Glenda Sue Lormis Obituary (1955 - 2014)

Glenda Sue Lormis, 59, of Normal, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 while on a missionary trip in Huancayo, Peru. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at New Life Fellowship Church, Bloomington. Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens, Pekin. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Carmody-Flynn Williamsburg Funeral Home, Bloomington. Additional visitation will be from 10:00-10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to New Life Fellowship Church to be used toward completing ongoing missions work in Peru. She was born April 4, 1955 in Paragould, Arkansas, a daughter of Harold and Glenda Mitchell Eatmon Sr. She married Charles R. Lormis on July 6, 1973 at the First Assembly of God in Pekin. Surviving are her husband, Rev. Charles R. Lormis of Normal; two sons, Charles Lormis Jr. and Chris Lormis, both of Normal; two grandchildren, Madeline and Asher Lormis; a goddaughter, Talita Navarro of Lima, Peru; three sisters, Peggy (Tommy) Loveless, Becky (Gary) Klapproth and Kathy Eatmon, all of Texas; and a brother, Rev. Harold (Betty) Eatmon Jr. of Minnesota. She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant son, Clinton Edward Lormis; and a sister, Grace Schark. Sue graduated from Pekin High School and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa at Heartland Community College. She spent many years devoted to working with inner-city outreach in Chicago and East St. Louis. Sue served as youth pastor at the First Assembly of God churches in Dolton and Lewistown as well as at the Harvest Family Worship Center in Bloomington. She spent the last nine years engaged in missionary work along side her husband in Peru.