- Date Of Birth: March 13, 1915
- Date Of Death: January 18, 2007
- State: Illinois
Mrs. Fern P. Gindler, (nee: Porter), 91, of Maryville, Illinois, born March 13, 1915, in St. Jacob, Illinois, died Thursday, January 18, 2007, at Anderson Hospital, Maryville, Illinois.
Mrs. Gindler graduated from Highland High School. In her early years she worked at the Collinsville Dress Factory and ASC office. Mrs. Gindler was a member of Madison County Home Extension Farm Bureau, and United Church of Christ Choir. She was s Sunday School teacher and belonged to Friedens Guild. She was a member of Eden Village Bell Tower, the Red Had Society, and had been a Four “H” leader and Girl Scout leader. Among her many interests with her children and friends, she became interested in quilting and spent many hours quilting. To many people and friends, she was widely known as the “Egg Lady” delivering eggs to many in Collinsville, Maryville, and Troy. When Fern wasn’t busy she helped her husband on the farm driving the tractor and tending to the crops.
Mrs. Gindler was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Gindler, whom she married September 25, 1940, and died July 4, 2001; a daughter, Marilyn at the age of six months; her parents, John and Florence, (nee: Dugger) Porter.
Surviving Mrs. Gindler are her children, Glenn (Janette) Gindler of Troy, Illinois; and Eileen Lena (Roger) Westfall of Troy, Illinois; six grandchildren, Randy (Kim) Gindler of Granite City, Illinois; Robyn (Larry) Somarty of Glen Carbon, Illinois; Jan (Jeff) Erlich of Collinsville, Illinois; Joyce Griggs and Michael Homes of Urbana, Illinois; Justin (Leslie) Griggs of Collinsville, Illinois; and Mindy Westfall of Denver, Colorado; four great-grandchildren, Kirsten and Lars Gindler and Kylie and Chloe’ Somarty; and a sister, Elaine Berkel of Belleville, Illinois.
