{"id":6064,"date":"2025-04-02T17:28:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T22:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=6064"},"modified":"2025-04-02T17:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T22:28:20","slug":"sue-marlene-harris-73-of-willow-hill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/6064-sue-marlene-harris-73-of-willow-hill-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sue Marlene Harris (73) of Willow Hill"},"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>Sue Marlene Harris, age 73, of Willow Hill, Illinois, passed away at 11:05 AM &#8211; Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at her home.<\/p>\n<p>A visitation for family and friends will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 PM \u2013 Saturday, April 5, 2025, at the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton, Illinois, with a service to follow with Kevin Colclasure officiating.\u00a0 The burial will be in Saint Mary\u2019s Cemetery in Sainte Marie, Illinois.\u00a0 The obituary can be viewed, and condolences left\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sue was born on September 15, 1951, in Saint Louis, Missouri. The daughter of Coy Stephen and Lillian Josephine (Stringer) Stagner, she grew up in San Diego, California. She met Paul F. Harris when he was stationed in San Diego during his service in the US Navy, and they were married on March 11, 1972, in La Jolla, California. He preceded her in death on October 9, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Sue was a loving wife, mom, grandma, and sister.\u00a0 She helped Paul farm for many years, and they raised their family on their farm southeast of Willow Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Sue is survived by:<\/p>\n<p>Children \u2013 Michelle Elaine Harris (husband, Keven Dines) Shepston of Broomfield, Colorado; Michael Paul (wife, Amy) Harris of Willow Hill, Illinois; and Mark William (wife, Rachel) Harris of Gays, Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Grandchildren \u2013 Aidan Shepston, Kiera Shepston, Gabrielle Shepston, Julian Shepston, Tristan Harris, Colby Harris, Adrian Harris, Sadie Harris, Anthony Harris, and Ryan Harris<\/p>\n<p>Siblings \u2013 James Stagner of Willow Hill, Illinois; Bernice Tullock of De Soto, Missouri; and Marcia Wilson of Festus, Missouri<\/p>\n<p>Sue was preceded in death by her parents, husband, mother-in-law, Mary E. (Ochs) Harris, and father-in-law, Harold L. \u201cBud\u201d Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sue died the morning of Tuesday, April 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6068,"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-6064","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>Sue Marlene Harris (73) of Willow Hill - 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\/6064-sue-marlene-harris-73-of-willow-hill-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sue Marlene Harris (73) of Willow Hill - 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