Myrle M. Sapienza

1920 - 2022

Myrle M. Sapienza
Born: August 6, 1920 in Peru, IL
Died: July 27, 2022 in Peru, IL
Myrle M. Sapienza, 101, ten days before her 102 birthday, passed away peacefully at home, Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00 on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at the First Congregational Church in Peru with Pastor Diana Kurtz, officiating. Burial was held earlier at Peru City Cemetery. Visitation will be held at 9:30 until the time of services Saturday, August 6th at the First Congregational Church, Peru. Arrangements are entrusted to the Mueller Funeral Home, Peru.
Myrle was born August 6, 1920 in Peru to Peter and Martha (Kramer) Braun. December 25th, 1942, Myrle married her forever love, Clarence, at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, LaSalle.
Myrle was a graduate of LaSalle-Peru High School, LPO, and received a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Bradley University. Myrle began her teaching career in a one room school house at Mt. Palestine, near McNabb. She taught in Ladd, where she continued to make lifelong friends with the students she touched. Her next teaching position was at Jefferson School in LaSalle where she taught for 23 years. Myrle was active in LaSalle County Retired Teachers, Lily Rebekah Lodge, First Congregational Church of Peru where she was a member of Ladies Aid and various other church committees.
Myrle lived a full life with family and friends. Myrle's winters were often spent in Florida and Alabama, while her summers were spent in her beloved summer home on Deer Lake in Minnesota. You could always hear her say she was going "Up North" where she made lasting memories with family and friends. She loved needle crafts, cooking, entertaining, fishing, (she got the big ones), and most of all family and friends. Her giving heart will be missed.
Surviving is their son, Michael (Jackie) Sapienza. She was blessed with two grandchildren, Laura (Mike) Hollerich and Michael (Erin) Sapienza, five great-grandchildren, Anthony and Andrew Hollerich, Megan, Michael, and Emma Sapienza, nieces and nephews, and 13-year caregiver, Andy Ivakhnenko.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 76 years, Clarence, in 2019, her parents, and her brother, Orville Braun.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the "Clarence and Myrle Sapienza Memorial
Scholarship" at Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby.
The online guestbook may be viewed and remembrances shared at www.MuellerFH.com.