Frank & Bright Funeral Home
Pam Huff
Oct 11th, 1952 - Jul 6th, 2016Pam Dulaney Huff (10.11.1952 - 7.6.2016), loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend to many succumbed to cancer on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. She was officially diagnosed on June 27th with stage 4 pancreatic cancer (which she beat in 2011) and now only a short time later has passed in her home surrounded by all of the people she loved.
Pam was born October 11, 1952, at Clay County Hospital in Flora, Illinois. Her family lived in nearby Louisville where she attended school from kindergarten through high school. After college, Pam moved to Flora and settled in to raise her family and lived there until her death.
Pam earned her bachelors in education at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston and later earned a Masters degree from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Pam was employed by the Clay City, Illinois, school district as a high school level home economics teacher for 35 years.
She was united in marriage to Alan Huff on December 26, 1999, at the First Christian Church in Flora.
Pam was loved by many and liked by all. She touched countless lives over the years be it through teaching home economics at Clay City high school, leading a sewing class, instructing a cake decorating course, or spending time with the students involved in FCCLA. She loved spending time and connecting with the women in her quilting guild. She was proud of her garden and was chosen as yard of the month in July 2014. With her husband Alan, she acquired her ham radio license with the call letters K9HUF. She loved to sew and bake and her house always smelled of cakes, cinnamon rolls and homemade noodles.
Pam had a warm smile and a kind heart and would be there to give sound advice when ever needed. Pam was genuine, kind, patient and soft-hearted. She was strong and could always find the silver-lining in negative things. She was a fighter and fought hard to the end.
She could never sit still very long when she was healthy. Or even when she wasn't. She made multiple trips every year to visit her children in Wisconsin, Tennessee and California. She loved to be with her grandchildren and spoiled them with not just gifts but her love as well. She made quilts, blankets and dresses for them so they always will have something to remember her.
Pam will be missed by many.
She is survived by her husband, Alan Huff of Flora; 2 sons, Brian Dulaney and his wife Crystal of West Salem, WI; and Kyle Dulaney and his wife Jennifer of San Diego, CA; a daughter, Natasha Norton and her husband Chris of Maryville, TN; 5 stepchildren: Michael and Angie Huff of Oakland, Melissa Crutchfield of Clay City, Michelle Freezeland of Odin, Jessica and Ryan Elsila of Springfield, and Stephanie and Chuck Miller of Flora; 8 grandchildren and 11 step grandchildren; a sister, Annette Garrity & husband Bill of Clementon, NJ; and a sister-in-law, Janet Rhoades of Effingham.
Pam was preceded in death by her parents, Dale and Edna Belle Backs, and her brother, Dale E. “Sonny” Backs.
In lieu of flowers and gifts, the family encourages that donations be made to a scholarship in Pam’s name. Donations may be sent to: Frank & Bright Funeral Home, 500 N. Main St., Flora, IL 62839, telephone: 618.662.2141 or email: [email protected].
All are encouraged to pay their respects at a visitation on Saturday, July 9, from 4-8 p.m. at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 10, with Pastor Brad Harris officiating. Burial will follow at Old Union Cemetery, Louisville. To share a memory or condolence with the family, visit www.frankandbright.com.