Richard E. Stotler, 84 of Abingdon, died at 12:45 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 2015 at the Care Center of Abingdon.
He was born August 26, 1930 in Loraine, Illinois, the son of Clarence Otto and Minnie Belle Wier Stotler. He married Ella R. Johnson on November 19, 1950 in Abingdon. She preceded him in death on December 7, 2000. He was also preceded in death by his parents.
Richard is survived by one daughter, Aleta (Rick) Anderson of Galesburgh; two grandchildren, Joseph (Linnea) Anderson and Alanna (David) Nalley; three great-grandchild, Nicholas, Noah and Bella Nalley; one brother, Thomas (Joyce) Stotler of Galesburg; two sisters, Luvena Walters of Bushnell and Anna Belle (Robert Max) Jones of Dunfermline.
He had lived in Abingdon since 1949. He graduated from Abingdon High School in 1950. He served in the 308th 2nd Aviation Depot Group of the Air Force during the Korean War as a Military Postal Worker. He worked at Sears, the Abingdon Bank, Ellis Jewelers, as a farmhand, and at American Sanitary Manufacturing Company prior to working at OMC in Galesburg for 27 ½ years, where he was an experimental machinist. He was a member of the United States Chess Federation. His hobbies included fishing, gardening, carpentry work, tinkering, playing cards, taking pictures and bowling.
Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Hinchliff-Pearson-West Abingdon Chapel. Pastor Greg Fitch will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens in Galesburg. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday at the chapel.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or the family. Online condolences may be made at www.h-p-w.com.
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