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Evelyn J. Krallmann, 100, died Tuesday evening, Feb. 25, 2014, at Evenglow Inn, Pontiac .

Funeral service will be Saturday, March 1, at 10:30 a.m. at the Dwight Emmanuel Lutheran Church with Rev. Daniel Ognoskie officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Goodfarm Cemetery, Dwight.

She was born Dec. 4, 1913, in Alton , to Edward D. and Louise (Salzmann) Johnson. She married Alvin C. Krallmann on July 19, 1951, in Greenville , Ill.

She is survived by two children, Mary Krallmann of Lincoln and John Krallmann of Warrenville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Edward G. Johnson; and her husband, who died March 24, 1988.

She graduated from Alton High School .

For more than 20 years she was employed in the accounting department of Owens-Illinois Glass Company in Alton

Her husband was a Lutheran teacher and pastor, and over the years they lived in Nebraska , Iowa and Illinois , where he served various congregations. She helped with office work, school programs and visiting related to her husband’s work. She also served as an organist.

She was a volunteer Braille transcriber preparing books for the Lutheran Library for the Blind, St. Louis . After her husband’s death at rural Goodfarm, she moved to Dwight, where she volunteered at the public library and a thrift shop. She moved to Evenglow in October 2005.

She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Dwight and of the church’s Project Compassion group, the Mary & Martha Society and a TLC group.