{"id":49007,"date":"2026-10-12T15:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=49007"},"modified":"2026-10-12T16:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:30:41","slug":"barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina"},"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>Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl, age 94, of Farina, Illinois, passed away peacefully October 11, 2026, at 11:20 AM at home surrounded by her loving family.<\/p>\n<p>A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday October 15, 2026, at the Farina United Methodist Church, Farina, Illinois. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to the start of the funeral service. Interment will take place in the Farina Cemetery. Ed Blomberg will be officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Farina United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be left at www.pagelfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Jeanette Smith was born June 12, 1932, in Fayette County, the daughter of Herman and Eliza Barbara (Dippold) Smith. She was baptized and later confirmed at the Farina United Methodist Church. Her Grade School years at the rural one-room Wolf School House followed with High School at the Farina La Grove High School graduating in 1950.<\/p>\n<p>She married Herschel Ambuehl April 22, 1951. They celebrated their 75th Wedding Anniversary in April of this year.<\/p>\n<p>She worked various jobs during and after High School, mostly doing waitress work in restaurants and was a homemaker raising four children. During their children\u2019s High School years, she worked as a Nurses Aid at Fayette County Hospital in Vandalia, IL before studying for a year at Lakeland College at Mattoon and earning her certificate as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in 1971. She continued to work at Fayette County Hospital until 1973. She then went to work at St. Anthony Memorial Hospital in Effingham, IL as an LPN in the Intensive Care Unit where she worked for over 20 years, retiring in 1994, but continued to work part-time and later on call until June 2001. She enjoyed baking, reading, walking, knitting, and sewing clothes for her three daughters in their early years. She was active in the United Methodist Church holding several different jobs in their United Methodist Women\u2019s group. She especially enjoyed her flowers after her eyesight kept her from her other hobbies. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her husband, Herschel; son, Dennis (wife Jamie) of Shelbyville, IL and Fort Myers, FL; daughters, Janice (husband Dave) Hoelscher of Mason, IL, Sharon Copple (significant other, Denny Simonavice) of Estero, FL, and Patty Donaldson of Vandalia, IL; 13 grandchildren and Spouses; 28 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild, sisters, Virginia Yund of Providence, RI and Marianna Rose of Yuba City, CA.<\/p>\n<p>Barb was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Eliza Smith; infant Brother, Robert (Bobby) Smith; brother, Ben Smith (and wife Rose), brother-in- law\u2019s, Richard Yund, Ted Marty, John Rose; two son-in-law\u2019s, Clarence Copple and Dannie Donaldson, and 3 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl, age 94, of Farina, Illinois, passed away peacefully October 11, 2026, at 11:20 AM at home surrounded by her loving family. A funeral service will be held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":49008,"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-49007","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 v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina - 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\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-12T20:35:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-12T21:30:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1272\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1236\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Greg Sapp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Greg Sapp\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Greg Sapp\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1\"},\"headline\":\"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-12T20:35:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-12T21:30:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":438,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Obituaries\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/\",\"name\":\"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-12T20:35:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-12T21:30:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg\",\"width\":1272,\"height\":1236},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/obits\\\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"width\":272,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1\",\"name\":\"Greg Sapp\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/greg_sapp\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","og_description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/","og_site_name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","article_published_time":"2026-10-12T20:35:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-12T21:30:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1272,"height":1236,"url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Greg Sapp","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Greg Sapp","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/"},"author":{"name":"Greg Sapp","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1"},"headline":"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina","datePublished":"2026-10-12T20:35:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-12T21:30:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/"},"wordCount":438,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg","articleSection":["Obituaries"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/","name":"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-12T20:35:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-12T21:30:41+00:00","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Barbara-Ambuehl-pic.jpg","width":1272,"height":1236},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/49007-barbra-jeanette-ambuehl-94-of-farina\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Barbara Jeanette Ambuehl (94) of Farina"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","width":272,"height":69,"caption":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1","name":"Greg Sapp","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/author\/greg_sapp\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Brian Dust","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49007"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49012,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49007\/revisions\/49012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}