A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Illinois > Pike http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=615 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=58582 Submitted by: watersb Article Title: Pike Press Article Date: June 25 2008 Article Description: Obituary of Peecher, Edwin W. "Tex" Article Text: Edwin W. "Tex" Peecher, 89, of Tuscola, died Friday, June 20, 2008, at the Tuscola Healthcare Center, Tuscola,. Funeral Services were held at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 22, at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main St., Tuscola, with Rev. Kenneth Roedder officiating. Visitation was held from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home. Burial was in Tuscola Township Cemetery with military graveside rites accorded. Mr. Peecher was born Jan. 14, 1919 in Atlas to James and Rena Howland Peecher. He married Lenora G. Oliver in Shelbyville, Ky. Sept. 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, Cynthia Baer and Greg of Tuscola; Cynthia's sons, Brandon T. Lust of Tuscola and Charles T. Lust and his wife, Shelly, of Collinsville; and a great-gr! andson, 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, Wash. 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, Ky., 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 Minneso! ta. He was an avid college basketball fan and a dedicated gardener. Me morials 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 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com