Brenda K. (Tipton) Kassel,
54, of La Salle died May 3,
2014, in St. Francis Medical
Center, Peoria.
Services will be at 12:15
p.m. Thursday in Merritt
Funeral Home, Mendota,
with the Rev.
Steve Breedlove
officiating.
Cremation
rites will follow
the service.
Visitation
is 11 a.m.-
noon Thursday
at the
funeral home.
She was born Feb. 25,
1960, in Ottawa to William
and Gloria (Wilkins) Tipton.
She attended Victory Baptist
Church, Mendota.
She is survived by her
four children, Gina Stayton,
Ashley McCart, Jeffrey
Kassel and Kimberly Smith,
all of La Salle; five grandchildren;
one sister, Gail Moffett
of Mendota; one sister-in-law,
Cely Tipton of Mendota; and
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death
by two children, June Stayton
and Andrew Stayton; her
parents, Gloria and William
Tipton; and one brother, Mike
Tipton.
Memorials may be directed
to the donor's choice.