MENDOTA - Edith L. Silfies, 84, of Mendota passed away peacefully June 30, 2018 with her loving family by her side at Liberty Village in Princeton.

Services will be held at noon on Thursday, July 5 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Mendota with Rev. Jeff Chubb officiating. Burial will be at Greenfield Cemetery, LaMoille. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon on July 5 at the church. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Nicholas Himes, Anthony Lusietto, John, Josh and Matthew Silfies and Andrew Wiesbrock. Local arrangements are being handled by Schwarz Funeral Home, Mendota.

Edie was born Oct. 22, 1933 to John and Margaret (Klinefelter) Hillman. She married the love of her life, William Silfies on Jan. 14, 1951 in Spring Valley.

Survivors include her loving husband of Mendota; two sons, William(Lee) Silfies of Dyer, Ind. and Michael (Missy) Silfies of LaMoille; three daughters, Paula Kinkin of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Diane (John) Wiesbrock of Waupaca, Wis. and Penny (Derek) Lusietto of Princeton; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Kenneth Hillman of Charlotte, N.C.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Edie had a full working career. She was a bookkeeper/clerk for The Mendota Reporter, and a bookkeeper for several local establishments including Mendota Co-op, Comparon Chrysler Garage in LaSalle, Westclox Engineering Department and Accounting Department, both in Peru, and First State Bank in Ladd. She was also bookkeeper and part owner of Silfies Construction. She was a devoted and active member of St. John’s Lutheran Church where she served in the Women's Circle and was a Cub Scout den mother.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. John’s Lutheran Church or Liberty Village in Princeton. Online condolences may be left at schwarzfuneral.com.