Elias Stewart
A visitation for Elias James Stewart, 3, Shawnee, was held Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at First Baptist Church of Shawnee. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 16, at the church, and burial will follow in De Soto Cemetery.
Elias died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in Coal City, Ill. Eli was born Aug. 17, 2006, to Niki and Dustin Stewart in Hong Kong, China.
God sent Eli to this world to bring joy to many people, especially his family. Now that he is with God his own joy is now complete.
Eli leaves behind his parents, Niki and Dustin Stewart, a brother Jonas, his grandfather James Stewart and wife Kathryn, grandmother Debbie Baldridge and husband Tony, grandparents, Bill and Carole Chapin and many cousins, aunts and uncles.