Gill, Richard Allen 'Pete'

1926 - 2007  (80 years)

• Name	Gill, Richard Allen 'Pete'
  		Richard Allen 'Pete' Gill (1926-2007)
  Birth	7 Nov 1926	Noble, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	GILL.R007
  _FGRAVE	19292510
  Funeral	Summers Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, 176th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (4 1/2 Inch Gun), United States Army  [3]
  		World War II Honoree, Gill, Richard A. (1926-2007)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	4 May 2007	Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 4]
  Burial	Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois   [4]
  	Burial will be in Crest Haven Cemetery in rural Claremont. Full military rites will be conducted graveside by Olney Veterans.
  Person ID	I17336	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Gill, James A.,   b. 1883, Illinois d. 16 Jul 1959 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Allen, Hettie C.,   b. 1884   d. Apr 1953 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Y  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F7726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arteberry, P.
  Children	1. Gill, S.
  Family ID	F7732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Richard Allen "Pete" Gill, 80, of Olney, died at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, 2007, at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Rev. Scott Carlson and Rev. Mike Baker officiating. Burial will be in Crest Haven Cemetery in rural Claremont. Full military rites will be conducted graveside by Olney Veterans. Mr. Gill was born November 7, 1926, in Noble, the son of James and Hettie (Allen) Gill. He married Palma Arteberry on June 21, 1947. She survives. He was retired from Dow Oil and was a farmer. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Olney and was a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Gill is survived by his wife, Palma Gill, of Olney; daughter, Sandra Burgener and her husband, Ron, of Olney; granddaughter, Nicole Woods and her husband, Brian, of Olney; great-grandchildren, Austin Allen Woods and Rachel McKay Woods; nephew, Keith Eckel and his wife, Sharon, of Olney; and great-nieces, Erika Eckel and Erin Akers. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Robert and Edward; and sisters, Grace Courtright, Edna Bradley and Mabel Aklin. Memorials may be made to the Steber Family Relay For Life team.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4226] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Gill, Richard Allen "Pete", 80, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19292510/richard-allen-gill), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4227] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Walk, Florence M., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19292510/richard-allen-gill), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4150] World War II Honoree, Richard A. Gill, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1906411) (Reliability: 2). [S4228] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gill, Richard A. and Palma M., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19292510/richard-allen-gill), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1508] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 10B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00627&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S4223] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gill, Hettie C. and James A., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=881&GScid=105163&GRid=24197721&CScn=Clay+City&CScntry=4&CSst=16&), none. (Reliability: 2).