Mary Elizabeth "Marie" Grunloh Obituary (1921 - 2015)

Mary Elizabeth Marie Grunloh, 93, of Lexington, passed away at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Heritage Health, Normal. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Epiphany Catholic Church, Normal, with Rev. Carl LoPresti officiating. Burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, Merna. Visitation will be from 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the church. Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, Bloomington, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Epiphany Catholic Church, Normal, St. Marys Catholic Church, Lexington or to the Lexington Fire Department. She was born September 12, 1921 in Teutopolis in Effingham County, a daughter of Joseph John and Caroline Ann Probst Beckman. She married Joseph Bernard Grunloh on April 18, 1942 in Teutopolis and he preceded her in death on March 2, 1990. Surviving are two daughters, Linda (John) Cheever and Patti (Bob) Brown, both of Lexington; a son, Steve Grunloh of Bloomington; a daughter-in-law, Doris Grunloh of Towanda; a son-in-law, Patrick Dust of Arizona; ten grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Eleanor Kinkelaar of Effingham and Louise (Jerome) Pruemer of Shelbyville; and three brothers, Clarence (Mary Louise) Beckman, Donald (Pauline) Beckman and Joseph (Wilma) Beckman, all of Teutopolis. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Grunloh Dust in 1984; a son, Michael Grunloh in 1999; three sisters, Gertrude Overbeck, Dolores Bierman and Adele Niebrugge; and a brother, Gerald Beckman.Mary and her husband farmed for many years and she excelled in her role as a wife, mother and homemaker. She was a member of the St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary, Epiphany Catholic Church in Normal and St. Marys Catholic Church in Lexington.Her favorite pastimes were quilting, gardening and getting together with her family.