Isadora M. Senneff

Isadora M. Senneff, age 89, of Argo Fay, Illinois, died Thursday, October 11, 2007 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna, Illinois. A Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 15, 2007 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, with Father Dennis Atto as Celebrant. Burial will be in St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Sunday, October 14, 2007 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. A Memorial Fund has been established in Isadora’s memory.

Isadora was was born May 1, 1918 in York Township, Illinois, the daughter of Bernard and Catherine (Halfman) Manning. On December 30, 1937, Isadora married Irvin R. Senneff at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fulton, Illinois. Irvin died on March 17, 1998 in Clinton, Iowa.

Isadora enjoyed being a homemaker, most of all she enjoyed raising her children and being a grandmother. She helped her husband in the family business, “Senneff Trucking” and also worked several years at National Lock Company and Eaton Corporation, both in Savanna. Isadora was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, and past member of the Altar and Rosary Society, and a past President of Thomson School District PTA.

She will be dearly missed by two sons; Gerald (Adrian) Senneff of Pleasanton, California and Tom (Kathy) Senneff of Savanna; three daughters, Barbara Senneff of Sun Lake, Arizona, Jeaninne (Jim) Clark of Clinton, Iowa and Rosemary (Paul) Skocz of Arnold, Maryland; fourteen grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lyle (Shirley) Manning of Polo, Illinois and LaVerne (Norma) Manning of Upham, North Dakota; four sisters, Mary Kordel of West Palm Beach, Florida, Leota Cavanaugh of Polo, Illinois, LaVonne Blakeslee of Livingston, Montana and Donna Conklin of Beloit, Wisconsin.

Isadora was preceded in death her parents; her husband, Irvin, one daughter, Beverly Schroth; great grandson, David Lee; three brothers, Jack, Edward and Bernard; and one sister, Eleanor Zubaty.