Carole A. Wetherell, 71

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Carole Ann Wetherell, 71, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, at 9:07 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

A Funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, Dec. 23, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Springfield with Father Clinton Honkomp, O.P. celebrant. Burial was held in Roselawn Memorial Park in Springfield.

Mrs. Wetherell was born Oct. 30, 1948, the daughter of Robert C. and Virginia (Klein) Kuhn. She married James Edward Wetherell on Nov. 13, 1970, at St. Patrick's Church in Pana, and he survives.

A graduate of Pana High School, she attended Eastern Illinois University. She retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after 28 years.  

She was a member of St. Aloysius Church in Springfield. She was an excellent cook, and enjoyed gardening and embroidery. Above all else, she was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by children, Amy (Richard) Teeter of Rochester, Keith (Dana Sharifi) Wetherell and Philip (Emily) Wetherell, both of Springfield; mother, Virginia Kuhn of Tower Hill; grandchildren, Jack, Ella and Lucy Teeter, and Tyler, Charles, Jude and Bo Wetherell; siblings, Joyce (Eugene) Knodle of Fillmore, Robert L. Kuhn of Oconee, Regina (Roger) Landon of Chandlerville, Kenneth (Rhonda) Kuhn of Olney, Karen (David) Koons of Tower Hill and Randy (Mary) Kuhn of West End, NC; sister-in-law, Kellie Kuhn of Oconee; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by brothers, Kevin and Joseph Kuhn.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Online condolences may be left at www.butlerfuneralhomes.com.