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Joseph Orville “Joe” Elsberry
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[September 30, 2014]
LINCOLN -
Joseph Orville “Joe” Elsberry, 85, of Springfield, formerly of
Lincoln, passed away September 23, 2014 at St. John’s Hospice in
Springfield. |
Visitation:
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday,
at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
11:30 a.m. Tuesday at
the funeral home
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Joseph Orville “Joe” Elsberry, 85, of Springfield,
formerly of Lincoln, passed away September 23, 2014
at St. John’s Hospice in Springfield.
Visitation will be from 10:30
a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Tuesday September 30, 2014 at
Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Funeral services will be at 11:30
a.m. Tuesday also
at the funeral home with Rev. Michael Paulsen
officiating. Burial will follow in New Union
Cemetery, Lincoln with military honors provided by
the Lincoln American Legion Post 263.
Joe was born February 10,
1929 in Monmouth, the son of Joseph Arthur Elsberry
and Rhoda (Bass) Elsberry. He married Patricia Ann
Kuntzi on April 29, 1951 in East St. Louis. She
preceded him in death on May 26, 1986.
Mr. Elsberry proudly served his country in the
United States Army during the Korean War. He
received the Korean Service Medal, three Bronze
Stars, the United Nations Service Medal, and the
Combat Infantry Badge. He was a lifetime member of
the American Legion Post 263, a lifetime member of
the VFW Post 1756, lifetime member of AMVETS, a
member of Teamsters Local 710, past member of the
Eagles Lodge 2708 and past member of the Lincoln
Elks Club 914. He was of the Methodist faith.
Joe was a truck driver for CKC freight lines for 26
years. He was also a past City of Lincoln Police
Officer and a Cab Driver for Safe Ride in Lincoln. |
Surviving are his daughter Cindy (Randy) Ramirez of
Springfield; his son Randy (Martha) Elsberry of
Lincoln; granddaughter Michelle (Jason) Woodside of
Pinckneyville; great granddaughter Lexie Woodside
also of Pinckneyville; sister Ruth Bentzinger of
Carthage, half-sister Mary Blankenship of Atlanta;
half-brother Bill (Fannie) Elsberry of Hopedale; 17
nieces and nephews and many great nieces and nephews
also survive.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his step
mother Wilma Smith Elsberry, his half-sister Rita
Patton, and his half-sister Sherry Elsberry.
Memorial donations may be made to the Lincoln First
United Methodist Church or to Senior Services of
Central Illinois at 701 W Mason Springfield, IL.
62702 and will also be accepted at the funeral
home.
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