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Shirley E.
Allspach
MT. PULASKI, IL - Shirley E. Allspach, 77, passed away at 5:35 a.m., Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Shirley was born Nov. 3, 1936, in Edinburg, Ill., to Russell and Margaret Porter Cary. She worked as a maternity nurse at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln and retired as a registered nurse from Vonderlieth Living Center in Mt. Pulaski. She was a member of the Lake Fork Christian Church and the Eastern Star. She married Donald Allspach on March 10, 1957, in Mt. Auburn, Ill. He survives her.
Also surviving are three children: Debra (Chris) Neaville of Mt. Pulaski, Ill., Janet Toohey of Fancy Prairie, Ill., and Gary (Kella) Allspach of Mt. Pulaski, Ill; two brothers, Paul Cary of Chicago and Gail (Betty) Cary of Mt. Auburn, Ill.; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Services for Shirley will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, at the Mt. Pulaski Christian Church, James Morrell officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, at Mt. Pulaski Christian Church Family Life Center. A burial at Steenbergen Cemetery will follow the service.
Memorials may be given to Lake Fork Christian Church. Mt. Pulaski EMS or Vonderlieth Living Center.
Services are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mt. Pulaski.
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God bless the family, she will be missed. Prayers for all the children and grandchildren. Sorry we couldn't make it to the services.
Loren Porter
December 19, 2013
Shirley will be missed by everybody who new her.She was a very kind and caring person. She will be truly missed.My prayers go out to the family.
Debbie Matheny
December 17, 2013
My sincere sympathies to you Deb, Janet, Gary and families. You're all in my thoughts and prayers.
Lynda Faith Letterle
December 16, 2013
Debbie, my sympathy in the loss of your mother. May God watch over you and your father.
Losing a mother is very hard. I lost mine 3 years ago. I know she will always be with you in memory and will be watching over you and the family.
Joyce Miller (Smith)
December 14, 2013
Thinking of you and yours.
Sincerely
will. and phyll. bryson
December 14, 2013
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