Barbara Ann Jaco, 47 of Paris, passed away at 4:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon.
Private memorial services for the family will be held at a later date at Stewart and Carroll Funeral Home.
Ms. Jaco was born Feb. 15, 1969, at Paris, the daughter of Steven Jaco and Martha A. (Matheny) Jaco Sturmer.
Survivors include her mother Martha “Marti” Sturmer of Paris; her stepfather, Richard Postlewait of Mattoon; her children, Jessy Spencer of Paris, Shirley Kennedy of St. Bernice, Ind., Veronica Kennedy of St. Bernice, Ind., and Jason Spencer of Paris; one grandson, Riley Rhoads of Paris; two aunts, Jane (Tony) Dawson of Paris and Velda (Dan) Vice of Marshall; and cousins, Erica Dawson and Alicia Robertson.
She was preceded in death by her father; her maternal grandparents, Ralph and Helen Matheny; a brother, William D. “Willie” Jaco, and an uncle, George William Matheny.
Memorial donations may be made to ECCF, Inc. Do It Fund.
Online condolences may be left at www.stewartandcarrollfuneralhome.com