Visitation:
4:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Service: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June
1, at the funeral home
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Delmar Lee Veech, 81, passed away at 6:56 P.M. on
May 26, 2016, at Memorial Medical Center in
Springfield.
Delmar was born on August 28, 1934, in Mount
Pulaski, son of Jasper A. and Mary A. Ryan Veech. He
married Barbara Harlean Bryson on October 3, 1953,
in Cornland. She survives him.
Also surviving Delmar are his children: Marcia
(Chuck) Meyer of Indianapolis, IN, Monica Edgecomb
of Rochester, and Jason (Annette) Veech of
Springfield; one sister-in-law, Priscilla Veech;
nine grandchildren: Amy (Jason) Dumo, Emily (Jim)
Willan, Matthew (Julie) Shelton, Casey (Ethan)
Murphy, Jenna Edgecomb, Mollie (Sean) Finn, Kyle
(Nicole) Veech, Jadon Veech, Gage Veech; and five
great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his
parents, two sisters, and one brother.
Delmar was a pilot for the Division of Aeronautics
and retired as a pilot for the Illinois Department
of Corrections. He served in the United States Air
Force from 1954-1958. He was a member of Mount
Pulaski American Legion Post #447, Mount Pulaski
Masonic Lodge #87, Springfield Ansar Shrine, former
member of the Logan County Zoning Board, Cornland
Christian Church Board, Cornland Volunteer Fire
Department, and the Elks Lodge.
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Services for Delmar will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday,
June 1, 2016, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader funeral
home in Mount Pulaski with Mark Weber officiating.
Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May
31, 2016, also at the funeral home. Masonic Services
will be at 7:00 p.m. following visitation. Burial at
Mount Pulaski Cemetery will follow the service where
full military rites will be accorded. Memorials may
be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children or Mount
Pulaski Christian Church.
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