The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Thursday, June 20, 1996
Harry L. Schram
Nov. 15, 1913 - June 18, 1996
Harry L. SCHRAM, 82, Marion, died at 5:15 a.m. Tuesday at South Suburba Hospital,
Hazel Crest, Ill.
He had lived in Marion since 1947, having come from Ravinia, Ill. He retired as a
salesman for Abbott Laboratories in 1978. He was a memver of Saint Paul Catholic Church, the
Holy Name Society, Grant County Pharmaceutical Society, the Meshingomesia Country Club, the
American Legion, treasurer of Candlewood Association, past president of the FIA, past president
of the Area Planning Commission, and Republican Precinct Committee Chairman Center 18. He
graduated from Hynes School of Pharmacy and also attended Northwestrn University, Evanston,
Ill.
Surviving are his wife, Ruth M. SCHRAM, Marion; two daughtrs, B.K Elizabeth
MAHER, Flossmore, Ill., and Jeanne Marie McLELLAND, Bloomington; two sons, Donald Louis
SCHRAM, Northbrook, Ill., and Harry Lawrence SCHRAM Jr., Morton Grove, Ill.; and eleven
gradchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Saint Paul Catholic Church with Rev. Duane
CRAYCRAFT officiating. Burial will be at the Assumption Cemetery, Glenwood, Ill., with
committal to be at 11 a.m. Saturday also at the cemetery. Friends may call from 3-9 p.m.
Thursday at Raven Funeral Home, Marion. The rosary will be said at 8 p.m. on Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the Saint Paul Catholic School Community Foundation Fund
of Grant Co., Marion.
Clifford W. Butcher
Dec. 20, 1917 - June 20, 1996
Clifford W. BUTCHER, 78, Rochester, died at 7:55 a.m. Thursday at Rochester Health
Care Center.
Born in Kokomo to Clifford W. and Bessie RESLEY BUTCHER Sr., he married Madge
A. ODEN, Sept. 1, 1950 in Kokomo. She preceded him in death Nov. 25, 1986. He retired from
American Standard Corp., Kokomo. He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Order of Eagles, and the Manitou Moose Lodge, all of Rochester, and the Kokomo
Masonic Lodge. He was a U.S. Marine during World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater.
Preceding him in death with his wife were one sister, Gretchen MOSIER and two
brothers, Jim and Paul BUTCHER.
Surviving are three daughters, Patsy NOEL, Bloomington, Mary Catherine RUDDELL,
Kokomo, and Johanna ARNOLD, New Haven, Conn.; fourteen grandchildren; twelve greatgrandchildren;
two great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Ida MURPHY, Rochester; one brother,
Charles BUTCHER, Seminole, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Albright Cemetery, Kokomo. Visitation
will be from 3-7 p.m. Sunday at the Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Graveside
military rites will be conducted by the American Legion and VFW Posts.
Memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.