I. MAXINE STIDHAM

PATTON -- Iona Maxine Stidham, 73, of Patton, died Monday, May 22, 1995, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington.

She was born Feb. 25, 1922, at Scopus, daughter of Robert and Tora A. Seabaugh Tallent. She and Harold Stidham were married Nov. 16, 1968, in Paw Paw, Ill.

Survivors include her husband; three sons, David Evans of Columbia Falls, Mont., Daniel Evans of Anna, Ill., Steven Evans of Pueblo, Colo.; three daughters, Suzanne Bell of Pinckney, Mich., Michaelyn Hickson of Fayetteville, Tenn., Keitha Davis of Perryville; four brothers, Jerry Tallent of Brighton, Mich., Paul Tallent of Cape Coral, Fla., Francis Tallent of Streator, Ill., Frankie Tallent of South Lyon, Mich.; three sisters, Imo Jean Swope of Columbia Falls, Lorene Barnard of Perryville, Pauline McMichael of Patton; 16 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, sister and brother.

Friends may call at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Liberty Congregational Methodist Church near Marquand, with the Rev. Kirby Grindstaff officiating. Burial will be in Cook Cemetery at Scopus.