Hatfield, Stella Marie

HATFIELD, SIGAFUS, TIPP, ATHERTON, GILMORE, WAGNER, ANDREWS, ROBINSON, KUBIN, FRANZEN, HOLMBO, HUDDLESTON, CLEMENTS

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Date: 9/3/2008 at 17:49:39

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SAVANNA, Ill. — Stella Marie Hatfield, age 77, of Savanna, Illinois, passed from this life Saturday, August 23, 2008, at her home in Savanna surrounded by her loving family. A funeral service will be held Thursday, August 28, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna. Burial will follow in the Center Hill Cemetery, rural Savanna. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Thursday prior to the service at the funeral home. A memorial has been established in Stella’s memory. Online condolences and memorial tributes may be given to the family at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com. Stella was born December 9, 1930, in Dubuque, Iowa, the daughter of Albert James and Phoeba (Sigafus) Tipp. She graduated from Savanna High School with the class of 1949. Stella married Norman L. Hatfield on June 18, 1949, in Savanna. He died on October 19, 1994. Stella worked as a waitress and for the Avenue and Lincoln Schools in Savanna as the playground supervisor and in the lunchroom. Stella enjoyed collecting cookie jars, playing bingo, crocheting, and watching her grandchildren play baseball, and was also a fan of the Chicago Cubs and Green Bay Packers. She also was a Scout leader and kept bowling records. Many children of all ages in Carroll County called her Mom and Grandma. She had a good heart and a never ending supply of love. Stella is survived and lovingly remembered by one son, Michael (Mary) Hatfield of Fort Wayne, Indiana; seven daughters, Belinda (Don) Atherton of Savanna, Deborah Gilmore of Savanna, Nancy (Larry) Wagner of Joy, Illinois, Lydia (Ray Andrews) Robinson of Savanna, Dale Marie Kubin of Angleton, Texas, Susan Franzen of Sabula, Iowa, and Sharon (Julien) Holmbo of Savanna; one adopted son, Norris Huddleston of Savanna; twenty-five grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Gwen Tipp of California and Clarissa Clements of Gastra, Michigan. Stella was preceded in death by her parents, husband, five brothers, two sisters, three granddaughters, and one great- granddaughter. Death date: Aug. 23, 2008
Published in the Clinton Herald from 8/25/2008 - 8/27/2008