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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Maxine (Halsted)
Fuhr
December 14, 1938 – November 3, 2021
Maxine Fuhr, 82, of Taylor Ridge, died Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at Avonlea Cottage, Milan. Services will be 10 am Monday, November 8, 2021 at Edgington Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 13228 140th Street West, Taylor Ridge, Ill. Visitation will be from 2-4 pm Sunday, November 7, 2021 at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan. Burial will be in Edgington Cemetery. Memorials may be made in care of Edgington Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
Maxine was born in Mercer County, Illinois on December 14, 1938, a daughter of Richard and Ines Sims Halsted. She married Virgil Fuhr on January 20, 1957 in Viola, Illinois. He preceded her in death on November 28, 2019.
Maxine worked as a secretary in the Rockridge School District for 32 years.
She was a member of Edgington Evangelical Presbyterian Church. She was an avid reader and enjoyed entertaining family and friends on her front porch.
Those left to cherish her memory include her children (and spouses), Jeffrey (Kathleen) Fuhr, Illinois City, Teresa Weber, Taylor Ridge, Paul (Annette) Fuhr, Flower Mound, Texas and John (Pam) Fuhr, Taylor Ridge; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and sister, Roberta (Bill) Pecsi, Sun City, Ariz.
She was preceded in death by her parents – Richard Halsted and Ines Swanson, husband and son-in-law, AJ Weber.
Online condolences, memories and expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at wheelanpressly.com
Visitation
Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Funeral Service
Edgington Evangelical Presbyterian Church
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