Gilchrist, P.

B. married Duff, Marcia. Marcia (daughter of Duff, Robert Earl Jr. and Miller, Betty L.) was born in 1954; died in 2016. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DUFF.M002

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• Occupation: Electrical Engineer
• Reference Number: DUFF.R002
• _FGRAVE: 26560071
• Military Service: Korean War, United States Navy
• Military Service: World War II, Aviation Radio Technician First Class, United States Navy
• Funeral: 12 Jan 1996, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Military Service:
Entered active service as an Apprentice Seaman on July 6, 1943. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station Farragut, Idaho; Naval Training School Wright Junior College, Chicago, Illinois; Naval Training School (Elementary Electricity and Radio Materials) Stillwater, Oklahoma and Advanced Radio School at Naval Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas. Assigned to and served with, in turn, Air Transport Squadrons 10, 9 and 12; and naval Air Station Olathe, Kansas. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as an aviation radio technician first Class on April 8, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2084396

His obituary states he served from 1943 to 1946 during the Korean War, but those dates would have been for World War II. The Korean War was from 1950 to 1953. His military headstone clarifies that he served in both World War II and Korea.

Robert married Miller, Betty L. Betty (daughter of Miller, Dennis T. and Doggett, Edna Pearl) was born on 24 Sep 1926 in Shidler, Osage County, Oklahoma; died on 17 Sep 2016 in St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MILL.B004
• _FGRAVE: 170228843

Notes:

Betty Duff, 90, of Cedar Rapids, IA, formerly of Clay City, died Saturday, September 17, 2016 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA.

She was born February 24, 1926 in Shidler, OK to Dennis T. and Edna Pearl (Doggett) Miller. Betty was the mother of four children who all preceded in her death. She was a member and involved with church activities at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids, IA

Survived by Son-in-law, Brian Gilchrist of Ann Arbor, MI; 2 Grandchildren, Thomas (Diana) Gilchrist of Detroit, MI and Patrick Gilchrist of Ann Arbor, MI; Brother-in-law, Gary (Beverly) Clark of Clay City; Nephews, Wesley and Steve Miller of Flora, Ron Payne of Louisville, Jack Clark of Stewardson, Brad Clark of Louisville, David Miller of Pennsylvania; Nieces, Mary K Davis of Lincoln, Vicki Guller of Texas, Denise Schillaci of Washington, Sandi Morris of Tennessee, Tamara Jeanes of Louisville.

Preceded in death by her parents, husband Robert Earl Duff Jr., four children, Marci Gilchrist, Bobby Duff, Debbie Duff, and Jeff Duff; two brothers, Everett and Donald Miller, and three sisters, Cleta Mae Payne, Juanita Miller, and Edna Sue Clark.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, September 24, 2016 at Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Clay City, with visitation one hour before service time. Burial will follow in Clay City Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Post Master, Building and Loan Clerk
• Reference Number: DUFF.R001
• _FGRAVE: 24196240

Notes:

Birth:
The 1940 Census says he was born in 1897, his headstone says 1886

Robert married Raley, Maggie R. 'Dot' on 27 Apr 1913 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Maggie (daughter of Raley, John R. and Babbs, Mary Ann) was born on 2 Sep 1889 in Illinois; died on 26 Sep 1982; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: RALE.M002
• _FGRAVE: 24196246

Notes:

Services for Maggie (Dot) Duff, 93, who died Sunday at the Olney Care Center, will be at the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelemeir Funeral Home in Clay City with Rev. Jack Martin presiding.
Burial is in Clay City Cemetery.

She was born in Clay City Sept. 2, 1889 to John R. and Mary (Babbs) Raley. She married Robert Earl Duff April 27, 1913 in Clay City. He died Sept. 23, 1966.

She was a member of the Clay City United Methodist Church, a 50-year member of the OES and a member of the Clay City Garden Club.

She is survived by a son, Robert Jr., Cedar Rapids, Iowa; two daughters, Mrs. Monroe (Emma Jean) Lawson and Mrs. David (Helen) Taylor, both of Clay City; eight grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.


Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, September 26, 1982.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: MILL.D008
• _FGRAVE: 18363687
• Military Service: World War I, Corporal, 3rd Company, Coast Artillery, United States Army

Notes:

Died:
According to his grandson, Ron Payne, he died in his home in Clay City, Illinois.

Dennis married Doggett, Edna Pearl on 10 Nov 1930 in Clay County, Illinois. Edna was born on 7 Oct 1898 in Kansas; died on 26 Mar 1973; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DOGG.E001
• _FGRAVE: 24068310