Emily Perneatta "Pert" Saraf

February 8, 1925 - September 9, 2015

Emily Perneatta “Pert” Saraf, aged 90, of the Marion and Herrin, IL area, passed away peacefully at 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, in Parkway Manor of Marion, IL, after suffering with Alzheimer’s disease for 10 years. She was born in Johnston City, IL on February 8, 1925, the daughter of Thomas Edward and Nora (Adkins) Smith. She is survived by her brother, Edward Smith; four surviving children, three from her first marriage, Paul, Tony and Mark Vidas, the sons of Edward Paul Vidas who is deceased; her daughter from a second marriage, Susan Davies, whose father was Donald Schuyler Davies who is deceased. Pert is also survived by 9 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She was preceded also in death by her four siblings; Forest Edgar Ross, Ada Irene (Ross) Stender, Glorious Alene (Ross) Kuehner and Francis (Smith) McArdle and her third husband, Mike Saraf who passed away on October 30, 2014. According to her wishes, a family memorial service will take place in Delavan, WI. Arrangements for Emily Perneatta “Pert” Saraf were entrusted to Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home, 900 N. Court St., Marion, IL. For additional information please contact the funeral home by calling 618-993-2131.