{"id":15397,"date":"2025-08-04T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=15397"},"modified":"2025-08-04T14:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:40:02","slug":"henrietta-etta-ruth-poe-97-of-clay-city-formerly-of-effingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/15397-henrietta-etta-ruth-poe-97-of-clay-city-formerly-of-effingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Henrietta &#8220;Etta&#8221; Ruth Poe (97) of Clay City, formerly of Effingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Henrietta \u201cEtta\u201d Ruth Poe, age 97, of Clay City, Illinois, and formerly of Effingham, passed away Saturday morning, August 2, 2025, at her home.<\/p>\n<p>She was born May 11, 1928, in Effingham, Illinois, the daughter of Henry J. and Estella (Martin) Woidt. She was united in marriage to Alfred V. \u201cBriggum\u201d Poe on October 23, 1943, in Effingham, and together they shared 60 wedding anniversaries until his passing on August 16, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Henrietta had a creative spirit, and enjoyed crafting and hand embroidery. Her love for dogs was evident in the loyal companions she kept throughout her life, and how her face lit up when talking about them. She was a longtime member of St. John Lutheran Church in Effingham.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her daughter: Carol (Shelby) Britton of Louisville; 4 grandchildren: Curtis (Debbie) Wolfe of Kinmundy, Angie (Mike) Stover of Clay City, Troy (Theresa) Wolfe of Clay City, and Leonard (Mary) Wolfe of Fairfield. 8 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-greatgrandchildren with more on the way including a great-great-greatgrandchild.<\/p>\n<p>She was preceded in passing by her parents; husband; 3 brothers; son-in-law: Joe Wolfe; 1 great-grandchild; and 1 great-greatgrandchild.<\/p>\n<p>A graveside ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 8, 2025, at St. John\u2019s Lutheran Cemetery in Effingham with Rev. Trey Dille officiating. Those who wish to attend are asked to please arrive directly at the cemetery. Arrangements are by Frank &amp; Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Memorial donations are suggested to causes benefitting those with type I juvenile diabetes or type II diabetes and these will be accepted through the funeral home. To share a condolence visit: www.frankandbright.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etta died the morning of Saturday, August 2nd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Henrietta &quot;Etta&quot; Ruth Poe (97) of Clay City, formerly of Effingham - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/15397-henrietta-etta-ruth-poe-97-of-clay-city-formerly-of-effingham\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Henrietta &quot;Etta&quot; 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