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Allen Terrell
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[August 25, 2020]
LINCOLN -
Roger Allen Terrell, 83, of Lincoln, passed away on Monday, August
17, 2020, at HSHS St. John's Hospital in Springfield. |
Service:
Private Services will be held at a later date.
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
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Roger Allen Terrell, 83, of Lincoln,
passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020, at HSHS St.
John's Hospital in Springfield.
Private Services will be held at a later date.
Roger was born on March 6, 1937, in Bloomington, the
son of Russell & Beulah Watts Terrell. He was
preceded in death by his father and mother and his
grandparents: Hudson & Myrtle Watts.
Roger is survived by his sister: Cathy (Bob)
Welliver; and good friends Larry Collier, Steve
Parrot, and Paul and Lori Bottrell.
Roger was raised by his grandparents Hudson and
Myrtle Watts in the McLean County area. He then
moved to New Orleans, and he always said, "The day I
got there, I knew I was home and happy!"
Roger loved to cook and worked for Universal
Services, Inc. as their Chief Catering Cook on
off-shore oil rigs. He was required to join the
Coast Guard and received his Merchant Seamen's card
as was requirement to work on the oil rig. He was
responsible for feeding over 400 men on the oil rigs
and he and his many staff would feed them 3 times a
day! He became quite the culinary genius with food
and variety. He said he always made a good living at
it and would sometimes have to travel to other
countries to train and teach other catering cooks on
how to order what food and items were needed, how to
cook for such large groups, show them how to handle
time management, ordering and bookkeeping skills, as
well. |
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He would take 90 days on and then a
few weeks off. He worked on several different rigs
until he was sent to work on the aquatic boat named
Ruth. He stayed on that rig for over 6 months before
he came back to New Orleans.
After coming back to Illinois due to his mother's
illness, where he cared for her until her death, he
also discovered he had a sister, Cathy. Cathy
contacted him in 1986, and they met and have been
brother and sister since. She and her husband, Bob,
moved to Lincoln to be closer to him.
Roger was quite the story teller about his days in
New Orleans, along with all that happened while he
lived there. His stories were entertaining, funny,
and would always make you laugh.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted with Peasley
Funeral Home.
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