Jennie Lou Canaday

DECATUR - Jennie Lou Canaday, 75 of Decatur passed away at 11:22 pm. Monday March 24, 2008 in the E.R. of St. Joseph's Hospital Tampa, Florida. Funeral services to celebrate Jennie's life will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, March 29, 2008, at Life Foursquare Church, Decatur, IL. Visitation will be held two hours prior to service time at the church. Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery, Decatur, IL. Memorials may be made to Life Foursquare Church. Tanzyus-Logan Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. Jennie was born October 8, 1932 in Decatur, IL, daughter of Charles and Lucille (Hanson) Oyler. She married Jack E. Reynolds in 1951. She married Charles "Bob" Canaday on October 9, 1982. Jennie attended Foursquare Church and was baptized in Lake Decatur at a young age. After graduating in 1950 from the first graduating class of Lakeview High School, she went to work at Illinois Bell Telephone Company. She worked there 32 + years and retired in 1983. She enjoyed volunteering at St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary, YWCA, TV23, and the State Fair. She was a lifetime member of CWA and Telephone Pioneers of America. After doing a lot of volunteering she went to Richland Community College part time and graduated in 1992 with an associate of arts degree. Jeannie and Bob traveled to the fifty continental United States and Europe, including seven countries. Her trip of a lifetime was to Israel and Jordan. After Bob retired they spent their winters in Florida where she was busy learning a variety of new crafts. She also did a lot of volunteering in Florida, including Florida State Fair Grounds. Surviving are her husband, Bob; two daughters, Deborah "Debbie" McMillan and husband Ron of St. Charles, IL., and Jacquelyn "Jackie" Gilman and husband Brian of Warrensburg, IL., two sons, Charles "Chuck" Reynolds and wife Marge, Thomas "Tom" Reynolds of Decatur, special daughter-in-law Barbara Busing; Two granddaughters, Valerie Henry and husband Ari of Chicago, Abby Gilman of Warrensburg, five grandsons, Capt. Scott Gilman, Tim Gilman and wife Dana of Warrensburg, Clinton McMillan, Eric and Kevin Reynolds of Decatur, step grandchildren, Donald Golden and wife Joyce of San Diego, CA, Misty Golden of Decatur, Christy Lowery and husband Lonnell of Decatur, step great-grandchildren, Danika of San Diego, CA, Tyler and Camden Creason of Decatur, sister Millie Sills and husband Harold of Decatur, brother Jim Oyler and wife Barb of Cerro Gordo, IL., and loving nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends in Illinois and Florida. She was preceded in death by her parents and infant sister Nellie Kay. Please sign the family guestbook at www.tanzyuslogan.com. Obituary written by family members. Online guest book at www.legacy.com/herald-review/Obituaries.asp