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Visitation: Friday, March 11, 2016,
from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home in Atlanta
Service:
Saturday, March 12, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. at the
funeral home
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Gary L. Kindred, 70, of Atlanta, passed away at 1:15
p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Advocate
BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.
Visitation will take place Friday, March 11, 2016,
from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home in Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 12,
2016, at 1:00 p.m. at Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home.
Burial will be in the Atlanta Cemetery. Military
Rites to be accorded by Atlanta American Legion Post
#341.
Gary Kindred was born on June 23, 1945 in Lincoln.
He was the son of Lowell L. Kindred and Odessa L.
Cates. He married Shizuko Tamanaha on June 3, 1967,
in Naha, Okinawa.
Gary is survived by his wife, Shizuko; daughter,
Shannon (Don) Fox; son, Sean (Rhonda) Kindred; four
grandchildren: Chelsi, Emma, Alex, and Anna; sister,
Gwen Long, of Lincoln; brother, Dale (Margaret)
Kindred of Orlando, Fla.; and sister, Mary
Swearingen, of Lincoln; and many nieces and nephews.
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He was preceded in death by his father and mother,
one brother, Larry Duane Kindred, and one sister,
Phyllis Swearingen.
Gary was a member of the Central Illinois Ham Radio
Club, American Radio Relay League (Instructor) and
the American Legion. He served his community and
country as a police officer and E-5 Sergeant in the
U.S. Army, where he was awarded the National Defense
Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Vietnam Service
Medal with 2 Bronze Stars, 2 O/S Service Bars, and
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. Gary was an avid
St. Louis Cardinals Fan and Stan Musial was his
childhood hero.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the
Atlanta Rescue Squad or the OPBA - Olympia
Progressive Baseball Association.
The family thanks Dr. Witoon Weraachakul, Dr. Robert
Bruha, Dr. Stephen Kindred, DaVita Medical Care,
Fresenius Medical Care and Heritage Health Staff for
their compassion and care of Gary.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted with
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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