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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
George William
Frisby
January 8, 1920 – January 17, 2009
Obituary
George William "Bill" Frisby, 89, Fairbury died at 12:08pm Saturday, January 17, 2009 at OSF St. James-John Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 am, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at the McDowell United Methodist Church with Pastor Janeen Tronc and Deacon George Wagner officiating. Burial will be at the Avoca Township Cemetery, rural Fairbury with full military rites conducted by the Fairbury Veterans of Foreign Wars and the John Joda American Legion Post of Fairbury.
Friends may call Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. An Oddfellows service will be at 7:30 pm.
Bill was born on January 8, 1920 in Avoca Township, the son of Frank and Iva Pool Frisby. He married Cathryn Wink on March 12, 1948 in Fairbury. She survives in Pontiac. Also surviving are three daughters, Sue, Pam, and Barb.
He was an active member of the McDowell United Methodist Church.
Bill was a 1937 graduate of Fairbury Township High School. Following graduation he was employed as a bookkeeper for an Allis – Chalmers dealer.
Bill enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1942 and served in the European Theatre. He was discharged in December 1945.
Bill and Cathryn were farmers and after retirement lived on in their country home.
He had worked as the shop foreman for Zigenhorn's John Deere; had sold Pioneer seed corn for many years; and had been a postal clerk at the Fairbury Post Office for 21 years in addition to farming.
In the community, Bill had served as a Township Trustee; had served on Fairbury-Cropsey school board during the Westview building project; had been a Fairbury Fair board member where he'd been Superintendant of the tractor pull, Sunday flea market, and had paid the drivers on race night.
Bill was a past commander and life member of the John Joda American Legion Post; a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; and past Noble Grand of the Independent Order of Oddfellows where he was a 71 year member; and Livingston County Country Couples.
Should friends wish to memorialize him, the family suggests the McDowell United Methodist Church.
Bill most recent endeavor has been to get the Civil War cannons and World War I plaques returned for public viewing in Fairbury.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 am, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at the McDowell United Methodist Church with Pastor Janeen Tronc and Deacon George Wagner officiating. Burial will be at the Avoca Township Cemetery, rural Fairbury with full military rites conducted by the Fairbury Veterans of Foreign Wars and the John Joda American Legion Post of Fairbury.
Friends may call Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. An Oddfellows service will be at 7:30 pm.
Bill was born on January 8, 1920 in Avoca Township, the son of Frank and Iva Pool Frisby. He married Cathryn Wink on March 12, 1948 in Fairbury. She survives in Pontiac. Also surviving are three daughters, Sue, Pam, and Barb.
He was an active member of the McDowell United Methodist Church.
Bill was a 1937 graduate of Fairbury Township High School. Following graduation he was employed as a bookkeeper for an Allis – Chalmers dealer.
Bill enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1942 and served in the European Theatre. He was discharged in December 1945.
Bill and Cathryn were farmers and after retirement lived on in their country home.
He had worked as the shop foreman for Zigenhorn's John Deere; had sold Pioneer seed corn for many years; and had been a postal clerk at the Fairbury Post Office for 21 years in addition to farming.
In the community, Bill had served as a Township Trustee; had served on Fairbury-Cropsey school board during the Westview building project; had been a Fairbury Fair board member where he'd been Superintendant of the tractor pull, Sunday flea market, and had paid the drivers on race night.
Bill was a past commander and life member of the John Joda American Legion Post; a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; and past Noble Grand of the Independent Order of Oddfellows where he was a 71 year member; and Livingston County Country Couples.
Should friends wish to memorialize him, the family suggests the McDowell United Methodist Church.
Bill most recent endeavor has been to get the Civil War cannons and World War I plaques returned for public viewing in Fairbury.
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