Miss Lavera Maria Tepe of Belleville, IL and formerly of Okawville, IL departed this life in the MarKa Nursing Home in Mascoutah, IL on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 2:05 P.M. She had attained the age of 87 years, 1 month and 6 days.

Funeral Services will be held from the Olive Branch Lutheran Church in rural Okawville on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Darwin Schrader. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at the Olive Branch Lutheran Church on Saturday from 1:00 P.M. until the service hour.

Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Olive Branch Lutheran Church and will be accepted by the Campagna Funeral Home.

Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.campagnafuneralhomes.com.