Chuck Searcy 1936-2015

 

Charles K. “Chuck” Searcy, 78, Peoria, Ill., died Saturday, July 18, 2015, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill.

He was born Dec. 9, 1936, in Rock Island, Ill., the son of Glen R. and Saraphina Marasco Searcy. He graduated from Rock Island High School and was awarded an associ­ate degree in applied science in mechanical design technology on May 18, 1997.

Mr. Searcy served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1959, serving as Airman First Class. Af­ter his military service, he worked at International Harvester, John Deere Parts Depot, Reynolds Engi­neering, Quad Cities Engineering and Caterpillar Tractor Co. in the Quad Cities. He transferred to Cat­erpillar in Peoria, Ill., in 1987 as a tool designer, retiring in March 2002.

He was a member of First Bap­tist Church of Peoria and served on the board of trustees. He worked with the American Baptist Men, serving with the Disaster Relief Organization, and worked on vari­ous church buildings and confer­ence centers, and helped plan and serve the AB Men’s Breakfast.

He married Beverly Brown on Sept. 6, 1959, in Whiting. She sur­vives.

Other survivors include two daughters, Teresa Palmer and hus­band Rex, Moline, Ill., and Tanya Jones and husband Earl, Downs, Ill.; a son, Ted Searcy and wife Christy, Downers Grove, Ill.; seven grandchildren, Jacob and Jonathon Palmer, Rayven, Matthew, Michael and Mia Searcy and Gabriel Blan­caflor; a great-grandson, Joel Palmer; three stepgrandchildren, Jacque and William Jones and Josh Palmer; three sisters, Frances Pax­ton and husband Hale, Loma Linda, Calif., and Mary Schwab and Lorraine Morgan and husband William, all of Galesburg, Ill.; and two brothers, Gary Hendren and wife Joyce, Rock Island, Ill., and Royce Bandle, Las Cruces, N.M. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Robert and William Searcy and Gary Carl­son.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Peoria, Ill., with a visita­tion one hour prior to the services at the church. Davison-Fulton Woolsey-Wilton Funeral Home in Peoria, Ill., is in charge of those services. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Springhill Cemetery in Whiting, with Mercer Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, Peo­ria, Ill., or Habitat for Humanity.

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