Maureen Patricia McReynolds, 49, of Topeka, KS and formerly of Fairbury died at 5:30pm Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, surrounded by members of her loving family, her colleague from work , Liz Rice, and her long-time parish priest, Monsignor Vincent Krische of St. Ann's parish, Prairie Village, KS.

A funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am Monday, March 24, 2008 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Fairbury, IL with Fr. Scott Archer officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Fairbury. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Sunday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury with a rosary to be recited at 5:45 pm.

Miss McReynolds was born December 26, 1958 in Champaign, IL the daughter of James and Barbara Ann Zimbrick McReynolds.

Surviving is her father, James McReynolds, St. Louis, MO, one brother, James McReynolds, Fairbury, two half-brothers, Shawn (Linda) McReynolds and Brian (Julianna) McReynolds, of Aurora, IL, one half-sister, Heather McReynolds, Aurora, IL, two uncles, Robert Zimbrick, Dickinson, ND and Godfather, Dr. John D. Zimbrick (Anita), Fort Collins, CO, cousins David Zimbrick of Grandview, MO, and Elyzabeth (Jeff Ritz) Zimbrick Navarre, and Godson, Phelan Ritz-Navarre of Linwood, KS. Extended family members include an aunt and uncle, Myrtle Greene and Robert McReynolds, and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Barbara McReynolds of Fairbury, IL.

Maureen attended Fairbury public schools and graduated from Fairbury-Cropsey High School. She graduated from the University of Kansas (KU) with a Masters degree in Social Welfare. She was very active in the St. Lawrence Student Center while attending KU. She was employed as a Unit Team Manager at the Topeka Correctional Facility, Topeka, KS, from 1984 to the present.

The family suggests memorials be given to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Fairbury.