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Ivory Paul “Ike” West

27 Sep 1907 – 21 Nov 1994

Birth	27 Sep 1907
Death	21 Nov 1994
Cemetery	Grandview Memorial Gardens Champaign , Champaign County , Illinois , USA
Added by	Peggy Close on 20 Dec 2017
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176248682

Bio

Journal Gazette MATTOON, ILLINOIS Wednesday, November 23, 1994 Danville - Ivory P. (Ike) West, 87, of Danville died at 1:21 a.m. Monday (Nov. 21, 1994) at the American Health Care Center in Champaign. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Renner-Wikoff Chapel with the Rev. Jerry D. Martin Sr. officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens in Champaign. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Friday with a Masonic service at 1:45 p.m. by the Western Star Lodge. He was born Sept. 27, 1907, in Bethany, the son of Floyd and Edith Wheeler West. He married Lola A. Barnes; she died in 1960. He married Mildred E. Warner; she died on Feb. 26, 1994. Surviving are five daughters, Crystal Wagoner of Charleston, Marvene Blackmore of Mayview, Elaine West Scott of Roswell, N.M., Evelyn Kesler of Champaign and Frances Pritchard of St. Joseph; a brother, Earl (Buck) West of Sullivan; two sisters; Mearl Murphy of Sullivan; and Lolus Bruce of Urbana; 19 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by two brothers and a grandson. Mr. West was a meat cutter for Piggly Wiggly and Eisner stores in Champaign for many years and a salesman for Swift and Co. After retirement, he managed the Indian Springs Sportsmans CLub and was caretaker of the GAO Grotto grounds at Danville. He was a member of the Central Christian Church of Danville, the Champaign Masonic Lodge, the Danville Consistory, Eastern Illinois Shrine Club, and the GAO Grotto. Memorials may be made to the Shrine's Children's Hospital or Carle Hospice. Obit. provided by find a grave contributor: Rosemarie Robson # 50188319. Thank you, Rosemarie!

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Family

Parents

• Walter Floyd West 1880–1943
• Edith May Wheeler West 1885–1974

Spouse

• Mildred Evelyn Taylor Warner 1907–1994 FaG
• Lola Adeline Barnes West 1909–1960 FaG

Siblings

• Lolus Beatrice West Bruce 1905–2001
• Walter Lloyd "Hooker" West 1912–1994
• Mearl Fay West Murphy 1915–2004
• Earl Ray West 1915–2003
• Raymond Hubert "Pat" West 1919–1990

Children

• Frances Eleanor West Pritchard 1927–2003 FaG
• Elaine A. West Scott 1933–2019 FaG
• Marvene Gay West Blackmore 1937–2016 FaG
• Crystal Karen West Flora 1950–2014 FaG

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