Walter E. Stricklin

WALTER E. STRICKLIN, 73, OF 512 W. LINCOLN STREET, HARRISBURG, IL DIED WEDNESDAY JULY 14, 2010 AT 4:05 AM AT HIS RESIDENCE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY JULY 17, 2010 AT 11 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY FROM 5 TO 8 PM. BURIAL WILL BE IN SUNSET HILL CEMETERY AND REV. JODY COLVIN WILL OFFICIATE HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 22, 1936 IN HARRISBURG, IL TO THE LATE WILLIAM AND NOLA (OGELSBY) STRICKLIN. HE MARRIED THE FORMER NEVA DAVIDSON ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1956 WHOM SURVIVES. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT WOLF BROTHERS BOTTLING/COCA COLA IN HARRISBURG, IL FOR 25 YEARS HE LATER WORKED AND RETIRIED AFTER 16 YEARS AS CUSTODIAN FROM THE HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE: NEVA STRICKLIN; A SON: STEVE (CONNIE) STRICKLIN OF HARRISBURG, IL; 2 DAUGHTERS: TERESA (JAMES) MCMILLAN AND NICOLE STRICKLIN BOTH OF HARRISBURG, IL; BROTHER: CLARENCE STRICKLIN OF HARRISBURG, IL; 6 GRANDCHILDREN: MINDY, ASHLEY, BRANDON, MONICA, NICHOLAS AND ZACHARY; AND 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ETHAN AND CHRISTOPHER.