Visitation: 4 – 7 p.m. Wednesday,
October 4, 2017 at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton
Service:
10 a.m. Thursday, October 5, 2017 at the funeral
home.
Funeral home: Calvert Funeral Homes,
201 South Center Street, Clinton
Obituary
Duane F. Aughenbaugh, 81, of Clinton, Illinois
passed away 7:15 a.m. October 1, 2017 at St. Clara’s
Manor, Lincoln.
Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, October 5, 2017
at the Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, with Rev.
Laurie Hill officiating. Burial will follow at
Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Kenney. Visitation will be
4 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at the funeral
home with Masonic Rites at 7 p.m.
Memorials may be directed to the Kenney Heritage
Association or the DeWitt Co. 4-H Foundation.
Duane was born December 24, 1935 in Kenney, the son
of Hershel and Irene (Shyer) Aughenbaugh. He married
Betty L. Smith February 25, 1955 in Decatur.
Survivors include his wife, Betty L. Aughenbaugh,
Clinton, children: Steve (Sarah) Aughenbaugh,
Lincoln; and Tom (Karen) Aughenbaugh, Clinton, six
grandchildren: Laura (Kyle) Frick, Evan Aughenbaugh,
Gregory Aughenbaugh, Ethan Aughenbaugh and Cami and
Cari Aughenbaugh.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one
brother, Dale Aughenbaugh; and one sister, Marjorie
Schoby.
Duane farmed in Macon and DeWitt Counties and was a
Crop Adjusting Supervisor for North Central Crop
Ins. Co.
He was a member of several Masonic bodies including
a Lifetime Member of DeWitt Lodge #84 AF & AM;
Clinton Commandery Chapter #66, Clinton Council #74,
Scottish Rite Valley of Bloomington, Goodbreak
Chapter #59 Presiding Officer, Past Officer and Past
Master of Henderson Lodge #820 and Secretary for
over 50 years, a Knight York Cross of Honor, Past
Patron Order of the Easter Star, the oldest living
Past Commander of Clinton Commandery #66, and Past
District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
Illinois.
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Duane was also a member of the Farmers’ Grain Board of
Directors of Chestnut and Kenney, the Prairie Production
Credit Assoc. Board of Directors and the DeWitt Co.
Genealogical Society.
The family would like to thank the caregivers at St. Clara’s
Manor and Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital for their
excellent care during Duane’s illness.
Online condolences may be made at
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