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Visitation:
Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00
p.m. at the Quiram Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta
Service:
None
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Vernon B. Berkley, 91, of Lincoln
passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at Lincoln
Memorial Hospital.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2022
from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Quiram Peasley
Funeral Home in Atlanta.
Cremation rites have been accorded.
Burial will be at a later date in the Evergreen
Cemetery in Waynesville, Illinois.
Vernon was born on October 16, 1930 in Heyworth,
Illinois the son of Carl and Vida (Evans) Berkley.
He was united in marriage to Donna
Jean Wampler on December 26, 1952 at the Waynesville
United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Donna; children: Sheila
(Jim Johnson) Clark, Linda (Michael) Butz, Donald
(Judy) Berkley, Nine grandchildren, Fifteen great
grandchildren; one sister: Betty (Donald) Unsicker;
step-sister: Diane (Bernard) Brucker; two brother in
laws: Dale (Sylvia) Wampler, Gary (Sandy) Wampler. |
He was preceded in death by sons:
Michael, Timothy and Johnathon; son-in-law Doug
Clark and infant granddaughter: Vida Clark; sister
Doris Wardrip; sister-in-law Marjorie Bicknell and
her husband (Close friend) Doug Bicknell.
Vernon was a 1948 graduate of the McLean High
School. He enlisted in U.S. Air Force after
graduation and served 3 !/2 years as a jet engine
mechanics instructor during the Korean War. Vernon
enjoyed farming in the McLean area as a young man
and in Boone County in Northern Illinois in later
years. He retired from the Belvidere Chrysler plant
after 18 years in the quality control department. He
also enjoyed tinkering with various mechanical
things and took great pride in his yard.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the
family for a memorial to be determined at a later
date.
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