Wanda Cohoon

Wanda Cohoon

FARMER CITY – Wanda L. Cohoon, 88, of Bellflower, formerly of Farmer City, passed away at 3:55 p.m. Monday (April 22, 2013) at her daughter's home in Bellflower.
Graveside memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 26, at Greenleaf Cemetery, Farmer City. The Rev. Tony Crouch will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to Carle Hospice, 206A W. Anthony Drive, Champaign IL 61822 or the United Methodist Church of Farmer City.
Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Farmer City, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Cohoon was born Feb. 24, 1925, in Champaign County, the daughter of John Wesley and Cecil Marlowe Fisher of St. Joseph. She married Lloyd E. "Bud" Cohoon Sr. on Sept. 13, 1947, in Chicago.
Survivors include five children, Paula (Mike) Gilbert of Mahomet, Rolan (Carolee Perring) Cohoon of Farmer City, Rebecca (Bob) Albin of Bellflower, Lloyd "Buddy" (Linda) Cohoon of Dewey and Michael (Theresa) Cohoon of Farmer City; 13 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, three brothers and one grandson.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church and a 56-year member of the Joe Williams American Legion Post 55 Auxiliary, Farmer City.
She was a recreation teacher at a State School in Lincoln and worked at J.M. Jones, Urbana, but most of her life she was a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, canning, crossword and Sudoku puzzles. She enjoyed watching Illini Basketball.