Elma J. Lauder, 65, of Beardstown, passed away Friday evening, Jan. 23, 2009, in Beardstown. She was born Nov. 17, 1943, in St. Charles County, Mo., the daughter of Elijah and Lillie Todd Abrams.
She is survived by three sons, Rick (wife, Vickie) Lauder of Springfield, Randy (wife, Anita) Lauder of Vincennes, Ind., and Ronn Lauder of Beardstown; four grandchildren, Brian Lauder, Melanie Crabtree, Lyndsay Robbins and Paul Michael Cary; two great-grandchildren, Lexi and Layden; and one sister, Nancy Frakes of Beardstown. She was preceded in death by her companion, George M. "Pinky" Stanley; and four brothers, LeRoy, Glenn, Arthur and Jasper Abrams.
Ms. Lauder had been employed as a dispatcher for the Beardstown Police Department for over 25 years. She was also an EMT and had been a hospital administrator. She attended the First Christian Church in Beardstown. She had been involved Cub Scouts as a den mother, Adult Band, Band Boosters and DARE. She was the founder the Fall Festival and responsible for the badge display for the Police Department. She was a member of the VFW, the American Legion and CLIA. She helped with Shop-With-A-Cop, the Watermelon Festival and Sesquicentennial. She was a cake decorator and enjoyed gardening, water color painting and quilting.
Services were entrusted to Sager Funeral Home of Beardstown, Illinois.
She is survived by three sons, Rick (wife, Vickie) Lauder of Springfield, Randy (wife, Anita) Lauder of Vincennes, Ind., and Ronn Lauder of Beardstown; four grandchildren, Brian Lauder, Melanie Crabtree, Lyndsay Robbins and Paul Michael Cary; two great-grandchildren, Lexi and Layden; and one sister, Nancy Frakes of Beardstown. She was preceded in death by her companion, George M. "Pinky" Stanley; and four brothers, LeRoy, Glenn, Arthur and Jasper Abrams.
Ms. Lauder had been employed as a dispatcher for the Beardstown Police Department for over 25 years. She was also an EMT and had been a hospital administrator. She attended the First Christian Church in Beardstown. She had been involved Cub Scouts as a den mother, Adult Band, Band Boosters and DARE. She was the founder the Fall Festival and responsible for the badge display for the Police Department. She was a member of the VFW, the American Legion and CLIA. She helped with Shop-With-A-Cop, the Watermelon Festival and Sesquicentennial. She was a cake decorator and enjoyed gardening, water color painting and quilting.
Services were entrusted to Sager Funeral Home of Beardstown, Illinois.
Elma J. Lauder, 65, of Beardstown, passed away Friday evening, Jan. 23, 2009, in Beardstown. She was born Nov. 17, 1943, in St. Charles County, Mo., the daughter of Elijah and Lillie Todd Abrams.
She is survived by three sons, Rick (wife, Vickie) Lauder of Springfield, Randy (wife, Anita) Lauder of Vincennes, Ind., and Ronn Lauder of Beardstown; four grandchildren, Brian Lauder, Melanie Crabtree, Lyndsay Robbins and Paul Michael Cary; two great-grandchildren, Lexi and Layden; and one sister, Nancy Frakes of Beardstown. She was preceded in death by her companion, George M. "Pinky" Stanley; and four brothers, LeRoy, Glenn, Arthur and Jasper Abrams.
Ms. Lauder had been employed as a dispatcher for the Beardstown Police Department for over 25 years. She was also an EMT and had been a hospital administrator. She attended the First Christian Church in Beardstown. She had been involved Cub Scouts as a den mother, Adult Band, Band Boosters and DARE. She was the founder the Fall Festival and responsible for the badge display for the Police Department. She was a member of the VFW, the American Legion and CLIA. She helped with Shop-With-A-Cop, the Watermelon Festival and Sesquicentennial. She was a cake decorator and enjoyed gardening, water color painting and quilting.
Services were entrusted to Sager Funeral Home of Beardstown, Illinois.
She is survived by three sons, Rick (wife, Vickie) Lauder of Springfield, Randy (wife, Anita) Lauder of Vincennes, Ind., and Ronn Lauder of Beardstown; four grandchildren, Brian Lauder, Melanie Crabtree, Lyndsay Robbins and Paul Michael Cary; two great-grandchildren, Lexi and Layden; and one sister, Nancy Frakes of Beardstown. She was preceded in death by her companion, George M. "Pinky" Stanley; and four brothers, LeRoy, Glenn, Arthur and Jasper Abrams.
Ms. Lauder had been employed as a dispatcher for the Beardstown Police Department for over 25 years. She was also an EMT and had been a hospital administrator. She attended the First Christian Church in Beardstown. She had been involved Cub Scouts as a den mother, Adult Band, Band Boosters and DARE. She was the founder the Fall Festival and responsible for the badge display for the Police Department. She was a member of the VFW, the American Legion and CLIA. She helped with Shop-With-A-Cop, the Watermelon Festival and Sesquicentennial. She was a cake decorator and enjoyed gardening, water color painting and quilting.
Services were entrusted to Sager Funeral Home of Beardstown, Illinois.
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