Obituaries
Iona Shipley
March 25, 1933 - November 25, 2019
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VISITATION
December 1, 2019 | 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M -
Yurs Funeral Home
405 E. Main Street
St. Charles, Illinois 60174 - Funeral
- December 2, 2019 | 11:00 A.M.
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Yurs Funeral Home
405 E. Main Street
St. Charles, Illinois 60174 -
Burial Location
Union Cemetery
Iona Mae Shipley, (86) passed away Monday, November 25, 2019 at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago surrounded by her loving family. She was greatly loved by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A long time resident of St. Charles, Iona was born to William and Bessie (Shultz) Beach on March 25, 1933 in Ames, Iowa.
Survived by daughters, Vicki (John) Eskew (Elko, NV), Debbie (Al) Wilmoth (Kelso, WA), Brenda (Tom) Shover (Johnstown, CO) and son, Mark (Cathy) Shipley (Yorkville, IL); her grandchildren, Angie (Ian) Knorr (St. Charles, IL), Aaron (Simone) Wilmoth (Chicago, IL), Joe Eskew (Hinckley, IL), Ryan Wilmoth (Kelso, WA), Marissa (Alan) Smith (Erie, CO) Brittany Warsing (Longmont, CO), Jacob (Kristin) Shipley (Pingree Grove, IL) and Cristin Shipley (Yorkville, IL); her great-grandchildren, Dayson Eskew, Skylar Knorr, Shaylin Eskew, Tayden Eskew, Reese Knorr, Pearl Eskew, Paul Wilmoth, Henry Smith, and Paige Smith; her sisters, Kay Vesling of Iowa City, and Bev Beach; and her brother, Bob (Sherry) Beach of Marshalltown, IA.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Gordon Shipley in 2007, her parents William Beach, Sr. and Bessie Beach; and her brothers, Marvin Beach and William Beach, Jr.
She will be loved always, missed forever, but her spirit will always be alive within the hearts of those whose lives she has touched.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, December 2, 2019, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Yurs Funeral Home.
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Minnette (Rick) Shipley from Angleton, TX
"Rick loved Gordon and Iona. My prayers and condolences for all of your families."
Genie & John Krahenbuhl from St Charles , IL
"I loved Iona, she was a neighbor who always would stop and chat on a summer day. She said she had to keep walking otherwise her knees would lock up. She was so sweet. When we asked her last name she told us and we said are you any relation to so and so Shipley. She said no....not that Shipley. What we didn't know was her daughter Vickie was married to John Eskew who grew up just across the street from me on State Street and Vickie was in my husband's class in school. I felt so bad when she stopped making her rounds in the summer. Then one day the ambulance came. God rest her soul, she was a dear person and will always be remembered fondly."