William Clyde Lurkins, age 88, of south of Greenville, IL passed away at 2:55 p.m. Tuesday March 25, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, MO.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2014, at the Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home with Darryl Bolen officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Auburn with full military honors by Amvet Post 140, American Legion Post 282 and V.F.W. Post 1377. The family will receive friends at Donnell-Wiegand from 4 until 8 p.m. Friday. For those who desire memorials may be made to the First Christian Church.
William Clyde Lurkins, the son of Fred Lurkins and Matilda Louise (Werhle) Lurkins, was born on August 19, 1925, on the Lurkins farm in Pleasant Mound Township. He was raised there and attended Fuller one room school and graduated from Greenville High School in 1943.
Bill answered his country's call by joining the US Navy on March 1, 1944, in Chicago, IL raising to the rank of Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class SV-6 serving in Chicago, Farragut, Idaho, Shoemaker, California and was a member of the Air Transport Squadron Three. Bill was honorably discharged on June 3, 1946. He was awarded the American Area Medal and the Victory Medal.
Bill returned to Bond Co, IL where he worked for Farm Service in Charleston until 1949. Bill and Georgia returned to Bond County where they farmed south of Greenville purchasing their farm in 1959. Bill farmed dairy and grain until 1974. Bill then worked as a welder for American Steel for 11 years, was an engineer for the Zeller Mental Health Center in Peoria for 11 years then helped Roy and Ron Tischhauser on the farm for another 13 years.
Bill enjoyed traveling, was an avid Cardinal Fan, enjoyed quail and pheasant hunting with his friend George Pierson, and enjoyed his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Bill and Georgia Lee Cripe were united in marriage on February 21, 1947, in Greenville, IL and have enjoyed over 67 years together.
Georgia survives as do 6 of their 7 children.
Bill is preceded in death by his parents and son Gale Melvin Lurkins who died on June 29, 2011, and is the last of his generation of 7 Lurkins children being preceded in death by Mildred Schewe, Myrtle Roe, Harold 'Boob'Lurkins, Julius Lurkins, Darrell Lurkins, and Samuel Lurkins in infancy.
Bill is a member of the Amvet Post 140 of Greenville, American Legion Post 1994 of Keyesport, and the Greenville First Christian Church.
Donnell - Wiegand Funeral Home
203 W Oak Street Greenville, IL 62246
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2014, at the Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home with Darryl Bolen officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Auburn with full military honors by Amvet Post 140, American Legion Post 282 and V.F.W. Post 1377. The family will receive friends at Donnell-Wiegand from 4 until 8 p.m. Friday. For those who desire memorials may be made to the First Christian Church.
William Clyde Lurkins, the son of Fred Lurkins and Matilda Louise (Werhle) Lurkins, was born on August 19, 1925, on the Lurkins farm in Pleasant Mound Township. He was raised there and attended Fuller one room school and graduated from Greenville High School in 1943.
Bill answered his country's call by joining the US Navy on March 1, 1944, in Chicago, IL raising to the rank of Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class SV-6 serving in Chicago, Farragut, Idaho, Shoemaker, California and was a member of the Air Transport Squadron Three. Bill was honorably discharged on June 3, 1946. He was awarded the American Area Medal and the Victory Medal.
Bill returned to Bond Co, IL where he worked for Farm Service in Charleston until 1949. Bill and Georgia returned to Bond County where they farmed south of Greenville purchasing their farm in 1959. Bill farmed dairy and grain until 1974. Bill then worked as a welder for American Steel for 11 years, was an engineer for the Zeller Mental Health Center in Peoria for 11 years then helped Roy and Ron Tischhauser on the farm for another 13 years.
Bill enjoyed traveling, was an avid Cardinal Fan, enjoyed quail and pheasant hunting with his friend George Pierson, and enjoyed his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Bill and Georgia Lee Cripe were united in marriage on February 21, 1947, in Greenville, IL and have enjoyed over 67 years together.
Georgia survives as do 6 of their 7 children.
Bill is preceded in death by his parents and son Gale Melvin Lurkins who died on June 29, 2011, and is the last of his generation of 7 Lurkins children being preceded in death by Mildred Schewe, Myrtle Roe, Harold 'Boob'Lurkins, Julius Lurkins, Darrell Lurkins, and Samuel Lurkins in infancy.
Bill is a member of the Amvet Post 140 of Greenville, American Legion Post 1994 of Keyesport, and the Greenville First Christian Church.
Donnell - Wiegand Funeral Home
203 W Oak Street Greenville, IL 62246
William Clyde Lurkins, age 88, of south of Greenville, IL passed away at 2:55 p.m. Tuesday March 25, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, MO.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2014, at the Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home with Darryl Bolen officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Auburn with full military honors by Amvet Post 140, American Legion Post 282 and V.F.W. Post 1377. The family will receive friends at Donnell-Wiegand from 4 until 8 p.m. Friday. For those who desire memorials may be made to the First Christian Church.
William Clyde Lurkins, the son of Fred Lurkins and Matilda Louise (Werhle) Lurkins, was born on August 19, 1925, on the Lurkins farm in Pleasant Mound Township. He was raised there and attended Fuller one room school and graduated from Greenville High School in 1943.
Bill answered his country's call by joining the US Navy on March 1, 1944, in Chicago, IL raising to the rank of Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class SV-6 serving in Chicago, Farragut, Idaho, Shoemaker, California and was a member of the Air Transport Squadron Three. Bill was honorably discharged on June 3, 1946. He was awarded the American Area Medal and the Victory Medal.
Bill returned to Bond Co, IL where he worked for Farm Service in Charleston until 1949. Bill and Georgia returned to Bond County where they farmed south of Greenville purchasing their farm in 1959. Bill farmed dairy and grain until 1974. Bill then worked as a welder for American Steel for 11 years, was an engineer for the Zeller Mental Health Center in Peoria for 11 years then helped Roy and Ron Tischhauser on the farm for another 13 years.
Bill enjoyed traveling, was an avid Cardinal Fan, enjoyed quail and pheasant hunting with his friend George Pierson, and enjoyed his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Bill and Georgia Lee Cripe were united in marriage on February 21, 1947, in Greenville, IL and have enjoyed over 67 years together.
Georgia survives as do 6 of their 7 children.
Bill is preceded in death by his parents and son Gale Melvin Lurkins who died on June 29, 2011, and is the last of his generation of 7 Lurkins children being preceded in death by Mildred Schewe, Myrtle Roe, Harold 'Boob'Lurkins, Julius Lurkins, Darrell Lurkins, and Samuel Lurkins in infancy.
Bill is a member of the Amvet Post 140 of Greenville, American Legion Post 1994 of Keyesport, and the Greenville First Christian Church.
Donnell - Wiegand Funeral Home
203 W Oak Street Greenville, IL 62246
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2014, at the Donnell-Wiegand Funeral Home with Darryl Bolen officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Auburn with full military honors by Amvet Post 140, American Legion Post 282 and V.F.W. Post 1377. The family will receive friends at Donnell-Wiegand from 4 until 8 p.m. Friday. For those who desire memorials may be made to the First Christian Church.
William Clyde Lurkins, the son of Fred Lurkins and Matilda Louise (Werhle) Lurkins, was born on August 19, 1925, on the Lurkins farm in Pleasant Mound Township. He was raised there and attended Fuller one room school and graduated from Greenville High School in 1943.
Bill answered his country's call by joining the US Navy on March 1, 1944, in Chicago, IL raising to the rank of Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class SV-6 serving in Chicago, Farragut, Idaho, Shoemaker, California and was a member of the Air Transport Squadron Three. Bill was honorably discharged on June 3, 1946. He was awarded the American Area Medal and the Victory Medal.
Bill returned to Bond Co, IL where he worked for Farm Service in Charleston until 1949. Bill and Georgia returned to Bond County where they farmed south of Greenville purchasing their farm in 1959. Bill farmed dairy and grain until 1974. Bill then worked as a welder for American Steel for 11 years, was an engineer for the Zeller Mental Health Center in Peoria for 11 years then helped Roy and Ron Tischhauser on the farm for another 13 years.
Bill enjoyed traveling, was an avid Cardinal Fan, enjoyed quail and pheasant hunting with his friend George Pierson, and enjoyed his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Bill and Georgia Lee Cripe were united in marriage on February 21, 1947, in Greenville, IL and have enjoyed over 67 years together.
Georgia survives as do 6 of their 7 children.
Bill is preceded in death by his parents and son Gale Melvin Lurkins who died on June 29, 2011, and is the last of his generation of 7 Lurkins children being preceded in death by Mildred Schewe, Myrtle Roe, Harold 'Boob'Lurkins, Julius Lurkins, Darrell Lurkins, and Samuel Lurkins in infancy.
Bill is a member of the Amvet Post 140 of Greenville, American Legion Post 1994 of Keyesport, and the Greenville First Christian Church.
Donnell - Wiegand Funeral Home
203 W Oak Street Greenville, IL 62246
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