Maurine Kalkwarf Obituary (1926 - 2024)

Maurine Emma Kalkwarf, 97, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at OSF St James Hospital in Pontiac. Her funeral service will be at 1 PM on Friday, January 12, 2024, at Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Home in Flanagan with Rev. Carlin Ours officiating. Visitation will be from 11AM – 1PM at the funeral home. Interment will be in Pike Township Cemetery, Graymont. Memorials may be given to First Lutheran Church , 311 W. Grove St., Pontiac, IL 61764. Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Home in Flanagan is in charge of arrangements. She was born on May 30, 1926, to Elmer and Esther (Williamson) Krile, in Windsor, IL. She married Carter McCabe, December 20, 1944, in San Diego, California. He died April 2, 1961. She married Clarence Kalkwarf, September 21, 1962, in Pontiac, Ill. He died July 21, 2007. Maurine worked for many different businesses in the Pontiac area and continued to work part-time up until age 90 at Brad’s Antiques in Pontiac. She was an active member of the Livingston County Home Extension. She was an excellent seamstress and loved to sew. She enjoyed antiques, quilting, and attending auctions. Her favorite times were playing cards and dominoes with family around the dining room table. She was most recently a resident of Goldwater Care in Pontiac. She is survived by her 6 children, Roger (Linda) McCabe of Princeton, IL; Ron (Denise) McCabe of Chenoa, IL; Rebecca (Bernie) Martino of Shell Lake, Wisc; Royce McCabe of Quincy, IL; Kila (Vidal) Vasquez of Chicago, IL; and Ryan (Sherri) Kalkwarf of Greenwood, SC; 20 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband Carter, husband Clarence, and her brother Melvin Krile of Windsor, IL. She was a member of First Lutheran Church, Pontiac, and a past member of St John’s Lutheran Church, Flanagan.