Colclasure, C.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: COLC.R008
• _FGRAVE: 123640527
• Funeral: Pagel Funeral Home, Edgewood, Effingham County, Illinois
• Military Service: Viet Nam War, Specialist Fourth Class, United States Army

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Robert Gaylon Colclasure, 66, of Farina, passed away at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 at Nature Trail Nursing Home, Mt. Vernon.

He was born on Dec. 8, 1947 in Clay County, the son of Gerald G. and Mary E. (Sapp) Colclasure.

He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era. He was a laborer, worked in the oilfields and was a trucker. He was a member of the Edgewood American Legion Post 1168. He loved to tell stories and play horseshoes and shuffle board. He also loved to go squirrel hunting and fishing.

Gaylon is survived by his sons, Cody, Brian, and Bradley Colclasure; daughter, Della Butler; Brother, Gene Colclasure; sisters, Patsy (husband Bill) Laycoax, Debbie (husband John) Norman, Denise (husband Don) Ellis, and Carol (husband Frank) Miller; step-sister Sharon (Cruse) Werner; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Jerry, Lyle Colclasure and Dennis Cruse; and sister, Cheryl Green.

Funeral services were held at Pagel Funeral Home in Edgewood.

Interment followed in Iola Cemetery, with full military services.

Memorials to the Iola Cemetery or the Edgewood American Legion.

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• Reference Number: COLC.G007
• _FGRAVE: 22813078
• Military Service: World War II, Seaman Second Class, United States Navy Reserves

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Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee and Apprentice Seaman on November 2, 1944. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, and further training at Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia. Later assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, and U.S. Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia. Honorably discharged as a Seaman Second Class on March 19, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Shelton, Virginia. Earned the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2123389

Gerald married Sapp, Mary Evelyn in 1940. Mary (daughter of Sapp, Lewis Vernie and Ramsey, Luella Carley) was born on 19 Sep 1921; died on 7 Jul 2009 in Flora Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 10 Jul 2009 in Iola Cemetery, Iola, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Occupation: Retired from Browns Produce, Farina, Illinois
• Reference Number: SAPP.M001
• Funeral: 10 Jul 2009, Pagel Funeral Home, Edgewood, Effingham County, Illinois

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Mary was retired from Browns Produce in Farina of 18 1/2 years.

Died:
Flora Rehab Center

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: SAPP.L001
• Military Service: Private, United States Army

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Buried:
NOTE: On Lewis and Luella's headstone his middle initial is shown as "B". His military headstone shows his middle initial as "V".

Lewis + Ramsey, Luella Carley. Luella was born in 1901; died in 1971; was buried in Browns Cemetery, Edgewood, Effingham County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: RAMS.L001