Lori Lynn Shearon

Lori Lynn Shearon (nee Van Buskirk), died July 11, 2019 at her home in Lebanon, IL.  She was 63 years old.

Lori is survived by three daughters, Emily (Jason) Throm, Abigail (James) Murphy, and Grace Shearon (partner Nathan Rujawitz); grandson, Corbin; former husband, Michael Shearon; her mother, Marilyn Van Buskirk; three brothers, Mark (Kathy) Van Buskirk, Michael (Tracy) Van Buskirk, and Matthew Van Buskirk; nieces Kathryn, Olivia, Emma and Hannah.

Lori loved reading, gardening, flowers, and the Cubs. She graduated from Gavit HS in Hammond, IN in 1974, and received her degree from Wishard Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Indianapolis, IN in 1977. As a working military wife, she served as an ER nurse in Alamogordo, NM and Waukegan, IL, and as a pediatric ER nurse in Dayton, OH. Lori shifted her career focus to home health after arriving in O’Fallon, IL in 1985, starting out as a nurse for Kimberly Quality Care and working her way through several acquisitions to ultimately become Director of Clinical Services. Desiring a return to hands-on care, she concluded her nursing career at O’Fallon Health Care in O’Fallon, IL. In recent times, Lori derived much joy from taking care of longtime, close family friend, Tommy Henry.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in Lori’s name to Ronald McDonald House or Trinity Services of Southwest Illinois.

Visitation: Thursday, July 18, 2019, 4:00 to 7:00 pm, Meridith Funeral Home, 317 W. St. Louis St., Lebanon, IL.

Additional Visitation & Funeral Service: Monday, July 29, 2019, from 12:00 pm until the time of the funeral service at 1:00 pm, at Geisen Funeral & Reception Centre, 606 E. 113 ^th Ave., Crown Point, IN 46307.

Interment:  Lori will be laid to rest next to her father, Robert Van Buskirk, at City of Crown Point Historic Maplewood Cemetery, 555 S. Indiana Ave., Crown Point, IN.

Meridith Funeral Home, Lebanon, IL