| Visitation:
							Thursday evening from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount 
							Pulaski. Service:
							10:00 a.m. Friday at the First Christian Church in 
							Mt. Pulaski  
							Funeral home:
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount 
							Pulaski. 
							Obituary 
							 Ernest Richard Edwards, 78, of 
							Mt. Pulaski, passed away at 4:30 P.M. Sunday 
							September, 7, 2014 at his home. Richard was born on September 
							3, 1936 in Mt. Pulaski, IL to Ernest R. and Minnie 
							Edwards.  He married Phyllis Ragsdale on June 6, 
							1959 in Metropolis, IL.  He worked for Caterpillar 
							as an adjuster in Decatur for 36 years.  He served 
							in the National Guard and for the last several years 
							loved running Edwards Produce where he grew 
							tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and green peppers. Surviving is his wife Phyllis 
							of 55 years, son Jeff (Amy) Edwards of Ballwin, MO, 
							son-in-law, Jeff Davis of Ballwin, MO, five 
							grandchildren, Olivia, Cole, Jackson, Sinclaire and 
							Lane, two sisters, Ruth Barry of Mt. Pulaski and 
							Mary Harrison of Decatur.  He was preceded in death 
							by his parents, daughter Sydney Davis, brother Earl 
							Edwards and an infant sister. | 
                    
					 
							Services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday September 12, 
							2014 at the First Christian Church in Mt. Pulaski 
							with Mark Weber officiating.  Visitation will be 
							Thursday evening from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount 
							Pulaski.  Burial will be in Mt. Pulaski Cemetery.  
							Memorials may be made to the Pancreatic Cancer 
							Research Fund, Washington University, Division of 
							Oncology, Box 8007, Attention: Robert Barczewski, 
							660 South Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110. 
            
            
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