Clifford "Schoony" Schoonover

66, 305 S. Washington St. Abingdon, died at 7:45 am Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg. He was born July 15, 1936 in Roseville, Illinois to Clifford Dawson and Bernice Stevens Schoonover. He married Diane Simpson on June 4, 1955 in Abingdon. She survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Teri (and Jan) Squire and Sheri (and Barry) Buchen both of Abingdon, Kayla (and Andy) Queen of Monmouth; two brothers, Lynn (and Diane) Schoonover of Roseville and Darrell (and Charlotte) Schoonover of Galesburg; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren and four Aunts. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister. He grew up in Roseville and graduated from Roseville High School. He had lived in Abingdon since 1955. He was a machine operator at the Smurfit-Stone Corp. in Galesburg for 45 years, last working on January 2, 2003 due to his illness. He was baptized at the Roseville Christian Church. He was a member of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union #06-0643. Funeral service will be at 1:00 pm Saturday at Hinchliff-Pearson-West Chapel in Abingdon with Eleanor Landon officiating. Burial will be in the Abingdon Cemetery. Friends may call from 6:00 é

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