- Date Of Birth: September 16, 1925
- Date Of Death: November 4, 2020
- State: Illinois
Lillian E. (Pantenburg) Ajster, 95, of Peru, passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at Manor Court of Peru.
Mrs. Ajster was born September 16, 1925 in LaSalle to Alfred and Mable (Funfsinn) Pantenburg. She married Anton Frank Ajster on May 14, 1949 at St. Joseph’s Church, Peru. He passed away September 6, 2001.
Lillian attended and was actively involved at St. Joseph’s Church in Peru, being a member of the Alter and Rosary Society and a Eucharistic minister. On many mornings, she would attend daily Mass and then join her parish friends and priests for breakfast. She was an avid golfer and member of Spring Creek Golf Course. She also enjoyed reading, playing cards and baking. There were always homemade cookies in her freezer.She was employed for many years as a bookkeeper at Elliott’s Lumber, Wagner Home Center and the Department of Employment Security.
Lillian was a beloved mother and grandmother to her children, Robert (Kim) Ajster of Peru, Donna (Jon) Marcacci of Dunlap, Ken J. Ajster of Palm Desert, CA and JoAnn (Craig) Armstrong of Burlington WI; her grandchildren; Christopher Armstrong, Taylar Goff, Kelly Picco, Nicholas Ajster, Jennifer Roach, Scott Marcacci, Jaclyn Marcacci and Lyndsey Ajster and 15 great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by a sister, Phyllis (Richard) DeVecchio of Placentia, CA and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; infant son, Thomas in 1960; two sisters, Rita Ward and Florence Ladzinski and three brothers, Lawrence and Ralph Pantenburg and Jerome Kobold.
Lillian’s family is grateful to the wonderful women of Home Instead who cared for her in her early years of Alzheimer’s disease and the caring staff at Liberty Village, Peru.
