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Jill Howard Obituary

SPARTA -- The Rev. Jill Monic Howard, 43, of Chicago, formerly of Sparta, died at 11:35 a.m. Sunday, May 1, 2011, in South Shore Hospital in Chicago.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in First Freewill Baptist Church in Sparta with Joseph Edmonson Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Caledonia Cemetery in Sparta. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the church.

McDaniel Funeral Home in Sparta is in charge of arrangements.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Southern Illinoisan on May 6, 2011.

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Cecelie Holmes

May 31, 2011

My sister was the love of my life; my best friend, my partner in everything, etc etc...not to say an absolutely amazing person. I am so very grateful that she does not have to endure anymore pain! No more chemo sessions trying to stay alive to take care of me....I made her realize at he end that she could let go peacefully...and that she did! She had a wonderful relationship with God and for that I am truly thankful! Jill's flying with my Mother and the Angels now...watching me from Heaven! No More Pain!! Amen!

Karmin Howard-KIng

May 6, 2011

I will truly miss my cousin Jill! Most people don't know she looked exactly like my mother, Delecia Howard. I wish I had known about her trial, but none the less, I prayer is that she made it over!

Tammy Kaesberg Roberts

May 5, 2011

We were good friends as a child . We played "mud pies" together at my grandmother Fern Kaesberg's home in Sparta on St.Louis street. We attended school together but she was a year behind me. I will never forget her, she was a sweet person. Singing in heaven now.

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