Suggested edit: Born March 28, 1915 in Wanlock, Illinois, to Arthur & Mary (Brock) Esp, he married Bernice Fay Stegall on Aug. 2, 1941 in Palmyra, Missouri.
He was a World War II Army veteran and played minor league professional baseball in the Carolina League in his younger years.
Mr. Esp worked at John Deere in the 1950s, and at Great Lakes Naval Station prior to the war. He also worked for Shale City Hydraulic Press Brick Company before going to work for International Harvester Farmall Works, from which he retired in 1967 after 13 years.
He was a UAW Local 1309 Skilled Trades member whose hobbies included fishing, hunting and baseball.
In addition to his wife, he was survived by three daughters, two sons, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, a sister and a brother.
His obituary was published in the Rock Island Argus/Moline Daily Dispatch on Dec. 8, 1996. Information for this bio is drawn from that.
Contributor: bethvdk (49325573) • [email protected]
He was a World War II Army veteran and played minor league professional baseball in the Carolina League in his younger years.
Mr. Esp worked at John Deere in the 1950s, and at Great Lakes Naval Station prior to the war. He also worked for Shale City Hydraulic Press Brick Company before going to work for International Harvester Farmall Works, from which he retired in 1967 after 13 years.
He was a UAW Local 1309 Skilled Trades member whose hobbies included fishing, hunting and baseball.
In addition to his wife, he was survived by three daughters, two sons, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, a sister and a brother.
His obituary was published in the Rock Island Argus/Moline Daily Dispatch on Dec. 8, 1996. Information for this bio is drawn from that.
Contributor: bethvdk (49325573) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: Born March 28, 1915 in Wanlock, Illinois, to Arthur & Mary (Brock) Esp, he married Bernice Fay Stegall on Aug. 2, 1941 in Palmyra, Missouri.
He was a World War II Army veteran and played minor league professional baseball in the Carolina League in his younger years.
Mr. Esp worked at John Deere in the 1950s, and at Great Lakes Naval Station prior to the war. He also worked for Shale City Hydraulic Press Brick Company before going to work for International Harvester Farmall Works, from which he retired in 1967 after 13 years.
He was a UAW Local 1309 Skilled Trades member whose hobbies included fishing, hunting and baseball.
In addition to his wife, he was survived by three daughters, two sons, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, a sister and a brother.
His obituary was published in the Rock Island Argus/Moline Daily Dispatch on Dec. 8, 1996. Information for this bio is drawn from that.
Contributor: bethvdk (49325573) • [email protected]
He was a World War II Army veteran and played minor league professional baseball in the Carolina League in his younger years.
Mr. Esp worked at John Deere in the 1950s, and at Great Lakes Naval Station prior to the war. He also worked for Shale City Hydraulic Press Brick Company before going to work for International Harvester Farmall Works, from which he retired in 1967 after 13 years.
He was a UAW Local 1309 Skilled Trades member whose hobbies included fishing, hunting and baseball.
In addition to his wife, he was survived by three daughters, two sons, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, a sister and a brother.
His obituary was published in the Rock Island Argus/Moline Daily Dispatch on Dec. 8, 1996. Information for this bio is drawn from that.
Contributor: bethvdk (49325573) • [email protected]
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