Lena Mae Magaraci

Funeral services for Lena Mae Wadkins Magaraci, 83, are set for 11:00 A.M. Thursday at McPeters Inc. Funeral Directors with Bro. Warren Jones officiating. Burial will be in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery.

Ms. Magaraci died April 26, 2014 at Tower Hill Healthcare in Elgin, IL. She was born September 30, 1930 in Tishomingo, MS to the late Pete and Emma Wadkins. Ms. Magaraci was an avid amateur golfer who won several trophies. She also enjoyed cooking, gardening, landscaping, and arts and crafts. She lived in Sun City, AZ for 30 years before moving back to Illinois in 2010.

She was preceded in death by her parents, spouses, James Monroe Plaxco and Joseph Magaraci; six brothers, Woodrow, Clinton, Milford, Donald, Hershel, and Talford Wadkins; and three sisters, Celeste Tucker, Beatrice Stevens, and Eula Faye Martin.

Ms. Magaraci is survived by her son, James Greg Plaxco and wife Jennifer of Schaumburg, IL; grandchildren, John Robert and Thomas Monroe Plaxco also of Schaumburg, IL. She has a brother, Larry Wadkins and wife Vernell of Iuka, MS and two sisters, Catherine Gentle of Tishomingo, MS and Nona Rich of Cherokee, AL. She also leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Visitation will be on Wednesday April 30th from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Condolences can be left at www.mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com

Arrangements under the direction of McPeters Funeral Directors, Corinth, MS.