Eva Mofield

Marion--Eva Mae “Ivy” Mofield, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 1:28 PM at her home. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday November 11, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Blue Funeral Home in Marion. Visitation is set for Friday from 5:00 PM until the service hour. Memorial donations are suggested to Hospice of Southern Illinois; envelopes are available at the funeral home or may be sent C/O Blue Funeral Home, PO Box 411, Marion, IL, 62959. Ivy was born on Sunday, September 9, 1923 in Marion to Alice (Smith) and Jess Shadowens . She married I.T. Mofield (Joe) on Sunday, the 4th of July, 1948. The couple resided in Marion and wintered in Florida until “Joe’s” passing in 1980. Her surviving sibling, Lula Belle Name and her husband Dewey (Whitey) Name live in Homosassa Florida. She has many surviving neices, nephews, great and great great neices and nephews. Although she never had children of her own, she had close relationships with her nieces and nephews. She provided a role model for all, encouraging self sufficiency with a larger than life sense of humor. In addition to her parents, an older sister, Recie Irene Zarecor, preceded her in death. Ivy was an adventurous woman, like her mother before her, who traveled to Missouri in a covered wagon. Ivy was also a pioneer in many ways. She was one of the first women to work in a steel mill in Chicago, a real life Rosie the Riveter. She had many careers through out her life. She and her husband Joe worked side by side throughout their marriage. They owned several businesses, partnering in a popular luncheonette restaurant across from the Marion Junior High School and later owned a carnival together for many years. After his death in 1980, she bravely continued to manage MoShow Amusements until she retired.