Madeline D. Ignazito's Obituary
CHARLESTON - Madeline D. Ignazito, age 78 of Charleston, Illinois passed away after a brief illness at 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2019, surrounded by loving family at Herrin Hospital in Herrin, Illinois. A Memorial Service, honoring and celebrating her life, will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Adams Funeral Chapel in Charleston. A visitation for family and friends will be from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. on Saturday prior to the memorial service at the funeral chapel. It is requested that thoughtful donations in her honor be made to the Coles County Arts Council Music Scholarship Fund. Gifts may be left at the visitation/service or mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Dr., Charleston, IL 61920. Madeline was born in Long Branch, New Jersey on March 12, 1941, a daughter to the late Henry G. and Katherine (Manuel) Pigage. She was united in marriage to Martin D. Ignazito in New Jersey on February 15, 1969. Marty preceded her in death on February 3, 2016. In addition to her parents and husband Marty, she was preceded in death by her brother George J. Pigage. Survivors include her two daughters, Karen Cripps and husband Jeff of Carterville, Illinois and Susan Ignazito-Wilhelm and husband Brett of St. Louis, Missouri; four grandchildren who she was enormously proud of and professed were "the joy of her life" , Zoe and Olivia Cripps and Gavin and Graham Wilhelm. Other survivors include her sister, Violet Gottuk and husband Ron of Rome, Pennsylvania, four sisters-in-law, Carolyn Pigage of New Jersey, Linda Emmerman-Kornick and husband John of Chicago, Illinois, Yvonne Lemire of St. Genevieve, Missouri, and Melanie Ignazito-Cooper and husband Bill of Ferguson, Missouri; nieces, nephews, many friends and prior students as well as her longtime country neighbors and her blue tip Siamese cat -Lily. Madeline was a music teacher and composer and had both a BMUS and MMUS in piano performance and composition. She taught music on every level from pre-school to college and adults at her private music studio for over 40 years and in the music department at Lake Land College. She was the president and co-founder of Charleston-Mattoon Music Teachers, served on the Coles County Arts Council as music director twice and as president. She founded the Coles County Arts Council Honors Recital which has given over 100 music camp scholarships to talented area students. Madeline also served as State Theory Chair of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association for five years and was part of the committee writing the Achievement in Music state theory tests. In addition to these involvements, Madeline was also a talented composer. Her original piece, Variations in Fugue for Chamber Orchestra won a national prize. She also wrote an original score for a play by a local playwright. Her most recent work, Windows, a septet written for piano, string quartet and bass, flute and bassoon, premiered in March of 2014 for the 100th anniversary of a music group in Champaign-Urbana. Madeline's family will miss her gentle reassurance, insatiable curiosity, interesting conversation, stubborn determination, and silly sense of humor (including a love of things that make a sound or play music when you push the button), her musical birthday cards, spaghetti sauce, Greek Christmas cookies and baklava, her love of chocolate which resulted in often finding her hidden stashes in the kitchen while rummaging for Tupperware, and of course her phenomenal musical talent and piano playing. The family would like to thank the Carle Hospital Guest House, the staff at Carle Hospital in Urbana, Parkway Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Marion, Illinois and especially Herrin Hospital ER and ICU for their kind, compassionate care. Memorial ServiceThe Memorial Service celebrating the life of Madeline Ignazito was held 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Adams Funeral Chapel with Connie Buchenroth presiding. Pianist, Ethan Hayward provided music throughout the visitation and provided musical selections for the service which included: ""Six Little Pieces for Piano"" and ""Nocturne No. 2, both composed by Madeline Ignazito. Granddaughter, Olivia Cripps read the 23rd Psalm and granddaughter, Zoe Cripps read Ephesians 3: 1-8. Eulogies were given by Connie Buchenroth, grandsons, Gavin and Graham Wilhelm. Melanie Ignazito-Cooper, sister-in-law, read a written eulogy by Vi Gottuk, sister of the deceased. The poem ""After Glow"" was read by Yvonne Lemire, also a sister-in-law of the deceased. A recorded selection of Chopin's ""Revolutionary Etude (Opus 10 No. 12)"" was played. Visitation Adams Funeral Chapel Saturday, May 18, 2019 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Email Details 2330 SHAWNEE DRCHARLESTON, Illinois 61920 Directions Memorial Service Adams Funeral Chapel Saturday, May 18, 2019 3:00 PM Email Details 2330 SHAWNEE DRCHARLESTON, Illinois 61920 Directions
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