Verna F. Cassiday's Obituary
ASHMORE, IL - Verna F. Cassiday, age 92 of Ashmore, IL, entered her Heavenly Home on Friday, October 23, 2015 while at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. Visitation for family and friends will be held Tuesday, October 27, 2015 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. at Adams Funeral Chapel in Charleston. Funeral Services honoring and celebrating her life will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral chapel with Reverend Maureen Clark officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery in Charleston. Verna was born May 21, 1923 in Charleston, IL to the late Alonzo and Mamie (Hughes) Bloxom. She married Herman Cleo Cassiday in July of 1941and they were blessed with 57 years of marriage and friendship prior to his death on November 16, 1998. She is survived by four of her seven children, Dale Cassiday and wife Luann of Ashmore, Wanita Hubbard and husband Noel of Bedford, IN, Gayla Robinson and husband Steven of Ashmore, and Jay Cassiday and wife Barb of Wichita, KS; 23 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Ione Bloxom of Charleston. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by 3 children, Ricky Cassiday, Gary Cassiday and Donna Higa; a great-grandson, Gary Dean Hubbard; and two brothers, Herb Bloxom and Alonzo Bloxom, Jr. Verna attended the Presbyterian Church and was a woman with a deep and abiding faith who read her Bible daily. She was a private person who enjoyed being a homemaker. She excelled at creating a warm and loving home for her family to enjoy. She cherished her role as matriarch and was a wonderful wife and a kind and loving mother who was always there for her family. Her children considered her to be not only their mother but their best friend. She will forever be lovingly remembered and will hold a special place in the hearts of those who loved her.
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