Jenness Drummond

August 18, 1962 - October 22, 2019

Jenness Drummond, age 57 of Charleston, IL passed away at 7:45 AM, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. A private family funeral mass will be held Friday, October 25, 2019 at Immaculate Conception Church in Mattoon, IL. Burial will immediately follow in Calvary Cemetery. Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, located at 1200 Wabash Avenue, Mattoon, IL is in charge of services. Jenness was born on August 18, 1962 in Mattoon, IL the daughter of Paul L. and Pauline A. (Bailey) Allen. Jenness married John W. Drummond on August 10, 1985 in Mattoon, IL; he survives. Other survivors include two sons, Seth D. Allen of Charleston, IL, Sean Q. Drummond of Camargo, IL; and three sisters, Rosemary Frank of Bushnell, IL, Anne Wilson of Ipava, IL, and Karen Brown of Farmer City, IL. She is preceded in death by one daughter, Catherine F. Allen. Jenness was a former employee of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL and later employed by University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where she worked in the accounting department. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Mattoon and VFW Post 1592 Ladies Auxiliary of Charleston. She enjoyed crafts, gardening, and reading. Jenness was selfless and loved her family, she will be greatly missed. Please visit www.mitchelljerdan.com or www.facebook.com/mitchelljerdanfuneralhome to light a virtual candle in her honor or share a memory with the family.