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Graveside Service:
11:00 a.m. Saturday January 11, 2020 at Mount
Pulaski Cemetery
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader,
Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Louise Ey, 100, passed away at home
on December 26, 2019.
Louise was born on April 15, 1919 in Mount Pulaski.
Daughter of the late Charles and Louise Ey, preceded
in death by her siblings Otto Ey, Lillian Hutchcraft,
Carl ‘Bill’ Ey, and Vincent ‘Cap’ Ey. Loving aunt to
the late June Reich and the late Bobby Hutchcraft,
Dr. John Ey (Susan), Gary Ey (Kitty), and the late
Dr. Richard Ey. Treasured great aunt to Ann Wilson
(Larry) and Mark Reich (Jill), Sydney Ey Henning and
David Ey, Matt and Heather Ey, and Steven, Kathy,
and Cindy Ey. She was dearly loved by many great
grand nieces and nephews.
Louise attended Mount Pulaski high school and then
worked at the Ey bakery as the cake decorator. When
the bakery closed, she worked until her retirement
at the Illinois Department of Revenue. She dedicated
her free time to her extended family. She treasured
her friends and neighbors, and after she turned 90,
she was deeply grateful for their generosity,
including homemade meals, drives to her doctors and
hairdresser, and genuine care about her well being.
She enjoyed going to the boat to play slot machines
and watching Jeopardy and basketball. She was a
homebody who for decades loved opening her door and
preparing lavish meals with plenty of leftovers. The
Ey family home was the center of many Thanksgivings
and summer get-togethers. |
Recently, she was honored to be
interviewed by the local paper about her long life
in Mount Pulaski, to share with local farmers her
memories of the Great Depression, and to celebrate
her 100 th birthday this past April surrounded by
friends and family.
She jokingly attributed her long life to having a
Miller Lite every day and never having married, but
those who knew her recognize that she lived a long
life because she was tough, and she always had a
good sense of humor and an even bigger heart. She
was honored to be the ‘keeper of the Ey family
flame’, and she was blessed to live her entire life
and to die in the house where she was born, which
was always her greatest wish. She will be deeply
missed by all who loved her.
Graveside services for Louise will be 11:00 a.m.
Saturday January 11, 2020 at Mount Pulaski Cemetery
with Pastor David Hutton officiating. Services are
entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski. Memorials may be made in Louise’s
name to the Mount Pulaski Historical Society.
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