Emily F. Kabat

	Emily F. Kabat, 84, of Scheller, passed away at 3:33 p.m. Monday, August 7, 2000 at the Marshall Browning Hospital in DuQuoin.
	Emily was a homemaker.  She was a member of the St. Barbara Catholic Church in Scheller and the church Altar Sodality.
	She was born August 8, 1915 at Scheller, the daughter of John and Pauline (Zielinski) Kowalski.  She married Anthony J. Kabat on September 1, 1936 at Scheller and he preceded her in death on November 16, 1993.
	She is survived by two daughters, Janette Nash and husband Larry of Fredricktown, MO and Roseann Kristen of Tamaroa; two sons, Bernard Kabat and wife Martha of Patton, MO and Clarence (Butch) kabat and wife Mary of OFallon; one brother, Joseph Kowalski and wife Hattie of Scheller; three sisters-in-law, Helen Kowalski and Hilda Kowalski, both of Scheller and Marie Kowalski of Kansas; 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
	She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one grandson, Ricky Kabat; one granddaughter, Sarah Nash; one great-granddaughter, Morgan Kristen; three brothers, Stanley, Andrew and John Kowalski and seven sisters, Anna Kuddis, Martha Millowski, Catherine Kabat, Jane Miloshewski, Cecelia Lisewski, Helen Sexton and Mary Barry.
	A funeral Mass was at 10 a.m. Friday, August 11 at the St. Barbara Catholic Church in Scheller with Fr. Jerome Hibner officiating.
	Friends were able to call from 5 until 8 p.m. Thursday at the Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa.  The Rosary was said at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
	 Interment was be in the St. Barbara Cemetery at Scheller.
