Mayme B. Littrell

Mayme B. Littrell, 92, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Salem, died Monday, March 17, at Park Place in Mt. Pleasant.

Visitation will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. A luncheon for family and friends will be held at noon Thursday at the Salem Congregational Church in Salem. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Harold Dorsey officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in rural Mt. Pleasant.

Memorials have been established for the Animal Rescue Foundation and Salem Fire Department. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.beattymurphyfh.com.

She was born June 6, 1915, in Henry County, Iowa, the daughter of W.E. "Ted" and Donnie Krakel Detrick. On July 16, 1949, she married Charles D. Littrell in Harmon. Ill.

She worked at the Iowa Ammunition Plant at Middletown, and later at Bendix in Davenport. She lived in Davenport, Milan, Ill. and California before returning to Salem and later to Mt. Pleasant.

She is survived by her brother, Walt Detrick and his wife Mary of New London, and her sisters, Francis "Pat" Anthony of Davenport and Leah Rhum and her husband Claude of Mt. Pleasant; and her special friend, Marilyn Smithburg of Salem.

Her parents, husband, three brothers and six sisters preceded her in death.