Vera L. Arthur

Vera L. Arthur, 71, of Allenville, died Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.

Celebration of Life services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan.

Burial in Windsor Cemetery. Visitation 4 - 6 p.m. Sunday. Memorials to the Sullivan Food Pantry. Complete obituary and online condolences at www.reedfuneralhome.net.

Mrs. Arthur was born April 9, 1946 in Shelby County, the daughter of Roy F. and Bessie M. Hanson Nolen. Vera was a cook and waitress at The Spot restaurant and a cook at the Sullivan Health Care Center. She married Clyde Gregory in 1964. She then married Ralph ‘Cap’ Arthur on July 24, 1976 and he preceded her in death on June 15, 2016.

Survivors include her children Larry Gregory of Lerna, Julie Grygiel of Mahomet, James M. Arthur of Mattoon, Allen Arthur of Charleston and Raymond Arthur of Windsor; ten grandchildren; one granddaughter; sisters Marie Adams of Mattoon, Roylene Jones of Mundelin, Bruce Nolen of Laurium, MI, Zane Nolen of Lebanon, OH, Michael Nolen of Ransom Canyon, TX

She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and one sister.