Published on October 12, 2026 9:10 am
Last Updated on October 12, 2026 9:10 am
Violet Anne Whitaker, 91, of Toledo, IL passed away at 3:10 pm on Friday
October 9, 2026, at her residence.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday October 14, 2026, at the
Good Prospect Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Trilla, IL. Visitation will be from 10:00
to service time on Wednesday at the church. The burial will be in the Brush Creek
cemetery. The Barkley Funeral Chapel in Toledo, IL is assisting the family.
Violet was born in Decatur, IL on April 26, 1935, to Edward and Margaret Mae
(Belmar) Schoby. She married Howard Max Stites in 1953 and had three children Dennis
(Kathy) Stites, Julie Dowell, and Shelley (Gregg) Carlen; and in 1970 she married Keith
Whitaker and became stepmother to his four children, Sandra Kinnaman (Larry Duncan),
Larry (Wanda) Whitaker, Brenda (HA) Wilson, Jack (Donna) Whitaker; grandchildren
Melissa (Tim) Lodes, Chad Stites, Matthew Woolever, Marshall (Becky) Carlen, Levi
Carlen, Gina Wickiser, Paula Bullard, Jimmy Wickiser, Brian (Belinda) Whitaker, April
(Frank) Goeckner, HD Wilson, Bailey (Melita) Wilson, Jay (Amy) Wilson, Brent (Tina)
Whitaker, Ellen Flowers and Brandon Whitaker; 28 Great grandchildren and 17 Great
Great grandchildren. Violet was preceded in death by her husband Keith, son Dennis,
daughter Julie, stepdaughter Sandra, stepson Jack, Grandson Barton Whitaker, and
great grandson Gage Wilson; half brother Clarence Schoby; half sisters Alice Ruble, Edna
Bergaman, and Lucille Taylor.
Violet was a homemaker, and a member of the Good Prospect Cumberland
Presby Church, Toledo Christian Church, Red Hat Society, Ladies Extension, and she had
a friend’s group that called themselves the Morning Glories. Memorials can be made to
the Good Prospect Cumb. Church or Toledo Christian Church. Online condolences can be
expressed at www.barkleyfuneralchapels.com