Official Obituary of
Bill G. McElwee
December 28, 1931 ~ March 14, 2012 (age 80) 80 Years Old
Bill McElwee Obituary
William "Bill" Gale McElwee, 80, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant due to complications related to Alzheimer's.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Mike Hess officiating. Burial will be in the Lambirth Cemetery rural Lockridge. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on Friday at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant where the family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. that evening. Memorials may be directed to the Calvary Baptist Church or to Alzheimer's Research.
Bill was born on December 28, 1931, in rural Henry County the son of Thomas & Mary Barton McElwee. He attended grade school in rural Jefferson County and graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School. He served his country in the Army from 1951 to 1955 during the Korean Conflict and National Guard after returning from overseas. Bill was united in marriage to Joyce Elizabeth Hourihan in Salem on June 26, 1955. They remained in Henry County area where Bill was engaged in farming and later spent most of his working career as part of the Henry County Secondary Roads Department operating a road grader.
Bill enjoyed numerous hobbies including woodworking, ceramic doll making with his wife and spending quality time with family, especially his grandson, Nathan. Bill was a long time member of Pleasant View Mennonite Church and most recently a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Bill is survived by his wife Joyce of Mt. Pleasant, his sons: Fred (Ann Marie) of Lockridge, Mark of Mt. Pleasant and Scott (Tammy) of Cedar MN. Five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and his sister Sandra (Larry) Swails of Woodbridge, VA.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents and a grandson, Kevin.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Mike Hess officiating. Burial will be in the Lambirth Cemetery rural Lockridge. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on Friday at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant where the family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. that evening. Memorials may be directed to the Calvary Baptist Church or to Alzheimer's Research.
Bill was born on December 28, 1931, in rural Henry County the son of Thomas & Mary Barton McElwee. He attended grade school in rural Jefferson County and graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School. He served his country in the Army from 1951 to 1955 during the Korean Conflict and National Guard after returning from overseas. Bill was united in marriage to Joyce Elizabeth Hourihan in Salem on June 26, 1955. They remained in Henry County area where Bill was engaged in farming and later spent most of his working career as part of the Henry County Secondary Roads Department operating a road grader.
Bill enjoyed numerous hobbies including woodworking, ceramic doll making with his wife and spending quality time with family, especially his grandson, Nathan. Bill was a long time member of Pleasant View Mennonite Church and most recently a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Bill is survived by his wife Joyce of Mt. Pleasant, his sons: Fred (Ann Marie) of Lockridge, Mark of Mt. Pleasant and Scott (Tammy) of Cedar MN. Five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and his sister Sandra (Larry) Swails of Woodbridge, VA.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents and a grandson, Kevin.
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