Mary Watt Yeadon

Mary Watt Yeadon, 70, of Bellflower, Illinois, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Peoria, Illinois.

A visitation will be held from 12:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. Saturday, March 28, 2026, at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, 106 North Main Street, Farmer City, Illinois. Her funeral service will follow at 3:00 P.M. with Dr. Lucas D. Maxwell officiating. Burial will be in Bellflower Township Cemetery, Bellflower, Illinois. Memorials can be made out to Mary Watt Yeadon Memorial in care of the Heartland Bank and Trust.

Mary was born on May 3, 1955, in Brookville, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Harry H. and Margaret A. Lytle Watt. She married Thomas Mitchell Yeadon on September 1, 1978, in Brookville, Pennsylvania.

Mary is survived by her husband, Mitch Yeadon, of Bellflower, Illinois; son, Chad (Kristin) Yeadon, of Bellflower, Illinois; grandchildren, Ella and Gavin; siblings, Barbara (Russell) Smith of Lakeland, Florida; Joan Watt of Annapolis, Maryland; Susan Crooks of Brookville, Pennsylvania; several cousins; nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Mary was an artist and owned Bellflower Art. She was a member of the Woodlawn Country Club, Farmer City, Illinois, and the Bellflower United Methodist Church.

Mary was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her incredible art work brought so much joy and love to so many people. Mary enjoyed traveling with her husband Mitch to car auctions and events to sell her art. She loved her farm house and having the Belltown Bash every year. Mary loved golfing at Woodlawn Country Club with her friends in the summer for many years. She loved to fix up old houses and restore antiques of any sort. Mary inspired many people in her life span, was always positive and saw the good in anybody. Her free will and spirit was very rare and will be sadly missed by anyone who met her in life. She lived a great life with no regrets and passed into God's arms peacefully.