Stephenson County, Illinois Obituary Charles L. Strayer © J. Mark & Natalie Davis This obit is transcribed as written in the newspaper. The birth date is questionable, possibly a typo From the Freeport Journal Standard Tueday March 23, 1999 Page A2 Charles L. Strayer Downers Grove - Charles L. Strayer, 85, of Downers Grove died Saturday, March 20, 1999, at his home. He was born Nov. 1, 1993 (sic), in Gridley, to Charles L. and Olive (Jacobs) Strayer Sr. He and Eleanor Brown were married. He came to Naperville in 1963 from Orangeville, lived there 31 years, and moved to Downers Grove in 1994. He received his bachelor's degree from Illinois State Normal University in Normal in 1938, and his master's degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana in 1948. He retired in 1977 from School District 204 as a deputy superintendent. His 35 years of teaching and adminstrative work included serving as business manager ofr Naperville School District 203 for five years and five years with the Illinois School Consulting Service. During World War II he served in the Air Force for more than two years. His memberships included Lions Club; Phi Delta Kappa Educational Fraternity and Grace United Methodist Church since 1969. Surviving are one son, Charles A. (Sue) Strayer of Naperville; three daughters, Nancy (Neil) Whittington of Aldbourne, England, Margaret Ann "Peggy" (Thomas) Springborn of Normal and Carolyn (William) Duffy of Woodridge; two sisters, Blanche (Howard) Taylor of Cullom and Ruth Porter of Pontiac; eight grandchildren and one great-grandson. Preceding him in death were his parents, his wife; and one brother-in-law, Gilbert Porter. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Grace United Methodist Church in Naperville with the Revs. Arthur Landwehr, Thomas E. Babler and Paul Whittle officiating. Burial will be at Boughton Township Cemetery in Kempton. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Home in Naperville. Memorial funds have been established for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association and American Diabetes Association.