DWIGHT – Augusta M. “Tootie” Folkers, 96, of Dwight passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020 at Heritage Health in Dwight, IL. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Hager Memorial Home in Dwight with Pastor Chrissy Salser officiating. Burial will be in McDowell Cemetery, rural Dwight. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. Tootie was born November 21, 1923 in Secor, IL to Max and Esther Iggena Reich. She married Ena Folkers in 1947 in Benson, IL. Sadly, he passed away in 1999. Surviving are a daughter, Diana (Dale Galbreath) Tidball of Goose Lake, Morris, IL; two sons: Wayne (Nancy) Folkers of Dwight; and Ronald E. (Brigette) Folkers of Odell, IL; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Oscar and Herman Reich; and a brother and sister in infancy. Over the years, Tootie raised her family and was a longtime member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Dwight, IL. She will be greatly missed by all her loved ones. Memorials in honor of Tootie may be made to the Hospice of Kankakee Valley, and online condolences may be made at www.hagermemorial.com

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