Elsie M. Benckendorf Myers, 86, of Marseilles, passed away Sunday, August 6, 2023 at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, August 11 at Seals-Campbell Funeral Home. Memorial services will follow at 11 a.m. Friday at funeral home with Deacon Ron Wackerlin officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.

Elsie was born February 9, 1937, in Streator, to Vernon Frederick and Evangelyne (Hatala) Benckendorf.

She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. She had been employed as a seamstress for many years. Elsie was a 4H leader, a dedicated volunteer at the Ottawa Food Pantry, loved her family and enjoyed cooking, and gardening. In her retirement, she was very active caring for many people, whether driving them to doctor appointments or helping them get groceries.  She was always on the go.

Elsie is survived by her four daughters, Debra (Stephen) Eiben, Tina (David) Sergenti, Rebecca (Daniel) Cummins, and Claudia Myers; four step-children, Mildred (David Sr.) Fessler, Lila (Tom) Morris, Russell (Deb) Myers, and Ruth (James Sr.) Schott; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and one sister, Tamra (Eugene) Morris.

She was preceded in death by one step-daughter, Barb Hawks; sisters, LaVerne Vavaroutsos, Joyce Gjerde, Audrey Hendrick, Lois Shockey, and Elizabeth and Karen Benckendorf; and 2 brothers, Allan "Buddy and V. Emmett Benckendorf.

Please consider a memorial donation to the Ottawa Food Pantry in her name.

Seals-Campbell Funeral Home

1009 E. Bluff St., Marseilles, IL 61341

815-795-5151 www.sealscampbell.com