- BLOOMINGTON - Elvira M. Kugel, 78, Bloomington, passed away at 8:10 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 1, 2010) at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Normal.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, Normal. The Rev. John McIntosh will officiate. Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington, and one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church. Memorials may be made to the Parkinson�Disease Foundation or First United Methodist Church, Normal.
Elvira was born June 11, 1932, in Bloomington, the daughter of John and Blanche Lesher Williamson. She married Forrest Kaufman Jr. on Sept. 7, 1952, in Danvers. She later married Carleton Kugel on Jan. 11, 1975, in Normal. He passed away July 13, 2000.
She is survived by two children, Randy (Jean) Kaufman, Bloomington, and Linda (Terry) Park, Normal; five grandchildren, Becky (Bob) Fleck, Westmont; Chris (Carrie) Kaufman, Jill Andersen, Andy (Kim) Kaufman and Matt (fiancee, Kayla Upchurch) Kaufman, all of Normal; three great-grandchildren, Jacob and Adam Fleck, Westmont, and Addison Kaufman, Normal; one sister, Alice (Harlan) Glaser, Belleview, Mo.; two stepchildren, Craig Kugel, Baltimore, Md., and Kathy Kugel, Bloomington; two stepgrandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Ralph Williamson.
Elvira was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Normal, and the United Methodist Women. She had worked at Union Auto Insurance Co., Bloomington, and in the office of McLean County Asphalt, which her first husband, Forrest, started. She later worked as a purchasing secretary for the Eureka Co. and Modine Manufacturing, Bloomington. She had been a Sunday school teacher at First Presbyterian Church, Danvers. She was a Cub Scout and Girl Scout leader.
Elvira was a member and past president of Women's Club of Bloomington-Normal. She had volunteered in the BroMenn Service League in the hospital gift shop.
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