Nelda Aherin, 86

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Nelda Aherin, 86. of Farmersville died on Aug. 7, 2017, at St. Joseph's Home in Springfield.

Funeral Mass will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at St. Mary's Church in Farmersville with the Rev. Jerry Bunse officiating.  Burial will follow at St. Martin's Cemetery, Farmersville.

Visitation will be on Friday, Aug. 11, from 5-8 p.m. with a prayer service 15 minutes before, and on Saturday, Aug. 12, an hour prior to services. Davis-Anderson Funeral Home in Girard is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Aherin was born on Nov. 29, 1930, in San Jose, IL, the daughter of the late Cecil and Edith (Parr) Eyrse. She married Roy A. Aherin on Nov. 27, 1948 in Mt. Pulaski. After over 61 years of marriage, he preceded her in death on Oct. 7, 2010.

She was a homemaker and helped on the family farm. She enjoyed sewing, decorating and cooking. She enjoyed watching Cardinal baseball and Illinois basketball. She loved spending time with her large family, and attending events that her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were involved in over the years.

Mrs. Aherin was an active member of St. Mary's Church. She served many years on the decorating committee, was a Eucharistic minister, past president of St. Mary's Council of Catholic Women, past member of St. Mary's Parish Council, and served on the St. Isidore school board.

She was also very active in her community. She was a 4-H Leader for 25 years and was on the Montgomery County 4-H board. She was also an election judge for many years, served on the Irish Day Queen Committee, Farmersville Centennial Committee and assisted for many years with fund raising projects for Farmersville organizations. She and her husband loved Farmersville's Irish Days Celebration, and she was honored to receive the 2015 Farmersville Citizen of the Year award.

She is survived by eight children, Robert (Sue) of Monticello, Linda (Tony) Chernausky of Westville, Carolyn (John) Dewerff of Nokomis, Mary Pat Brady of Bloomington, Dennis (Joyce) of Phillipsburg, KS, Philip (Diane) of Dieterich, Diane (Marty) Green of Springfield and Kevin (Marci) of Chatham; 18 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lewis Eyrse of Lincoln and Richard (Donna) Eyrse of Merkel, TX; and a sister-in-law, Irene Aherin of Springfield.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to St. Mary's Church Maintenance Fund, St. Martin's Cemetery or Montgomery County Cancer Association.