Tracy Grundy

PEORIA - Tracy Ann Grundy, 64, of Peoria (formerly of Taylorville and Morrisonville), passed away on Monday, October 28th, 2024, at Carle Health Methodist Hospital in Peoria.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Tracy Ann Grundy (Pharis).

Tracy was born on February 3rd, 1960, to Gerald Pharis and Joan Kay Stahly (Reinders/Pharis/Heisler) in Lincoln, Illinois.

Tracy graduated from beauty school in 1979 and went on to lead a beauty school in Decatur Illinois and later owned her own salon in Morrisonville. She loved being a part of the community and had many friends in the Morrisonville / Taylorville area. She was a generous, kind and loving person that never met a stranger. She had a joke or story to tell everyone. In fact, her family teased her about it. We often said that she had so many stories that we could call her Mother Goose! She thrived at family holidays or reunions as she lived for the family.
Tracy married Bernie Grundy. They enjoyed watching Tracy’s daughter Megan DeFoor who was a cheerleader and volleyball player at Morrisonville HS.

In 2002, she lost Megan in a car accident. This was a devastating loss, but she managed through the pain and carried on. She became a second mom to her niece Christina and nephew Kyle which they loved. Later, she connected with two children she had previously given up for adoption, Eric and Mary. She was thankful to get to meet them and see them thriving in their own lives.

Tracy has fond memories of her time in Mt. Pulaski and often spoke of fun she had in high school and on the square.

Tracy is survived by her husband Bernie, mother Joan Stahly (stepfather John), sisters Lynnette Maske (Mike) and Natalie Gingrey (Bill), niece Christina Bray (Richard), nephew Kyle (Dana), great niece Sophia and great nephew Beau, and also her other children: Eric Webster and Mary Leonardis.

She is preceded in death by her daughter Megan, her father and grandparents.

Graveside Services for Tracy will be at 2:00pm Friday, November 1st, 2024, at Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, IL. Memorials may be made to the Humane Society of Logan County . Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mt. Pulaski has been entrusted with arrangements.