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1939

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2013

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Eleanor Diesburg Obituary

Eleanor Grace Diesburg

Eleanor Grace Diesburg, age 73 of Murfreesboro, formerly of Paxton, IL, died Thursday, January 10, 2013. Mrs. Diesburg was the daughter of the late Milo Frances and Frances Susan Kayser Ryder. She was also preceded in death by two baby sons, and a sister, Carol McGrath.

Mrs. Diesburg is survived by her husband of 55 years, Kenneth James Diesburg; sons, Kevin Diesburg, and Robert Diesburg and his wife Ann, all of Paxton, IL; eleven grandchildren, Chelsie and her husband Bill, Kendall, Jameson, Ryder, Derek, Sarah, Sean, Deanna, Jennifer, Amanda, and Drew; two great-grandchildren, Kaydon and Kyleigh; and sister, Shirley Back of New Hampton, IA.

Mrs. Diesburg was a member of St. Luke Catholic Church, the Tennessee Walkers Square Dance Club, and an active member of the St. Clair Center Yoga Class.

Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Catholic Church in Smyrna. Rev. Tien Thang Tran will officiate. Family and friends will serve as Pallbearers.

Visitation will be 2p.m. until 8 p.m., with a rosary prayer at 7 p.m. Monday at Woodfin Funeral Chapel, Murfreesboro. Memorials may be made to the Mycena Gravis Foundation of America 355 Lexington Avenue, 15th Floor New York, New York 10017 in memory of Mrs. Diesburg.

Graveside service will be Thursday at Glen Cemetery in Paxton, IL.

Online condolences can be made at www.woodfinchapel.com (615) 893-5151.

Published by The Daily News Journal on Jan. 13, 2013.
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Ellie is missed very very much and always will be. She is in a better place now a place called Heaven.We will all see her again someday.

Kasey Shreve

March 10, 2013

Ellie was a good friend and neighbor,we will miss her and her friendship.

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January 13, 2013

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