Dr. Robert Sidney Easton, age 88, of Peoria, died at his residence on Tuesday, January 6, 2010, at 9 a.m. Born January 7, 1921, in Peoria to Dr. Sidney and Viola Shafer Easton, he graduated from Peoria High School in 1938. He married his classmate Ruth Short on March 21, 1944, in Peoria.
Surviving are his daughter, Nancy Blume of Pinellas Park, FL; his son, Robert Easton Jr. of Peoria; his granddaughters, Pearl James of Lexington, KY, Sophie Fowler and Mary Easton of Charleston, SC, and Tammy Mason Parks of Birmingham, AL; his grandsons, Robert Easton III of Mackinaw, IL, Jonathan Easton of Crystal Lake, IL, and James Mason (Major USAF) of London, England; and four great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruth, his son, Stephen Charles Easton, and a foster daughter, Joan Ohlman Mason. Also surviving are his sisters-in-law, Rosemary Kramm of Peoria, Dalia Simek of Chicago, his brother-in-law, Ed Brandenburg of Lead, South Dakota, and several nieces and nephews.
He received an A. B. degree from Harvard University in 1942, and his MD from Yale in 1945. He trained as a pediatrician at Baltimore City Hospital from 1948 to 1950. He served in the Navy from 1946-1948, and again briefly during the Korean War in 1953. He was on staff at St. Francis Hospital and had a pediatric practice in Peoria for 37 years until his retirement in 1987. He wore bowties, dispensed Chicklet chewing gum, and made house calls, and was beloved by his young patients and their mothers. He became a faculty member of the University of Illinois Medical School and participated in grand rounds for twenty years after he retired. He served on the board of Counseling and Family Services, the Children's Home, Catholic Social Services, United Way, and volunteered for Meals on Wheels and the Harvest Program. He was an active member of the Peoria Medical Society and state and national medical societies. For several years he was a member of the Peoria Country Club, the Rotary Club, the University Club and Creve Coeur. When the Rotary Club discussed the need to reduce the costs of their weekly gatherings, he suggested they go without the green vegetable. He was known by all for his sense of humor. He played the trumpet, tennis, and bridge, and drank gin martinis. In 1974 he joined the Catholic Church and became a member of St. Thomas Parish, where he was involved in the WATCH and Cursillo Programs, the Prison ministry, and where he served as a Eucharistic minister. He was an avid gardener and his house was part of the Peoria Garden Club tour for many years. He was a lifelong bird-watcher and member of the Illinois Audubon Society. He and his wife Ruth traveled the world—as close by as Turkey Run, as far away as Africa, South and Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the South Pacific, and elsewhere—to see birds and wildlife.
Services were entrusted to Wright and Salmon Mortuary of Peoria, Illinois.
Surviving are his daughter, Nancy Blume of Pinellas Park, FL; his son, Robert Easton Jr. of Peoria; his granddaughters, Pearl James of Lexington, KY, Sophie Fowler and Mary Easton of Charleston, SC, and Tammy Mason Parks of Birmingham, AL; his grandsons, Robert Easton III of Mackinaw, IL, Jonathan Easton of Crystal Lake, IL, and James Mason (Major USAF) of London, England; and four great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruth, his son, Stephen Charles Easton, and a foster daughter, Joan Ohlman Mason. Also surviving are his sisters-in-law, Rosemary Kramm of Peoria, Dalia Simek of Chicago, his brother-in-law, Ed Brandenburg of Lead, South Dakota, and several nieces and nephews.
He received an A. B. degree from Harvard University in 1942, and his MD from Yale in 1945. He trained as a pediatrician at Baltimore City Hospital from 1948 to 1950. He served in the Navy from 1946-1948, and again briefly during the Korean War in 1953. He was on staff at St. Francis Hospital and had a pediatric practice in Peoria for 37 years until his retirement in 1987. He wore bowties, dispensed Chicklet chewing gum, and made house calls, and was beloved by his young patients and their mothers. He became a faculty member of the University of Illinois Medical School and participated in grand rounds for twenty years after he retired. He served on the board of Counseling and Family Services, the Children's Home, Catholic Social Services, United Way, and volunteered for Meals on Wheels and the Harvest Program. He was an active member of the Peoria Medical Society and state and national medical societies. For several years he was a member of the Peoria Country Club, the Rotary Club, the University Club and Creve Coeur. When the Rotary Club discussed the need to reduce the costs of their weekly gatherings, he suggested they go without the green vegetable. He was known by all for his sense of humor. He played the trumpet, tennis, and bridge, and drank gin martinis. In 1974 he joined the Catholic Church and became a member of St. Thomas Parish, where he was involved in the WATCH and Cursillo Programs, the Prison ministry, and where he served as a Eucharistic minister. He was an avid gardener and his house was part of the Peoria Garden Club tour for many years. He was a lifelong bird-watcher and member of the Illinois Audubon Society. He and his wife Ruth traveled the world—as close by as Turkey Run, as far away as Africa, South and Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the South Pacific, and elsewhere—to see birds and wildlife.
Services were entrusted to Wright and Salmon Mortuary of Peoria, Illinois.
Dr. Robert Sidney Easton, age 88, of Peoria, died at his residence on Tuesday, January 6, 2010, at 9 a.m. Born January 7, 1921, in Peoria to Dr. Sidney and Viola Shafer Easton, he graduated from Peoria High School in 1938. He married his classmate Ruth Short on March 21, 1944, in Peoria.
Surviving are his daughter, Nancy Blume of Pinellas Park, FL; his son, Robert Easton Jr. of Peoria; his granddaughters, Pearl James of Lexington, KY, Sophie Fowler and Mary Easton of Charleston, SC, and Tammy Mason Parks of Birmingham, AL; his grandsons, Robert Easton III of Mackinaw, IL, Jonathan Easton of Crystal Lake, IL, and James Mason (Major USAF) of London, England; and four great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruth, his son, Stephen Charles Easton, and a foster daughter, Joan Ohlman Mason. Also surviving are his sisters-in-law, Rosemary Kramm of Peoria, Dalia Simek of Chicago, his brother-in-law, Ed Brandenburg of Lead, South Dakota, and several nieces and nephews.
He received an A. B. degree from Harvard University in 1942, and his MD from Yale in 1945. He trained as a pediatrician at Baltimore City Hospital from 1948 to 1950. He served in the Navy from 1946-1948, and again briefly during the Korean War in 1953. He was on staff at St. Francis Hospital and had a pediatric practice in Peoria for 37 years until his retirement in 1987. He wore bowties, dispensed Chicklet chewing gum, and made house calls, and was beloved by his young patients and their mothers. He became a faculty member of the University of Illinois Medical School and participated in grand rounds for twenty years after he retired. He served on the board of Counseling and Family Services, the Children's Home, Catholic Social Services, United Way, and volunteered for Meals on Wheels and the Harvest Program. He was an active member of the Peoria Medical Society and state and national medical societies. For several years he was a member of the Peoria Country Club, the Rotary Club, the University Club and Creve Coeur. When the Rotary Club discussed the need to reduce the costs of their weekly gatherings, he suggested they go without the green vegetable. He was known by all for his sense of humor. He played the trumpet, tennis, and bridge, and drank gin martinis. In 1974 he joined the Catholic Church and became a member of St. Thomas Parish, where he was involved in the WATCH and Cursillo Programs, the Prison ministry, and where he served as a Eucharistic minister. He was an avid gardener and his house was part of the Peoria Garden Club tour for many years. He was a lifelong bird-watcher and member of the Illinois Audubon Society. He and his wife Ruth traveled the world—as close by as Turkey Run, as far away as Africa, South and Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the South Pacific, and elsewhere—to see birds and wildlife.
Services were entrusted to Wright and Salmon Mortuary of Peoria, Illinois.
Surviving are his daughter, Nancy Blume of Pinellas Park, FL; his son, Robert Easton Jr. of Peoria; his granddaughters, Pearl James of Lexington, KY, Sophie Fowler and Mary Easton of Charleston, SC, and Tammy Mason Parks of Birmingham, AL; his grandsons, Robert Easton III of Mackinaw, IL, Jonathan Easton of Crystal Lake, IL, and James Mason (Major USAF) of London, England; and four great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruth, his son, Stephen Charles Easton, and a foster daughter, Joan Ohlman Mason. Also surviving are his sisters-in-law, Rosemary Kramm of Peoria, Dalia Simek of Chicago, his brother-in-law, Ed Brandenburg of Lead, South Dakota, and several nieces and nephews.
He received an A. B. degree from Harvard University in 1942, and his MD from Yale in 1945. He trained as a pediatrician at Baltimore City Hospital from 1948 to 1950. He served in the Navy from 1946-1948, and again briefly during the Korean War in 1953. He was on staff at St. Francis Hospital and had a pediatric practice in Peoria for 37 years until his retirement in 1987. He wore bowties, dispensed Chicklet chewing gum, and made house calls, and was beloved by his young patients and their mothers. He became a faculty member of the University of Illinois Medical School and participated in grand rounds for twenty years after he retired. He served on the board of Counseling and Family Services, the Children's Home, Catholic Social Services, United Way, and volunteered for Meals on Wheels and the Harvest Program. He was an active member of the Peoria Medical Society and state and national medical societies. For several years he was a member of the Peoria Country Club, the Rotary Club, the University Club and Creve Coeur. When the Rotary Club discussed the need to reduce the costs of their weekly gatherings, he suggested they go without the green vegetable. He was known by all for his sense of humor. He played the trumpet, tennis, and bridge, and drank gin martinis. In 1974 he joined the Catholic Church and became a member of St. Thomas Parish, where he was involved in the WATCH and Cursillo Programs, the Prison ministry, and where he served as a Eucharistic minister. He was an avid gardener and his house was part of the Peoria Garden Club tour for many years. He was a lifelong bird-watcher and member of the Illinois Audubon Society. He and his wife Ruth traveled the world—as close by as Turkey Run, as far away as Africa, South and Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the South Pacific, and elsewhere—to see birds and wildlife.
Services were entrusted to Wright and Salmon Mortuary of Peoria, Illinois.
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