Karen L. (Spain) Gillespie, 58, of Catlin, formerly of Potomac, passed peacefully with family and friends by her side at 3:21 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at Presence Covenant United Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois.
Karen was born March 3, 1956 in Watseka, Illinois, the daughter of Robert Eugene and Leah Ruth (Cox) Spain Sr. She married Paul Gillespie on Oct. 29, 1994 at Crystal Springs in Muncie. He survives.
She is also survived by her father; three daughters, Charity Lynn Smith, Sydney Gillespie and Selena Gillespie; one son, Chad Smith; four grandchildren; two brothers, Robert "Bobby" (Peggy) Spain Jr. and Thomas J. (Tina) Spain and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother.
Karen was a self-proclaimed CEO/domestic engineer of the Gillespie household. She was also a volunteer firefighter/EMT for the Oakwood Fire Protection District and Oakwood Ambulance Service.
Published in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette. Dec 28, 2014
Karen was born March 3, 1956 in Watseka, Illinois, the daughter of Robert Eugene and Leah Ruth (Cox) Spain Sr. She married Paul Gillespie on Oct. 29, 1994 at Crystal Springs in Muncie. He survives.
She is also survived by her father; three daughters, Charity Lynn Smith, Sydney Gillespie and Selena Gillespie; one son, Chad Smith; four grandchildren; two brothers, Robert "Bobby" (Peggy) Spain Jr. and Thomas J. (Tina) Spain and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother.
Karen was a self-proclaimed CEO/domestic engineer of the Gillespie household. She was also a volunteer firefighter/EMT for the Oakwood Fire Protection District and Oakwood Ambulance Service.
Published in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette. Dec 28, 2014
Karen L. (Spain) Gillespie, 58, of Catlin, formerly of Potomac, passed peacefully with family and friends by her side at 3:21 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at Presence Covenant United Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois.
Karen was born March 3, 1956 in Watseka, Illinois, the daughter of Robert Eugene and Leah Ruth (Cox) Spain Sr. She married Paul Gillespie on Oct. 29, 1994 at Crystal Springs in Muncie. He survives.
She is also survived by her father; three daughters, Charity Lynn Smith, Sydney Gillespie and Selena Gillespie; one son, Chad Smith; four grandchildren; two brothers, Robert "Bobby" (Peggy) Spain Jr. and Thomas J. (Tina) Spain and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother.
Karen was a self-proclaimed CEO/domestic engineer of the Gillespie household. She was also a volunteer firefighter/EMT for the Oakwood Fire Protection District and Oakwood Ambulance Service.
Published in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette. Dec 28, 2014
Karen was born March 3, 1956 in Watseka, Illinois, the daughter of Robert Eugene and Leah Ruth (Cox) Spain Sr. She married Paul Gillespie on Oct. 29, 1994 at Crystal Springs in Muncie. He survives.
She is also survived by her father; three daughters, Charity Lynn Smith, Sydney Gillespie and Selena Gillespie; one son, Chad Smith; four grandchildren; two brothers, Robert "Bobby" (Peggy) Spain Jr. and Thomas J. (Tina) Spain and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother.
Karen was a self-proclaimed CEO/domestic engineer of the Gillespie household. She was also a volunteer firefighter/EMT for the Oakwood Fire Protection District and Oakwood Ambulance Service.
Published in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette. Dec 28, 2014
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