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Visitation:
5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 13,
2017, at the Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta
Service:
10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2017, at the
Atlanta United Methodist Church
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
John D. Quiram, 74, of Atlanta,
passed away at 4:15 a.m. on December 11, 2017, at
his home.
Funeral services for Mr. Quiram will be held at
10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2017, at the
Atlanta United Methodist Church. Rev. Mike Abel will
officiate.
Burial will follow at the Atlanta Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00
p.m. on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at the
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta. Masonic
Rites will be accorded at 8:00 p.m.
Mr. Quiram was born January 5, 1943, in Springfield,
the son of Gordon DeWitt and Dorothy Janet Cox
Quiram. They preceded him in death.
Survivors include one daughter: Staci L. (Cary)
Waggoner of Ocala, Fla.; two sons: Jay D (Jody)
Quiram of Champaign, and Quentin J. (Lisa) Quiram of
Waynesville; five grandchildren: Andi Dansby, John
Quiram, Cole Quiram, Jay Gordon Quiram, and Cale
Quiram; one brother, James G. (Sandy) Quiram of
Sycamore; one sister, Janet L. (Ted) Glaser of
Fremont, Mich., his fiancé of 30 plus years, Frances
Leesman-Nollman; and three nieces. |
Mr. Quiram attended the Atlanta
Public Schools, I.S.N.U., and was a 1969 graduate of
the Indiana College of Mortuary Science in
Indianapolis. Mr. Quiram operated the Quiram Funeral
Home in Atlanta from 1976 until 2006. The funeral
home was founded by his father in 1940.
Mr. Quiram was a member of the Atlanta United
Methodist Church, past Master and 52 years member of the Atlanta
Masonic Lodge #165 A.F. & A.M., and past President and 47 years
member of the Atlanta Rotary Club. John was also a former board
member of the Atlanta Public Library and Museum. Mr. Quiram was a
former pilot and held and Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator's
License through which his call sign was W9JQ. He was also a 40 plus
years member of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association. John
also enjoyed playing with the Atlanta Community Band for many years.
Memorial contributions may be made to his church or a charity of the
donor's choice.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of
Atlanta.
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