Mary Frances Pittenger, 89, of Decatur passed away Tuesday June 21, 2011 at Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Funeral mass to celebrate Mary’s life will be 11:15 a.m. Friday June 24, 2011 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Father Jeff Grant as celebrant. Visitation will be at the church from 10:00 a.m. until the start of mass on Friday. Dawson & Wikoff West Wood St. Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.
Mary was born on July 9, 1921 in Springfield, IL the daughter of Lithuanian immigrant parents Andrew Skrelevicus (Skrele) and Mary Siminauch. She married Wayne B. Pittenger on December 5, 1941 and he preceded her in death in September of 1986. Mary was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, a volunteer at St. Mary’s Hospital and a big Lakeview High School sports fan.
Mary is survived by her son Bob Pittenger and wife Kay of Decatur; grandchildren: Wayne Pittenger and wife Marsha of Decatur, John Pittenger and wife Debbie of DeWitt, Kelly Walker and husband Jeff of Decatur, Andrew Pittenger and wife Laura of Dwight, David Pittenger of Decatur and Crystal Pittenger of Anaheim, CA; three great grandchildren also survive.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, husband Wayne, two sons David and Wayne, two sisters and one brother.
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October 16, 2014 |
My deepest condolences. May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...
John 11:32-45
32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”
38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;
Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage
Can the Dead Really Live Again?
http://www.jw.org/finder?locale=en&docid=1102013500&prefer=lang
