Doris Illig

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

DEXTER -- Doris M. Illig, 64, died Oct. 5, 2008, at the Missouri Southern Healthcare.

Born Nov. 24, 1943, at Carbondale, Ill., to the late Clyde Dennis and Georgia Mae Williams Hickam, she had lived for many years in Cutler, Ill., Ava, Ill., Chester, Ill., and Colp, Ill. In 2004, she moved to Dexter where she was a member of the First Pentecostal Church.

On July 12, 1968, in Cutler, she married William Arthur Illig who preceded her in death on Oct. 3, 1996.

Survivors include: two daughters, Melody Sumner and Christy Tucker of Dexter; one brother, Terry Hickam of Percy, Ill.; one sister, Judy Alvey of Dardanelle, Ark.; and five grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled from 5-8 p.m. today at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Visitation will continue from 1 p.m. until time of services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Tri County Pentecostal Church in Cutler. Joseph Gouin of Dexter will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Cutler Cemetery in Cutler.