Abbott, Lloyd Wayne

1924 - 1992  (68 years)

• Name	Abbott, Lloyd Wayne
  Birth	26 Mar 1924	West Salem, Edwards County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Owner of Abbott Tank Company, Inc.  [1]
  Reference Number	ABBO.L002
  _FGRAVE	18364052
  Funeral	27 May 1992	First Baptist Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Military Service	World War II, Private, 523rd Engineering Maintenance Company, United States Army  [1, 4, 5]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on March 4, 1943 at Chicago, Illinois. Selected for the Corps of Engineers, completed basic training and assigned to the 523rd Engineering Maintenance Company, Fort Bowie, Texas. Honorably discharged as a Private on December 9, 1944 in fair health at the Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Earned the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2096856
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Abbott, Lloyd Wayne (1924-1992) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Camp Bowie, Texas
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Abbott, Lloyd W.
  		Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  Death	23 May 1992	Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 6]
  Burial	27 May 1992	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 7]
  	Plot: Lot 8N, 3 Div.
  		Headstone, Abbott, Ruth Ann and Lloyd W. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  		Headstone, Abbott, Ruth Ann and Lloyd W.
  Person ID	I414	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Abbott, Emery Raymond 'Bob',   b. 8 Jan 1902, Noble, Richland County, Illinois d. 17 Dec 1968, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Rodgers, Ethel Eileene,   b. 1 Aug 1903, Illinois d. 14 Oct 1953 (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3, 8]
  Family ID	F400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mohan, R.A.
  Children	1. Abbott, A.   2. Abbott, R.W.
  Family ID	F465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Mar 1924 - West Salem, Edwards County, Illinois Death - 23 May 1992 - Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois Funeral - 27 May 1992 - First Baptist Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - 27 May 1992 - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Tuesday, May 26, 1992 CLAY CITY -Lloyd W. Abbott, 68, Clay City, died Saturday (May 23, 1992). Member, Clay City First Baptist Church and Flora Coon Hunters Association. Survivors: wife, Ruth Mohan Abbott; son, Raymond, Cleveland, Ohio; daughter Ann Abbott, Urbana; brother, Bill, Elgin; sisters, Ruth Cailteux, Clay City, Katie Brown, St. Charles. Services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Clay City. Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Clay City. Burial: Clay City Cemetery. Memorials: First Baptist Church Building Fund.

  
  

• Sources

  [S567] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Abbott, Lloyd W., 68, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18364052), none. (Reliability: 2). [S568] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Abbott, Ruth Ann and Lloyd W., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24070615/ethel-eileene-abbott), none. (Reliability: 2). [S505] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 06, page 3b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00441?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S15400] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #5, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S314] World War II Honoree, Lloyd W. Abbott, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2096856) (Reliability: 2). [S568] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Abbott, Ruth Ann and Lloyd W., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24070615/ethel-eileene-abbott), none. [S15623] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Abbott, Ruth Ann and Lloyd W., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18364052/lloyd-w-abbott), none. (Reliability: 2). [S504] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Abbott, Ethel and Raymond, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24070609/raymond-abbott), none. (Reliability: 2).