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Edward Allspach

[December 10, 2010]  MOUNT PULASKI -- Edward Leigh Allspach, 82, of Mount Pulaski, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at 4:36 a.m. at Vonderlieth Living Center.

Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Friday at the Mount Pulaski Christian Church Family Life Center.

His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Mount Pulaski Christian Church.

Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.

Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski is handling arrangements.

He was born Dec. 7, 1927, in Mount Pulaski to Elmer Edward and Helen Eola Birks Allspach. He married Shirley Jean Carter on Feb. 26, 1948.

He is survived by his wife; one son, George (and Karen) Allspach of Mount Pulaski; four daughters, Kathryn (and Scott) Steinfort of Miramar, Fla., Linda (and Dennis) Sheehan of Lincoln, Jerilee (and Brad) Gibbs of Crawford, Colo., and Jo Ellen (and Mark) Gilbert of Paris, Ill.; one brother, Donald (and Shirley) Allspach of Mount Pulaski; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one son, David Edward Allspach, and one brother, John Birks Allspach.

He was a member and president of the Lake Fork Grade School Board of Education and the Mount Pulaski Grade School Board of Education. He was a member of the Logan County Soil and Water Conservation District for 35 years, served as chairman of the board and received the Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts' Governor's Award for the Conservation Farm Family of the Year in 1996. He was commissioner of the Union Drainage District, chairman of the Logan County Cemetery District board, served on the Steenbergen Cemetery board of directors and was on the board of directors of the Menard Electric Co-op.

He was a member of the Prairie State Model T Car Club.

Ed was a loving husband and dedicated father of six children. He had a passion for farming and stewardship of the land. He was active in many service and leadership roles in the community. In later years, he enjoyed traveling with his wife, Shirley, and was an avid antique car enthusiast. This generous man will be greatly missed by family and friends.

Memorials may be made to Vonderlieth Living Center or St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur.

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