Ruth A. Roach, 80

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Ruth A. Roach, 80, of Pekin, died on Saturday, April 20, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria.

Visitation will be held Friday, April 26, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Preston-Hanley Funeral Home and Crematory in Pekin. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 27, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Stephen D. Barnes officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded with inurnment at Prairie Haven Cemetery in Pekin.

Mrs. Roach was born April 21, 1938, in Litchfield, to Orville C. and Ruth C. (Clayton) Heyen. She married Larry E. Roach on Aug. 28, 1954, and he preceded her in death on April 24, 2016.

She was a homemaker, having worked in the catalog department at J.C. Penney and the traffic department at Tazewell County Courthouse.

Mrs. Roach was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Pekin, and was apart of Walk to Emmanus and the Cursillo community in Peoria.

She is survived by three daughters, Pamela Cuevas, Lori Major and Susan (Wendell) Wilson, all of Pekin; a son, Larry (Dawn) Roach of Pekin; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Donald (Fay) Heyen of New Berlin, WI.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Roach was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorials may be directed to Our Savior Lutheran Church, 2223 Sheridan Road, Pekin, IL 61554.

Online condolences to the family may be left at www.preston-hanley.com.