Born June 9, 1917, in Glasford to Ray Arthur and Elinor Agnes Essex Clinebell, he married Helen Kimmel on Sept. 17, 1939, in Peoria. She died March 2, 1999, in Toulon.
She also was preceded in death by three sons, James and John and one in infancy; and one sister.
Surviving are two sons, Gary of Wyoming and Richard of St. Louis; one sister, Rosemary Thomson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and his stepmother, Emily Clinebell of Peoria.
He completed the Caterpillar apprentice courses at Bradley University in 1938.
A mechanical engineer, he served in armament plants, including Emerson Electric, during World War II.
He also set-up and managed the Aldrich Company from 1946 until returning to Caterpillar Inc. as a project engineer in the late 1960s.
He was a 50-year member of the Wyoming Lodge 479, AF&AM, and Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Peoria. He was a member of the Wyoming Order of the Eastern Star.
Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery in Glasford.
Peoria Journal Star - December 19, 2003.
Obituary provided by Stephen Cantrell.
Born June 9, 1917, in Glasford to Ray Arthur and Elinor Agnes Essex Clinebell, he married Helen Kimmel on Sept. 17, 1939, in Peoria. She died March 2, 1999, in Toulon.
She also was preceded in death by three sons, James and John and one in infancy; and one sister.
Surviving are two sons, Gary of Wyoming and Richard of St. Louis; one sister, Rosemary Thomson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and his stepmother, Emily Clinebell of Peoria.
He completed the Caterpillar apprentice courses at Bradley University in 1938.
A mechanical engineer, he served in armament plants, including Emerson Electric, during World War II.
He also set-up and managed the Aldrich Company from 1946 until returning to Caterpillar Inc. as a project engineer in the late 1960s.
He was a 50-year member of the Wyoming Lodge 479, AF&AM, and Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Peoria. He was a member of the Wyoming Order of the Eastern Star.
Burial will be in Lancaster Cemetery in Glasford.
Peoria Journal Star - December 19, 2003.
Obituary provided by Stephen Cantrell.
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