Sara M. Dexheimer

Sara M. Dexheimer, age 85, of Savanna, Illinois, died Saturday, May 5, 2007 at the Big Meadows Nursing Facility in Savanna, Illinois. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2007 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Savanna, Illinois with Father Dennis Atto as celebrant. Cremation rites will be accorded following the funeral mass. Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, Illinois. A rosary service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Sara’s memory.

Sara was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 30, 1921 the daughter of Michael and Agnes (O’Keefe) McLaughlin. She attended Trinity High School in River Forest, Illinois and graduated with the class of 1940. She married Fred E. Dexheimer on September 9, 1944 at Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Chicago, Illinois. Sara worked for Motorola in Schaumberg, Illinois as a Quality Control Supervisor for over ten years. Sara was a longtime member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. She was active in N.A.R.F.E. and the Savanna V.F.W. Auxilary. Sara enjoyed watching television and reading, but most of all Sara loved spending time with her family.

Sara will be missed by her husband, Fred; three sons, Frederick M. (Pat) Dexheimer of Batavia, Illinois, Mark (Suzanne) Dexheimer of Lombard, Illinois and Brian (Laurie) Dexheimer of Phoenix, Arizona; three daughters, Nancy (Michael) Hill of Lombard, Illinois, Janice Dexheimer of Aurora, Illinois and Karen Dexheimer of Wheaton, Illinois; one sister, Catherine Sullivan of Oak Brook, Illinois; fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Sara was preceded in death by her parents.