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Ellen Soma
Ellen Rita Soma, 85, of Columbia, Ill., born Jan. 9, 1929, in Ridgeway, Ill., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at Bethesda Southgate Nursing Center in St. Louis, Mo.
Rita was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Columbia, Ill., where she was active with the quilters. She had worked at the Immaculate Conception School cafeteria for many years.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Soma, whom she married on Oct. 7, 1954, in St. Louis, Mo., and who died Sept. 3, 1999; her parents, Edward and Sallie, nee Mecum, Maloney; brothers, William Maloney and Paul Maloney; a sister, Patricia Maloney; and a son-in-law, Scott Mathis.
Surviving are her son, Lawrence (Carol) Soma of Columbia, Ill.; daughters, Patricia (Timothy) Fahey of Red Bud, Ill., Kathleen (Ronald) Shields of Red Bud, Ill., and Karen Mathis of Ellis Grove, Ill.; grandchildren, Erin (Dave) Legendre, Sara (Jared) Kertz, Jessica (Tim) Liefer, Philip (Angela) Shields, Breann Fahey, Kristen (Dennis) Murray, Scott (Mandy Brandt) Soma, Matthew Shields, Hillary (Randy Renfroe) Mathis and Nicholas Mathis; great-grandchildren, Devyn Liefer, Corbyn Legendre, Ashlyn Kertz, Mikayla Shields, Dax Liefer and Declan Legendre; brothers and sisters, Virginia Heller of Newburgh, Ind., Timothy Maloney of Mount Vernon, Ind., Martha Lawler of Lebanon, Ill., Carolyn Bailey of Springfield, Ill., and Lawrence W. Maloney of Buffalo, Ill.; nephew, Robert Cusimano of St. Louis, Mo.; and other relatives and friends.
Memorial contribution may be made to Eugene Schorb - Immaculate Conception School Education Fund 411 Palmer Road Columbia, Ill. 62236. For more information, please access our website, www.lawlorfuneralhome.com.
Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, at Lawlor Funeral Home, Columbia, Ill.
Funeral: A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Columbia, Ill., with Father Carl Scherrer officiating. Interment will follow in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
LAWLOR FUNERAL HOME, Columbia, Ill.
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