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Visitation:
Mnday, May 12, 2025 from 4 - 7 p.m. at
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta.
Service:
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 11 a.m. at the funeral
home.
Funeral home:
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta
Obituary
Ann Garner, 91 of Atlanta, IL,
formerly of McLean, IL, Bloomington, IL, Greeley,
CO, and Prescott, AZ, died at 3:44 p.m. on Thursday,
May 8, 2025, at McLean County Nursing Home in
Normal, IL.
Funeral Services will begin at 11:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at the Quiram-Peasley Funeral
Home, 202 NW Vine Street, Atlanta, with Mr. Maurice
Stribling officiating. Following the funeral,
cremation rites will be accorded, and inurnment will
take place in The Memorial Garden at Prescott United
Methodist Church, Prescott, AZ.
Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on
Monday at the funeral home.
Vanessa Ann Swearingen was born December 10, 1933,
in McLean, IL, the daughter of John H. and Effie
Reed Swearingen. She first married Patrick W.
Holohan, May 2, 1954, at McLean, IL. They divorced
in 1979. She then married the love of her life James
I. “Hank” Garner on August 5, 1983, at Coolidge,
Arizona. Hank preceded her in death on July 31,
1997, at Prescott, AZ.
She is survived by: her daughter Elizabeth (Larry)
Struble of Prescott, AZ; a grandson, Ryan (Rebecca
Mancha) Holohan of Austin, TX; a stepdaughter, Karen
(Mike) Winn of Sacramento, California; a stepson,
Todd (Toni) Garner of Navato, CA; a bonus daughter,
Sherry King, of Phoenix, Arizona; nieces and
nephews: Sally (Ralph) Senteney of Kewanee, IL;
Harlan (Martha) Fabert of Effingham, IL; John H.
(Susan) Swearingen of Atlanta, IL; LeAnne (Galen)
Tully of Arthur, IL; Tina (Greg) Wertheim of Normal,
IL; Laura Van Hoorn of Peoria, IL; Lisa Polley of
Bloomington, IL;
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Eric (Deb) Fabert of Mooresville, IN;
Kurt (Polly) Swearingen of Normal, IL; Tim (Cheryl)
Swearingen of New Braunfels, Texas; Kathy (Kim)
Johnson of Bloomington, IL; Kathy Hardy of Mt. Zion,
IL; Paul (Susan) Usherwood of Chatham, IL; Rebecca
Craig of Grand Island, FL; and a sister-in-law,
Olive Swearingen of McKinney, TX.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; husband, Hank Garner; son, Thomas Patrick
Holohan; her sister Laura Lou Fabert; and brothers
Harold R. Swearingen and Delmar L. Swearingen.
She was a 1951 graduate of McLean High School where
she served as a cheerleader. She was a former
employee of the State Farm Insurance Company. She
was an avid Mexican Train player who taught many to
play the game. She was a very active member of
Prescott United Methodist Church in Prescott, AZ and
served in many leadership roles.
Memorials may be made to the Atlanta Rescue Squad,
PO Box 612, Atlanta, IL 61723.
Final Arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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