Iroquois County IL Archives Obituaries.....Maher, Viola March 7, 2006
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Gilman Star, 2006
The Gilman (ILL) Star	Thursday, March 16, 2006	Page 6

Services Held for VIOLA MAHER, 92, /with picture
	Funeral services were held Friday for Viola R. Maher, 92, Gilman, at 
St. Peter Lutheran Church in Thawville with Pastor Michael Poynter 
officiating.  Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Gilman.
	Viola died at 9:31 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at Iroquois Memorial 
Hospital in Watseka.
	She was born Jan. 18, 1914, in Gilman to Ulrich and Anna (Gercken) 
Theesfeld.
	She graduated from Onarga Township High School in 1932 and attended 
Gallagher business School in Kankakee.  She worked for Civil Services in 
several cities, later working for an attorney in Onarga.
	She married William Maher in Bloomington on Jan. 7, 1957.  They farmed 
in the Onarga area.  He died in a farm accident on April 17, 1981 and she 
moved to Gilman in 1983.
	Surviving is one brother and sister-in-law, Donald and Virginia 
Theesfeld of Gilman; a step-nephew and nieces; several cousins and a good 
friend and neighbor, Eileen Strough.
	In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by 
three brothers, Carl, Elmer and Delmer.
	She was a member of the La Hogue Unit of the Home Extension and the 
Service Club.
	Memorials may be made to St. Peter’s or to the donor’s choice.
	She had been a member of St. Peter’s since 1931 after being baptized 
in  1914 and confirmed at St. John’s in Buckley.
	Redenius Funeral Home made the arrangements.  Pallbearers were Delmar 
Ehmen, Roger Gercken, Rodney Honeycutt, Herbert Theesfeld, Robert Theefeld, 
Kim Wasmer.  The organist was Dianna Darrohn.



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