Nov. 15, 1937 – Dec. 30, 2016
Laretta Marie Childers, 79, of Sweet Home died Dec. 30, 2016.
She was born Nov. 15, 1937 in Plattville, Ill. to Glenn Alvin and Margaret Kathrine (Yahneke) Convis.
She lived in Platteville until she joined the Air Force, serving from 1959 to 1960 as an X-ray technician.
While in the service, she met Jimmie Childers. They married and moved around California, Nevada, Germany and back to Illinois before…