AMBOY - Elverta M. “Verdie” Eller, 94, of Amboy died March 17, 2021 at Heritage Health in Mendota.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 22 at the Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy. Burial will follow at Prairie Repose Cemetery in Amboy. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home.

Elverta was born Sept. 8, 1926 in Amboy to Clarence and Bertha (Rogers) Dewey. She married William H. “Bill” Eller on Dec. 28, 1950 in Amboy. He preceded her in death on May 18, 2012.

Survivors include one granddaughter, Dawn Conway of Peru and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Karen Conway; six brothers, Orville, Earl, Clarence, Kenneth, Roy and Virgil Dewey; and two sisters, Dorothy Bolthaus and Thelma Smith.

Elverta worked at the Amboy Rug Factory and at Beggs Foods prior to her retirement. She enjoyed crocheting and baking, and she always had chocolate chip cookies at her house.

A memorial has been established to Heritage Health in Mendota. Online condolences may be sent at www.thejonesfh.com.