- George Frederick "Fred" Hamner, 93, of Olney, died at 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2005, at Burgin Manor in Olney.
Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral services with masonic rites will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Minister Larry Weber will also speak. Burial will be in Clay City Cemetery in Clay City.
Mr. Hamner was born on October 6, 1911, in Oblong, the son of Fred and Cora (Hitchcock) Hamner. He married Frances Erma Seaney. She preceded him in death. He married Garnet "Opal" Friend on November 14,1966, in Newton. She survives.
He was a retired pumper for Union Oil Go. He was a member of Elm Street Christian Church in Olney. He was a member of Masonic Lodge #140 AF & AM in Olney, Scottish Rite and Bass Masters.
Mr. Hamner is survived by his wife, Garnet "Opal" Hamner, of Olney; children, Jean Jones and her husband, Hubert, of Fairfield, Charles W. Hamner and his wife, Jo Ann, of Pahrump, Nev., Carroll Tullis and her husband, Richard, of Springerton, Gwen Gassmann, of Olney, Ray
Friend and his wife, Earlene, of Pittsburg, Texas, Mary Stacey and her husband, Larry, of St. Louis, Mo., Marcia Emmerich, of Clay City, and Donna Morris, of Soldiers Grove, Wis.: a brother, Max Hamner, of Florida; and 32, grandchildren, 63 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, three brothers, three sisters, one stepson, one stepdaughter and one great-g-grandchild.
The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, March 2005
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