Lois Virginia Morgenstern, 93, of Tamaroa, passed away at 6:53 A.M., Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at the Pinckneyville Community Hospital.
Lois had been a homemaker.  She had worked at the Elkville State Bank in Elkville and the First National Bank in Ava.  Lois also had been a bookkeeper at Elverado Schools.  She was a member of the Elkville Baptist Church and a member of the Monday Morning Crochet Group at the church.
She was born July 12, 1931 in Pinckneyville, IL, the daughter of Herman Otto and Retta Belle (Glover) Kuhnert.
She married Karl Morgenstern on August 27, 1949 at the Beaucoup Baptist Church in Pinckneyville, IL and he survives.
She is survived by her husband of Tamaroa, two children - Bradley Karl Morgenstern and wife Kathi of Tamaroa and Retta Harriet Speith and husband Gerald of Ava, six grandchildren - Holly Keller and husband Scott of Shiloh, IL, Nathan Morgenstern of Du Quoin, Kara Davison of Fulton, MO, Rebecca Stroud and husband Doug of Wentzville, MO, Zachary Speith and wife Amanda of Ava, and Leah Cook and husband Blake of Du Quoin, sixteen great grandchildren - Brady, Jayna, Libby, Tyler, Shawna, Blake, Mary Kate, Aryana, Kyle, Evie, Zariah, Kale, Zayden, Eila, Ansley, and Reece, two sisters - Roberta Edgar of Ava, and Melba Jean Bouas and husband Maurice of Kansas City, MO and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, six siblings - Carl Kuhnert, Roy Kuhnert, Robert Kuhnert, Melvin Kuhnert, Ida Belle Beckman, and Alberta Kuhnert, and one grandson-in-law - Allen Davison III.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, January 4, 2025 at the Elkville Baptist Church in Elkville with Rev. Scott Slone officiating.
Friends may call from 9 A.M. until the time of service on Saturday at the church.
Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Park in Du Quoin, IL.
Friends may make memorials to Christian Activity Center in East St. Louis, IL, Marshall Browning Hospital Tree of Life, or Elkville Baptist Church and will be accepted at the funeral home.
Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa is in charge of arrangements.
The family would like to thank Sheila and Louise, the staff at the Pinckneyville Community Hospital Cancer and Infusion Center, nurses and PT with Bi-County Health, and the staff at Pinckneyville Community Hospital for their unwavering love, kindness, care, and compassion.