Marcella Kuehnel

DATELINE:  Jerseyville, IL

NAME:  Marcella (Myers) Kuehnel     AGE: 84 

DIED:  March 3, 2019 at 10:05 PM at Jerseyville Manor

BORN: April 4, 1934 in Jersey County, IL

PARENTS: George and Mabel (Jones) Myers

MARRIED: Thomas R. Kuehnel, married on Dec. 16, 1950. They shared 68 years of marriage before his passing on January 7, 2019

OCCUPATION:  worked in housekeeping at Jerseyville Hospital for 25+ years; voted in as Jerseyville Township Clerk on April 3, 1973, which was her 39^th birthday. She was the first woman ever to be elected to this position and received the most votes. She was re-elected for this position in 1977 and again in 1981. She then ran as Jersey Township Trustee in 1985, and then was elected as Town Clerk in 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009. On June 11, 2012, she retired from the township after 39 years.

MEMBERSHIPS: Jerseyville Moose Lodge

HOBBIES: spending time with family, taking pictures, painting, putting together puzzles, reading, and singing to her grandkids at bedtime. She also enjoyed crocheting.

VISITATION: Thursday, March 7, 12:00 Noon – 2:00pm at Alexander and Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville, IL

FUNERAL: Thursday, March 7, 2:00pm at Alexander and Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville, IL

OFFICIATING: Rev. Clyde Shaw

BURIAL: Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL

MEMORIALS: in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Jerseyville Township or BJC Hospice.

SURVIVORS

CHILDREN: Diana Scoggins of Jerseyville, Connie (Mike) Collins of Jerseyville,

  Daughter in law Patricia Kuehnel of Alton

SIBLINGS:  Rev. Clyde (Virginia) Myers of Cottage Hills, Wanda (Theron) Ridenbark of Jerseyville

GRANDCHILDREN: Kenneth Dooley, Katie Merritt, Laura Beth Kuehnel, Tabitha Randolph, Richard Scoggins, and her namesake, Marci Collins

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: 7

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:  parents, husband, her son Richard Kuehnel, son in law Randall Scoggins, brothers Donald Myers and Francis “Frank” Myers, and sister Shirley Reynolds

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