Kathryn L Bayston Obituary (1917 - 2015)

Kathryn Louise Bayston, 97, of Flanagan, formerly of Pontiac, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 1:07 p.m. at Good Samaritan Home in Flanagan. Service will be Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pontiac with Pastor Mary Kay Henson officiating. Burial will be at Chatsworth Cemetery in Chatsworth, IL. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 11, 2015 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the church. Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home, Pontiac, is in charge of arrangements. Kathryn was born December 24, 1917 in Pontiac, daughter of Edward and Barbara (Garber) Kinsinger. She married Vernon Bayston on October 13, 1940 in Chatsworth, IL. He passed away February 27, 1987. She is survived by her two sons, Donald (Sandra) Bayston of Bourbonnais, IL and Fred (Alisa) Bayston of Normal, IL; three daughters, Elizabeth Joyce of St. Robert, MO; Carol Pearce of Peoria, IL; and Rose Mary (Gerald) Erickson of Pontiac, IL; one sister, Margaret Dell of Florida; 19 grandchildren; 45 great grandchildren; 41 great great grandchildren; and six great great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vernon; one son, Gordon Johnson, Jr.; two son-in-laws, Tom Joyce and Mike Pearce; three brothers; two sisters; and two great grandchildren. Kathryn graduated from Chenoa Grade School and Chenoa High School Class of 1935 and she attended University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, IL. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Pontiac, IL and WELCA of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pontiac, IL and she was a Cub Scout Den Mother in Kempton, IL for several years. Memorials may be made to Good Samaritan Home, 205 N Adams, Flanagan, IL 61740. Online condolences may be made to the family at duffyfuneralhome.com or visit our page on Facebook.