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Beecher IL Obituaries and Death Notices
Monday, March 27, 2017U. S. Marine Corps Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2017 and one hour before services on Saturday. Burial will be later in Hubbartt Cemetery, near Beecher City, IL. Memorials may be given to Shriners Hospitals for Children, Shelby County Veterans Honor Flight, or Trinity Lutheran School in Stewardson, IL.Glen was born on September 14, 1926 in rural Shumway, IL, the son of Glen A. and Alice (Roberts) Kessler. He graduated from Beecher City High School in the Class of 1944. Glen then entered the U. S. Marine Corps and was a veteran of WW II, serving from 1944-1946. Following his time in the service, Glen attended and graduated from the Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago, IL. “Digger”, as he was fondly known, returned home and began his mortuary career working for the Cook Funeral Home in Beecher City, IL and later the Lantz and Boettcher Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL. In 1956, Glen and Mont G. Howe purchased the McCoy-Richardson Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL and became co-owners in Kessler-Howe Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL. He retired from funeral service in 1970 and began farming in the Beecher City/Shumway area. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Shelbyville, Illinois Funeral Directors Association, Ansar Shrine, and Jackson Masonic Lodge #53 of Shelbyville, IL, where he was a Second Degree Mason. In his younger days, Glen enjoyed playing basketball and was a member of several teams, including Worsham College, Sparks College and Ben Kull Impleme...
Sunday, February 12, 2017St. Lawrence O’Toole Church, Brewster, NY. Interment will follow at St. Lawrence O’Toole Cemetery, Brewster, NY. Visitation will be held on Wednesday January 25 4pm- 8pm at the Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Avenue, Brewster, NY.In lieu of flowers the family wishes donations to be made to the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, 100 Woods Drive, Valhalla, NY. Get free real-time news alerts from the Bedford-Katonah Patch.
Monday, January 23, 2017GIBSON CITY – Norman Beecher Ashley, 84, of Gibson City died at 3:40 a.m. on Friday (Jan. 20, 2017) at Avocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal.His funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor, with the Rev. Jim Davis officiating. Burial will be in Drummer Township Cemetery in Gibson City with military rites by the Lee Lowery American Legion in Gibson City. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Lamb Funeral Home in Gibson City.In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor.Mr. Ashley was born May 20, 1932, in Sibley, a son of Clyde and Rose Beecher Ashley.Survivors include his sister, Sherilyn (Donald) Bathgate; nieces and nephews, Elaine (Mark) Ploense, Diane (Bob) Edgington, Cindy (Gary Omar) Bathgate, Kevin (Tami) Bathgate, Carla (Karl) Kinch and Carrie Ashley; and many great-nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Rose; a brother, Wesley Ashley; and his nephew, Eric Ash...
Monday, January 23, 2017Arrangements are by Lawry Brothers-Wheeler, 26 Church St., Oakland, ME, where a memorial service was held Jan. 21.A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. at the Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Ave. in Brewster. Friends are invited to visit earlier that day from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to:Sidney Fire and Rescue 2986 Middle Rd. Sidney, ME. 04330. Get free real-time news alerts from the Southeast-Brewster Patch.
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Monday, March 27, 2017U. S. Marine Corps Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2017 and one hour before services on Saturday. Burial will be later in Hubbartt Cemetery, near Beecher City, IL. Memorials may be given to Shriners Hospitals for Children, Shelby County Veterans Honor Flight, or Trinity Lutheran School in Stewardson, IL.Glen was born on September 14, 1926 in rural Shumway, IL, the son of Glen A. and Alice (Roberts) Kessler. He graduated from Beecher City High School in the Class of 1944. Glen then entered the U. S. Marine Corps and was a veteran of WW II, serving from 1944-1946. Following his time in the service, Glen attended and graduated from the Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago, IL. “Digger”, as he was fondly known, returned home and began his mortuary career working for the Cook Funeral Home in Beecher City, IL and later the Lantz and Boettcher Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL. In 1956, Glen and Mont G. Howe purchased the McCoy-Richardson Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL and became co-owners in Kessler-Howe Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL. He retired from funeral service in 1970 and began farming in the Beecher City/Shumway area. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Shelbyville, Illinois Funeral Directors Association, Ansar Shrine, and Jackson Masonic Lodge #53 of Shelbyville, IL, where he was a Second Degree Mason. In his younger days, Glen enjoyed playing basketball and was a member of several teams, including Worsham College, Sparks College and Ben Kull Impleme...
Sunday, February 12, 2017St. Lawrence O’Toole Church, Brewster, NY. Interment will follow at St. Lawrence O’Toole Cemetery, Brewster, NY. Visitation will be held on Wednesday January 25 4pm- 8pm at the Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Avenue, Brewster, NY.In lieu of flowers the family wishes donations to be made to the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, 100 Woods Drive, Valhalla, NY. Get free real-time news alerts from the Bedford-Katonah Patch.
Monday, January 23, 2017GIBSON CITY – Norman Beecher Ashley, 84, of Gibson City died at 3:40 a.m. on Friday (Jan. 20, 2017) at Avocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal.His funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor, with the Rev. Jim Davis officiating. Burial will be in Drummer Township Cemetery in Gibson City with military rites by the Lee Lowery American Legion in Gibson City. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Lamb Funeral Home in Gibson City.In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor.Mr. Ashley was born May 20, 1932, in Sibley, a son of Clyde and Rose Beecher Ashley.Survivors include his sister, Sherilyn (Donald) Bathgate; nieces and nephews, Elaine (Mark) Ploense, Diane (Bob) Edgington, Cindy (Gary Omar) Bathgate, Kevin (Tami) Bathgate, Carla (Karl) Kinch and Carrie Ashley; and many great-nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Rose; a brother, Wesley Ashley; and his nephew, Eric Ash...
Monday, January 23, 2017Arrangements are by Lawry Brothers-Wheeler, 26 Church St., Oakland, ME, where a memorial service was held Jan. 21.A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 3 p.m. at the Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Ave. in Brewster. Friends are invited to visit earlier that day from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to:Sidney Fire and Rescue 2986 Middle Rd. Sidney, ME. 04330. Get free real-time news alerts from the Southeast-Brewster Patch.
