Carral A. Supan, 83, of Mendota, IL. and formerly of Paw Paw, IL. moved on from this life Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

Carral was born May 27, 1940 in Naylor, MO to Virgil G. Pennington and Lillie M. Harris. She married John Supan on April 29, 1966 in Sycamore, IL. He preceded her in death on December 21, 2008. Also, preceding her in death were her parents, her step daughter Dorothy A Supan and step son John I Supan.

Surviving are her two daughters, Casandra (Gil) Richard of New Iberia, LA, Jonnita (Keith) Vogel of Fairbury, IL, her son Shawn (Blair) Supan of Knoxville, TN. One step-daughter Judy (Jim) Price of Streator, IL, three step sons Mike (Linda) Supan of Tonica, IL, James (Rita) Supan of Ardmore,OK, Terry Joe (Marsha) Supan of Rochester, IL.; 12 grandchildren, Wesley, Justin, Desiree, BJ, Andrea, Viktor, Tyler, Kylie, Danielle, Joslyne, Evan and Zayla and 11 great grandchildren.

Carral worked as a waitress, worked at Automatic Electric, The Hoka Turkey Farm followed by becoming co-owner of J&C Siding Co. of Paw Paw, IL for over 30 years and owned her own successful crafting business for over 14 years. She volunteered for the Mendota First United Methodist Church garage sale for many years, where she was a member and was baptized November 2, 2017. She volunteered at Mendota Area Senior Services in Mendota, assisting with their annual community sale.

Over the years, she enjoyed being a member of a kitchen band that played on holiday floats, camping, playing bingo, reading mysteries, piecing together hundreds of puzzles and taking trips with family and friends. She was involved in the Paw Paw PTA and a Boy Scout troop leader for several years.

Carral was a loyal friend who was always supportive and encouraging. She was willing to give a hand in any task including crafting flowers for weddings, caring for friend's family members during illness, as well as baking and decorating cakes for baptisms and birthdays. She was up for fun all the time…playing card games, going dancing, and hosting family and friends for the holidays. In her later years, she would go gambling on the boat occasionally with her girlfriends, and drinking coffee with the crew at Ziggies.

Carral was the piece that held the family together. She maintained the household, ran the kids to and from their activities, raised a garden, canned, butchered, roofed houses, put up siding, kept the books for J&C Siding, did estimates and taught her children core values. She was a strong woman that set an example for her family and friends.

Carral had a spitfire personality that everyone was drawn to. Although she was little in stature, she was large in heart, and larger in attitude. She was the first to tell you "big things come in small packages".

Her funeral will be held at the Merritt Funeral Home in Mendota on Thursday June 15, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. with Pastor William Clark performing services. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until time of the funeral. Cremation rites will be accorded following and private burial will be at Cochran Cemetery in Lone Hill, Missouri.

Memorials may be directed to the Shriners Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.