Doreen E. Savage

ST. CHARLES — Doreen E. Savage, 96, of St. Charles, formerly of Marseilles and Earlville, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 12, at Delnor Hospital in Geneva.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, Sept. 20, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Marseilles. Funeral services will be at noon Thursday at the church with the Rev. William Chormann officiating. Entombment will be in Shrine of Rest Mausoleum at Oakwood Memorial Park. Seals-Campbell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

She was born July 8, 1922, in Polo, to Orville and Ruth (Book) Landis. On June 25, 1950, she married James R. Savage, of Kankakee, who preceded her in death in 2005.

Doreen was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Marseilles, where she taught Sunday school for 16 years. She was a graduate of Milledgeville High School, Northern Illinois University and did graduate work at Colorado State College. She taught home economics for Sterling, Serena and Marseilles schools for 12 years.

She was a life member of American Association of University Women and Illinois Retired Teachers Association.

Doreen is survived by one son, Randee (Susan) Savage, of Geneva; and two grandsons, Benjamin (Alaine) Savage, of New Haven, Conn., and Matthew Savage, of Naperville.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James; one sister, Lois Dennis; and one grandson, Nicholas Savage.

Memorials may be directed to Trinity Lutheran Church in Marseilles.

Seals-Campbell Funeral Home

1009 E. Bluff St., Marseilles, IL 61341

815-795-5151 sealscampbell.com