Mary Jane Pritchard

WEST FRANKFORT - Mary Jane Pritchard, 96, formerly of West Frankfort, passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, in Lincoln Manor in Decatur.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, in Dawson and Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home in Decatur. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Tabernacle Baptist Church or Carmi Children's Home. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.dawson-wikoff.com.

Miss Pritchard worked at West Frankfort Main Street Bakery 16 years. She retired in 1975 as a nurse at Wheaton Convalescent Home.

She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and Rebekah Lodge 767.

She was born Jan. 17, 1912, in West Frankfort, the daughter of John S. and Eliza Isaac Pritchard.

She is survived by her nieces, Mary Ann (Paul) Nartker of Decatur, Ella Marie Hall of Greenview and Connie Pritchard of Boody; nephews, Bill Pritchard of Arkansas, Jim Pritchard of Boody and John Pritchard of Pennsylvania; 18 great-nieces and nephews; 25 great-great-nieces and nephews, whom she loved very much; and close friends, Peggy Desabro and Erma True, both of Decatur.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Herman and William Pritchard; and nephew, Jerry Pritchard.