Eden Village Bell Tower, the Red Had Society, and had been a Four "H" leader and Girl Scout leader. Among her many interests with her children and friends she became interested in quilting, and spent many hours quilting. To many people and friends she was widely known as the "Egg Lady" delivering eggs to many in Collinsville, Maryville and Troy. When Fern wasn't busy she helped her husband on the farm driving the tractor and tending to the crops.
Mrs. Gindler was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Gindler, whom she married September 25, 1940 and died July 4, 2001; a daughter, Marilyn at the age of six months; her parents, John and Florence, (nee: Dugger) Porter.
Surviving Mrs. Gindler are her children, Glenn (Janette) Gindler of Troy, Illinois; and Eileen Lena (Roger) Westfall of Troy, Illinois; six grandchildren, Randy (Kim) Gindler of Granite City, Illinois; Robyn (Larry) Somarty of Glen Carbon, Illinois; Jan (Jeff) Erlich of Collinsville, Illinois; Joyce Griggs and Michael Homes of Urbana, Illinois; Justin (Leslie) Griggs of Collinsville, Illinois; and Mindy Westfall of Denver, Colorado; four great-grandchildren, Kirsten and Lars Gindler and Kylie and Chloe' Somarty; and a sister, Elaine Berkel of Belleville, Illinois.
Memorials may be made to Friedens Church or Gateway Hospice.
Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.laughlinfh.com.
VISITATION HOURS: Friends may call after 4:00 P.M. Monday, January 22, 2007 at Laughlin Funeral Home, Troy, Illinois.
FUNERAL SERVICE will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at Friedens United Church of Christ, Troy, Illinois, with the Reverend Scott Hawker officiating. Interment will be in Friedens Cemetery, Troy, Illinois.
Mrs. Gindler graduated from Highland High School. In her early years she worked at the Collinsville Dress Factory and ASC office. Mrs. Gindler was a member of Madison County Home Extension Farm Bureau, and United Church of Christ Choir. She was s Sunday School teacher and belonged to Friedens Guild. She was a member of Eden Village Bell Tower, the Red Had Society, and had been a Four "H" leader and Girl Scout leader. Among her many interests with her children and friends she became interested in quilting, and spent many hours quilting. To many people and friends she was widely known as the "Egg Lady" delivering eggs to many in Collinsville, Maryville and Troy. When Fern wasn't busy she helped her husband on the farm driving the tractor and tending to the crops.
Mrs. Gindler was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Gindler, whom she married September 25, 1940 and died July 4, 2001; a daughter, Marilyn at the age of six months; her parents, John and Florence, (nee: Dugger) Porter.
Surviving Mrs. Gindler are her children, Glenn (Janette) Gindler of Troy, Illinois; and Eileen Lena (Roger) Westfall of Troy, Illinois; six grandchildren, Randy (Kim) Gindler of Granite City, Illinois; Robyn (Larry) Somarty of Glen Carbon, Illinois; Jan (Jeff) Erlich of Collinsville, Illinois; Joyce Griggs and Michael Homes of Urbana, Illinois; Justin (Leslie) Griggs of Collinsville, Illinois; and Mindy Westfall of Denver, Colorado; four great-grandchildren, Kirsten and Lars Gindler and Kylie and Chloe' Somarty; and a sister, Elaine Berkel of Belleville, Illinois.
Memorials may be made to Friedens Church or Gateway Hospice.
Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.laughlinfh.com.
VISITATION HOURS: Friends may call after 4:00 P.M. Monday, January 22, 2007 at Laughlin Funeral Home, Troy, Illinois.
FUNERAL SERVICE will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at Friedens United Church of Christ, Troy, Illinois, with the Reverend Scott Hawker officiating. Interment will be in Friedens Cemetery, Troy, Illinois.
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