RIP at Age 92, IBEW Local 51 (Springfield IL) Retiree, Brother Claude Troyer

Claude Troyer

MINIER - Claude A. Troyer, 92, of Minier, died at 1:48 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005, at McLean County Nursing Home in Normal.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John's United Church of Christ. The Rev. Paul Thompson will officiate. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Troyer Cemetery in Carlock.

Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at St. John's Faith Fellowship Hall, and also one hour prior to services at the church. Masonic rites will be conducted at 7:45 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Fellowship Fund or Minier Fire Department.

Davis-Haensel Funeral Home in Minier is handling arrangements.

He was born May 14, 1913, in Lily, Mackinaw Township, to Oliver and Kate Unzicker Troyer Sr. He married Vanita Frevert. She preceded him in death.

He also was preceded in death by one grandson, five brothers and one sister.

Surviving are two sons, Richard (Sharolyn) Troyer of Minier and D. Dale Troyer of Bloomington; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; one stepgreat-great-grandchild; two sisters, Ruth Schapmire of Normal and Fern Rice of Sheldon; one brother, Oliver (Pauline) Troyer Jr. of Zephyrhills, Fla.

Troyer last worked as a lineman for CILCO. He also farmed in the Minier area and had been Minier village engineer.

He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, where he formerly served as board member.

He was a member of Comet Lodge 641 AF&AM, the Order of the Eastern Star 399 in Kalamo, Mich., IBEW Local 51 in Springfield and Bloomington Order of the Moose 745. He also was a past board member of Pontiac Thresherman's Reunion and a member of Tazewell County Farm Bureau. He also was a past member of the Minier Fire Department, establishing the Minier Civil Defense.