Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2008, Decatur, Macon, Illinois

Family/Spouse: Pamela. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Florence Margaret BASTOB on 10 Sep 1960 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, and was divorced. Florence was born on 8 Aug 1937 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mother’s obituary :
BASTOB — Mrs. Florence Margaret Bastob, 67, of 700 W; McKinley, died 1:41 p.m.. Sunday in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at J. J. Moran and Sons Funeral Home.. Mrs. Bastob was born in Waterloo, Iowa, daughter of James and Florence Gertrude Highsmith Fitzgerald. She married George H. Bastob March 3, 1925, in Decatur. A member of St. Thomas Catholic Church, she had lived in. Decatur for 50 years, having moved here from Clinton. Surviving are her husband; daughters, Mrs. Donald (Barbara) Gandy, Mrs. Walter J. (Sarah) Barr, Mrs. Florence M. Jensen and Mrs. Larry (Linda) Hutson, all of Decatur; sons, George C. of Chicago; John H. of Kansas City, Mo.; nine grandchildren. One daughter, three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. (Source: The Decatur Daily Review, Monday, May 6, 1974)

Father’s obituary :
BASTOB — George H. Bastob, 76, of 700 W. McKinley Ave. died 5:15 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 10, 1978) in St. Mary’s Hospital. Mass of the Resurrection will be 10 a.m. Friday in St. Thomas Catholic Church with visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at J.J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home with prayer service at 7 p.m. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Bastob was born in Decatur, son of Charles and Nellie Bastob. He was a lifelong resident of Decatur. He retired in 1966 from Norfolk & Western Railway, was owner and operator of Bastob Fisheries and a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. He married Florence M. Fitzgerald in 1925. She preceded him in death. Surviving are sons, George C. of Las Vegas, Nev.; John H. of Kansas City, Mo.; daughters, Mrs. Donald (Barbara) Gandy, Mrs. Walter (Sarah) Barr, Mrs. Florence Jensen and Mrs. Larry (Linda) Huston, all of Decatur; sister, Mrs. Dwella Harris of Decatur; 11 grandchildren. One brother preceded him in death. Brown Mrs. Charles (Margaret Ann Ervin) Brown, 100, of 225 S. Dennis Ave. died 1:50 a.m. Wednesday (Oct. 11, 1978) in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Brintlinger’s Pershing Funeral Home. No visitation. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery. Memorials: Grace United Methodist Church. (Source: The Decatur Daily Review, Thursday, October 12, 1978)

Billie married Carmelita HAZELRIGG on 20 Oct 1935 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois. Carmelita (daughter of Frank Mark HAZELRIGG and Lecie Ellen SMITH) was born on 2 Dec 1918 in Winchester, Scott, Illinois; died on 14 Feb 2008 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank married Lecie Ellen SMITH in 1917 in Winchester Cemetery, Scott, Illinois. Lecie was born on 26 Feb 1900 in Winchester Cemetery, Scott, Illinois; died on 5 May 1993 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]