Margurite L. Hardin

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Margurite L. Hardin, age 87, of Pinckneyville, passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 2 p.m. in Pinckneyville Healthcare Center.

Margurite was born on July 26, 1920 in Energy, a daughter to Blanche Dunihoo. On January 13, 1943, she married Robert O. Hardin in California and he preceded her in death on August 2, 1987. She was a member of the First Pentecostal Church, Pinckneyville, and dearly loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include her son, Larry (Clydine) Hardin of Pinckneyville; three daughters, Judy (Tom) Ruffino of Pinckneyville, Betty Jo (Bob) Tate of Texico, and Virginia (John) DeMarie of DuQuoin; brother, John (Gayl) Jones of Pinckneyville; two sisters, Barbara Porter of Galacia, and Carrie (Cliff) Morgan of Ava; fifteen grandchildren; and sixteen great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert; son, Robert Paul Hardin; three brothers, Jerrel Jones, Herbert Paul Jones, and Bill Dunihoo; and four sisters, Jewell Lipe, Betty Lipe, Patricia Ann Triefenbach, and Ivanell Sommers.

Funeral services will be held at First Pentecostal Church, Pinckneyville on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 11 a.m. with Rev. J. Mark Harris officiating. Interment will be in Mueller Hill Cemetery, Pinckneyville.

Friends may call at Pyatt Funeral Home, Pinckneyville on Tuesday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and on Wednesday at First Pentecostal Church from 9 a.m. until service

Memorial donations may be made to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America.

For more information or to sign an online guest register please visit www.pyattfuneralhome.com.