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Thursday, December 7, 2006
Gerald "Max" Strother
Pittsfield, Ill. July 5, 1931 - Dec. 5, 2006
PITTSFIELD, Ill. - Gerald "Max" Strother, 75, of Pittsfield, Ill., and formerly of Payson, Ill., died Tuesday evening, Dec. 5, 2006, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Pittsfield, Ill. Burial will be at Kinderhook Cemetery in Kinderhook, Ill., where graveside military rites will be conducted by the burial detail from Fort Leonard Wood.
Friends may call after 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at the funeral home where family will meet with friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Mr. Strother was born July 5, 1931, in Kinderhook, the son of the late Daniel W. "Major" and Hazel Irene Coleman Strother.
He married Darlene Baughman on Jan. 26, 1950, in Barry, Ill. She survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Brenda Kay Malone and husband, Mike, of Barry, Ill., and Anita Brackett and husband, Doug, of Chambersburg, Ill.; two sons, Douglas Strother of Pittsfield, Ill., and Michael Strother and wife, Marcia, of Quincy, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Ina Frazier of Pittsfield, Ill., Darla Motley of Hannibal, Sue Strother of Denver, Colo., and Linda Bernier of Dallas, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a grandchild and a great-grandchild.
Mr. Strother was a graduate of Kinderhook High School in Kinderhook, Ill.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army serving two tours of duty in Vietnam and receiving two Bronze Star of Valor medals. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1973 after serving 20 years. He was a past employee of Little Jess Jeep Eagle, as well as Harris Broadcasting Co., and more recently St. John Anglican Church, all in Quincy, Ill. He was a member of the Payson Masonic Lodge. He was an auto enthusiast. He loved to work on old cars, restoring many cars over his lifetime. He also enjoyed carpentry and woodworking.
Memorials may be made to the Hope Lodge of St. Louis, in care of the funeral home.
Condolences may be sent to the family online at
http://www.airsman-hires.com
source:
http://www.hannibal.net/stories/120706/obits_20061207030.shtml
Hannibal Courier Post
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