Edna Yagow

[March 02, 2012]  MOUNT PULASKI -- Edna Alma Lydia Yagow, 90, of Mount Pulaski, died Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 7:44 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

(Below is a copy of the obituary from the funeral home.)

Edna was born on September 16, 1921 in Effingham County to Herman and Maria Bernahl Stuemke.  She married Raymond Yagow on April 5, 1942 in Altamont, IL.  He survives in Mt. Pulaski.  Other survivors include her children: Kay (Jim) Jacobson of The Villages, FL; Eugene (Carol) Yagow of Roanoke, VA; Gloria (Butch) Morrow of Mt. Pulaski, IL; daughter in law: Donna Yagow of Lincoln, IL; sisters: Norma Wolf of Altamont, IL; Helen (Paul) Marchionda of Albuquerque, NM; grandchildren: Kim, Chad, Katie, Nathan,   Sam, C. T. and Patrick.  Great grandchildren: Timothy, Abigail and Logan.  She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Elsie Winter; Ella Bandelow; and Mabel Wolf; and her son Danny Yagow.

Services for Edna will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday March 6, 2012 at Zion Lutheran Church in Mt. Pulaski with Rev. Christopher Decker conducting services.  There will be a visitation from 4-7:00 PM on Monday, March 5 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mt. Pulaski.  Burial will follow the service at Mt. Pulaski Cemetery.  Memorials may be made to the Zion Lutheran Church Building Fund.