Mae Marie Hamilton

Mae Marie Hamilton, age 91, of Savanna, Illinois, died Monday, March 1, 2010 at Harbor Crest Nursing Home, Fulton, Illinois. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 5, 2010 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna with Reverend Nancy Carr of the Community United Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Savanna Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 5, prior to the service. Memorials may be given in Mae’s memory.
Mae was born May 12, 1918 in Hamilton, Iowa, the daughter of William and Margaret (Jennings) Pugh. On November 7, 1938 in Clinton, Iowa, Mae married Lloyd F. Hamilton, Sr.. They celebrated almost 70 years of marriage. Lloyd passed away on June 11, 2008.
Mae loved family time and enjoyed being a busy mother raising her five children. She was proud watching her family grow to nineteen grandchildren, thirty-six great grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren. She will be dearly missed by her two daughters, Nancy (Wayne) Wurster and Sharon (Ray) Shafer; and her three sons, Lloyd (Paulette) Hamilton, Jr., Bill (Janet) Hamilton and Terry (Gloria) Hamilton, all of Savanna.
Mae is preceded in death by her husband; an infant daughter, Carol Lee; two grandsons, Lloyd Hamilton III and Linden Speers; two sisters and a brother.