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                    Geneva Stedwell 
			
            
            [February 
			26, 2013] 
            
            		
            		
            		ATLANTA -- Geneva L. Stedwell, 87, of 
			Paxton, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at 10:45 p.m. at Heartland 
			Health Care Center, Paxton. (Below is a copy of 
							the obituary from the funeral home.) ___ 
							Atlanta- Geneva L. Stedwell, 87, of Paxton died at 
							10:45 p.m. Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Heartland 
							Health Care Center, Paxton. 
							Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, 
							March 1, 2013 at Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home with Rev. Becky 
							Barrow officiating.
 
							Visitation will be one hour before the funeral 
							service at the funeral home on Friday. Burial will 
							follow at Atlanta Cemetery. 
							Geneva was born May 27, 1925 in Lewisburg, Kentucky. 
							She married George William Stedwell May 30, 1947 in 
							Urbana. He preceded her in death March 4, 2006.
 
							Geneva is survived by two daughters, Janet Brown of 
							Atlanta, Kathy (Joe)Miller of Elmhurst; two sons, George (Liz) Stedwell 
							of Peru, IN, Charles
 Stedwell of Champaign; 7 grandchildren; 2 great 
							grandchildren; 1 brother, Jack (Lorraine) Barr of 
							Decatur.
 
							She was preceded in death by her parents. 
							Geneva graduated from Atlanta High School where she 
							was valedictorian of her class. She attended the 
							University of Illinois receiving a Bachelor of 
							Liberal Arts and Science degree in 1946. | 
                 
		 
							She and her husband lived in Loda for ten years 
							before moving to Paxton. She was a member of the 
							Loda Methodist Church and the Royal Neighbors. 
							Geneva enjoyed reading and flower gardening. 
							Memorials may be made to Iroquois Memorial Hospice. |