VELMA M. ATEN 92 OBLONG, ILLINOIS

VISITATION:
6:00 - 8:00 P.M. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2005 AND SATURDAY 8:00 A.M. UNTIL TIME OF SERVICE - PULLIAM FUNERAL HOME, OBLONG, ILLINOIS

FUNERAL SERVICE:
10:30 A.M. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2005 - PULLIAM FUNERAL HOME - OBLONG, ILLINOIS

MEMORIALS:
VELMA ATEN SCHOLARSHIP AT LINCOLN TRAIL COLLEGE, ROBINSON, ILLINOIS OR TO THE OBLONG SCHOOL ACADEMIC FOUNDATION - Envelopes at or may be mailed to the funeral home.

Velma M. Aten, 92, Oblong, Illinois, died Wednesday February 16, 2005 in the Long Term Care Unit of Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson, Illinois. Velma was born on April 17, 1912 in Martin Twp., Crawford County, Illinois and was the daughter of Cecil & Junia May (Davis) Kirts. On September 1, 1933 Velma married Eulan C. Aten and he preceded her in death on December 21, 1999. Velma was a homemaker. She was a member of the Seed Chapel United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women of Seed Chapel Church. Velma enjoyed embroidering, flower gardening and canning.

Velma is survived by one son and daughter-in-law David & Diana Aten; two daughters and sons-in-law Shirley & Jess Newbold and Jo & Les Carter; one son-in-law Gary Fasig; nine grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; four sisters and brothers-in-law Thelma & Chloris Ikemire, Evelyn Lee, Mary & Gene Harris, Wanda Angerer and several nieces and nephews.

Velma was preceded by her parents, husband, one daughter: Dee Fasig, one daughter-in-law: Dee Aten, one son-in-law: Don Weger; one grandson: Rodney Waldrop and two brothers: David & Russell Kirts.

Burial will be in the Oblong Cemetery, Oblong, Illinois.