Ferris W. "Bud" ELAM, 72, formerly of Peoria, died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 21, 1993, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. Born Sept. 4, 1920, in Peoria to Ferris E. and Clara E. Federmeyer ELAM, he married Lillian Chaney on Feb. 4, 1946, in Peoria. She died Oct. 14, 1988, in Barron, Wis. One brother and one sister also preceded him in death. Surviving are four sons, Ferris E. of Fort Walton Beach, Jackie L. of East Peoria, Charles E. of Bartonville and John A. of Barron; four sisters, Clara Lane of East Peoria, Lilian Vickery of Florence, Ala., Frieda Parrott of Peoria and Frances Gartton of Bonner Springs, Kan.; and 11 grandchildren. He was a World War II Army veteran. He was a machinist at Caterpillar Inc. for 17 years and later worked at Keystone Steel & Wire Co. for 10 years. He owned a resort in Chetek, Wis., and worked as a machinist at Wright Products in Rice Lake, Wis., retiring in 1980. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Davison-Fulton Bartonville Chapel, where visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be made to any charity
Ferris W. "Bud" ELAM, 72, formerly of Peoria, died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 21, 1993, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. Born Sept. 4, 1920, in Peoria to Ferris E. and Clara E. Federmeyer ELAM, he married Lillian Chaney on Feb. 4, 1946, in Peoria. She died Oct. 14, 1988, in Barron, Wis. One brother and one sister also preceded him in death. Surviving are four sons, Ferris E. of Fort Walton Beach, Jackie L. of East Peoria, Charles E. of Bartonville and John A. of Barron; four sisters, Clara Lane of East Peoria, Lilian Vickery of Florence, Ala., Frieda Parrott of Peoria and Frances Gartton of Bonner Springs, Kan.; and 11 grandchildren. He was a World War II Army veteran. He was a machinist at Caterpillar Inc. for 17 years and later worked at Keystone Steel & Wire Co. for 10 years. He owned a resort in Chetek, Wis., and worked as a machinist at Wright Products in Rice Lake, Wis., retiring in 1980. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Davison-Fulton Bartonville Chapel, where visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be made to any charity
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