Maxfield, Evelyn V.

MAXFIELD, WAGENECHT, BIERMAN, FOSDICK, CORYELL, SCHROTH, YAMNITZ, LARSON

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Date: 1/23/2009 at 18:44:56

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MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. — Evelyn V. Maxfield, age 84, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Monday, January 19, 2009, at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna, Illinois. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 22, 2009, at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, with Pastor Bob Ziebarth of the Mt. Carroll First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Oak Knoll Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at the funeral home. Memorials may be given for the Alzheimer’s Association in Evelyn’s name. Online condolences and tributes may be given to the family at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com.Evelyn was born July 29, 1924, the daughter of John and Ida (Wagenecht) Bierman in Hopkins Township, Whiteside County, Illinois. She attended Como Country School, Como, Illinois, and is a 1942 Milledgeville High School graduate. Evelyn graduated from the Sterling Public Hospital Nursing Program in 1944. On May 7, 1946, Evelyn married John E. Maxfield in Milledgeville, Illinois. John passed away December 28, 1992. Evelyn then became a Caseworker for the State of Illinois, Department of Human Services in Mt. Carroll, retiring after twenty-four years. Evelyn was a member of the Mt. Carroll First Baptist Church and the American Baptist Women Association. Family, Faith and Church were a very important part of Evelyn’s life. She enjoyed reading, shopping and boating on the Mississippi with the “old” Savanna boat club. Evelyn will be dearly missed by her daughter, Carol (David) Fosdick of Savanna; five grandchildren, Dawn (Donnie) Coryell, Derrill Schroth Jr., Jeremy (Amanda) Fosdick, Jason Fosdick and Jennifer Fosdick; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Shirlene Yamnitz of Bradenton, Florida. Evelyn is preceded in death by her parents; husband, John; daughter and son in-law, Jan (Derrill) Schroth; great-grandson, Daniel; and sister, Marian Larson. Death date: Jan. 19, 2009
Published in the Clinton Herald from 1/20/2009 - 1/22/2009