Cheryl Lynn Comperchio

HINDSBORO - Cheryl Lynn Comperchio, 78, of Hindsboro passed away at 3 p.m. Friday (May 31, 2024) at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.

Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 9, at Edwards Funeral Home, 221 E. Main St., Arcola. A celebration of Cheryl's life will be at 3 p.m. at the funeral home following the visitation Sunday. Please come and share a special memory of Cheryl. Private family burial will be in Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ind.

Cheryl was born on Dec. 4, 1945, in Jackson, Mich., a daughter of Joseph Aaron and Marian Evelyn (Huston) Comperchio. She married Eileen V. Burch on Sept. 12, 2006, in Sault Ste. Marie, Onterio, Canada.

Cheryl is survived by her wife, Eileen of Hindsboro; two nieces, Laurie Smith and husband Gerry of Weirsdale, Fla., and Barb Channell of Spring Arbor, Mich.; a nephew, Chuck Channell and wife Karen of Jackson, Mich.; great-nieces and -nephews, Justin Wagner, Brent, Jimmy and Robby Ellinwood, Christine Dever and Jeff Channell; two brothers-in-law, Neal Burch of Booneville, Ark., and Dean Burch of Hudson, Ind.; and nieces and nephews, Olivia Burch, Danni Burch and wife Sara, Brittany Harrell and husband Luke, Dawn Burch, Christopher Burch and Alana Tong and husband Dimitri.

Cheryl was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Patricia Channell.

Cheryl graduated from Western High School in Parma, Mich., in 1964. She served in the U.S. Navy as a photographers mate third class petty officer. She worked at Moore Business Forms in Charleston as a typesetter until they closed. Cheryl then attended Lakeland College, where she earned an associate degree in civil engineering. She took a job with GSI Grain Systems in Assumption prior to accepting a position with the Illinois Department of Transportation in Paris, where she retired as a support services manager in 2012.

Cheryl was an avid Chicago Cubs fan, and she enjoyed reading, photography and playing softball. She dearly loved her dogs and had several through the years. She even came to appreciate cats.

Some of her fondest memories were vacationing in Florida and swimming with the dolphins at Discovery Cove in Orlando, going to the Dominican Republic and attending the Bainbridge Navy Waves reunion in Lancaster, Pa.

Cheryl's family would like to especially thank everyone at Mattoon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center for the excellent and compassionate care they all gave Cheryl.

Memorials may be made to the Douglas County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 192, Tuscola, IL 61953; or the Military Women's Memorial, memo section "in Memory of Cheryl Comperchio" and can be mailed to the Military Women's Memorial, 200 N. Glebe Road, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22203, or online at womensmemorial.org.