Wanda L. Kosher

Wanda L. Kosher, age 76 of Lanark, Illinois, died on Friday, June 19, 2009 at Big Meadows Nursing Facility, Savanna. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mount Carroll, Illinois. Reverend John Sgro of Lanark Church of the Brethren, Lanark will officiate. A visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 a.m., one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will take place in Lanark Cemetery, Lanark. Memorials may be given to Big Meadows Nursing Facility, 1000 Longmoor, Savanna, Illinois 61074 in Wanda’s memory.

Wanda was born on December 4, 1932, the daughter of Fred and Marjorie (McMahon) VanBuer in Savanna. She attended Savanna High School and graduated with the Class of 1950. She later attended Moline Business College, Moline, Illinois. Wanda married Richard Emmerson Kosher on December 9, 1950 in the rectory of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Savanna.

Wanda worked as a secretary in an office at the Rock Island Arsenal and later for the Eaton Corporation, Lanark. Wanda and Emmerson moved to the Lanark area in 1952 and later moved to town in 1966. She loved her vegetable garden and enjoyed canning her own vegetables. She also enjoyed wintering in Florida, sewing, crocheting, and knitting.

Wanda is survived by her husband, Emmerson; one son, Pat (Julie) Kosher of Cornell, Wisconsin; two grandsons, Nathaniel (fiancé, Malory Mundt) Kosher and Christopher Kosher. She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Frank VanBuer.