O. Roy Burnell was born March 26, 1883, near Dundas, Ill. a son of Quintes and Anna Burkholder Burnell. He died January 16, 1960, at his home at 917 W. Green St., Decatur, Ill. He was 76 years, 8 months and 20 days of age.
A resident of Decatur for 47 years, he had worked for both the Decatur Lumber Co., and the Lion Lumber Co. before he retired in 1958.
He married Lura May Taylor, who died in 1918, and Leotha Schaniel who died in 1934. On July 3, 1935, he married Teresa Young Tedford in Decatur, Ill.
He was survived by his wife, a son, Milo R., of Decatur; a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Tarr, of Carrolton, Mo.: two step-daughters, Mrs. Doris (Don) Collins, of Decatur; and Mrs. Neola (Glenn) Thompson, of Pana; sisters, Mrs. Nona Zerkle, of Sebring, FL; and Mrs. Minnie Horn, of Gambier, OH; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A resident of Decatur for 47 years, he had worked for both the Decatur Lumber Co., and the Lion Lumber Co. before he retired in 1958.
He married Lura May Taylor, who died in 1918, and Leotha Schaniel who died in 1934. On July 3, 1935, he married Teresa Young Tedford in Decatur, Ill.
He was survived by his wife, a son, Milo R., of Decatur; a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Tarr, of Carrolton, Mo.: two step-daughters, Mrs. Doris (Don) Collins, of Decatur; and Mrs. Neola (Glenn) Thompson, of Pana; sisters, Mrs. Nona Zerkle, of Sebring, FL; and Mrs. Minnie Horn, of Gambier, OH; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
O. Roy Burnell was born March 26, 1883, near Dundas, Ill. a son of Quintes and Anna Burkholder Burnell. He died January 16, 1960, at his home at 917 W. Green St., Decatur, Ill. He was 76 years, 8 months and 20 days of age.
A resident of Decatur for 47 years, he had worked for both the Decatur Lumber Co., and the Lion Lumber Co. before he retired in 1958.
He married Lura May Taylor, who died in 1918, and Leotha Schaniel who died in 1934. On July 3, 1935, he married Teresa Young Tedford in Decatur, Ill.
He was survived by his wife, a son, Milo R., of Decatur; a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Tarr, of Carrolton, Mo.: two step-daughters, Mrs. Doris (Don) Collins, of Decatur; and Mrs. Neola (Glenn) Thompson, of Pana; sisters, Mrs. Nona Zerkle, of Sebring, FL; and Mrs. Minnie Horn, of Gambier, OH; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A resident of Decatur for 47 years, he had worked for both the Decatur Lumber Co., and the Lion Lumber Co. before he retired in 1958.
He married Lura May Taylor, who died in 1918, and Leotha Schaniel who died in 1934. On July 3, 1935, he married Teresa Young Tedford in Decatur, Ill.
He was survived by his wife, a son, Milo R., of Decatur; a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Tarr, of Carrolton, Mo.: two step-daughters, Mrs. Doris (Don) Collins, of Decatur; and Mrs. Neola (Glenn) Thompson, of Pana; sisters, Mrs. Nona Zerkle, of Sebring, FL; and Mrs. Minnie Horn, of Gambier, OH; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
