Deidre Lynn Loven

Deidre Lynn Loven, 64, of Karnak, died at 1:56 p.m. Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis.

She was born on Oct. 15, 1958, in Metropolis.

She was a 1976 graduate of Joppa High School and a 1978 graduate of Shawnee Community College in Ullin. She attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

She had retired after 24 years of service as a teacher’s aide for the Century School District in Ullin. She loved her students like they were her own.

She was a member of the Belknap Pentecostal Church. She enjoyed scrapbooking and collecting snowmen. 

She is survived by her brother, Mark (Pam) Loven of Metropolis; a cousin, Marlan (Barbara) Hight of Grand Chain; her church family and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Byron and Betty Hayes Loven; and an aunt and uncle, Pauline and Pete Hight.

Funeral services honoring the life of Deidre Lynn Loven were held at 1 p.m. Monday, June 12, at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak. The Rev. Kenneth Capps officiated. Interment followed at the Anderson Cemetery in Boaz. 

Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak was in charge of arrangements.