- CARLOCK - John Deal Williamson, 86, of Carlock, a retired Caterpillar Tractor Co. employee, died at 12:45 a.m. yesterday (Feb. 4, 1991) at Heritage Manor, Bloomington.
His funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Otto-Argo Funeral Home, Carlock, the Rev. William S. Vincent Jr. officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
He was born April 16, 1904, in Dry Grove Township, McLean County, a son of George and Eunice Deal Williamson. He married Blanche Lesher June 27, 1931, in Bloomington. She died June 25, 1977.
Surviving are one son, Ralph, 823 W. Oakland Ave., Bloomington; two daughters, Elvira Kugel, 108 Ruth Road, Bloomington, and Alice Glaser, Caledonia, Mo.; one brother, Jay, R.R. 3, Bloomington; two sisters, Helen Enns, 2025 E. Lincoln St., Bloomington, and Frances Jackson, 708 E. Walnut St., Bloomington; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Mr. Williamson was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Danvers and McLean County Farm Bureau. He farmed until 1951 and then worked for Caterpillar from 1951 to 1969.
Memorials may be made to his church, Arthritis Foundation or National Parkinson's Foundation, 1501 N. West Ninth Ave., Miami, Fla. 33136.
Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) - February 5, 1991
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