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George Wilham Sr.

[September 27, 2010]  MOUNT PULASKI -- George Larry Wilham Sr., 72, of Mount Pulaski, died Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at 4:15 p.m. at his home.

Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Monday at the Mount Pulaski Christian Church Family Life Center. His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Mount Pulaski Christian Church, with Mark Weber officiating.

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

Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.

Mr. Wilham was a retired farmer.

He was born May 10, 1938, in Mount Pulaski. His parents were George and Alice Howe Wilham. He married Marilyn Purviance on March 31, 1957, in Mount Pulaski.

He is survived by his wife, of Mount Pulaski; two sons, Larry (and Tammy) Wilham Jr. of Elkhart and Brian (and Karla) Wilham of Williamsville; two stepbrothers, James (Colleen) Hayes of Sanford, N.C., and Richard R. (and Shirley) Hayes of Mount Pulaski; one stepsister, Roberta Boyer of Beverly Hills, Fla.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He was a member of Mount Pulaski Christian Church, Land of Lincoln Antique Tractor Club, Steenbergen Cemetery board and the Prairie Schooner Camping Club.

Memorials may be made to Cancer Center Services of Illinois, Family Life Center or Decatur Memorial Hospital Hospice.

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