Randi Marie (Gray) Hostetler, 27, of Shelbyville died at 4:05 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Vandalia.
Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville. Funeral services will follow at 3 p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery in Shelbyville with military rites by the Shelby County Honor Guard.
Mrs. Hostetler was born on May 12, 1988, in Joplin, MO, the daughter of Everette Randall and DeAnn Marie (Boyle) Gray.
She attended Panhandle schools and graduated from Shelbyville High School with the class of 2006 before attending Southern Illinois University. She then served in the United States Navy, earning the rank of electricians mate.
When she returned from the service, Mrs. Hostetler worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Casey. She continued her education at Lake Land College in Mattoon and also at Ashford University. She then became a corrections officer for the Illinois Department of Corrections in Vandalia.
She loved spending time with her son, Liam, and her friends, Sadie Schloz and Todd Cloe. She also enjoyed carpentry, fixing things and riding her bike with her son. She was very independent and determined to give her son the best life possible.
Mrs. Hostetler is survived by her husband, Justin Robert Hostetler of Patuxent, MD; son, Liam Everett Hostetler of Shelbyville; father, Everette Randall Gray of St. Louis; mother, DeAnn Marie Cole (Mark) of Shelbyville; brothers, Joshua Zachary “Zach” Boyle (Lacey Beeson) of Sullivan, James “Levi” Cole of Joplin, MO, Dalton Burkhart of Bismarck, ND, and Jimm Michael Cole of Shelbyville; sister, Kodi Jo Cole of Amarillo, TX; grandparents, James Boyle of Maryville and Barbara Lacy of Cowden; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her grandmothers, Judith Ann Boyle and Shirley I. Bettis.
Memorials may be given to the Liam Hostetler Education Fund.
Condolences may be sent at www.howeandyockey.com.
