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Jane Evalyn Herbst Bisco

16 Jul 1928 – 7 Jun 2004

Birth16 Jul 1928
Death7 Jun 2004
CemeteryRoanoke Township Cemetery
Roanoke , Woodford County , Illinois , USA
Added byNeeby on 21 Aug 2008
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23002552

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ROANOKE -- Jane Evalyn Bisco, 75, of Roanoke died at 9:30 a.m. Monday (June 7, 2004) at the Methodist Medical Center, Peoria. Her funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Roanoke United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dick Piscatelli officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 pm. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Knapp-Johnson-Harris Funeral Home, Roanoke, and for one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Roanoke Township Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Arthritis Foundation. She was born on July 16, 1928, in Bremen, Ind., to Benjamin and Blanche Snyder Herbst. She married Henry Bisco on Nov. 13, 1948, in Peoria. He survives. Also surviving are two sons, Howard (Nancy) Bisco, East Peoria, and Hugh (Gladys) Bisco, Schaumburg; two daughters, Jan (Jim) Bisco-Werner, Boredentown, N.J., and Joan (Brian Haney) Bisco, Normal; one brother, David Herbst, Roanoke; and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one sister. She was a member of the Roanoke United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school, was part of the church choir, a member of the United Methodist Women, a district lay member to the annual conference, and a certified district lay speaker. She was also on the church administrative council and was the church missions chair. Jane was on the board of the Heart House in Eureka and had been active as a Meals on Wheels volunteer. She also was a volunteer teacher for area adult literary programs. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary where she had served in various offices. She was also the chaplain for the American Ex Prisoners of War, Heart of Illinois Chapter. She was active as well in her community where she served as a Girl Scout leader, a den mother for the Cub Scouts, was active with the Boy Scouts and was awarded the District Award of Merit and the Silver Beaver Award. She served for more than 30 years as an election judge in Roanoke and volunteered at the Hunzinger Museum in Roanoke Park. In the 1940s, she was responsible for starting a women's softball league in Roanoke.

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