Eleanor Schlegl

Eleanor Ruth Schlegl, age 81, of Quincy, died on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 8:03 am in her home. She was born March 28, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Walter William and Lucille W. Wiloff Zelmer. On July 16, 1960 she married William "Bill" Schlegl in Chicago, Illinois. He survives. She attended Luther High School North and Austin High School in Chicago, Illinois where she graduated in 1957. She was a 1962 graduate of Concordia Teachers College in River Forest, Illinois. From 1960 to 1961 she taught at St. Luke's in Croydon, PA; 1961 to 1962 she taught at St. Andrew's in Chicago, IL; 1972-1974 she taught at St. James in Quincy, IL. She was then a homebound and substitute teacher for the Quincy Public Schools. She was a pre-school teacher at St. Peter's in LaGrange, MO from 1985 to 1992. She served as secretary for Our Redeemer Lutheran Church for 10 years from 1994-2004. She was also an author of devotions, Sunday School and day school curriculum for Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) and served as the Quincy zone president from 2004-2008, the E...[more]

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ing Ladies Aid and Altar Care. Survivors in addition to her husband include two children, Bill (Mary Kay) Schlegl, Jr. of Quincy, and Kristi (Paul) Hosea of Springfield, IL, two brothers, William (Linda) Zelmer and Robert (Francine) Zelmer, both of Chicago, IL; five grandchildren, Allison, Christine and Sam Schlegl, all of Quincy, and Jonah and Micah Hosea, of Springfield, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Karen Marie Schlegl, and a sister, Marilyn Newman. Services: Saturday (July 25, 2020) at 10:30 a.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, with Rev. Martin Eden officiating. Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois Visitation: Friday (July 24, 2020) from 4 until 6 p.m. at Hansen-Spear Funeral Home. Memorials: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. James Lutheran School www.hansenspear.com Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.