Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Herington-Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Maroa Cemetery.
Mr. Mears was born in Shelby County, son of W.J. and Jane Mears. He was a retired farmer and a member of First Christian Church, DeWitt County Farm Bureau, DeWitt County Friendship Center. He married Cora York in 1913. She died in 1986.
Surviving are his sons, Howard of Kenney; Chet of Clinton; daughter, Mrs. Joe (Mildred) Maddox of Beason; brother, Paul "Pete" of Kenney; sister, Hazel Clark of Chestnut; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.
Two sons, one daughter and eight brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
OBIT: 12-19-1989, Herald & Review Newspaper, Decatur, IL.
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Herington-Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, with visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Maroa Cemetery.
Mr. Mears was born in Shelby County, son of W.J. and Jane Mears. He was a retired farmer and a member of First Christian Church, DeWitt County Farm Bureau, DeWitt County Friendship Center. He married Cora York in 1913. She died in 1986.
Surviving are his sons, Howard of Kenney; Chet of Clinton; daughter, Mrs. Joe (Mildred) Maddox of Beason; brother, Paul "Pete" of Kenney; sister, Hazel Clark of Chestnut; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.
Two sons, one daughter and eight brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
OBIT: 12-19-1989, Herald & Review Newspaper, Decatur, IL.
Family Members
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Raymond Stanley "Ray" Mears
1895–1967
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Leona Mears Walters
1897–1982
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Savilla "Villa" Mears Schoby
1899–1957
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Hazel Irene Mears Clark
1901–1992
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Thelma M Mears Jackson
1903–1985
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William Edward "Ted" Mears
1904–1982
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Emery Elwood Mears
1906–1970
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Marie Leah Mears Dement
1908–1950
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Opal Jennie Mears
1909–1932
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Robert Paul "Pete" Mears
1913–2004
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