Carol Ann Burch

CAROL ANN BURCH, 79 of Arcola, IL passed away at 1:05 P.M. on Saturday, October 15, 2022, at Tuscola Health Care Center.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at the Edwards Funeral Home in Arcola, IL. Father Angel Sierra will officiate. Burial will be in the Arcola Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour before the funeral at the funeral home.

Carol was born on January 25, 1943, in Tuscola, IL. She was a daughter of Thomas and Margaret Elizabeth (McLane) Davis. She married Joseph Wayne Burch on June 30, 1995, in Arcola, IL. He passed away on April 11, 2011.

She is survived by her daughter, Marsha Kimery; two grandchildren, Megan Clabaugh and Cody Kimery; seven great-grandchildren, Zandrea, Daisy, Alex, Tori, Emma, Lilly and Bryson and her sister, Barbara R. Ward of Villa Grove, IL.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Margaret Davis, her husband, Joe Burch and her son, Mark Clabaugh.

Carol was a 1961 graduate of Arcola High School and a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Arcola, IL.

Carol worked in housekeeping at the Best western in Arcola and later at We Care Nursing Home. She enjoyed reading books and doing word search puzzles. Her favorite TV show was The Golden Girls. Carol was a very caring person with a big heart. She loved her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, even the ones who adopted her as their grandma or great grandma.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.