A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Illinois > Pike http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=615 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=56028 Submitted by: watersb Article Title: Pike Press Article Date: April 16 2008 Article Description: obit of Schubert, Opal Article Text: Opal Schubert, 82, of Tiskilwa died Thursday, April 10, 2008, at her home. Born April 25, 1925, in Scottville, Macoupin County, she married Floyd Pruitt. He survives. She later married Vince Schubert. He died in 1991. She worked as a home economics teacher at Tiskilwa High School from 1950 to 1953 and Buda Township High School/Western High School School from 1960 until retiring in 1983. She was a recipe columnist for the Bureau County Republican, the Bureau Valley Chief and the Walnut Leader. She was a graduate of Winchester High School. She received her bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University and her master's degree from the University of Illinois. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Tiskilwa and its Altar and Rosary Society, and was a church trustee. She was also a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Retired Teachers, Bureau County Home Economists, NEA, IEA, Home Extension and the Tiskilwa School Board. Surviving are one son, Joseph Pruitt of Rockville, Md.; one daughter, Janet (Paul) Lohaus of Lake Thunderbird; one stepdaughter, Nancy (Jim) Lucas of Peru; one grandson, Paul Taylor of Washington, D.C.; four step grandchildren, Tina Widen of Peru, Tara Engstrom of Shorewood, Matthew Lohaus of Leesburg, Va., and Melinda (Bryan) Jeffries of Honey Grove, Texas; and eight step great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by two stepsons, Robert Schubert in 2006 and William Schubert in 2007. Services were held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 14 in the Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home, Princeton, and at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's Church, Tiskilwa, with Father Kevin Creegan and Deacon John Murphy officiating. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Henry. Visitation was from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 13 in the funeral home, where a rosary was be recited at 6 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the Tiskilwa Community Association or Friends of Mount Bloom Cemetery ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com