Frances (Crouch) Graham-Stults, of Carlinville died Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 7, 2017, at Heritage Health Care in Carlinville.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Carlinville with funeral services following at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will take place in Shiloh Cemetery in rural Carlinville.
Mrs. Stults was born on Dec. 12, 1925, in Atwater, the daughter of the late William and Pearl (Bacon) Crouch. She married Henry Graham on Dec. 12, 1941, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 1, 1946. She then married Eldon Leroy Stults on Aug. 18, 1948, in Piggott, AR, and he preceded her in death on April 7, 1992.
She attended Atwater and South Standard City grade schools as well as Carlinville High School. She was a nurses' aide for Carlinville Area Hospital, a ward clerk and a housewife and mother. She was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and enjoyed gardening.
Mrs. Stults is survived by her daughters, Margaret Graham-Burleson of Carlinville and Rebecca Jane Stults-Delich of Virden; sons, William Henry Graham of Palmyra, Edwin Lee Stults of Corpus Christi, TX, and Thomas Roy Stults of Carlinville; 16 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Jane Rosentreter-Cottingham of Carlinville and Wilma Modlin of Litchfield; brother, Millard Herbert "Herbie" Crouch of Mankato, MN; and several nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Judith Jean Graham-Richie-Scott and Brenda Lou Stults-Volsen-Dolder; one grandchild; sisters, Dorothy Steward, Helen Clevenger and Marquerite Walden-Riecks-Engelman; and brothers, Harold Crouch, Stanley Crouch and Charles Crouch.
Memorials are suggested to the Chesterfield Community Club or Carlinville Area Hospital Foundation.
