Leann Garmers Young

Leann Garmers Young, age 81, of Springfield, formerly of Athens, passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

She was born April 19, 1936 in Springfield, Illinois, the daughter of Lawrence and Agnes Showalter Grant.

Leann is survived by her husband, Ed; four daughters, Pam (Kevin) Blakeman of Springfield, Patti (Don) Squires of Athens, Pennie Stevens of Springfield, and Peggy (Tony) Smart of Geneva, FL; sister, Nancy Thompson of New Bern, NC; eight grandchildren, Brooke (Jeff) Hall, Michelle Voudrie, Kyle (Crystal) Blakeman, Donnie Squires, Chad  Blakeman, Chris (Brittney) Schmidgall, Kayla (Brad) Yager, Morgan (Tyler Myatt) Stevens, and Amy Schmidgall; and ten great-grandchildren, Jordyn, Landyn, Nolan, Colton, Finnigan, Charlotte, Madison, Hannah, Ethan, and Landon; five step-children, Esther Young, Deborah (Dan) Stewart, Cynthia (Gray) Pierson, Christine (Tim) Mattsson, and Carolyn Young; fourteen step-grandchildren; twenty-six step-great-grandchildren; several family members including, special brother and sisters-in-law, Tom (Sandy) Garmers, Janet (Fred) Schmulbach, and Donna Ferguson; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Garmers.

She married Ed Young on May 27, 2016 at Lewis Memorial Christian Village. She married Robert Garmers on November 7, 1954 at the Athens Christian Church.

Leann was a homemaker all of her life. She was known as “Nana” to all of her grandchildren. She was very active and head of volunteers at Lewis Memorial Christian Village for many years.  She enjoyed her monthly meetings with “The Lunch Bunch”.

She was an original member of the Menard County Singers.  Leann was a member of the Athens Christian Church and West Side Christian Church, where she was active in the choirs.

Visitation will be on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 4:00 until 7:00 PM at the Athens Christian Church.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM at the Athens Christian Church.

Rev. Ken Gennicks will be officiating.

Burial will be held at Joel Hall Cemetery in Athens.

Family is being served by Mott & Henning Funeral Home, in Athens, IL.

Memorials can be made to the Athens Christian Church.

On-line condolences can be shared at www.mottandhenning.com.