Loretta Mae Cave

Loretta Mae Cave of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Leonard Sanders and Verna Hannel Sanders, was born on July 17, 1935, in New Salem Township, IL, and departed this life on Monday, March 25, 2024, at Taylor Regional Hospital. She was 88 years of age.

She professed faith in Christ and attended Pitman Valley Baptist Church. She was a former Caregiver at the Brother James Court facility in Illinois. She enjoyed gardening, animals, farm life, and just being in the country. She loved the time spent raising her kids, and spending time with her grandchildren and great–grandchildren.

She united in marriage to Roy L. Cave who preceded her in death.

She is survived by five children: Deborah Hargrove (Buddy) of Alabama, Dennis Cave (Vicki) of Illinois, Diana Wilson (Danny) of Campbellsville, Verna Darlene Wise (Chris) of Illinois, and Donald Cave (Erica) of Florida. Sixteen grandchildren, and twenty-five great-grandchildren.

Besides her parents and her husband, she was also preceded in death by two sisters: Mary Teal and Alice Carlisle, and one grandson: Robert Ward, Jr.

Local arrangements are being handled by L.R. Petty Funeral Home.

Funeral services times will be forthcoming from the Hurley Funeral Home located at 122 WEST DOUGLAS AVENUE, PETERSBURG, IL 62675 with burial in the Pleasant Plains Cemetery in Pleasant Plains, Illinois.

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