Marceda Mary Kreps, age 96, of Mount Vernon, Illinois passed away February 3, 2020 at home with family at her bedside. She was born on December 8, 1923 in Batesville, Indiana, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Wessling) Litmer. She went to Catholic grade school at Holy Trinity Catholic School and graduated from Julianne Catholic High School in 1942. She married George William Kreps on March 6, 1943 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dayton, Ohio. She retired from the Department of Defense in 1975. Mrs. Kreps is survived by her two sons, George William Kreps Jr. and wife, Katy of Oakdale, Tennessee, Alan Leslie Kreps and wife, Barbara of Carmi, Illinois, and daughter, Cynthia (Kreps) Carpenter Montgomery and husband, James of Mount Vernon, Illinois.

A Visitation will be held on Friday, February 7, 2020 from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. at Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Church in Mount Vernon, Illinois. A Funeral Mass will begin at 10:00 A.M. with the Very Reverend Father John Iffert officiating. Interment will follow at Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Illinois. Memorials may be made in Marceda’s honor to Saint Mary School in Mount Vernon or AMVETS Post #4.

Call Hughey Funeral Home at 618-242-3348 or visit hugheyfh.com for further information.