Shane, Leonard Virgil b. 31 Dec 1914 Rome, Peoria, Illinois, USA d. 17 Feb 1997 Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA: Patriots and Pioneers

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Patriots and Pioneers - The legacies of the Shane and Beck families

1914 - 1997 (82 years)

Name	Shane, Leonard Virgil [1, 2, 3, 4]
Birth	31 Dec 1914	Rome, Peoria, Illinois, USA [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
Death	17 Feb 1997	Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA [1, 5]
Burial	St. Dominic's Cemetery, Wyoming, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Person ID	I1978	Shane and Beck
Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

Father	Shane, Joseph J, b. 23 Oct 1881, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA d. 15 Feb 1962, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA (Age 80 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Colgan, Florence Cecelia, b. 21 Oct 1889, Illinois, USA d. 12 Feb 1988, Lacon, Marshall, Illinois, USA (Age 98 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	10 Apr 1912	Wyoming, Stark, Illinois, USA [6]
Family ID	F781	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sears, Thelma Irene, b. 12 Jul 1922, Missouri, USA d. 2 Aug 1999, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA (Age 77 years)

Children

	1. Shane, Paul J [Father: natural]
	2. Shane, Gerald E. [Father: natural]
	3. Shane, John D. [Father: natural]
	4. Shane, Philip [Father: natural]
	5. Shane, Mark [Father: natural]
	6. Shane, Gregory [Father: natural]
	7. Shane, Timothy [Father: natural]
	8. Shane, M. Jane [Father: natural]
	9. Shane, Celestine "Sally" [Father: natural]
	10. Shane, Margaret [Father: natural]
	11. Shane, Susan [Father: natural]
	12. Shane, William E., b. 16 Jun 1947, Kewanee, Henry, Illinois, USA d. 27 Aug 2018, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA (Age 71 years)
	13. Shane, Patrick J., b. 16 Nov 1952, Kewanee, Henry, Illinois, USA d. 1 Sep 1981, Arlington Heights, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 28 years) [Father: natural]

Family ID F830 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 14 Jun 2023

Event Map

Birth - 31 Dec 1914 - Rome, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Death - 17 Feb 1997 - Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA

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Notes

Leonard V. Shane, 82, of Wyoming died at 11:32 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17, 1997 , at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.
Born Dec. 31, 1914, in Rome to Joseph and Florence Colgan Shane, he married Thelma L. Sears on Aug. 5, 1939 in Camp Grove. She survives.
Also surviving are eight sons, Paul J. of East Stroudsburg, Pa., Gerald E. of Dunlap, John D> of Adrian, Mich., William E. of Princeville., Philip L. of Hudson, Mark D. of varna, Gregory M. of Henry and Timothy S. of Wyoming; four daughters, M. Jane Bradford and Celestine L. "Sally" Gramlich, both of Peoria, Margaret L. Gibbs of Princeville and Susan C. Knoblauch of Metamora; two brothers, Maurice of Staten Island, N.Y., and Edmund of Wyoming; five sisters, Mary McGarvey and Delores Donovan, both of Wyoming, Joan Sendelbach and Helen Sendelbach, both of Henry and Ann Donovan of Chillicothe; and 37 grandchildren. Four children, including Patrick J. in 1981; one sister; three brothers; and two great grandchildren preceded him in death.
A member of Stark County Farm Bureau and Stark County Pork Producers, he farmed southwest of Wyoming before retiring. He was named Farmer of the Year in 1963.
He was a member of St. Dominic's Catholic Church in Wyoming, where services will be at 10 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Tom Brajkovich will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Wyoming Funeral Home, with recitation of the rosary at 8 p.m. Burial will be in St. Dominic's Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to his church or to Wyoming Ambulance Society

Sources

[S686] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Shane, Leonard Virgil.
[S497] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Shane, Joseph; Year: 1920; Census Place: Valley, Stark, Illinois; Roll: T625_409; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 154.

1920 United States Federal Census
[S788] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Shane, Joseph; Year: 1930; Census Place: La Prairie, Marshall, Illinois; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2340269.

1930 United States Federal Census
[S46] Newspapers.com, (Name: The Greenfield Vidette; Location: Greenfield, Missouri; Date: 14 Dec 1933;), Shane, Catherine Roberta Stack, Obituary for C. Strack (Aged 54) 3 Feb 1977 The Times Streator, Illinois 03 Feb 1977, Thu • Page 4, Page 4.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55764274/obituary-for-c-strack-aged-54/?xid=637

Shane, Catherine Strack Obit 1977 Illinois, USA
[S16] Obituary, Leonard Shane.
[S120] Ancestry.com, Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, ; Date: 2016;), Shane, Joseph and Colgan.