Emily C. Schwarz

	Emily C. Schwarz, age 91, of Pinckneyville, died in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 at 8 a.m.
	 Emily was born in Pinckneyville on September 8, 1909, the daughter of Martin G. and Caroline (Paasch) Mayer.  She married Louis G. Schwarz on January 29, 1928 and he preceded her in death on October 7, 1974.  Emily worked at the Pinckneyville Garment Factory and was a member pf the Trinity Lutheran Church in Conant, the ILGWU and AARP.
	Survivors include two sons, Ervin Schwarz of Pinckneyville and Bill Schwarz and wife Shirley of Pinckneyville; four daughters, Leona Hagene and husband Raymond of Belleville, Alma Lee and husbandd Ervin of Belleville, Norma Niemeyer of Pinckneyville and Velma Jones and husband Buddy of Pinckneyville; one sister, Lisetta Hepp of Pinckneyville; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
	She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Ernestine Rabe and Onita Hoffman.
	 Funeral services were held at Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville on Thursday, May 24 at 10 a.m. with Pastor Russ Helbig officiating.  Interment was in the Lost Prairie Cemetery in Pinckneyville.
	Visitation was at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home on Wednesday  from 6 to 9 p.m. and on Thursday from 8 a.m.until services.  Memorials may be made to the Lost Prairie Cemetery.
