Rock Island-Mercer County IL Archives Obituaries.....Paul, Horace Lee May 9, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: AJ IVES ivesaj@yahoo.com August 15, 2011, 1:16 pm Rock Island Argus Dispatch Birth: Dec. 13, 1912 Death: May 9, 2004 Services for Horace Paul, 91, of Viola will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Aledo Church of the Nazarene with the Revs. Paul Aurand and Chleo Brown, officiating. Burial will be in Viola Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Pallbearers are LaVerne Bethell, Jimmy Bethell, Neal Martin, Bob Dillbeck, Roger Hahn, Connie Randolph, Dave Crow and Perry Whan. Memorials may be made to the Viola Fire Department or Viola Cemetery Association. Horace died on Sunday, May 9, 2004, at the Aledo Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Paul was born Dec. 13, 1912, in Franklin, Howard County, Mo., son of Miles Edward and Ida Margaret Arnold Paul. He received his education in Cooper County, Mo. Horace married Effie Bethell, Feb. 25, 1935, in Aledo, Mercer County. To this union, five children were born: Donald, Jeanie, Kenneth, Alicia and Carole. The couple lived in Viola since November 1946. Mr. Paul was employed at Deere & Company as a machine operator for 30 years, retiring Oct. 12, 1972. His wife Effie passed away, Dec. 13, 2003. Mr. Paul was a member of the Mercer County Historical Society and the Aledo Church of the Nazarene. He was active in his church serving as steward, Sunday school teacher and on several church committees. Horace enjoyed gardening, mowing his lawn, reading his Bible, singing in the church choir and playing his guitar. His best friend was his wife, Effie. Survivors are his sons and daughters-in-law, Don (Doris) Paul, Rock Island, Ken (Kathy) Paul,Rockford, Ill.; daughters and sons-in-law, Jeanie(Harris) Nordin, Strasburg, OH, Alicia (Larry)Ives, Aledo, Carole (Dean)Davidson, Moline,; 17 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife; a son-in-law, James W. Morrow; and a grandson, Mark Nordin Burial:Viola Cemetery Viola Mercer County Illinois, USA Additional Comments: (H/O Effie Mattie Bethell Paul) S/O Miles Edward and Ida Margaret Arnold Paul File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/rockisland/obits/p/paul427gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb