Eloise M. (Williamson) Fike, 91, formerly of Ottawa, died on Tuesday night, March 1, 2016 at the Dobson Plaza nursing home in Evanston.
Funeral services will be at 12 noon on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 717 Chambers Street, Ottawa, IL, 61350, with Rev. David Ufkes, Pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the church. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa.
Eloise was born on September 5, 1924 in rural Ottawa, to Willard L. and Belle (Stangeland) Williamson. She was a graduate of Ottawa Township High School, class of 1942. Eloise married Robert E. Fike on June 16, 1946, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Ottawa. She worked at Kline’s, Montgomery Ward and Rabenstein’s. Eloise was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, LaSalle County Home Extension, and belonged to a hospital therapy group for 25 years.
She is survived by two children, Rhonda Sue (John) Jones, of Chicago and Randall E. (Beth) Fike, of Tequesta, FL, four grandchildren, Kristofer (Myriam) Jones, Kristen Jones and Troy and Ian Fike, and one great grandson, Owen Thomas Jones.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Robert, on October 16, 2011, a daughter in infancy, and 2 sisters, Lorraine Weitzel and Vera Boldt.
Pallbearers will be John Jones, Kristofer Jones, Brian Boldt, and Steve Boldt.
Memorials may be directed to Trinity Lutheran Church or Loving Arms Ministry of Believers, P.O. Box 2181 Ottawa Illinois, 61350.
Eloise is laid to rest in the Garden of Inspiration.
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