Wilma Ruth Loucks – Benton, IL

Wilma Ruth Loucks, 81, of Benton, IL passed away Sunday afternoon Feb. 14, 2016 at StoneBridge Senior Living Center, in Benton.

She was born in Benton on Feb. 20, 1934, the daughter of Elza and Bertha (Wiley) Stowers.

She enjoyed reading and hat parties with the ladies from church. She loved sweets and liked a little coffee with her milk. She liked to swing on her front porch and rock in her rocking chair. She was a member of First Baptist Church of West City, IL.

She is survived by two daughters, Deb Muilenburg and husband Vic, of Chariton, Iowa and Dawn Neal and husband Steve, of Benton; one son, Darrell Loucks and Janice Poteete, of Benton; daughter-in-law Barbara Loucks, of Benton; one brother, Rudy Stowers and wife Jane, of Benton. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, by one son, Dwain Lee “Bud” Loucks, by two sisters and their husbands, Geneva and James Summers and Zella and Paul Bain, and by three brothers and their wives, Floyd and Fay Stowers, Dan and Bertha Stowers and John and Kate Flowers.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.m on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Morton & Johnston Funeral Home, in Benton, with the Rev. Bert Mitchell officiating. Visitation will be after 11 a.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Kirk Cemetery, in Ina, IL.

Arrangements are under the direction of Morton & Johnston Funeral Home.