I'd like everyone to know that Erin wrote her own obituary. The details that she added in may seem small to those who didn't know her but they were of deep meaning to her. It is how she best wants us to remember her. Full of love for family and nature, unafraid of her future because she had unwavering trust in the Lord, seeing poetry in all things - and last but not least, Erin absolutely loved mowing the lawn.
Really, she did.
She had a wonderful sense of humor, she made everyone around her feel loved and she was full of laughter.

And she always signed her cards to me with "may God bless and keep you"

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Mrs. Erin Jean Anne (Conder) Arning, age 52, of Centralia, Illinois, went to her Eternal Home at 12:23 P.M. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at her home due to complications of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Erin was preceded in death by her parents and oldest brother Timothy R. Conder. Erin was employed at Books & Company in Centralia, Illinois from 1989 until 2001 and was earlier employed as a bookkeeper at Old National Bank of Centralia, Illinois from 1979 until 1980. She lived her whole life in Centralia, Illinois. Erin was of the Christian Faith. She enjoyed writing poetry and mowing grass. She also enjoyed sitting on the back porch watching the animals and nature with her loving husband.

As per her wishes, Erin will be cremated and Cremation Rites are entrusted to the Moran Queen~Boggs Funeral Home in Centralia, Illinois. There will be no public visitation. Memorial Contributions may be made in Erin's honor to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or the Lupus Foundation of America and will be received at the funeral home.

Erin Arning is survived by her husband - Daniel Arning; her brother - Daniel R. Conder and his wife Vicky of Vandalia and their children; and her best friend and cousin - Megan Branon of Paducah, Kentucky.

She was born on April 14, 1961 in Centralia, Illinois, the daughter of Charles Ray and Montie Jean (Branon) Conder. She married her high school Sweetheart, Daniel E. Arning, on June 28, 1980 and he survives in Centralia, Illinois.