VILLA GROVE -- Wilma J. Parsons, age 89 of Villa Grove, Il., died at 8:33 am on Monday May 27, 2019 at the Tuscola Health Care Center. There will be a service at 7 PM on Thursday May 30, 2019 in the Joines Funeral Home (Il. Rt. 130 S) Villa Grove, Il., with Mr. Ted Shearer officiating, with visitation an hour before the services in the funeral home. Burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery in Mattoon, Il. on Friday May 31, 2019 at 11 AM.
Mrs. Parsons was born July 28, 1929 in Charleston, Il., a daughter of Owen and Myra (Dallas) Chism. She married Glenn Swanson, and he died in 1972. She is survived by her daughter, Glenda Swanson of Villa Grove, Il., Step daughter Susan (Doug) Molden of Iola, Wi., grandchildren Joshua Glenn (Anna) Millsap, Germany and Lacy Noell Millsap of Villa Grove, Step Grandchildren John and Michael Molden, great grandchildren Lily Millsap of Villa Grove, Il. and Braylen Millsap, Germany., sister, Janet Freda East of Mattoon, Il., Nieces, Tonya (Keith) Willison, Cindy (Greg) Hagerman, and Kimberly Chism (Chris Martin), and several great nieces and nephews.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Robert Chism and Samuel Mack Chism. Wilma loved to garden, crochet and most of all be with her family. She worked in the admissions office at the University of Illinois. Memorials can be made to an organization of the donors choice.
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