Marguerite Honn's Obituary
CHARLESTON, IL - Marguerite Honn, age 91 of Charleston, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at her Lakeland Rehabilitation and Health Care Center home in Effingham. Visitation for family and friends will be held Tuesday evening (January 31) from 5:00 - 7:00 at Adams Funeral Chapel in Charleston. Services honoring and celebrating her life will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at the funeral chapel with Reverend Krista Price officiating. Interment will follow in Enon Cemetery, rural Ashmore, Illinois. It is requested that memorial gifts in her honor be made to the American Cancer Society, the Alzheimer's Association, the Otterbein United Methodist Church or to a charity of the donor's preference. Gifts may be left on the memorial table at the visitation or service, or mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive, Charleston, IL 61920. Marguerite was born December 18, 1920 in Coles County, Illinois and was a daughter of the late Herman and Inez (Stewart) Davis. She married Russell Ferguson on October 3, 1942 in St. Charles, Missouri. They shared twenty-five years of marriage and friendship prior to his death in December of 1967. She later married Altan Honn in January of 1973 and he also preceded her in death in 1982. Marguerite is survived by two loving and devoted children, Jerry Ferguson and wife Gail of Charleston and Doris Jean Walter and her husband Chuck of Washington, New Jersey; three grandchildren, Cimarron Reimel and husband Bryan of Telford, Pennsylvania, Jody Boroughs and husband Scott of Pullman, Washington and Betsy Walters and husband Jason of Ashmore, Illinois; four great-grandchildren, Rueger and Rohen Walters and Caiden and Bryce Reimel; a sister, Wanda Chism and husband Howard of Mattoon; and several nieces and nephews and their families. In addition to her parents and husbands, Marguerite was also preceded in death by three sisters and four brothers. Marguerite was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church in Charleston. Many long-time Charleston residents will remember her as a clerk at the Eisner Food Store where she was employed for many years. She also volunteered her time as a member of the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center Guild. Marguerite was a kind and considerate woman and was blessed with numerous friends. She enjoyed not only a good cup of coffee but good times with the ladies who met every Thursday morning at What's Cookin' and she was always ready for a friendly game of cards with her card-playing friends. Marguerite was fond of eating out and attending barbershop musical events with Al who was a member of the Coles County Barbershoppers. She also enjoyed traveling and taking mini-vacations but was always ready to return home. Home was where her family gathered and as a devoted mother and grandmother hers was filled with warmth and an abundance of love. Home was a place where they enjoyed playing games together such as FARKO; home was a place where she enjoyed crocheting, sewing or quilting and sharing these talents with her granddaughters; home was a place where as a marvelous cook she enjoyed preparing wonderful meals for her family's enjoyment; home was a place where she could dote on her grandbabies; home was where she nurtured close relationships with her extended family as well - Russell's Aunt Tup was always near and dear to her heart. Home was a place where together lasting memories were created - memories which will always be treasured by those who loved her dearly.
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