Vera Louise Miller Knight Ingle (89) of Lerna

Vera Louise (Miller Knight) Ingle, 89, of Lerna, IL passed away at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday October 12, 2022, at Heartland Rehab and Health Care Center in Casey, Il.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon Monday October 17, 2022, at the Barkley Funeral Chapel in Toledo. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 on Monday at the funeral chapel. Burial will be in the Janesville Cemetery.

Vera was born on September 8, 1933, in Wilmot, Arkansas. The daughter of William Henry and Merle (Cunningham) Miller. Vera’s family came to Casey, Illinois in 1936. She attended Casey schools and graduated from Casey High School in 1951. Vera married Gilbert Knight in 1952 and divorced in 1957. She then married Russell Ingle in 1959 and he preceded her in death in 1990. She worked in Food Services at EIU in the 1960’s, and later Vera attended Lake Land College and became an EMT and worked on the Toledo Ambulance Service. After Russell’s death she became the family caregiver until 2017 when she could no longer care for herself and became a resident of Heartland Nursing Center in Casey, Il.

Vera is survived by daughter Cheryl Knight Stifal (Scott); and son Alan Ingle; grandchildren Matt Stifal (Lisa), Roberta Dani Anaya (Jose), Alan Ingle, Jr. (Tiffany), and William Ingle. Great Grand Children Taylor Stifal (Maverick Jackson), Fiona, Avery, and Jasper Stifal; Kindyl, Gweyn, Liam, Kayden, and Bristol Ingle; Robert, Jose, and Mia Anaya. One Great-Great Grandson Anthony Anaya; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded by her parents; brothers George, Marion, Frank and Dwight Miller; sister Mary Lashbrook; one grandson Shawn Stifal.

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