Juanita Lorena Schoonover (93) of Louisville
Published on June 4 2016 8:11 am
Juanita Lorena Schoonover, 93, of Louisville died at 8:08pm Thursday, June 2, 2016 at her home.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, June 7 at 11:00am at Bethel Christian Church, Louisville. Visitation will be from 6-8pm Monday at J.W. Neal Funeral Home in Louisville and from 10-11am Tuesday at the church. Interment will be held at Oskaloosa Cemetery. Memorial donations to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital or the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.
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Juanita was born November 27, 1922 in Oskaloosa Township, Illinois, the daughter of the late Norris E. Pickel and the late Opal Marie (Montgomery) Pickel. She married Stanford P. Schoonover on August 31, 1940 in Henderson, Kentucky. He preceded her in death on May 30, 2001. She enjoyed her time as a homemaker and helping on the farm. She was a member of Bethel Christian Church and was the past president of the Women's Auxillary of the state of Illinois and water conservation. She was also a member of the Louisville American Legion Auxillary.
Juanita is survived by sons Dale (Carol) Schoonover of Clarksville, TN, Darrell (JoAnn) Schoonover of Louisville; daughters Sandy Schoonover of Louisville, Sylvia DeCroix of Rushville, IL; daughter-in-law Ronna Lee Schoonover of Louisville; sister Francis (Ray) Hosselton of Louisville; 14 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sons Donald Eugene Schoonover and Gary Deon Schoonover, daughter Shirley Jean Peters, half brother Dwight Pickel, son-in-law Charles DeCroix, and grandson Kaelin Colclasure.