Edith M. Compton, 72, of 230 Locust St., Minonk, died at 2:55 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 31, 2006) at her residence.

Her funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home, Minonk. The Rev. Bill Brown of the Lexington Community Church will officiate. Burial will be in Lexington City Cemetery, Lexington. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home, Minonk. Memorial contributions may be directed to her family.

Edith was born Oct. 9, 1933, at Phillipsburg, Pa., a daughter of Eugene and Mary Catherine McNeal Sheetz. She married Kurt Steven Bottcher on June 14, 1952, at Elkton, Md. She then married George Eldon Compton on Dec. 30, 1960, at Elkton, Md. He died Feb. 22, 1999.

Survivors include three daughters, Lillian (Robert) Weiss, Farmer City; and Linda Bottcher and Michelle (Mark) Medley, both of Minonk; one son, Steven Bottcher, Minonk; one sister, Pauline Boyd, Florida; one brother, Jack (Carol) Sheetz, Ohio; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Edie was a member of the Minonk VFW Ladies Auxiliary.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.ruestmanharrisfuneralhome.com.