Georgette Morrison Shupe

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Mrs. Georgette Morrison Shupe, 66, of Bloomington, Ill., died Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, in her home.

She was born Jan. 11, 1942, in Bloomington to George R. and Helen (Hamer) Morrison. She married Lewis R. Shupe III in 1966 in Bloomington.

Mrs. Shupe graduated from Bloomington High School in 1960. She studied architecture in Paris at Palais de Fontainbleau. She was a graduate of the New York School of Design. She attended the New York University & Pratt Institute; she then graduated from the Art Career School of New York. She attended the Interlochen Music Academy from 1957-1959.

Georgette was the former owner and operator of The Blue Owl & Village Stitches, Bloomington. She had operated the family farm. She was a member of PEO since 1964, served on the BroMenn Advisory Council and volunteered at BroMenn Hospital. She was a member of Ladies Aid Society and Wesley United Methodist Church. She was a former board member of the Mclean County Arts Center. She was active in the Reach to Recovery Program for the American Cancer Society. She was on the Illinois State University Board for the Friends of Mennonite College of Nursing. She was a proud mother.

In addition to her husband, surviving family members include her two children, Lewis R. "Chip" (Heidi) Shupe IV, of Coopersburg, Pa., and Christopher G.F. Shupe, of Bloomington, Ill. and Boulder, Colo.

Visitation will take place Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home in Bloomington.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at the Wesley United Methodist Church in Bloomington. Interment will be in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Community Cancer Center, Normal, Ill., and Friends of Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University.

Arrangements were handled by Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington, Ill.

This obituary was originally published in the Record-Eagle.