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Visitation:
12 – 1 pm, Monday, September 30, 2019 at Staab
Funeral Home – Sherman.
Service:
1 pm, Monday, September 30, 2019 at Staab Funeral
Home – Sherman
Funeral home:
Staab Funeral Home, 2626 East Andrew Road, Sherman
Obituary
Greenville “Greenie” McGill,
Springfield, IL formerly of Beardstown, passed at
home on September 26, 2019.
He was born on August 3, 1956 the son of Melvin H
and Joan Simmons McGill. Greenie met Cheryl Boward
Long at the St. Pat’s Parade in 1985 and they
married on February 1, 1986.
He is survived by his wife, Cheryl; daughter, Jen
Long, Springfield. Siblings: Norma (Jon) Trepal,
Mike McGill, and Kay (Tom) Lawson, all of
Springfield; Melvin McGill and Zoe Lambert, both of
Beardstown; mother-in-law Esther Boward,
brother-in-law Kevin (Lee Ann) Boward and many
relatives including aunts, uncles, nieces and
nephews.
His parents, sister, father- in-law and
brother-in-law preceded him in death.
Employed by Lauder General Tire, Oak Ridge Cemetery,
Mid-Illinois Caliper, Taylor Rental Center and Lake
Petersburg.
Greenie and Cheryl were the leaders of a group that
built parade floats for Crime Stoppers for 22 years.
He could make anything with wood (including his
Dad’s casket). He was full of knowledge and
creativity and often was called ‘MacGyver’. He was
an inquisitive man who always wanted to see how
something was made so he took it apart and often did
not put it back together. He was a tinkerer.
He was a long time Dallas Cowboy fan, loved his John
Deere and fishing.
His heart was full of love for anyone
especially the Springfield Clinic and Fresenius
staff who cared for him during his 15 year battle
with cancer and kidney disease. |
Visitation: 4 – 7 pm, Sunday, September 29,
2019 at Staab Funeral Home – Sherman. A second visitation
will be held from 12 – 1 pm, Monday, September 30, 2019 at
Staab Funeral Home – Sherman.
Funeral Service: 1 pm, Monday, September 30, 2019 at Staab
Funeral Home – Sherman with Jeff Knollenberg officiating.
Burial will follow at Irish Grove Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Relay for Life
Logan County or to the family to be used to purchase comfort
items for local kidney patients.
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