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Eades, Betty T Stern
BLOOMINGTON - The funeral of Betty T. Eades, 77, of 224 Sherwood Way, Bloomington, formerly of Cooksville, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Union Church of Cooksville, the Rev. Kenneth Sloan-Couch officiating. Burial will be in Blue Mound Cemetery, Cooksville. Visitiation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington and one hour before the service Monday at the church. Memorials may be made to the Union Church of Cooksville. Mrs. Eades died at 8:59 a.m. Friday (July 27, 2001) at her home. She was born Dec. 24, 1923, at Cooksville, a daughter of Edwin and Fleta Stoops Stern. She married Dale T. Eades Oct. 9, 1943, at Cooksville. He died Jan. 5, 1997. Surviving are one daughter, Deborah Schultze, Bloomington; one son, Edwin O. (Connie) Eades, Cooksville; and two sisters, Eunice (John) Seifert, Anchor; and Marilyn (Willard) Weidner, Bloomington. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Damon T. (Danielle) Eades, Jennifer J. Eades, Jamie J. (Gary) Conway and Andrew J. (Rachel) Eades; four great-grandchildren, Austin Chase, Dallas Chase, Ali Jordan Eades and Payton Thomas Eades; and a longtime good friend, Evelyn McFaddin. Her parents preceded her in death. Mrs. Eades attended Illinois State Normal University. She was a retired postmaster of Cooksville and was a member of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States. She also was a member of the Women of the Moose Bloomington Chapter; Bloomington Bowling Women's Association Hall of Fame; the United Christian Workers. She was a longtime member of the Blue Mound Cemetery Association, serving as secretary for many years. She also was a visitation attendant for Beck Memorial Homes. She was a member of the Union Church of Cooksville. Betty will be missed by her family and many friends.
(The Pantagraph)
Eades, Dale T
COOKSVILLE - The Funeral Of Dale T. Eades, 82, of R.R. 1, Cooksville, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Union Church, Cooksville, the Rev. Kenneth Sloan-Couch officiating. Burial will be in Blue Mound Cemetery, Cooksville. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington, and for one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the church. He died at 10:58 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 5, 1997) at his residence. Memorials may be made to OSF Hospice or Union Church of Cooksville. Survivors include his wife, Betty; one daughter, Deborah Schultze, Lexington; one son, Edwin Eades, Middleton, Wis.; one sister, LaVene Dameron, Towanda; and one brother, Virgil Eades, Phoenix, Ariz. Also surviving are five grandchildren, Damon Eades, Jenifer Eades, Jaime Eades, Andrew Eades and Christopher Schultze. Mr. Eades was born Nov. 25, 1914, in Cooksville, to Olie and Lena Ehlers Eades. He married Betty Stern Oct. 9, 1943, in Cooksville. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister. Mr. Eades was a farmer and was a rural mail carrier for 20 years for the U.S. Post Office. He was a member of Union Church of Cooksville; secretary/treasurer of Blue Mound Cemetery Association; rural Mail Carrier Association; Farm Bureau member; Honorary Chapter Farmer with Octavia FFA; former secretary of Illinois Chester White Association; and Blue Mound Township Supervisor.
(The Pantagraph)
Eads, Shirley J. Bleich
ROBERTS - Shirley J. Eads, 73, Roberts, died at 8:20 a.m. Sunday (Dec. 7, 2008) at the Heartland Health Care Center, Paxton. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Roberts United Methodist Church, with Pastor Stanley Rapp officiating. Memorials may be made to the Roberts United Methodist Church or the Roberts Library. Lamb Funeral Home, Roberts, is in charge of arrangements. Shirley was born Nov. 23, 1935, in Pontiac, a daughter of Elmer and Annette Stow Bleich. She married Glenn Eads on Nov. 28, 1954, in Thawville. He died Sept. 6, 2000. Survivors include her mother, Annette, Gibson City; and three children, Glenda (Steve) Siani, Peyton, Colo.; Steven (Norma Fregoso) Eads, Gardena, Calif.; and Brenda (Dan) Crandall, San Diego, Calif; two grandchildren, Joshua and Brittany Crandall; four brothers, Don (Polly) Bleich, Paxton; Jerry (Juanita) Bleich, Roberts; Delaine (Sylvia) Bleich, Gardenerville, Nev.; and Larry Bleich, Roberts; two brothers-in-law, Howard (Joy) Eads, Thawville, and Gladwin Eads, Amarillo, Texas; and many great aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins. Shirley was employed at the Hicks Grain Terminal and then was a child care provider for many years at her home in Roberts. She was a member of Roberts United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Roberts Woman's Club and Wagner-Davis Legion Auxiliary. She volunteered at the Roberts Library. Shirley loved to play cards and enjoyed her Canasta Club for more than 35 years. She also joined the euchre and pinochle groups. Shirley was happy sewing, planting flowers, going to water aerobics, traveling and bird watching.
[The Pantagraph - Bloomington, Illinois]
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