Dawson-Buffalo County NeArchives Obituaries.....Milbourn, John Allen April 18, 2009
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Danny Gruber danny.gruber@yahoo.com July 8, 2010, 5:31 pm

Lexington Clipper-Herald April 22, 2009
John Allen Milbourn, 74, died at 12:21 a.m. Saturday, April 18 at Illinois 
Knights Templar Home in Paxton, Ill.

His body was cremated and a memorial service will be held in Lexington on 
Saturday, May 9 at 3:00 p.m. at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home with Rev. John 
Craig (retired) officiating.  The family will receive visitors at the funeral 
home from 1:30-3:00 on Saturday, May 9.

Survivors include wife, Lela of Loda, Ill.; sister LaVonne (Richard) Smith of 
Rantoul, Ill.; sister-in-law Delores Milbourn of Omaha; nephews Michael 
(Sharon) Milbourn of Lincoln, Christopher (Gwen) Smith of Paxton, Ill., 
and Cory (Gloria) Milbourn of Omaha; niece Lana (Steve) Sample of Paxton, 
Ill.; great-nephews Dustin Smith, Cody Sample, Seth Milbourn and great-nieces 
Elizabeth Smith and Resa Milbourn. 

John was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Leroy.

John was born April 26, 1934, in Odessa to Claude and Doris Milbourn.  He 
married Lela Schultz of Loda, Ill., Feb.14, 2001, in Paxton, Ill. 

John held many jobs in Lexington.  He began as a paperboy, worked at the local 
hatchery and Prasch’s Grocery Store.  In 1952, he graduated from Lexington 
High School. He joined the National Guard and in 1956, he began his service in 
the U.S. Army and spent 1957-1959 at Ft. Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. 

After military service, John worked at Cash-Wa Candy Company while attending 
business classes at Nebraska State College in Kearney.  In 1961, he began 
working for the U. S. Postal Service in Lexington.  He retired from the post 
office in January of 1992. 

In 1997, John moved to Rantoul, Ill.  He volunteered many hours at the local 
air museum in Rantoul. 
  
John suffered a stroke in June of 2004 and then lived at Heartland Care Center 
in Paxton, Ill., prior to moving to Illinois Knights Templar Home in December 
of 2004. 


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/dawson/obits/m/milbourn227gob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/

File size: 2.4 Kb