Champaign County IL Archives Obituaries.....Block, Robert W 
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Everett C. Block d-nicho@uiuc.edu May 1998

Obituary. . . Danville, IL

Robert W. Block, 66, of Danville died at 2:35 a.m. Tueday (Jan. 20, 1987
at Lakeview Medical Center, Danville.  

Funeral Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan 22, at Barrick and
Son Guardian Chapel, Danville, the Rev. Gary Motta officiating.  Burial
was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville.

Visitation was from 5 to 8 p.m. Wed., Jan 21, at the funeral home.

Mr. Block was born Nov. 6, 1920, at Broadlands, a son of Jessie and
Elsie Long VBlock.  He married Mary McKim on Aug. 17, 1940 at
Louisville, Ky. She Survives.

Also surviving are two sons Rbert Block of Crystal Falls, Mich., and
Micheal Block of Mesa, Ariz.; Three Daughters, Martha McDonald of North
Haverhill, Vt., Mary Costa of Plymouyth, Mass., and Sharon Walters of
Danville; seven grand children; one great-grandchild; and a brother,
Joseph Block of merced, Calif.

Mr. Block was a railroad worker for 30 years and retired from Danville
Industries in 1981.  He served with the U. S. Navy during World War ll. 
He was a mrmber of the Vermilion Heights Methodist Church and Olive
Branch Lodge.


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