LeRoy Boone, 57, of 911 Lincoln St., died Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. at Cottage Hospital.
He was born Dec. 31, 1914, at Gross, Kan. He married the former Elda Briggs on Oct. 8, 1940 at Iowa City.
He was employed as a carman by the Burlington Northern Railroad and was a veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his widow; three sons Gary and Thomas, both of Galesburg, and Carl, Bourbonnais; a daughter, Miss Rosalee Boone, at home; four brothers, Daniel of Knoxville, Dewey in Arizona, Dudley of Galesburg and Jim of Peoria; two sisters, Mrs. Carl (Mildred) Christianson, Wataga, and Mrs. LeRoy (Grace) Lovitt, Galesburg, and four grandchildren.
Funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Martin Funeral Home, Knoxville. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Friday evening at the funeral home.
He was born Dec. 31, 1914, at Gross, Kan. He married the former Elda Briggs on Oct. 8, 1940 at Iowa City.
He was employed as a carman by the Burlington Northern Railroad and was a veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his widow; three sons Gary and Thomas, both of Galesburg, and Carl, Bourbonnais; a daughter, Miss Rosalee Boone, at home; four brothers, Daniel of Knoxville, Dewey in Arizona, Dudley of Galesburg and Jim of Peoria; two sisters, Mrs. Carl (Mildred) Christianson, Wataga, and Mrs. LeRoy (Grace) Lovitt, Galesburg, and four grandchildren.
Funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Martin Funeral Home, Knoxville. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Friday evening at the funeral home.
LeRoy Boone, 57, of 911 Lincoln St., died Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. at Cottage Hospital.
He was born Dec. 31, 1914, at Gross, Kan. He married the former Elda Briggs on Oct. 8, 1940 at Iowa City.
He was employed as a carman by the Burlington Northern Railroad and was a veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his widow; three sons Gary and Thomas, both of Galesburg, and Carl, Bourbonnais; a daughter, Miss Rosalee Boone, at home; four brothers, Daniel of Knoxville, Dewey in Arizona, Dudley of Galesburg and Jim of Peoria; two sisters, Mrs. Carl (Mildred) Christianson, Wataga, and Mrs. LeRoy (Grace) Lovitt, Galesburg, and four grandchildren.
Funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Martin Funeral Home, Knoxville. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Friday evening at the funeral home.
He was born Dec. 31, 1914, at Gross, Kan. He married the former Elda Briggs on Oct. 8, 1940 at Iowa City.
He was employed as a carman by the Burlington Northern Railroad and was a veteran of World War II.
He is survived by his widow; three sons Gary and Thomas, both of Galesburg, and Carl, Bourbonnais; a daughter, Miss Rosalee Boone, at home; four brothers, Daniel of Knoxville, Dewey in Arizona, Dudley of Galesburg and Jim of Peoria; two sisters, Mrs. Carl (Mildred) Christianson, Wataga, and Mrs. LeRoy (Grace) Lovitt, Galesburg, and four grandchildren.
Funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Martin Funeral Home, Knoxville. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Friday evening at the funeral home.
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