Hunley, Delila Jane 'Lila'

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• Reference Number: HUNL.D004
• _FGRAVE: 24072533
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois; 1920 Census, Clay City (Township), Illinois, page 05b
• Census: 7 Apr 1930, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; 1930 Census, Clay City (Village), Clay County, Illinois, page 01b
• Census: 10 Apr 1940, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; 1940 Census, Clay City (Village), Clay County, Illinois, page 07a

Family/Spouse: Hiser, William Robert. William was born in 1894 in Illinois; died on 3 Apr 1944; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: HISE.W003

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• Reference Number: HISE.D001

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• Occupation: Law Enforcement
• Reference Number: HISE.W002
• _FGRAVE: 18083389
• Military Service: World War II, Corporal, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division, United States Army

Notes:

William R. "Boone" Hiser, 81, of Olney, IL, formerly of Clay City, died November 4, 2004 at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.

Mr. Hiser was born July 16, 1923 in Clay County, the son of William and Lila Hunley Hiser. he married Lois Praxel September 14, 1945.

He worked for the Ill. Dept. of Corrections and formerly the Clay County Sheriff's Dept., and was a World War II Army veteran, serving with the 3rd Infantry.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Sharon Welty and Karyl Eikleberry; one sister, Patsy Cordell; two grandchildren; and step-grandchildren and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his parents, a brother and a sister.

Private family graveside services were held at the Clay City Cemetery with full military rites conducted by the Olney Veterans Organizations.

Summers-Kistler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on 23 February 1943. Trained as an Amphibian Transportation Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO). Departed the Continental U.S. on 23 November 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Saw combat through Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division. Awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, The American Campaign Medal, The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars, the WWII Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. Honorable discharge as a Corporal on 8 December 1945.

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=1888669

Buried:
Private family graveside services were held at the Clay City Cemetery with full military rites conducted by the Olney Veterans Organizations.

William married PRAXEL, Lois M. on 14 Sep 1945. Lois (daughter of Praxel, Fred and Weber, Hilda) was born on 1 Jun 1927 in Minnesota; died on 21 May 2014 in Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 24 May 2014 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: HISE.P001
• _FGRAVE: 142195144
• Census: 7 Apr 1930, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; 1930 Census, Clay City (Village), Clay County, Illinois, page 01b

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

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

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• Reference Number: HISE.K001
• _FGRAVE: 106098150

Notes:

Karyl Ann Hiser Eikleberry was born June 8, 1950, in Clay County, daughter of William R. and Lois Praxel Hiser. She married Larry D. Eikleberry December 28,1971, in Louisville, IL.
Surviving are her mother; son, Larry Robert (Jolien) Eikleberry, grandchildren, Krista Eikleberry and sister, Sharon Welty.
She was preceded in death by her father and her husband on November 1, 2010.

Karyl married EIKLEBERRY, Larry D. on 28 Dec 1971 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. Larry (son of EIKLEBERRY, Wayne Harmon Jr. and PHILLIPS, Gloria May) was born on 19 Nov 1939 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 1 Nov 2010 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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