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Louis Ellegood

[November 13, 2013]  DECATUR -- Louis G. Ellegood, 84, of Decatur, formerly of Middletown, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, at McKinley Court in Decatur.

(Below is a copy of the obituary from the funeral home.)

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Decatur- Louis G. Ellegood, 84, of Decatur, formerly of Middletown, passed away on Tuesday evening (November 12, 2013) at McKinley Court in Decatur.

Funeral Services for Mr. Ellegood will be held at the Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln on Friday, November 15, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery in rural Beason. Military rites will be accorded.

Louis G. Ellegood was born May 12, 1929 in Middletown, the son of William A. and Lela Johnson Ellegood. He married Doris Ketcham on September 23, 1952 in Carlinville. She survives in Decatur.

Louis is also survived by his children: Shannon (Rick) Jones of Lincoln and Shelly (Max) Klinger of Clinton; seven grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

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He was preceded in death by one son, Randy Ellegood, five brothers and three sisters.

Louis served our country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He retired from Caterpillar Inc. in 1990. He was a member of the Middletown American Legion Post, Historical Society in Middletown and served on the New Holland-Middletown School Board.

Memorials may be made to the New Holland-Middletown Schools.

Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.