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- Theora Rosalie Stiff, 97, of Dundas, passed away on March 4, 2017 at Helia Healthcare in Olney.
Theora was born on the family farm in Rafetown, IL on May 14, 1919. She was the only child of Jess R. and Edith L. (Seiler) Williams. She married Eugene Merritt Stiff on February 1, 1941 in Union, MO. He preceded her in death on October 4, 2011 after 70 years of marriage.
Theora was an active member and youth leader at the Dundas Methodist Church until it closed in 1973 and she and her husband joined the Immanuel United Methodist Church in Olney. She was a farm wife, homemaker, loving mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her daughter, Mary Lou Walden and husband Wayne of Mt. Carmel; grandsons, Chris Walden and wife Allison of Mattoon; and Chad Walden and wife Sarah of Brownsburg, IN; great-grandchildren, Ely, Stella, Hadleigh, and Hampton; caregivers, Sue Holland and Linda Hanes; and two nieces and a nephew.
Theora was preceded in death by her parents, husband, infant son, Larry Gene and infant great-granddaughters, Teigan and Tinsley Walden.
Services at Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home with burial in Crest Haven Cemetery east of Olney.
Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home
Olney, IL
March 5, 2017
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