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Judith Elaine Marshall

Judith Elaine Marshall, 78, of Le Roy, Illinois, passed away at 5:55 P.M., Monday, April 30, 2018, at her home in Le Roy, Illinois.
 
Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, May 4, 2018, at St. Mary’s Church, Downs, Illinois, with Father Dustin Schultz officiating. There will be no interment. A prayer service will start at 5:30 P.M., Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, 
Le Roy, Illinois. Visitation will be from 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M., Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the funeral home. Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Le Roy, Illinois, is in charge of arrangements.
 
Memorial contributions may be made to the Le Roy Emergency Ambulance Service, St. Mary’s Church, Downs, Illinois, Easter Seals, or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
 
Mrs. Marshall was born July 24, 1939, in Farmer City, Illinois, to Jesse Franklin and Marguerite Magdalene Ruch Anderson. She married Dale Arthur Marshall on January 30, 1960, in DeKalb, Illinois. He survives in Le Roy, Illinois.
 
She is also survived by children, Kimberly Marshall of Normal, Illinois; Stephanie (Bob) Bruning of Le Roy, Illinois; Lynne (Jeff) Johnson of Sycamore, Illinois; Patrick (Susan) Marshall of DeKalb, Illinois; Karen (Park) Allison of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sarah (Joseph) Beck of Suwanee, Georgia; and Andrew (Heather) Marshall of Le Roy, Illinois; twenty-three grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; four brothers and sisters, Duane (Sylvia) Anderson of Bellflower, Illinois; Louise Jiles of Farmer City, Illinois; George (Rita) Anderson of Powell, Wyoming; and Carolyn (Walt) Jiles of Atkinson, Illinois.
 
She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and four sisters.
 
Judy was instrumental in establishing the AFSCME local for clerical at Illinois State University and was their first president. She also served on both the Le Roy Park District board and the Le Roy City Council. She was an active community volunteer. She was an artist and donated many pieces of stained glass to various charity auctions.
 
She was a member of St. Mary’s Church, Downs, Illinois, where she was very active teaching CCD and serving on the Ladies Auxiliary.