William 'Bill' Wyles
[March
13, 2013]
LINCOLN --
William B. "Bill" Wyles, 89, of Lincoln, died Wednesday, March 13,
2013, at 3:50 a.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
(Below is a copy of
the obituary from the funeral home.)
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Lincoln-William B. "Bill" Wyles, age 89, of Lincoln,
IL died at 3:50 am at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital, Lincoln, IL on Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
Bill was born on March 10, 1924 in Lincoln, IL, the
son of Guy C. and Mabel Hartman Wyles. He married
Elizabeth Schneider on July 3, 1947 in Lincoln, IL
and she survives. They were married for 65 years.
Bill is also survived by one son, Gary (Donna) Wyles
of Atlanta, IL, one daughter, Lisa Evelsizer of
Lincoln, IL, three grandsons, Jeffrey Wyles of
Bloomington, IL, Jason Wyles of Lincoln, IL, Jeremy
Wyles of San Antonio, Texas, one granddaughter,
Elizabeth Evelsizer of Bloomington, IL, 2 great
grandsons, Ryan Wyles and Brayden Evelsizer, one
sister-in-law, Marilyn Schneider, five nieces and
three nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his
parents and one brother, Robert Wyles. He was the
last of his immediate family.
Funeral services for Bill will be at 1:30 pm on
Saturday, March 16, 2013 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln, IL
with Chaplain Henry Johnson and Dustin Fulton
co-officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery with
full military rites by American Legion Post #263.
Luncheon will follow at Jefferson Street Christian
Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the
service on Saturday from 12:30-1:30 pm at the
funeral home. Memorials may be made to Jefferson
Street Christian Church or Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital Foundation.
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Bill served in the Navy Seabees in WW II in the
South Pacific in the Philippines and New Guinea. He
was a partner of Givan and Wyles Contracting and Ace
Hardware and owner of Logan County Rental Center all
in Lincoln, IL. Bill was an outdoorsman and loved to
hunt and fish, he and Elizabeth wintered for 12
years in Port Aransas, Texas on the Gulf of Mexico
and he was able to surf fish daily. Bill was a
member of the Jefferson Street Christian Church, a
member of the Lincoln American Legion Post # 263,
and he was a past president of the Lincoln Sportsman
Club.
Bill was recently honored to participate in the
ground breaking ceremonies as well as unveiling the
cornerstone and laying of the first brick of the new
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. Bill had laid the
first brick on the old ALMH building and he laid out
the brick work. Even though Bill owned three
businesses, he was always proud to boast that he was
a brick mason. Bill also was a wood carver and
enjoyed carving birds and animals and attended many
carver shows. He loved carving Santa Clauses for his
wife.
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