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Visitation: Sunday,
December 28, 2025, from 2 - 5 p.m. at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Service:
Monday, December 29, 2025, at 12 p.m. at St. John
United Church of Christ in Lincoln.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Susan Ellen Webb of
St. Clara’s Rehab and Senior Care breathed her last
on Sunday, December 21, 2025. She was born on
December 28, 1944, in Alton, Illinois. She was the
first born of John and Mary Webb, and she was
followed by brother David and sisters Carol and
Jean. She attended Godfrey Grade School, North
Junior High School, and Alton Senior High School
where she graduated in the top ten of her class of
over 600 students. She got all A’s except for typing
and speech. Always a fine musician, she played
clarinet in the Concert Band and the Marching 100.
She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville and
near the end of her first semester, she was
diagnosed with a mental illness which she struggled
with her whole life. She continued her studies as
she was able at both Lewis and Clark Community
College and SIU Edwardsville. During that time, she
lived in Alton but later moved to Jacksonville,
Illinois where she was a resident in a group
assisted living home. Because she had increasing
physical issues that needed attention, she moved to
St. Clara’s in 2007 as her mom lived at the
Christian Village in Lincoln. Her brother David from
Oregon, her sister, Jean, from Connecticut, and her
sister, Carol from Melbourne, Australia (and now of
Lincoln, Illinois, as well) made frequent visits.
She loved to participate in all the activities at
St. Clara’s, and she especially loved to play bingo
and win. (Her collection of stuffed animals and
beanie babies offer testimony to this.) She enjoyed
reading, doing puzzles, and watching football and
basketball (especially the WNBA}. Besides playing
the clarinet, Susan was an accomplished piano
player. She was active in the First Methodist Church
of Godfrey and has been a good Christian her whole
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In addition to her
siblings, she is survived by her sister-in-law Mary
Jane Moffat, nephew Jaixen Webb, his children
Phoenix and Mariah and his wife Amy and her daughter
Corinne. Her family grew through the marriage of her
mother to Albert Webb of Lawndale and includes her
sisters-in-law Barbara and Gayle; numerous nieces
and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and even
great-great nieces and nephews.
She could be cleverly funny and enjoyed joking with
the staff at St. Clara’s where for 18 years she was
lovingly cared for. She is a much-loved member of
our family and will be missed.
Funeral services for Susan will be held at 12:00 pm
on Monday, December 29, 2025, at St. John United
Church of Christ in Lincoln. Visitation will take
place the day prior, Sunday, December 28, 2025, from
2:00 to 5:00 pm at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln. Burial will be held at 11:00 am on
Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at Moss Ridge Cemetery
in Carthage, IL. Memorial donations may be made in
Susan’s name to St. John United Church of Christ in
Lincoln, St. Clara’s Rehab and Senior Care in
Lincoln, or NAMI Illinois.
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