Omer J. Chupp

Omer J. Chupp, 77 years, 11 months, 24 days of rural Tuscola, IL passed away at 5:46 AM on Monday, December 19, 2022, at his residence.

Funeral services will be held at 9:00 AM on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at the HCK West Building, one mile south of Arthur, IL. Bishop Larry Helmuth will officiate. Burial will be in the Otto Cemetery in rural Arthur, IL. Visitation will be held anytime after 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at the HCK West Building, and anytime after 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at the HCK West Building. The Edwards Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.

Omer was born on December 25, 1944, in Jonathan Creek Township, Moultrie County, IL. He was a son of Jacob M. and Mattie A. (Herschberger) Chupp. He married Lorene A. Miller on November 12, 1970, in rural Arthur, IL; they lived in Holy Matrimony 52 years, 1 month, 7 days.

He is survived by his wife, Lorene Chupp; five children, Loretta Schrock and her husband Eldon of Arthur, IL, Treva Farmwald and her husband Philip of Sullivan, IL, Rosanna Miller and her husband Willard of Tuscola, IL, Wilbur Chupp and his wife Viola (Stutzman) of Arthur, IL, and David Chupp and his wife Lori (Hochstetler) of Arcola, IL, 28 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren,  one brother, Lewis Chupp and his wife Mary (Bontrager) of Tuscola, IL, three sisters, Edna Schrock of Arthur, IL, Clara Schrock and her husband Edward of Arthur, IL and Wilma Yoder of Crab Orchard, KY, two sisters-in-law, Anna Chupp of Shipshewana, IN and Verna Viola Chupp of Arthur, IL.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Joas Chupp, Eli Chupp and Edward Chupp, two brothers-in-law, Fred Schrock, and Eli Yoder, one sister-in-law, Esther Chupp, and a great grandson, Justin Luke Schrock.

Omer was a member of the Old Order Amish Faith.