Gloria L. Jurgens

Gloria L. Jurgens, age 60, of Savanna, Illinois, previously of Thomson, Illinois, passed away Monday, June 11, 2007 at her home in Savanna. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 15, 2007 at the York Community Church, Thomson, Illinois with Reverend Ron Abbott officiating. Burial will be in the Lower York Cemetery, Thomson. Friends may call from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 14, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna. Memorials may be given towards a Scholarship Fund in Gloria’s memory. Gloria was born on March 1, 1947, the daughter of John and Theresa (Drolema) Eissens, Jr. in Morrison, Illinois. She attended Thomson High School, graduating with the Class of 1965. Gloria went on to attend Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois. She very much enjoyed playing the guitar, accordion and singing. In 1975, Gloria married Jan Jurgens. For many years Gloria drove a school bus for Savanna School District transporting Special Education Students to Galena, Illinois. She was currently employed at Pinnacle Place in Savanna as a cook, and had served as an Election Judge for Carroll County. Gloria enjoyed reading and cooking, she was known as a “great” cook. Gloria will be dearly missed by her four children, daughters, Jessica (Donald) Salsbury of Lawrence, Kansas and Julie Jurgens of Chicago, Illinois; two sons, John and Jeff Jurgens of Savanna; a brother, Leon Eissens of Fulton, Illinois and a sister, Patricia (William) Nesbitt of Conway, Missouri. Gloria is preceded in death by her parents