Elsie Louise Fuchs, 93, of Sherman, formerly of Carlinville, died on Saturday evening, Aug. 24, 2019, at The Villas Senior Care Community in Sherman.
Visitation will be held Friday, Aug. 30, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Carlinville United Methodist Church, 201 South Broad Street. Funeral services will follow, beginning at 11 a.m. at the church with the Rev. Rex Hendrix officiating. Burial will take place in Rovey Cemetery in Farmersville.
Ms. Fuchs was born Aug. 1, 1926, in Farmersville, to Herman and Martha (Heitman) Viehland. She married Victor Fuchs on April 27, 1947, and they later divorced in 1995.
After graduating from Farmersville High School in 1945, she attended Illinois State University for one year before teaching at a country school for a year.
Ms. Fuchs worked at Heisman's Drug Store in Farmersville, from 1950 to 1965, until she began employment at Deck's Drug Store in Girard, where she retired in 1990.
She was an active member of the Carlinville United Methodist Church and the Macoupin County Historial Society. She loved gardening, flowers, crocheting and reading.
Ms. Fuchs is survived by her son, Lyle (Rindy) Fuchs of Carterville; daughter, Joellen (Donald) Ray of Buffalo; and four grandsons, Ryan (Amanda) Filson, Kyle (Heather) Filson, Gabriel (Michelle) Fuchs and Ian Fuchs.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Memorials may be directed to Carlinville United Methodist Church or the Macoupin County Historial Society.
Online condolences to the family may be left at www.davisandersonfuneralhome.com.
