{"id":4313,"date":"2025-03-07T16:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=4313"},"modified":"2025-03-07T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:23:09","slug":"mary-sue-mathews-87-of-effingham-formerly-of-new-baden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/4313-mary-sue-mathews-87-of-effingham-formerly-of-new-baden\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Sue Mathews (87) of Effingham, formerly of New Baden"},"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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mary Sue Mathews, 87, of Effingham, IL, formerly of New Baden, IL, passed away on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at Willowbrook Memory Support Residences in Effingham, IL.<\/p>\n<p>A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday May 31, 2025, at Peaceful Valley Cemetery in Odin, IL. Online condolences may be shared <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnsonandsonsfh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sue was born on November 25, 1937 in Odin, IL, the daughter of Albert and Ethel (Evans) Moore. She married Larry Mathews on May 17, 1968 in Belleville, IL, and he preceded her in death on December 19, 2024. Sue enjoyed taking care of others, this being a common Moore family trait. She was active in her church and volunteered at the food pantry in New Baden, IL. Sue treated others like a best friend. She would be there when needed, no matter who you were. Sue was fondly known by her family as a \u201cfood pimp\u201d. She was always pushing food on those who came to visit and making sure no one left hungry or without leftovers of their own. Sharing a laugh with others was important to Sue. \u201cWrite that down, Jolly Rancher\u201d is her famous line from the family telephone game. Time spent with family was cherished by Sue and her family.<\/p>\n<p>Sue is survived by her children, R. Douglas and Natalie Mathews of Rome, GA, Lisa and Don Harris of Flora, IL, and Scott Anthony and Jan Mathews who reside in Ecuador; grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, nieces, and nephews who she loved dearly; and brother-in-law, Jim and Nancy Mathews and family of Effingham.<\/p>\n<p>She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Larry; brother in infancy, Bobby; brother, Tommy Moore; and sisters, Marilyn Moore and Helen (Kenneth) Farthing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sue died on Sunday, March 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4313","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 - 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