Richard Wallace Durham, 71, died Friday, Dec. 24, 1999, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.
Born July 24, 1928, in Peoria to William Chester and Bessie Gordon Durham, he married Mary J. Baer on June 29, 1957, in Bartonville. She survives.
Also surviving are his mother of Peoria; four brothers, Robert, David (and Mary Lou), and Ron (and Karen), and Steve; and five sisters, Katie (and Bernard) Stolin, Gloria Raef, Lucy (and Donald) Shaw, Rebecca Keifer, and Carol Sue (and David) Rivers.
He was a Korean War Army veteran.
He worked for Caterpillar Inc. in East Peoria.
Burial will be in Smithville Cemetery in rural Peoria County.
Full obit in The Peoria Journal Star - Dec. 27, 1999.
Born July 24, 1928, in Peoria to William Chester and Bessie Gordon Durham, he married Mary J. Baer on June 29, 1957, in Bartonville. She survives.
Also surviving are his mother of Peoria; four brothers, Robert, David (and Mary Lou), and Ron (and Karen), and Steve; and five sisters, Katie (and Bernard) Stolin, Gloria Raef, Lucy (and Donald) Shaw, Rebecca Keifer, and Carol Sue (and David) Rivers.
He was a Korean War Army veteran.
He worked for Caterpillar Inc. in East Peoria.
Burial will be in Smithville Cemetery in rural Peoria County.
Full obit in The Peoria Journal Star - Dec. 27, 1999.
Richard Wallace Durham, 71, died Friday, Dec. 24, 1999, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.
Born July 24, 1928, in Peoria to William Chester and Bessie Gordon Durham, he married Mary J. Baer on June 29, 1957, in Bartonville. She survives.
Also surviving are his mother of Peoria; four brothers, Robert, David (and Mary Lou), and Ron (and Karen), and Steve; and five sisters, Katie (and Bernard) Stolin, Gloria Raef, Lucy (and Donald) Shaw, Rebecca Keifer, and Carol Sue (and David) Rivers.
He was a Korean War Army veteran.
He worked for Caterpillar Inc. in East Peoria.
Burial will be in Smithville Cemetery in rural Peoria County.
Full obit in The Peoria Journal Star - Dec. 27, 1999.
Born July 24, 1928, in Peoria to William Chester and Bessie Gordon Durham, he married Mary J. Baer on June 29, 1957, in Bartonville. She survives.
Also surviving are his mother of Peoria; four brothers, Robert, David (and Mary Lou), and Ron (and Karen), and Steve; and five sisters, Katie (and Bernard) Stolin, Gloria Raef, Lucy (and Donald) Shaw, Rebecca Keifer, and Carol Sue (and David) Rivers.
He was a Korean War Army veteran.
He worked for Caterpillar Inc. in East Peoria.
Burial will be in Smithville Cemetery in rural Peoria County.
Full obit in The Peoria Journal Star - Dec. 27, 1999.
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