Rushville, IL - Donald B. Baxter, 76, of 1708 S. Fifth Ave., Kankakee, formerly of the Rushville area, died at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2000, at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.
Born Nov. 15, 1923, in Rushville to Herman and Mary Sargent Baxter, he married Esther Bader on June 28, 1948, in Bader. She survives.
Also surviving are four sons, George (and Pam) of Cameron Park, Calif., Dr. Bill (and Jayne) of Rockford, John (and Jean) of Bourbonnais and Rick of Kankakee; two daughters, Mary Wilson of Herscher and Mrs. Bill (Lisa) Ebert of Plover, Wis.; 19 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Dwight (and Eloise) of Rushville and Ralph (and Phyllis) of Mountain Home, Ark.; and one sister, Mrs. Herman (Louise) McClelland of Rushville.
He was preceded in death by one infant child.
A 1949 graduate of the University of Illinois, he taught chemistry and science at Red Bud, Wyoming, Woodstock and Bradley-Bourbonnais schools.
He was a World War II Army veteran, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division, 504th Regiment.
He was a member of Farm House Fraternity at the University of Illinois; National Education Association; Illinois Education Association; and Kankakee Local Carpenters Union.
He was a member of Grace Baptist Church of Kankakee.
Burial will be in Houston Cemetery, Oakland Township, Schuyler County, with military honors by the Rushville American Legion.
May 1, 2000 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
Born Nov. 15, 1923, in Rushville to Herman and Mary Sargent Baxter, he married Esther Bader on June 28, 1948, in Bader. She survives.
Also surviving are four sons, George (and Pam) of Cameron Park, Calif., Dr. Bill (and Jayne) of Rockford, John (and Jean) of Bourbonnais and Rick of Kankakee; two daughters, Mary Wilson of Herscher and Mrs. Bill (Lisa) Ebert of Plover, Wis.; 19 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Dwight (and Eloise) of Rushville and Ralph (and Phyllis) of Mountain Home, Ark.; and one sister, Mrs. Herman (Louise) McClelland of Rushville.
He was preceded in death by one infant child.
A 1949 graduate of the University of Illinois, he taught chemistry and science at Red Bud, Wyoming, Woodstock and Bradley-Bourbonnais schools.
He was a World War II Army veteran, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division, 504th Regiment.
He was a member of Farm House Fraternity at the University of Illinois; National Education Association; Illinois Education Association; and Kankakee Local Carpenters Union.
He was a member of Grace Baptist Church of Kankakee.
Burial will be in Houston Cemetery, Oakland Township, Schuyler County, with military honors by the Rushville American Legion.
May 1, 2000 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
Rushville, IL - Donald B. Baxter, 76, of 1708 S. Fifth Ave., Kankakee, formerly of the Rushville area, died at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2000, at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.
Born Nov. 15, 1923, in Rushville to Herman and Mary Sargent Baxter, he married Esther Bader on June 28, 1948, in Bader. She survives.
Also surviving are four sons, George (and Pam) of Cameron Park, Calif., Dr. Bill (and Jayne) of Rockford, John (and Jean) of Bourbonnais and Rick of Kankakee; two daughters, Mary Wilson of Herscher and Mrs. Bill (Lisa) Ebert of Plover, Wis.; 19 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Dwight (and Eloise) of Rushville and Ralph (and Phyllis) of Mountain Home, Ark.; and one sister, Mrs. Herman (Louise) McClelland of Rushville.
He was preceded in death by one infant child.
A 1949 graduate of the University of Illinois, he taught chemistry and science at Red Bud, Wyoming, Woodstock and Bradley-Bourbonnais schools.
He was a World War II Army veteran, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division, 504th Regiment.
He was a member of Farm House Fraternity at the University of Illinois; National Education Association; Illinois Education Association; and Kankakee Local Carpenters Union.
He was a member of Grace Baptist Church of Kankakee.
Burial will be in Houston Cemetery, Oakland Township, Schuyler County, with military honors by the Rushville American Legion.
May 1, 2000 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
Born Nov. 15, 1923, in Rushville to Herman and Mary Sargent Baxter, he married Esther Bader on June 28, 1948, in Bader. She survives.
Also surviving are four sons, George (and Pam) of Cameron Park, Calif., Dr. Bill (and Jayne) of Rockford, John (and Jean) of Bourbonnais and Rick of Kankakee; two daughters, Mary Wilson of Herscher and Mrs. Bill (Lisa) Ebert of Plover, Wis.; 19 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Dwight (and Eloise) of Rushville and Ralph (and Phyllis) of Mountain Home, Ark.; and one sister, Mrs. Herman (Louise) McClelland of Rushville.
He was preceded in death by one infant child.
A 1949 graduate of the University of Illinois, he taught chemistry and science at Red Bud, Wyoming, Woodstock and Bradley-Bourbonnais schools.
He was a World War II Army veteran, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division, 504th Regiment.
He was a member of Farm House Fraternity at the University of Illinois; National Education Association; Illinois Education Association; and Kankakee Local Carpenters Union.
He was a member of Grace Baptist Church of Kankakee.
Burial will be in Houston Cemetery, Oakland Township, Schuyler County, with military honors by the Rushville American Legion.
May 1, 2000 | Peoria Journal Star, The (IL)
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