This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Best, Suttory, Haack, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4549/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The News Times, Lincoln City, OR December 6, 2006 William Howard Best Services will be held at a later time in Springfield, Ill., and next year at sea in Lincoln City (Lincoln County, Oregon) for William Howard Best. Mr. Best died Nov. 18, 2006, in Lakewood, Colo. He was 81 years old. Born June 22, 1925, in Decatur, Ill., to Gertrude (Lynch) and Walter Best, he moved as a young boy with his family to Springfield, Ill., where he attended Sacred Heart Grade School and Feitshan's High School. Mr. Best was of the Catholic faith. In World War II, Mr. Best served as a U.S. Navy "radar man" on the USS Oconto. He and Gwen Lee Suttory were married on Dec. 23, 1952. They were later divorced, in 1977. Mr. Best worked for Charlie Zaubi's Tavern and Gravely Illinois Equipment. Later, he co-owned The Buzz Box, a tavern in Sherman, Ill., and the Trojan Inn Café in Dwight, Ill. Mr. Best retired to Lincoln City, later moving to Lakewood, Colo., to be with his son, Dan. Preceding him in death were three brothers and one sister. Survivors include: sons Greg Best of Greeley, Colo., Ray Best of Parker, Colo., Bill Best of Lincoln, Ill., and Dan Best of Lakewood, Colo.; daughter, Laura Haacke, of Dwight, Ill.; and six grandchildren. Also surviving him are sisters Dorothy Cour, Stella Fee and Catharine Best, all of Springfield, Ill.; brother, Ray Best, of Idaho Falls, Idaho; and many nieces and nephews.