Edna M. Brandenberg

Edna M. Brandenburg, age 86, lifelong resident of Chadwick, Illinois, died, Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at Carroll County Good Samaritan, Mt. Carroll. A Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, February 20, 2009, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chadwick, with Reverend Marcia Strahl officiating. Burial will follow in the Chadwick Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:00 Noon – 1:00 p.m.. on Friday, February 17, 2009, prior to the service at the church.

Edna was born on May 20, 1922 in Chadwick, Illinois, the daughter of Charles and Minnie (Steinhagen) Ferris. Edna graduated from Chadwick High School with the Class of 1941. Edna married Vernon Brandenburg on March 20, 1946 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chadwick. Vernon died on December 22, 1992.

Edna worked for F.U. Bogatt Company in Sterling and then the Sterling Rock Falls Clinic for many years in the Bookkeeping Department. She later worked for the City of Rock Falls Utility Department until she retired.

Edna was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Chadwick and the Chadwick American Legion Auxiliary. Edna was a member of the Nu-Club, which started at Woolworth Department Store. She met with the club every month for the past forty-five years.

Edna is survived by one daughter, Nancy Huebl of River Grove, Illinois; and one brother, Lloyd (Violet) Ferris of Lena, Illinois.

Edna was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vernon; one son, Loren; four sisters, Ida Ferris, Florence Bealer, Dorothy Straub, and Ruth Healy; and two brothers, Foster and Ralph Ferris.