Jack Eades

Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Visitation will be 5 to 8 P.M., Friday, September 3, 2010, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Burial will be in Cerro Gordo Cemetery, Cerro Gordo, IL, with military rites conducted by the Macon County Honor Guard. Memorials may be made to: DMH and St. Marys Hospice.Jack was born June 21, 1933 in Oakley, IL, the son of Benjamin Harrison and Minnie M. (Whitney) Eades. He married Melba Thompson on October 8, 1955 in Decatur, IL.Jack was a member of Life Foursquare Church. He retired from Bridgestone Firestone as a Quality Control Foreman. Jack was an avid golfer, especially at Sun-N-Fun Golf Club. He was a member of the Grasshoppers Golf Association and enjoyed spending winters in Florida.He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Melba of Decatur, IL; sons Tom Eades and Todd Eades, both of Decatur, IL; sisters Madelyn VanPraag of Decatur, IL, Ann (Bruce) Henderson of Mayfield, KY.He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers Herbert & Raymond Eades, and two sisters Ethel Hillman and Mildred Stare. "
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