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Service:
10 am on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at Calvary
United Methodist Church
Funeral home:
Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, 1800 Eastland Drive,
Bloomington
To express condolences online, please
visit www.carmodyflynn.com.
Obituary
Gina Marie Lockenvitz, 58, of Normal,
passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021 at her
home.
Her funeral service will be held at 10 am on
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at Calvary United
Methodist Church, Normal. Visitation will be from 4
to 7 pm on Tuesday at Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home,
Bloomington. Interment will immediately follow
services at Holy Cross Cemetery, Normal.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society or St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital.
To express condolences online, please visit
www.carmodyflynn.com.
She was born February 15, 1963 in Lincoln, daughter
of Col. Chan and Mary Louise Levi Fuller. She
married Jeffrey T. Lockenvitz on June 29, 1991 in
Bloomington.
Surviving are her husband, Jeff, Normal; her three
sons, Michael (Jessica) Lockenvitz, Edwardsville,
Mitchell (Megan Rainwater) Lockenvitz and Thomas
Lockenvitz, both of Normal and one grandson, Liam T.
Rainwater, Normal. Also surviving are her mother,
Mary Fuller and one brother, Greg Fuller, both of
Lincoln.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Gina was a 1981 graduate of Lincoln High School. She
received her Bachelor’s degree in elementary
education and her Master’s degree in curriculum and
instruction from Illinois State University. She
taught first grade for Unit 5, first at Brigham
School and then at Prairieland School. She loved her
students and those she worked with over the years.
She had an affinity for the kids who struggled the
most or who needed extra care and support.
She loved music and in her younger
years enjoyed playing the flute, piccolo and the
piano.
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She was also raised as a “tough farm girl”
and was a member of 4H, where she won several awards and
ribbons for her painting, macreme and straw weaving at the
Logan County and State Fairs.
Gina battled MS for 26 years and did whatever she could to
not let it define her or let it interfere with her caring
for others. She was the planner of the family and always
made sure that the family experiences and memories would
last a lifetime. She was fun! Her favorite song was “Live
Like You Were Dying” which was her motto and what she lived
by, especially when she planned the sky diving adventure.
Her greatest joy came with the love she had for her kids and
her grandson.
Everyone she met cared about her and loved her. Gina will be
greatly missed. |
Gina
Marie Lockenvitz