Emma W. Engel

Emma W. Engel, age 95, of Hanover, Illinois, died Wednesday, May 07, 2008, at the Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna, Illinois. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, May 10th, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hanover with Father Noel Jacob as Celebrant. Burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover.Visitation will be held Friday, May 9th, from 4 – 7 p.m. at the Hanover Law – Jones Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the VFW Auxiliary Post 5300, Hanover.
Emma was born on March 30, 1913, in Rice Twp., in Jo Daviess County, the daughter of Albert F. and Mae J. (Petitgout) Schoenfeld. She married Edward J. Engel February 8, 1939, at St. Michaels Church in Galena, Illinois. The couple lived their entire lives in the Hanover and Galena area. Edward preceded her in death on December 4, 1990. Emma worked for the Eaton Corporation in Hanover for eleven years. She was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hanover. She was also a member of the VFW Auxiliary Post 5300 in Hanover.
Emma is survived by her sons, Ellis (Gloria) Engel of Rock Falls, Illinois, Emmett Engel of Hanover, and Eugene (Marilyn) Engel of Lena, Illinois; three grandchildren, Ryan, Eric, and Erin Engel; three great – grandchildren, Henry, Emma, and Kori Engel; two brothers, Francis (Helen) Schoenfeld of Galena, Louis “Shorty” (Mae) Schoenfeld of Galena; three sisters – in – law, Sister Mary Luke Engel of Indiana, Velda Schoenfeld of Galena, and Rosemary (Elwyn) Meyer of Galena.
Emma was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Ralph and Frederick Schoenfeld, and three sisters, Eleanor Kriebs, Anna Phillips, and Sally McFarland.