Mary J. Poplett

      Mary J. Poplett, 81, of Dunlap, Ill., died at 11:25 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, at Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Ill.

      A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Prospect United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mary Kathryn Pearce officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery.

      Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the church, as well as one hour prior to the funeral Saturday.

      Memorials may be made to the Prospect United Methodist Church music program.

      Hammitt-Hott Funeral Home in Princeville, Ill., is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.hammitt-hott.com.

      Mrs. Poplett was born Sept. 23, 1926, in Birmingham, the daughter of Charles L. and Martha H. Hootman Moore. She married Everett W. Poplett Oct. 14, 1950, in Fairfield. He died April 22, 1989, in Peoria, Ill.

To see the complete obituary, read the Feb. 7, 2008, Fairfield Ledger.