MCLEANSBORO – Myrna McGill, age 94, of McLeansboro passed away at 2:24 a.m., Thursday, September 28, 2023 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro.

Visitation will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, October 1, 2023 at Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro. The funeral service will be held Monday, October 2, 2023, at 11 a.m., at Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro. Dr. Reverend Ken Cook will officiate the service. Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in McLeansboro.

Myrna was born January 8, 1929, in Knights Prairie Township to Fritz and Irene (Sheley) Gunter She married Oscar Kenneth McGill on October 26, 1946, in Henderson, KY. He passed away on April 4, 2017. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in McLeansboro. She worked for several years as a ward clerk at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. Myrna was a member of the Hospital Auxilliary.                                                            

Survivors include 3 sons Kenneth Eugene McGill and wife Kenann of Bonham, TX; Jim McGill and wife Debbie of Forgan, OK; Jerry McGill and wife Staci of Dahlgren, IL; 2 daughters Linda Coy and husband Jim of Dahlgren, IL; Beverly Stewart and husband Joe of Broughton, IL; 15 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and one on the way, 17 great-great-grandchildren and one on the way, one brother Bill Gunter of Kankakee, IL.

Preceded in death by parents, husband, 1 great-grandchild Austin Jones, 3 brothers George, Marion and Fritz Jr.; and sister Shirley Crabtree.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and will be accepted at Harre Funeral Home in Honor or Myrna McGill.               

The Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro is in charge of arrangements.