{"id":29281,"date":"2026-01-31T07:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=29281"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:20:36","slug":"anita-i-broom-63-of-teutopolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/29281-anita-i-broom-63-of-teutopolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Anita I. Broom (63) of Teutopolis"},"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><div>Anita I. Broom, 63 of Teutopolis, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2026 at HSHS St. Anthony\u2019s Memorial Hospital in Effingham.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 am on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Teutopolis with burial to follow in St. Francis Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 am to the time of Mass, Wednesday at the church. Memorial donations may be given to \u201cFear Nothing\u201d or any local cancer organization. Arrangements are in the care of Bauer Funeral Home in Teutopolis.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anita was born August 26, 1962 in Effingham, the daughter of Laverne and Wilma (Pals) Buhnerkempe. She married Robert J. \u201cBob\u201d Broom on November 14, 1997. Anita served her church faithfully for more than two decades as a bookkeeper and office manager, while also contributing her time to the parish council. During those same years, she worked as a bookkeeper for the Effingham Park District and served on the park board. She found great joy in being outdoors, especially gardening and tending to her flowers, and had a deep appreciation for the arts. Anita always went above and beyond for her family and friends.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anita is survived by her husband, Bob; son, Tyler Broom; brothers, John (Barbara) Buhnerkempe of Chatham and James (Karen) Buhnerkempe of Effingham; sisters, Jeanne Althoff of White House, TN and Mary (Robert) Drury of Yellow Springs, OH; mother-in-law, Bernice Broom of Teutopolis.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anita was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Karen Lucille Buhnerkempe; and father-in-law, Donald Broom.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anita died on Thursday, January 29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29281","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 v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anita I. 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