Arline C. Provart

	Arline C. Provart, 89, of Sherman, Ill., formerly of the Paradise Community at Tamaroa, passed away at 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, Ill.
	Arline was a homemaker and a member of the Living Faith Baptist Church at Sherman and had been an 80-year member of the Paradise Baptist Church.  She had served as church clerk, Sunday School teacher and church organist and pianist.  She was a charter member of the Perry County Home Bureau and had served as an officer for many years in that organization.  She served on the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension State Board.  She had been secretary of the District 208 School Board.  She was a 4-H leader and had also been an Avon sales lady for 50 years.  She was president of the Resident Council of Villa Healthcare Center at Sherman.
	She was born May 8, 1912 at Paradise Prairie, the daughter of Henry C. and Elsie B. (Ragland) Krone.  She married Bernis Provart December 25, 1932 at West Frankfort.  He passed away October 6, 1994.
	She is survived by seven children, Barbara Price of Scottsdale, Ariz., Wayne Provart and wife Sharon of Minneapolis, Minn., Robert Provart and wife Patricia of Loudon, Tenn., Bonnie Ortiz and husband Bob of State College, Penn., Ronald Provart and wife Sandra of Springfield, Ill., Beverly Boschert and husband Terry of Springfield, Va. and Roger Provart of Springfield, Va.; a sister, Norma Czar of Kissimmee, Fla. and a brother, Virgil Krone of Urbana; 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
	She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sisters, Mildred Klym and Dorothy Baker and a son-in-law, Ron Price.
	Funeral services were at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, December 30, 2001 at the Searby Funeral Home in DuQuoin with Rev. Shaw DeMent officiating.
	Friends called from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Searby Funeral Home in DuQuoin.
	Interment was in the Paradise Prairie Cemetery at Tamaroa.
	Friends may make memorials to the Living Faith Baptist Church Building Fund at P.O. Box 185, Sherman, IL 62684 or to the Paradise Cemetery or to the donors choice.
