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Raymond Matthew “Mo” Merritt

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[September 23, 2020]  LAWNDALE - Raymond Matthew “Mo” Merritt, 63, of Lawndale, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.

Visitation:  A celebration of Mo’s life will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Friday September 18, 2020 at his home, 207 Main Street, Lawndale.

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln   

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Raymond Matthew “Mo” Merritt, 63, of Lawndale, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.

Mo was born on August 20, 1957 in Springfield. The son of Addison Ray and Georgie (Clemons Parsons) Merritt.

Surviving Mo are his daughters: Stephanie Turner of Washington, and Melonie Merritt of Lawndale, four grandchildren: Matthew Merritt, Alexis, Ethan, and Elliana Turner; four brothers: Samuel (Lori) Merritt of Pekin, Donald (Kay) Merritt of Lincoln, Jason Merritt of Lincoln, and William Carson of Lincoln; and many nieces and nephews.

Mo was preceded in death by his parents, step-father: Danny Parsons, and sister: Sheryl Carson.

 

Mo worked for the State of Illinois for over 30 years. He was happiest in his garden or on his lawn mower. When he wasn’t fixing bicycles for the neighborhood kids or working on other people’s equipment, he enjoyed hanging with his good friends.

A celebration of Mo’s life will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Friday September 18, 2020 at his home, 207 Main Street, Lawndale.

Services are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

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