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Shane, Robert Louis

Shane, Robert Louis

Male 1927 - 1995  (68 years)

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  • Name Shane, Robert Louis  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 15 Jun 1927  Edelstein, Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Oct 1995  East Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Knoxville, Knox, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1974  Shane and Beck
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

    Father Shane, Joseph J,   b. 23 Oct 1881, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1962, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Colgan, Florence Cecelia,   b. 21 Oct 1889, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1988, Lacon, Marshall, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 10 Apr 1912  Wyoming, Stark, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F781  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ferrara, Mary Jane,   b. 14 Mar 1920, East Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1995, East Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Jun 1927 - Edelstein, Peoria, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Oct 1995 - East Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Knoxville, Knox, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Robert Louis "Bob" Shane, 68, of 109 Kemmett, died at 5:05 p.m. Monday, Oct 16, 1995, at his home.
      Born June 15, 1927, in Edelstein to Joseph J. and Florence Colgan Shane, he married Barbara Reed. He later married Mary Jane Ferrara. She died Oct. 12, 1995. One sister and two brothers also preceded him in death.
      Surviving are one stepdaughter, Sallie Conlin of Galesburg; four stepsons, Donald, John and William Godsil, all of Galesburg, and James Godsil of Coralville, Iowa: two sons, Donald Reed Shane and Richard Dean Shane; one daughter, Teresa Lynn Greenstreet; three brothers, Leonard Shane and Edmund Shane, both of Wyoming, Ill., and Maurice Shane of Staten Island, N.Y.; five sisters, Mary McGarvey and Delores Donovan, both of Wyoming, Joan and Helen Sendelbach, both of Henry and Ann Donovan of Chillicothe; 22 stepgrandchildren; and 19 step-greatgrandchildren.
      He was a World War II Navy veteran. He worked for the Burlington Northern Rairoad and also farmed in the Monmouth area. He was a chef in various Galesburg cafes, including the Sheraton Motel.
      Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Hurds-Hendricks Funeral Home in Knoxville.The Rev. Milton Marquith will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Knoxville Cemetery, where military rites will be accorded by Haryy Philblad American LEgion Post 749 in Knoxville.
      Memorials amy be made to East Galesburg Community Chapel.

  • Sources 
    1. [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
      1930 United States Federal Census


    2. [S768] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Shane, Joseph J.; Year: 1940; Census Place: Essex, Stark, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00891; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 88-3.
      1940 United States Federal Census
      1940 United States Federal Census


    3. [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
      Shane, Catherine Strack Obit 1977 Illinois, USA


    4. [S16] Obituary, Robert L. Shane.

    5. [S120] Ancestry.com, Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, ; Date: 2016;), Shane, Joseph and Colgan.