Marcella B. Haslett (95) of St. Elmo
Published on July 17 2019 12:20 pm
Marcella B. Haslett, 95, of St. Elmo, Illinois died at 7:56 p.m. Monday, July 15, 2019, at Fayette County Hospital-Long Term Care, Vandalia.
Funeral services will be Saturday, July 20 at 11 a.m. at Gieseking Funeral Home, Brownstown with Pastor John Glennon officiating. Visitation will be for two hours prior to service time. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Avena. Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be left by clicking here.
Marcella was born Monday, November 5, 1923 to Roy and Urilla (Neisler) Helm in Loogootee. She married Millard D. Haslett Saturday, September 7, 1940 in Vandalia. She was a homemaker and had been a greeter at McDonald’s in Effingham and Altamont.
She is survived by her son, Leon (Jo) Haslett, Vandalia; daughters, Wanda (Kevin) McCarty, Dieterich, Juanita (Ken) Loschen, Champaign, Peggy (Ray) Scholes, St. Elmo; son-in-law, Jon Barcus, Effingham; brother-in-law, Robert Osborne, Maroa; sister, Dorothy Dickerson, Decatur; 15 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 8 great-great grandchildren; 7 step-grandchildren; 21 step-great grandchildren and 6 step-great-great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Marilyn Barcus; brothers, Gerald Helm, Charles Helm, Roy Joe Helm, and one brother in infancy; and sisters, Sarah Osborne (who was raised by Marcella and Millard), Gladys Wikoff, and Lodema Brewbaker.