KANSAS – Frances Doak Webb, 87, of Kansas, passed away at 3 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at Hilltop Nursing Home, Charleston. She was a devoted homemaker.
Services celebrating her life are 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at Kansas United Methodist Church. Burial follows in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the church. Templeton Funeral Home of Kansas is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Webb was born Dec. 5, 1929, in Symmes Township, Edgar County, the daughter of the late Sam and Minnie Catherine Smith Doak. She married Charles Raymond Webb April 17, 1955, at First Christian Church, Paris, and he preceded her in death April 30, 2001.
Survivors include four children, Robert (Maryetta) Webb of Ashmore, Elizabeth "Beth" Garrett of Kansas, Mary Webb of Cerro Gordo and Edward (Sandy) Webb of Indianapolis, Ind.; a brother, Sam Doak of Rock Island; a sister, Peggy Pantle of San Antonio, Texas; three grandsons, Matthew (Krissy) Webb, Daniel (Autumn) Webb and Joshua Webb Garrett, all of Charleston; and five great-grandchildren, Hadley, Blake, Brody, Levi and Lincoln Webb.
She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Rachel Jane Webb; and a sister, Catherine Griffin.
Mrs. Webb was educated at Fort Sumter School in Symmes Township from first to eighth grade, was a 1947 graduate of Paris High School, and attended Eastern Illinois State Normal School. She was an active and devoted member of Kansas United Methodist Church, a former member of United Methodist Women and a member of the Audubon Society. She was also an active Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts leader for a number of years. She especially enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening.
Memorial donations may be made to Kansas United Methodist Church or to the Oaks Manor of Oakland.
Online condolences may be left at www.TempletonFuneralHome.com.