Ethel Lynch, 101, of Bonnie, passed away at 12:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, in Bonnie. Ethel was born in Elk Prairie Township south of Nason on Oct. 6, 1909, a daughter of Almond and Laura (Williams) Allen. She married John Lynch on Dec. 2, 1937, in Mt. Vernon; he preceded her in death on Aug. 9, 1984. Ethel retired from the Mt. Vernon Shoe Factory. She attended Elk Prairie Christian Church. Ethel is survived by daughter Karen and husband James Newell of Scheller, daughter Carole and husband Charles Dees of Bonnie and son Douglas and wife Joyce Lynch of Carlinville; seven grandchildren, Jeff Newell and wife Kelley of Springfield, Joan (Newell) Blackketter of Tomball, Texas, J.R. Newell and wife Jamie of St. Charles, Mo., Angela (Dees) Summers and husband Douglas of Bonnie, Shelley (Dees) McDowell and husband Mitch of Mt. Vernon, Teresa (Lynch) Taft and husband Alex of Springfield, and Myra (Lynch) Tosh and husband Ryan of Carlinville. She is also survived by a grandson-in-law, Steve Snow of Bonnie; and by 20 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, Ethel was preceded in death by her parents, two granddaughters, Twila (Dees) Snow and Gayla Lynch; four brothers, Willard, Clarence, Ray and Oral Allen; and one sister, Sylvia Allen. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Johnston Funeral Home in Ina with J. Howard Kraps officiating. Interment will follow at Kirk Cemetery in Ina. Friends may visit from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home. For those who wish, memorials may be made to Kirk Cemetery or Elk Prairie Christian Church and will be accepted at the funeral home at any time. Funeral arrangements are in the care of Johnston Funeral Home.