Marvel Mae Spraggins

Marvel Mae (Eirhart) Spraggins, age 83, of Savanna, Illinois, died Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at her daughters home in Savanna. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at the First Presbyterian Church in Savanna. Reverend Michael Wey will officiate. Burial will be at the St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery in rural Savanna. Visitation will be held from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 18, 2008 at the Law – Jones Funeral Home in Savanna. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society in Marvel’s Memory.

Marvel was born May 18, 1924, in Brainerd, Minnesota, the daughter of Cecil and Clara (Spencer) Hand. Marvel married Joseph W. Eirhart on June 16, 1945 in Savanna. He died October 12, 1974. Marvel later married Lyle E. Spraggins on June 1, 1981, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Marvel worked at the Savanna Army Depot in the Ammunition Department for seventeen years. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Savanna. Marvel loved crafts, ceramics and stuffed animals. She made many quilts for everyone in her family.

Marvel will be dearly missed by her husband, Lyle; one son, Joseph A. Eirhart (Kelly Scott) of Madison, Wisconsin; one daughter, Connie (Ramsey) Mason of Savanna; one grandson, Jeffrey (Kara) Freeman of Brenham, Texas; three great – grandchildren, Troy Lukus, and Kyle Freeman of Brenham; one brother, Cecil (Carol) Hand of Stockton, Illinois; and several nieces and nephews. Marvel was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Vada Handel.