Elmer Otto

ELMER J. OTTO, 78, of Sullivan, IL passed away at 12:15 P.M. on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur, IL.

Funeral services were held at 9:00 A.M. Friday, April 29, 2011 at M & E Wood Craft in Cadwell. Bishop Harvey Chupp officiated. Burial will be in the Otto Cemetery in rural Arthur, IL. Visitation was anytime after 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at Marvin R. Miller residence in Cadwell, IL.

Elmer was born August 26, 1932 in Arcola, IL. He was a son of Jacob M. and Katie N. (Helmuth) Otto. He married Nancy Mae Mast on May 13, 1954 in Douglas County, IL.

Survivors include his wife Nancy Otto; 2 sons Melvin Ray Otto and his wife Susanna (Yoder) of Cadwell, IL and Richard William Otto and his wife Tomi (Nichols) of Mattoon, IL; 4 daughters Katie Viola Miller and her husband Elva H. of Arthur, IL, Dorthy Fern Helmuth and her husband Stan of Arthur, IL, Mattie Irene Beachy and her husband Doug of Arthur, IL and Amanda Kay Miller and her husband Mervin H. of Sullivan, IL; 18 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; 5 step-grandchildren and 6 step great-grandchildren; 1 sister, Amanda Kemp of Arcola, IL and 1 sister-in-law, Nancy J. Otto of Arthur, IL.

His parents, 1 brother, Noah J. Otto and 2 sisters Fannie Schrock and Elizabeth Schrock preceded him in death.

Elmer was a member of the Old Order Amish Church.