{"id":7018,"date":"2025-04-14T16:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T21:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=7018"},"modified":"2025-04-15T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:38:52","slug":"deborah-renee-lewis-54-of-sigel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/7018-deborah-renee-lewis-54-of-sigel\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborah Renee Lewis (54) of Sigel"},"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>Deborah Renee Lewis 54, of Sigel, Illinois passed away Friday, April 11, 2025 in her residence.<\/p>\n<p>She met her parents in Heaven and is now with her fur baby, Bella.\u00a0 She was born March 9, 1971, in Bakersfield, California the daughter of Richard Eugene and Donna June (Mullen) Hankins.\u00a0 She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and her grandkids were her world.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah is survived by her children,\u00a0 Donna Griffith (John) of Effingham, Illinois and Tiffany French (Luke) of Junction City, Kansas;\u00a0 grandchildren, Killian Lewis and Kira Griffith; sister, Jennifer Cundiff (John) of Sigel, Illinois; nieces, Shelby Stodden (Andrew) of Sigel, Illinois, Shannon Syfert (Matt) of Sigel, Illinois and Josie Cundiff\u00a0 of Albion, Illinois; great aunts, Warren\u00a0 Cundiff, Wrynn Cundiff, Nolan Stodden, Amaris Stodden, Jensen Syfert and Jayce Syfert; four grand dogs and one grandcat; a bird named, Dog; and a feline companion, Gabby Cat.<\/p>\n<p>She was preceded in death by her parents.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the family.<\/p>\n<p>Cremation Rites will be accorded and no services are scheduled at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The Swengel &#8211; O\u2019Dell Funeral Home of Neoga, Illinois is assisting the family.<\/p>\n<p>online condolences may be expressed at www.swengel-odell.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deborah died on Friday, April 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7019,"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-7018","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 v27.6 - 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