Bunny Sies, a booster of Route 66 who lived in Litchfield, Ill., died earlier this month at a hospital in Springfield. She was 46.
Rich Henry of Henry’s Rabbit Ranch in nearby Staunton, Ill., passed along word of Sies’ death to the Route 66 yahoogroup on Tuesday. Sies was a member of the online group for years.
Also, during the 2008 national Route 66 festival in Litchfield, Henry said Sies was responsible for designing a commemorative postmark for the event.
Sies was born in Carlinville and spent most of her life in Litchfield, both Route 66 towns.
In her obituary in the The Journal News, one of the most fascinating tidbits about Sies was she invented and patented the Car Seat Cozy, a specially made wrap that helped keep small children warm in car safety seats. You can see a Car Seat Cozy here.
She also was a longtime volunteer for the Girl Scouts and veterans’ groups.
According to Plummer Funeral Home, memorials be made to Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Litchfield, Litchfield Veterans’ Memorial Garden Fund, or Coats For Kids. Plummer Funeral Home also has an online guestbook for Sies that visitors can sign or write messages of condolence. She was buried in Mount Olive City Cemetery.
Surviving are three children and her husband of 26 years, Kelley.