Emily (McAlpin) Stedt Selk

Emily Ann Stedt, 90, Beecher, Illinois, died at her home in Beecher Thursday, December 4, 2014. Emily was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on November 30, 1924, the daughter of Malcolm and Elizabeth nee Horr McAlpin. On April 12, 1947, she married Welton Stedt in Joliet. Emily will always be remembered as a nurse in “Dr. Hiatt’s” Office in Beecher. She was a member of St. Luke Church and was a member of the Church Women’s Guild. Visitation will be on Sunday, December 7, 2014 from 2 until 8 pm at Hack Funeral Home, Beecher Illinois and the funeral services will be at St. Luke United Church Of Christ on Monday, December 8, 2014 at 10:00 am. Rev. Tom Ewing will Officiate. Burial will be in Skyline Memorial Park, Monee, Illinois. Surviving Emily are 3 sons: James (Deborah) Stedt of Park Forest, IL, Andrew (Joyce) Stedt of St. John, Indiana and Douglas of Bourbonnais, Illinois; 3 daughters: Jennifer (Daniel) Hathaway of Lowell, Indiana, Claudia Stedt of Beecher, Illinois and Jami (Jim) Kuyper of Mokena, Illinois; 15 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren; a brother Mac (Doris) McAlpin of Gulfport, Mississippi. Preceding in death are an infant son Mark Randall, 2 husbands Welton Stedt and Wilmer Selk, 2 brothers: Richard and Robert and 2 sisters Carol and Betsy. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Kankakee County Training Center For The Disabled. Condolences may be sent at hackfuneralhome.com