Joan Lauderback

JOAN LAUDERBACK 87, of Tuscola, IL passed away at 9:00 A.M. on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Brookstone Estates of Tuscola, IL.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at the Edwards Funeral Home. Burial will be held in the Gholson Cemetery in Broughton, IL. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral. 

Joan was born on August 29, 1934, in Dahlgren, IL. She was a daughter of William Lewis and Ruby Fay (Kennedy) Ruphard. She married Homer F. Lauderback on October 10, 1953, in Broughton, IL. He passed away on March 24, 2004.

She is survived by three children Frances Ann Aumiller and her husband Fred of Lewistown, PA, Homer William “Bill” Lauderback and his wife Bobbi of Camargo, IL and Pamela Jo Ferguson and her husband Alan of Humboldt, IL; four grandchildren, Heather Kocher and her husband Jason, Allison Reifsteck and her husband Clint, Jerrica Lilley and her husband Aron and Andrea Monfort; six great-grandchildren, two brothers, Donald L. Ruphard and his wife Carol of Whittington, IL, and Larry Robert Ruphard and his wife Joyce of Vine Grove, KY.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Homer F. Lauderback, a granddaughter, Stacie Lynn Velez, a grandson, Ryan Monfort, a great-grandson, Thomas Kocher and two brothers, her twin brother, Joe Dale Ruphard and Charles Ronald Ruphard.

Joan’s greatest joy in her life was being with her family. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Joan always put her family first.