David D. Wasson, 76, of Lincoln died
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, at his home.
He will be cremated, and private family
services will be at a later date.
Arrangements are being handled by
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home of Lincoln.
Mr. Wasson was retired.
He served in the U.S. Army and Marine
Corps during World War II and the Korean War.
He was born Jan. 21, 1926, in Memphis,
Tenn., to David Ratliff and Florence McDonald Wasson. He married
Harriet Jordan on July 7, 1946, in Hollywood, Calif. She preceded
him in death.
Surviving are one son, John (and Dayna)
Wasson of Homer, Alaska; four daughters, Belinda (and Mark) Geiger
of Semi Valley, Calif., Julia Wasson of North Liberty, Iowa,
Elizabeth (and Gary) Spann of Glendale, Ariz., and Ruth (and Steve)
Mecham of Newbury Park, Calif.; 26 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; one brother, John M. Wasson (and Barbara
Palmer) of Fredericksburg, Va.; and two sisters, Grace Cogswell of
Lincoln and Mary Jane (and Jim) Archer of Long Beach, Calif.
He was also preceded in death by two
grandsons, Stanton Miller and Jamison Smith; a brother-in-law, John
Cogswell; and a sister-in-law, Pat Wasson.
He was a member of Veterans of Foreign
Wars and American Legion.
Memorials
may be made to Central Illinois Economic Development Corporation.
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