Marie E. Rynning

Marie E. Rynning, 77, Odell, died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday (Aug. 2, 2011) at her home in Odell.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, Pontiac. The Rev. James Wolfe III will officiate. There will be a visitation one hour prior to the funeral at the church.

Burial will be at Southside Cemetery, Pontiac. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home, Odell.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Pontiac.

She was born May 2, 1934, in Bloomington, the daughter of Howard B. and Gladys Smith Williams. She married Charles C. Rynning on Nov. 21, 1953, in Pontiac. He passed away Nov. 8, 1992.

She is survived by her sons, Charles Gregory Rynning, Odell; Michael (Ann) Rynning, Andover, Minn.; and Stephen Rynning and Timothy Rynning, both of Odell; daughter, Deborah (Joshua) Ruediger, Saginaw, Mich.; brother, David (Marilee) Williams, and sisters, Connie Santini and Cindy (Mark) Pierce, all of Pontiac; and grandchildren, Jeffrey, Matthew and Mary Rynning, all of Andover, Minn., and Emilie Marie Ruediger, Saginaw, Mich.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one son, Jeffrey Allen Rynning; and one brother, Howard Williams.

She was a member of First Baptist Church, Pontiac.

She had worked at Morton's Printing in Pontiac, and she also enjoyed working at the Little Lambs daycare in Pontiac. She worked at Niemans grocery store in Pontiac for many years, and retired from R.R. Donnelley Printing in Dwight, where she was a security guard and material handler.

She was a member of the FunTimers Club through Bank of Pontiac. She was a graduate of Pontiac Township High School, class of 1953.

Marie liked to travel and go to the movie theater. She was a great mother and enjoyed raising her six children.