Jean O. Thurwanger

1927 - 2008  (81 years)

• Name	Jean O. Thurwanger
  Born	24 Mar 1927	Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Sep 2008	Illinois, USA
  Buried	Greenview Memorial Gardens, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I99123	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Philipp Henry Thurwanger,   b. 14 Oct 1897, Wethersfield, Henry County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 0Feb 1967, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Alma Gillespie,   b. 17 Feb 1901, Illinois, USA ,   d. 0Feb 1974, Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Married	Abt 1921	Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F26361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marvin DeMay
  Children	1. Krisandra DeMay   2. Kathy DeMay   3. Michael DeMay
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F43947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. PORT BYRON, Ill. ? Jean O. DeMay, 81, of Port Byron, Ill,. died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, at Trinity Medical Center-West Campus, Rock Island. Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Schroder Mortuary in Silvis. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association, Diabetes Association or Cancer Society. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens in East Moline. She was born March 24, 1927, in Kewanee, Ill., to Philip and Alma Gillispie Thurwanger. She married Marvin DeMay on April 11, 1964, in Kewanee. Jean held many jobs in the area, including Mobile Home Improvement, the credit bureau in Moline, and East Moline Wholesale. She was also a nurses aide at St. Francis Hospital in Kewanee and volunteered at Illini Hospital for eight years. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in East Moline and she enjoyed traveling, cooking and baking, playing cards and in her younger years roller skating. Jean especially enjoyed spending time with her family. Survivors include her spouse, Marvin; daughter, Krisandra (Tom) Gavin, of Wyoming, Ill., and Kathy (Danny) Andris, of Gilbert, Ariz.; son, Michael Demay, of East Moline; sister, Doris Kirman, of Kewanee, and Ella Mae Pyle, of Pheonix, Ariz.; grandchildren, Tara (Darin) Pauls, of Arizona and Jared (Martiann) Gavin, of Cary, Ill.; and great-grandson, Maximus Pauls, and one great-grandchild on the way. She was preceded in death by a son at birth and sister, Lois Mann. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.schrodermortuary.com.