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Arthur R. Turner

23 Aug 1925 – 23 Jan 2010

Birth	23 Aug 1925
Death	23 Jan 2010
Cemetery	Sunset Cemetery Quincy , Adams County , Illinois , USA
Added by	Iriss Hill on 17 Oct 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48371137

Bio

PEORIA - Arthur R. Turner, 84, of the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, formerly of Peoria, died at 7:04 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at the home. He had been a resident at the home since 1981. Born Aug. 23, 1925, in Pottstown, Art was a son of Herbert and Edna Cora Stear Turner. He married Carol Jean McKeever on Aug. 13, 1975, in Peoria. She survives. Art enjoyed collecting stamps and trains. He served his country in the Navy during World War II. He was employed on river barges on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, the railroad and the Illinois Farm Supply in Peoria until his retirement. Survivors include his wife, Carol; one son, Larry Wayne Turner from a previous marriage, and his wife, Rosetta of Pekin; one sister, Jeanette Mason and her husband, Harold of West Peoria; and two sisters-in-law, Ruth Turner of Peoria and Patricia Turner of Orchard Mines; four nephews, George Turner of Peoria and Eugene Turner of Orchard Mines, Chessie Bishop of Peoria and Leroy Dohm, also of Peoria; one niece, Sharon Williams of Peoria; two granddaughters, Heather Turner and Holly Turner; and two great-grandsons, AJ and Johnny Turner. Mr. Turner was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Bernard Arthur Turner; five brothers, Herbert, Leonard, Kenneth, William and Chester; and one sister, Edna Bishop. Services were held at All Faiths Chapel at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy. Burial was in Sunset Cemetery with full military honors. Published in the Peoria Journal Star on 2/20/2010

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Family

Parents

• George Herbert Turner 1882–1942
• Edna Cora Stear Turner 1893–1965

Spouse

• Carol Jean McKeever Turner 1943–2018 FaG

Siblings

• PFC Leonard M. Turner 1913–1982
• Jeanette Irene "Jenny" Turner Mason 1916–2011
• Kenneth L. Turner 1921–2004
• Chester E. Turner 1923–2000
• William Edward Turner 1936–2006

Children

• Larry Wayne Turner 1948–2023 FaG

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