Logan county Illinois Obituary of William Merle Bock


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Obituary of William Merle Bock

Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., - Historian, Bock Family Association

     William M. Bock Peking - William Merle Bock, 80, of Peking  died  Thursday,
     Feb. 3, 2005, at his home.

     He was born Nov. 11, 1924, in Sweetwater, son of Lewis Otto and Grace  Fern
     Weaver Bock. He married Betty A. Jones in 1947 in Pekin.

     Mr. Bock worked at American Distilling Co. in  Pekin  from  1948  until  he
     retired in 1990. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He  was  a
     member of Pekin Moose Lodge 916 and First United Methodist Church of Pekin,
     where he was a former member of the board of  trustees.  He  was  a  former
     member of the Pekin Elks.

     Survivors: wife, Betty; daughter, Christine (husband, Phil) Webb of  Pekin;
     two  grandchildren;  and  brother,  George   (wife,   Lorretta)   Bock   of
     Springfield.

     Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday, Preston-Hanley Funeral Home Pekin chapel,  the
     Rev. Terry C. Edele  officiating.  Entombment:  Glendale  Memorial  Gardens
     Mausoleum.