Jean C Imboden  1921 - 2008

 Jean C. Imboden, 87, of Jacksonville, died Monday, Aug. 18,

2008, at Walker Nursing Home in Virginia.

She was born Feb. 26, 1921, in Jacksonville, the daughter of

John B. and Kathleen Walsh Coonen. She married William H.

Imboden Jr. on May 26,1947, in Jacksonville, and he preceded

her in death Nov. 7,1990.

She is surived by two sons, Williams H Imboden III (wife,

Mary) and Mark A. Imboden (wife Susan), and one grandson,

Conner Imboden, all of Jacksonville; two sisters, Claire Coonen

and Paula Coonen, both of Chicago; and serval nieces and

nephews. She was preceded in death by one brother, Jack Coonen

Surviving wife Marie of Franklin); and one sister in infancy.

Mrs. Imboden was a 1939 graduate of Routt High School and a 1943

graduate of MacMurray college, She then received her master's from

Columbia University in New York and began her carrier as a teacher

at Illinois School for the Deaf, retiring after 40 years.

She was a member of Church of Our Saviour and was active with

Catholic Daughter of America and the Altar and Rosary Society.

She had also been active the MacMurray Alumni Association.

She enjoyed reading and loved spending time with the her family,

especially her grandson.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:30 A.M. Friday at Church of

Saviour in Jacksonville, with burial at Calvary Cemetery, Friends

may call after noon Thursday at Buchanan & Cody Funeral Home on

North Parise Street in Jacksonville, where the family will meet

friends following a 4:45 P.M. Prayer Service until 7 P.M. In lieu

of flowers, memorials are suggested to Routt High School or

MacMurrary college, Condolences may be left at www.buchanancody.com.

Published in the Jacksonville Journal- Courier from 8/20 - 8/22/2008