Logan county Illinois    Obituary of James L. Harp

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Obituary of James L. Harp

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

     James L. Harp, 87, of Lincoln died at 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Jan.  2,  2005,  at
     Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.

     Mr. Harp farmed in Logan and Mason counties before he retired.

     He was a member of the Logan County Farm Bureau.

     He was born Dec. 23, 1916, in Middletown (Logan County, Illinois), a son of
     John and Nellie Raber Harp. He married Wilma Stone in  1935.  She  died  in
     1981. He married Leta Rice in 1984. She died in 1986.

     Survivors include tow sons, Richard Harp of Mason City and Marvin  Harp  of
     Mount Pulaski; tow daughters, Yvonne Cheek of Lincoln and Loretta Jones  of
     Peoria; five stepsons, Jin Rice of St. Joseph, Merle Rice, Forrect Rice and
     Mike Rice, all of Lincoln, and Jerry  Rice  of  San  Peblos,  Calif.;  four
     stepdaughters, Kelley Halcomb and Shelley  Hurt,  both  of  Lincoln,  Ethel
     Frakes of Houston, Texas, and Wanda Kramer of Bellevile; two brothers, John
     Harp and William Harp, both of Easton; three sisters,  Catherine  Evans  of
     Marianna, Ark., Mary Bandy of Sullivan and Nellie Davis of Springfield;  10
     grandchildren; 35 stepgrandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren.

     A son, two brothers, two sisters and  two  grandchildren  preceded  him  in
     death.

     Mr. harp's funeral will be  at  10:30  a.m.  Wednesday  at  Fricke-Calvert-
     Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln, with Bill Boice officiating. Burial will be
     in Irish Grove Cemetery, Middletown.

     Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday.