Daryl Vinson
ST. JOSEPH – Daryl A. Vinson, 90, of St. Joseph passed away at 6:16 p.m. Monday (Dec. 17, 2012) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at Freese Funeral Home, 302 E. Grand Ave., St. Joseph, with the Rev. Paul Dinges officiating. Burial will be in Patterson Cemetery, St. Joseph. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Daryl was born Oct. 19, 1922, at Bondville, the son of Glenn and Selma Thrush Vinson. He married Dorothy Marsh on Feb. 21, 1952, in St. Joseph. She survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Nancy (Curtis) Weller of Lincoln, Neb., and Christine (Brian) Schurter of Rantoul; and four grandsons, Timothy Weller, Geoffrey Weller, Jacob Schurter and Nicholas Schurter.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Steven Vinson; and one brother, William Vinson.
Daryl was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in 1940. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois in 1947 where he earned a place on the Bronze Tablet.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II with the 186th Artillery Battalion.
Daryl farmed in the St. Joseph area all his life. He served on the Stanton Center School Board and as ditch commissioner in Stanton Township. He was a member of the St. Joseph United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at Freese Funeral Home, 302 E. Grand Ave., St. Joseph, with the Rev. Paul Dinges officiating. Burial will be in Patterson Cemetery, St. Joseph. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Daryl was born Oct. 19, 1922, at Bondville, the son of Glenn and Selma Thrush Vinson. He married Dorothy Marsh on Feb. 21, 1952, in St. Joseph. She survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Nancy (Curtis) Weller of Lincoln, Neb., and Christine (Brian) Schurter of Rantoul; and four grandsons, Timothy Weller, Geoffrey Weller, Jacob Schurter and Nicholas Schurter.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Steven Vinson; and one brother, William Vinson.
Daryl was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in 1940. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois in 1947 where he earned a place on the Bronze Tablet.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II with the 186th Artillery Battalion.
Daryl farmed in the St. Joseph area all his life. He served on the Stanton Center School Board and as ditch commissioner in Stanton Township. He was a member of the St. Joseph United Methodist Church.
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