Elizabeth Ann Herbst was born February 23, 1940, only child of Leslie H. and Margaret W. Herbst, in Dixon, IL. She graduated from Polo Community High School in 1958, part of the first graduating class in the new building.
She married David L. Itnyre on April 4, 1959, and they lived on a dairy farm in Winslow, IL. She worked at Winslow State Bank until 1968. Their only son, Ronald Leslie Itnyre, was born in October 1968. She and David moved to Brookville in 1976 to run a 300-acre beef farm. Elizabeth was a homemaker and helped with the farm. They were active at Brookville United Methodist Church.
In 1990, they moved to Hazelhurst, where David died in 1994. Elizabeth became Eagle Point Township Supervisor in 1994, a job she did for 25 years. She worked for the Ogle County Coroner’s Office, 1998-2008. Elizabeth’s special passion was sewing doll clothes, quiet books and stuffed animals. Her granddaughter, Annetta May Itnyre, born 2002, especially enjoyed the many clothes and dolls her grandmother made for her. Elizabeth relocated to Richmond, Indiana, in 2019 to be closer to Ron’s family.
She passed away there peacefully on May 22, 2025. Elizabeth is survived by her son Ronald Itnyre, daughter-in-law Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, and granddaughter Annetta Itnyre, of Richmond, Indiana.