| Birth: | Feb. 28, 1921
Chambersburg
Pike County
Illinois, USA | | Death: | Oct. 3, 2008
Jacksonville
Morgan County
Illinois, USA | 
Nellie Mae Lerch Long, 87, of Bluffs, died Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at Barton W. Stone Home in Jacksonville. She was born Feb. 28, 1921, near Chambersburg, the daughter of Andrew and Lola Stuller Lerch. She married Albert William Long on April 20, 1938, in Louisiana, Mo., and he preceded her in death on April 30, 1975.
She is survived by two sons and one daughter, Roger William Long of Meredosia, Martha Grace Wheeler of Bluffs and David (wife, Judy) Long of Auburn; 14 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Margaret Davis of Pontiac. She was preceded in death by four children, Lester Edward, Aretta Maxine, Chester Dale and Andrew Lee; three grandchildren, Cynthia Marie Long, James Lee Long and Andrew William Long; five sisters, Catherine Grace Long, Minnie Gertrude Easley, Elizabeth Bell Boker, Mary Brigendine and Lena Bentley Pruitt; and one brother, Charles Lerch.
Mrs. Long was a lifelong member of Chambersburg Christian Church, where she was active in Senior Saints. She worked as a nurses aide until her retirement. She loved to make sugar cookies with her grandchildren during the holidays. She enjoyed bingo, cards and dice, visiting with family and friends, and playing her pump organ, the accordion, electric organ and harmonica. She loved to work outside in her garden and with her flowers, and was an avid canner of her fruit and vegetables.
Services were entrusted to Buchanan and Cody Funeral Home of Meredosia, Illinois.
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Wilson Cemetery
Perry
Pike County
Illinois, USA |
Created by: JLM
Record added: Oct 07, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 30390527 |
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