Wylma Colehour

Wylma Colehour, age 83, of Mt. Carroll passed away January 26, 2015 at home. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 30, 2015 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will be held 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the funeral home. Memorials may be made in Wylma's memory for the First Baptist Church, Savanna Food Pantry, or Heartland Pet Welfare .
Wylma was born September 6, 1931 in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Albert and Anna (Buell) Todtz, the youngest of five children. She grew up in Lyons and attended local schools. Wylma had been married to Bud Miles until he passed away in the late 1960s. On May 26, 1972 Wylma married Frederick Colehour in Savanna. She was greeted with a ready-made family of four children, who were already young adults. Wylma and Fred resided in Mt. Carroll and celebrated twenty-four years together. Fred passed away March 21, 1996.
Wylma worked many years for Carroll County in the Clerk's office as a Deputy Clerk. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Mt. Carroll where she served as treasurer of the Church. Wylma also worked as treasurer for "Nest-Egg Investors" and volunteered at the Savanna Food pantry and Meals-On-Wheels in Mt. Carroll. She enjoyed traveling and going to auctions. In younger years, Wylma loved to bowl and golf, always enjoying when she would beat Fred. Wylma's family meant everything to her. If you were close to Wylma, you knew she was truly a kind and generous soul.
Wylma will be dearly missed by two daughters, Linda Hitchins (Steve Lester) of Scottsdale, Arizona and Candice (Greg) Nieman of Freeport, Illinois; a son, James Colehour of Mt. Carroll; six grandchildren, Patrick Simpson, Michael Simpson, Alexis Colehour, Warren (Mariah) Colehour, Jackie (Eric) Sundquist, and Jered (Tiffany) Niemen; ten great-grandchildren, Justin, Mackenzie, Colin, Cadin, Chloe, Caitlyn, Natalie, Mikaela, Raylan and Maddie; and three great-great-grandchildren, Laila, Jennifer and Liam; a sister-in-law, Katie Todtz of Clinton, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews. Wylma is preceded in death by both husbands; her parents; and a daughter, Georgia Colehour.