Darlene Louise McCorkle

October 29, 1933 - December 24, 2010

Darlene Louise McCorkle, 77, on December 24, 2010, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She peacefully passed away at Our Lady of Victory in Bourbonnais, after losing her valiant fight of three decades against MS. Darlene was born October 29, 1933, the daughter of (Jack) Elmer Leon and Mary Florence (nee Anderson) Beever in Kankakee, IL. Surviving were her husband, Edwin Ray McCorkle, whom she married October 5, 1952 at Central Christian Church in Kankakee; two sons and daughters-in-law, Todd (Nikki) McCorkle of Dwight, IL and David (Tina) McCorkle of Essex; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Ida Mae Meents of Kankakee and Sandra (Richard) Schultz of Limestone, IL; two brothers, Tom (Gail) Beever of Pawnee, IL and Bruce Beever of Hammond, LA; two brothers-in-law and one sister-in-law, Jim (Jackie) McCorkle of Joliet, IL, Perry (Amy) McCorkle, of UT, and JoAnn (Gene) Funk of OH; twenty-eight nieces and nephews; several grand nieces and grand nephews; special niece, Randy Weger and grand-niece Amie Byrne, who were her primary caregivers; and several special girl friends whom were in their “club” since high school. Darlene worked at Armour Pharmaceutical in Bourbonnais for several years and for Rockwell International in Gardner, IL. She was a homemaker and had taught Sunday school at the Methodist Church in Essex. Preceding her in death were her parents; one brother, Elmer Leon Beever, Jr.; and two brothers-in law, Herbert Meents and Robert B. McCorkle. A time for friends and family to gather to celebrate her life was December 29, from 9-11 a.m. with funeral services immediately following at 11:00 a.m. at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Homes, Ltd., Braidwood Chapel. Pastor Deborah Bell officiated. Interment was in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL.