Bertha Mae Stanfield

Bertha Mae Stanfield, 91, passed away at Odd Fellows-Rebekah Home in Mattoon,Illinois early on the morning of June 5,2019. She was born October 3,1927 Sandford, Indiana to Beulah C.and Leon E.McConkey. She married Robert Earl Stanfield in 1949, and together they raised two children, Karen Whisler and Robert Leon Stanfield. She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, and a sister, Charlotte M.Strole. Bertha is survived by her children and a son-in-law John Whisler, all residing in Charleston,IL; a granddaughter and two great grandsons, and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to being a devoted mother and homemaker, Bertha also worked as a teacher’s aide in Leavenworth, Kansas for a number of years,and followed her husband to many military postings in Europe, the Continental United States and Hawaii. Family funeral services are being arranged by Roselawn Funeral Home,Terre Haute, Indiana. Online condolences can be made at www.roselawnfuneralhome.com