Lyn Ellen Pierce

	Lyn Ellen Pierce nee Anderson, 34, Columbia, IL, died tuesday, July 25, 2000 at home.
	Mrs. Pierce was a secretary at Bethany United Methodist Church.  She was an active member of Bethany United Methodist Church and a music ministry soloist.
	She was born October 5, 1965 at Nashville, IL, the daughter of Paul E. and Carolyn Anderson nee Simpson and Alan Shurtz.  She married Carl W. Pierce on May 5, 1985.
	Surviving are her husband, Carl W. Pierce; children, Amanda, Adrienne, Austin and Aaron- all at home; parents, Paul and Carolyn Anderson nee Simpson of Freeburg and Alan Shurtz of Collinsville; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Roy and Dolores Pierce of Fults; sister, Alice Kurfman of Smithton; step-sister, Kim Shurtz of Collinsville; step-brothers, Todd Shurtz and Chris Shurtz of Collinsville; maternal grandparents, Clarence and Wanda Jones of DuQuoin and William Simpson of Gurney; aunts; uncles; nieces; nephews; cousins; in-laws and a loving church family.
	Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 29 at Bethany United Methodist Church at 6208 Hilltop Rd. in Columbia with Pastor Ronald G. Chase officiating.  Interment was in Green Mount Cemetery at Belleville.
	Visitation was at Quernheim Funeral Home in Waterloo from 4 until 9 p.m. Friday and on Saturday at the church from 9 a.m. until time of services.
	Memorials may be made to Bethany United Methodist Church.
