Rita M. Pickinpaugh, age 87,of Quincy, died at 12:48 p.m. on July 11, 2020 at Blessing Hospital.
She was born December 25, 1932, in Brown County, Illinois, a daughter of Merle and Laura McCoy Ward. On December 21, 1956 she married Harold L. Pickinpaugh in Pekin, Illinois. He survives.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was a 1950 graduate of Mt. Sterling High School and a 1954 graduate of Western Illinois University. She earned a master's degree from Western Illinois University in 1984. She taught mathematics at Bartonville Limestone High School, Pekin High School, Central High near Camp Point and Quincy High School.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was a member of Vermont Street United Methodist Church where she served in many capacities. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers society, Illinois Teachers of Mathematics, Illinois Retired Teachers and a Life Member of the PTA. She served as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels, and she was a former member of the Chaddock School Board.
Survivors in addition to her husband include their daughter, Sherri L. Short and her husband Michael of Springfield, a grandson, Alexander (Alec) Short of Springfield; one sister Doris A. Howell of Quincy, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Wilma J. Behymer and her husband Lee Roy, and a brother-in-law, John Howell.
Private services will be held at Hansen-Spear Funeral Home with the Rev. Patty Johansen officiating.
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Camp Point, Illinois
Memorials: the Quincy Public Schools Foundation or Vermont Street United Methodist Church
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of the arrangements. Hansen-Spear FH
She was born December 25, 1932, in Brown County, Illinois, a daughter of Merle and Laura McCoy Ward. On December 21, 1956 she married Harold L. Pickinpaugh in Pekin, Illinois. He survives.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was a 1950 graduate of Mt. Sterling High School and a 1954 graduate of Western Illinois University. She earned a master's degree from Western Illinois University in 1984. She taught mathematics at Bartonville Limestone High School, Pekin High School, Central High near Camp Point and Quincy High School.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was a member of Vermont Street United Methodist Church where she served in many capacities. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers society, Illinois Teachers of Mathematics, Illinois Retired Teachers and a Life Member of the PTA. She served as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels, and she was a former member of the Chaddock School Board.
Survivors in addition to her husband include their daughter, Sherri L. Short and her husband Michael of Springfield, a grandson, Alexander (Alec) Short of Springfield; one sister Doris A. Howell of Quincy, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Wilma J. Behymer and her husband Lee Roy, and a brother-in-law, John Howell.
Private services will be held at Hansen-Spear Funeral Home with the Rev. Patty Johansen officiating.
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Camp Point, Illinois
Memorials: the Quincy Public Schools Foundation or Vermont Street United Methodist Church
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of the arrangements. Hansen-Spear FH
Rita M. Pickinpaugh, age 87,of Quincy, died at 12:48 p.m. on July 11, 2020 at Blessing Hospital.
She was born December 25, 1932, in Brown County, Illinois, a daughter of Merle and Laura McCoy Ward. On December 21, 1956 she married Harold L. Pickinpaugh in Pekin, Illinois. He survives.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was a 1950 graduate of Mt. Sterling High School and a 1954 graduate of Western Illinois University. She earned a master's degree from Western Illinois University in 1984. She taught mathematics at Bartonville Limestone High School, Pekin High School, Central High near Camp Point and Quincy High School.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was a member of Vermont Street United Methodist Church where she served in many capacities. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers society, Illinois Teachers of Mathematics, Illinois Retired Teachers and a Life Member of the PTA. She served as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels, and she was a former member of the Chaddock School Board.
Survivors in addition to her husband include their daughter, Sherri L. Short and her husband Michael of Springfield, a grandson, Alexander (Alec) Short of Springfield; one sister Doris A. Howell of Quincy, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Wilma J. Behymer and her husband Lee Roy, and a brother-in-law, John Howell.
Private services will be held at Hansen-Spear Funeral Home with the Rev. Patty Johansen officiating.
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Camp Point, Illinois
Memorials: the Quincy Public Schools Foundation or Vermont Street United Methodist Church
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of the arrangements. Hansen-Spear FH
She was born December 25, 1932, in Brown County, Illinois, a daughter of Merle and Laura McCoy Ward. On December 21, 1956 she married Harold L. Pickinpaugh in Pekin, Illinois. He survives.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was a 1950 graduate of Mt. Sterling High School and a 1954 graduate of Western Illinois University. She earned a master's degree from Western Illinois University in 1984. She taught mathematics at Bartonville Limestone High School, Pekin High School, Central High near Camp Point and Quincy High School.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was a member of Vermont Street United Methodist Church where she served in many capacities. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers society, Illinois Teachers of Mathematics, Illinois Retired Teachers and a Life Member of the PTA. She served as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels, and she was a former member of the Chaddock School Board.
Survivors in addition to her husband include their daughter, Sherri L. Short and her husband Michael of Springfield, a grandson, Alexander (Alec) Short of Springfield; one sister Doris A. Howell of Quincy, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Pickinpaugh was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Wilma J. Behymer and her husband Lee Roy, and a brother-in-law, John Howell.
Private services will be held at Hansen-Spear Funeral Home with the Rev. Patty Johansen officiating.
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Camp Point, Illinois
Memorials: the Quincy Public Schools Foundation or Vermont Street United Methodist Church
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of the arrangements. Hansen-Spear FH
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