Clarence Updike
Jerseyville | Friday, July 13 2012
NAME: Clarence Eugene Updike
AGE: 94
DIED: 10:30p.m. Friday, July 13, 2012 at his home
BORN: October 13, 1917 in Dow, Illinois
PARENTS: Clarence Darlington and Edith (White) Updike (Both Deceased)
MARRIED: Helen Shephard (died July 9, 1979)
DATE & PLACE: 1941 in Springfield, Illinois
OCCUPATION: Owner of Updike Milling Company and retired in February 1999. He was the oldest Wayne Feed Dealer in the area. Clarence served in the US Army from 1942 - 1946
MEMBERSHIP: American Legion Post #492 and First Baptist Church of Jerseyville where he was a member of the choir for 40 plus years
VISITATION: 4-8 p.m. Monday, July 16, 2012
at Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville
& visitation will continue on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Jerseyville
FUNERAL: 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2012
at First Baptist Church of Jerseyville
Military Graveside Rites by American Legion Post #492
CLERGY: Rev. Brent Meyer
BURIAL: Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville
MEMORIALS: In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Jerseyville or to the charity of one’s choice
SURVIVORS
4 SONS: William Allen and Georgia Updike of St. Louis, Missouri, Charles Douglas and Lisa Updike of Greenbrier, Tennessee, Thomas Shephard and Sandra Updike of Loda, Illinois & Robert Clarence and Tammie Updike of Jerseyville, Illinois.
1 DAUGHTER: Mary Susan and Stanley Watts of Greenfield, Illinois
11 GRANDCHILDREN
4 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN
1 BROTHER: Charles H. Updike of Jerseyville
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents, his wife, 1 Son: Paul Updike, 2 Sisters: Verna Favoright and Leah Little
Alexander Funeral Home
