Thursday, October 20, 2011

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Lisa Dawn (Yancey) Schmidgall, 33, of 2116 Wildwood Drive, passed away at 3:58 p.m. Monday, October 17, 2011 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She formerly resided in Spring Lake.
Born October 31, 1977 in Pekin to Randy Deane and Judy Delores (Hull) Yancey, she married Chad Edward Schmidgall on August 5, 2000 in Washington. He survives.
Also surviving are her parents of Pekin; are one daughter, Chloe Schmidgall of Pekin; one son, Levi Schmidgall of Pekin; one sister, Stacy (Stephen) DeJaynes of Germantown Hills and one brother, Ryan (Heather) Yancey of Mapleton. She also leaves her nieces and nephews, Noah Starr, Isaac Starr, Chris DeJaynes, Jacqueline DeJaynes, Ryder Yancey and Madeline Schmidgall along with her in-laws, Gregg and Sue Schmidgall of Pekin.
Her grandparents preceded her in death.
Lisa graduated in 1999 from Illinois State University in Normal with her Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. She was a sixth grade classroom teacher at Wilson Intermediate School for Pekin Public Schools District 108 since 1999. At Wilson, Lisa was the SCORE Council sponsor, a student teacher mentor and led several extracurricular activities. Lisa really had a heart for kids and also liked Tigger.
Lisa also had a heart for the needy and volunteered at the Dream Center in Peoria, where she had taught a class to help parents prepare their students for school, helped with their annual back pack give-away and served in their food pantry.
Lisa's faith was a big part of her life. She attended First Baptist Church in Pekin and formerly attended Riverside Community Church in Peoria.
Her memorial service will be at 10 a.m. October 29, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Pekin. Pastor Mark D. Friday will officiate. An open house to celebrate Lisa's life will then be held from 10:30 until 2 p.m. in the fellowship hall at the church. Arrangements have been entrusted to Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory in Pekin.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Mrs. S's Scholarship fund in care of any CEFCU Member Center. The family intends to evenly split the proceeds for her childrens' education and for an annual scholarship to assist low income students attend college.

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