Services for Sherman "Joe" Ganaway, 87, of 922 3rd Ave., Rock Island, are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Olivet Baptist Church, Rock Island. Burial is in National Cemetery, Arsenal Island.
Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the church with a wake service from 6 to 8.
Orr's Mortuary, Rock Island, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ganaway died Friday, Oct. 4, 1996, at home.
He was born Nov. 11, 1908, in Roanoke, Mo., the son of Jesse and Gertrude Gooch Ganaway. He married Irma Jackson in 1975 in Galesburg.
He was employed at the Rock Island Arsenal.
He was a member of American Legion Post 0482.
He was a World War II Army veteran.
Survivors include a son, Krist Adams, and sisters, Ruth Martina, Gertrude Flenoi and Louise Johnson, all of Rock Island.
Thank you to Roy & Betty Welch (Find A Grave ID 50790184) for providing plot information, as well as the inscription, including the veteran's military rank, in May 2022. Each bit of information shared by Find A Grave volunteers helps us all honor and remember the deceased more fully.
Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the church with a wake service from 6 to 8.
Orr's Mortuary, Rock Island, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ganaway died Friday, Oct. 4, 1996, at home.
He was born Nov. 11, 1908, in Roanoke, Mo., the son of Jesse and Gertrude Gooch Ganaway. He married Irma Jackson in 1975 in Galesburg.
He was employed at the Rock Island Arsenal.
He was a member of American Legion Post 0482.
He was a World War II Army veteran.
Survivors include a son, Krist Adams, and sisters, Ruth Martina, Gertrude Flenoi and Louise Johnson, all of Rock Island.
Thank you to Roy & Betty Welch (Find A Grave ID 50790184) for providing plot information, as well as the inscription, including the veteran's military rank, in May 2022. Each bit of information shared by Find A Grave volunteers helps us all honor and remember the deceased more fully.
Services for Sherman "Joe" Ganaway, 87, of 922 3rd Ave., Rock Island, are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Olivet Baptist Church, Rock Island. Burial is in National Cemetery, Arsenal Island.
Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the church with a wake service from 6 to 8.
Orr's Mortuary, Rock Island, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ganaway died Friday, Oct. 4, 1996, at home.
He was born Nov. 11, 1908, in Roanoke, Mo., the son of Jesse and Gertrude Gooch Ganaway. He married Irma Jackson in 1975 in Galesburg.
He was employed at the Rock Island Arsenal.
He was a member of American Legion Post 0482.
He was a World War II Army veteran.
Survivors include a son, Krist Adams, and sisters, Ruth Martina, Gertrude Flenoi and Louise Johnson, all of Rock Island.
Thank you to Roy & Betty Welch (Find A Grave ID 50790184) for providing plot information, as well as the inscription, including the veteran's military rank, in May 2022. Each bit of information shared by Find A Grave volunteers helps us all honor and remember the deceased more fully.
Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the church with a wake service from 6 to 8.
Orr's Mortuary, Rock Island, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ganaway died Friday, Oct. 4, 1996, at home.
He was born Nov. 11, 1908, in Roanoke, Mo., the son of Jesse and Gertrude Gooch Ganaway. He married Irma Jackson in 1975 in Galesburg.
He was employed at the Rock Island Arsenal.
He was a member of American Legion Post 0482.
He was a World War II Army veteran.
Survivors include a son, Krist Adams, and sisters, Ruth Martina, Gertrude Flenoi and Louise Johnson, all of Rock Island.
Thank you to Roy & Betty Welch (Find A Grave ID 50790184) for providing plot information, as well as the inscription, including the veteran's military rank, in May 2022. Each bit of information shared by Find A Grave volunteers helps us all honor and remember the deceased more fully.
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Private First Class
US Army
World War II
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