IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Edwin W.
"Tex" Peecher
January 14, 1919 – June 20, 2008
Obituary
Edwin W. "Tex" Peecher, 89, of Tuscola, IL, died at 4:20 A.M., Friday, June 20, 2008 at the Tuscola Healthcare Center, Tuscola, IL.
Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, June 22, 2008 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main St., Tuscola, IL with Rev. Kenneth Roedder officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M., Sunday, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Tuscola Township Cemetery with military graveside rites accorded.
Mr. Peecher was born January 14, 1919 in Atlas, IL to James and Rena Howland Peecher. He married Lenora G. Oliver in Shelbyville, KY on September 8, 1945. In 1953, he was preceded in death by their daughter: Pamela, five years of age. He is also preceded in death by his Sisters: Olive and Elizabeth and his Brothers: Fred, Walter and Maurice.
Surviving are his Wife and Daughters: Adella Sefrhans and William of Cherry Valley, IL; Cynthia Baer and Greg of Tuscola, IL; Cynthia's Sons: Brandon T. Lust of Tuscola, IL; and Charles T. Lust and his wife: Shelly of Collinsville, IL and a Great Grandson: Thomas Oliver Lust. He is also survived by his Sister: Lola Peecher of Tuscola and Brothers: Donald Peecher of Tuscola and Lawrence Peecher of Redmond, Washington.
Mr. Peecher was a U.S. Army Veteran, who served at Guadalcanal and other stations in the Pacific Theatre. Sgt. Peecher met his wife, Pfc. Lenora Oliver, at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where she was stationed on active duty in the U.S. Women's Army Corps. After being discharged, Edwin and Lenora lived in Louisiana, MO, where he worked for Stark Brothers Nursery for 5 years until he found a job at the Bureau of Mines as an operator making gas from coal. After the closing of that plant, he was one of the first operating engineers hired at the National Petro Chemical Company in Tuscola. He moved his family from Missouri to Arcola in 1954 and has resided in Tuscola since 1957. He retired from Quantum in 1982 and since then devoted his time to his greatest loves, his family, especially taking his grandsons fishing in Minnesota. He was an avid college basketball fan and a dedicated gardener.
Memorials are suggested to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942
Online Condolences to the family may be sent to hilligossshraderfh.com
Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, June 22, 2008 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main St., Tuscola, IL with Rev. Kenneth Roedder officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M., Sunday, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Tuscola Township Cemetery with military graveside rites accorded.
Mr. Peecher was born January 14, 1919 in Atlas, IL to James and Rena Howland Peecher. He married Lenora G. Oliver in Shelbyville, KY on September 8, 1945. In 1953, he was preceded in death by their daughter: Pamela, five years of age. He is also preceded in death by his Sisters: Olive and Elizabeth and his Brothers: Fred, Walter and Maurice.
Surviving are his Wife and Daughters: Adella Sefrhans and William of Cherry Valley, IL; Cynthia Baer and Greg of Tuscola, IL; Cynthia's Sons: Brandon T. Lust of Tuscola, IL; and Charles T. Lust and his wife: Shelly of Collinsville, IL and a Great Grandson: Thomas Oliver Lust. He is also survived by his Sister: Lola Peecher of Tuscola and Brothers: Donald Peecher of Tuscola and Lawrence Peecher of Redmond, Washington.
Mr. Peecher was a U.S. Army Veteran, who served at Guadalcanal and other stations in the Pacific Theatre. Sgt. Peecher met his wife, Pfc. Lenora Oliver, at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where she was stationed on active duty in the U.S. Women's Army Corps. After being discharged, Edwin and Lenora lived in Louisiana, MO, where he worked for Stark Brothers Nursery for 5 years until he found a job at the Bureau of Mines as an operator making gas from coal. After the closing of that plant, he was one of the first operating engineers hired at the National Petro Chemical Company in Tuscola. He moved his family from Missouri to Arcola in 1954 and has resided in Tuscola since 1957. He retired from Quantum in 1982 and since then devoted his time to his greatest loves, his family, especially taking his grandsons fishing in Minnesota. He was an avid college basketball fan and a dedicated gardener.
Memorials are suggested to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942
Online Condolences to the family may be sent to hilligossshraderfh.com
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