Edith R. Schiff

ST. JOSEPH – Edith R. Schiff, 89, of St. Joseph passed away at 2:50 p.m. Monday (March 30, 2015) at Presence Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.

Funeral services will be at noon Thursday, April 2, 2015, at Freese Funeral Home, 302 E. Grand Ave., St. Joseph, with the the Rev. Norm McCormick officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery, Mayview. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday at the funeral home.

Edith was born Dec. 5, 1925, in Urbana, the daughter of Edward and Dottie Heater Munds. She married Robert W. Schiff on Sept. 20, 1947, in Urbana. He survives.

Also surviving are three sons, Don W.(Eva) Schiff of Pontiac, Darrell D. (Mary) Schiff of St. Joseph and Dale J. (Linda) Schiff of Collinsville; grandchildren, Andrea (Niel )Dose of Belvidere, Ingrid (Brandon) Schwoerer of Washington, Michael Schiff of Chicago, Troy (Ashley) Schiff of Urbana, Todd (Bailey) Schiff of Ogden, Kelli (Mat) Williams of Troy and Jennifer (Todd) Hecht of Troy; and great-grandchildren, Landon and Ingrid Dose, Nora and James Schwoerer, Owen Schiff, Dean Schiff, Beau Hauersperger, Noah Starr and Sam Starr.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Marguerite Bruce.

Edith was a member of First Baptist Church of Urbana. She drove a school bus for St. Joseph Grade School for 21 years; she also worked at Avis for 10 years. Edith helped farm for many years and liked to take bus trips and play bingo, and she enjoyed driving.

Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or the American Diabetes Association.