Funeral services for Charlotte Jean Ronna, 67, of Paxton were Monday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Loda. The Rev. Edgar L. Peters officiated. Visitation was Sunday at the Ford-Baier Funeral Home, Paxton, and one hour prior to the service Monday at the church. Burial was in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda. Mrs. Ronna died at 10:30 a.m. Friday (March 21, 1997) at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. She was born Jan 1, 1930 at Rantoul, the daughter of Howard V. and Wilma Gritten Fultz. She married Robert F. Ronna on Dec. 10, 1947, at rural Loda. He died on June 26, 1981. Surviving is her mother, Wilma Woller of Paxton; one daughter, Donna I. (Jim) Balk of Buckley; three sons, Robert L. (Billie) Ronna of Cary, N.C, Stanley P. (Kirsten) Ronna of Salt Lake City, and William H. Ronna of Rockdale; one stepson, Warren F. Ronna of Champaign; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Joanne Woller of Paxton and Erna Feneley of San Antonio; one brother, Howard V. Fultz Jr. of Rio De Janerio, Brazil; five stepsisters, Jeannie (Jerry) Eastham of Savoy, Carolyn (Bill) Quinlan of Rantoul, Shirlie (Bernie) Taylor of Urbana, Betty (Don) Nigg of California and Leona Flahive of Las Vegas; and one stepbrother, Darrell Woller of Watseka. She was preceded in death by her father, Howard V. Fultz; step-father Herbert Woller and a step-brother Charles Woller. Mrs. Ronna attended Penfield Grade School and Loda Country School and graduated from Loda High School. She worked as a waitress most of her life and moved from Rantoul to Paxton in 1992. She and her husband lived in the Buckley-Loda area, in Frankfort and New Lenox. She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Loda. Memorials may be made to the church, the Rantoul Veterans of Foreign Wars post or an organization of the donor's choice.
Paxton Record March 26, 1997