BRADFORD, IL - Clarence R. Endress, 98, of Bradford, Ill., formerly of Wyoming, Ill., passed away at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Bradford Courtyard Estates, where he had been a resident.
He was born on Nov. 3, 1914, in Tremont, Ill., the son of the late Christian and Josephine Zeitler Endress. He married Lillian B. Scott on Oct. 4, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa. She passed away on July 7, 1987.
Surviving are three children, Doris Jean (Dave) Myers of Hudson, Ill., Jerry (the late Carol) Endress of Wyoming, Ill., and Debra (Dan) Shafer of Wyoming, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five brothers, one sister, one daughter-in-law, one grandson-in-law and two great-grandchildren.
Clarence was a lifelong farmer and loved to work in his garden up until his retirement to Bradford a few years ago.
He was a member of the LaPrairie United Presbyterian Church, the Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau, and the Illinois Corn Huskers Association. He participated in many state and national corn husking contests well into his 80s and set an unofficial world record picking at a county contest in 1938.
Burial will be in the Marshall County Lawn Ridge Cemetery.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on March 6, 2013
He was born on Nov. 3, 1914, in Tremont, Ill., the son of the late Christian and Josephine Zeitler Endress. He married Lillian B. Scott on Oct. 4, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa. She passed away on July 7, 1987.
Surviving are three children, Doris Jean (Dave) Myers of Hudson, Ill., Jerry (the late Carol) Endress of Wyoming, Ill., and Debra (Dan) Shafer of Wyoming, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five brothers, one sister, one daughter-in-law, one grandson-in-law and two great-grandchildren.
Clarence was a lifelong farmer and loved to work in his garden up until his retirement to Bradford a few years ago.
He was a member of the LaPrairie United Presbyterian Church, the Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau, and the Illinois Corn Huskers Association. He participated in many state and national corn husking contests well into his 80s and set an unofficial world record picking at a county contest in 1938.
Burial will be in the Marshall County Lawn Ridge Cemetery.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on March 6, 2013
BRADFORD, IL - Clarence R. Endress, 98, of Bradford, Ill., formerly of Wyoming, Ill., passed away at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Bradford Courtyard Estates, where he had been a resident.
He was born on Nov. 3, 1914, in Tremont, Ill., the son of the late Christian and Josephine Zeitler Endress. He married Lillian B. Scott on Oct. 4, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa. She passed away on July 7, 1987.
Surviving are three children, Doris Jean (Dave) Myers of Hudson, Ill., Jerry (the late Carol) Endress of Wyoming, Ill., and Debra (Dan) Shafer of Wyoming, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five brothers, one sister, one daughter-in-law, one grandson-in-law and two great-grandchildren.
Clarence was a lifelong farmer and loved to work in his garden up until his retirement to Bradford a few years ago.
He was a member of the LaPrairie United Presbyterian Church, the Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau, and the Illinois Corn Huskers Association. He participated in many state and national corn husking contests well into his 80s and set an unofficial world record picking at a county contest in 1938.
Burial will be in the Marshall County Lawn Ridge Cemetery.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on March 6, 2013
He was born on Nov. 3, 1914, in Tremont, Ill., the son of the late Christian and Josephine Zeitler Endress. He married Lillian B. Scott on Oct. 4, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa. She passed away on July 7, 1987.
Surviving are three children, Doris Jean (Dave) Myers of Hudson, Ill., Jerry (the late Carol) Endress of Wyoming, Ill., and Debra (Dan) Shafer of Wyoming, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five brothers, one sister, one daughter-in-law, one grandson-in-law and two great-grandchildren.
Clarence was a lifelong farmer and loved to work in his garden up until his retirement to Bradford a few years ago.
He was a member of the LaPrairie United Presbyterian Church, the Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau, and the Illinois Corn Huskers Association. He participated in many state and national corn husking contests well into his 80s and set an unofficial world record picking at a county contest in 1938.
Burial will be in the Marshall County Lawn Ridge Cemetery.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on March 6, 2013
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