Lucille Florence (Hartman) McFadden, age 98 of Lanark, Illinois, died Thursday, June 25, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Center, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 29, 2009 at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. Burial will be in Center Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. A visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Sunday, June 28, 2009 at the funeral home.
Lucille was born January 5, 1911 in Savanna, the daughter of Adam and Alice (Hall) Hartman. She attended the Excelsior Country School, rural Savanna. In 1930, Lucille married Owen Moore. She later married Raymond “Mac” McFadden on September 28, 1953.
Lucille enjoyed being a homemaker. She also farmed with her husband, Raymond, in the bluff area between Savanna and Thomson. She loved family get-togethers at their farm. She always cooked from scratch using vegetables from her garden. She also canned much of her harvest, enjoyed crocheting, and hunted for morel mushrooms and watercress. Lucille enjoyed being very competitive when playing cards, croquet, or other games with family and friends.
She will be dearly missed by her husband, Raymond, of Lanark; her daughter, Lois (Bernard “Bud”) Hartman of Lanark; her daughter in-law, Betty Moore of Savanna; 13 grandchildren, Ronald Hartman of Milledgeville, Jerry (Sheila) Hartman of Mt. Carroll, Tom Hartman of Lanark, Peggy (Bill) Brown of Milledgeville, Mike (Darci) Hartman of Milledgeville, Lavonne (Scott) Sturtevant of Lake Carroll, Cathy (Dennis Dyson) Corey of Savanna, Colleen (Marc) Terry of LaCrosse, WI, Jimmy (Glenda) Moore of Thomson, Patty (John) Derrickson of Mt. Carroll, Raylene Moore of Mt. Carroll, Richard (Brenda) Byram of Thomson, and Brenda (Nick) Wade of Wilmington, NC; 29 great grandchildren; and 23 great-great grandchildren. Preceding Lucille in death are two sons, William (at birth) and James (2000); four brothers, Wilbur, Leon, Lewis and Wayde; and two sisters, Jessie Kosier and Wilma Schradeya.