James William 'Jay' Pylant, 19191994 (aged 75 years)

Name
James William 'Jay' /Pylant/
Given names
James William 'Jay'
Surname
Pylant
Birth
Unique identifier: 561188DD47BB98B814494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10283
Marriage of a parent
Unique identifier: 561189073CC9430064494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:FF4110
Death of a paternal grandmother
Unique identifier: 561188DD470AC8B5F4494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10263
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Unique identifier: 561188DD4711D8B604494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10264
Death of a father
Unique identifier: 561188DD472EF8B664494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10267
Burial of a father
Unique identifier: 561188DD473608B674494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10268
Death of a sister
Unique identifier: 561188DD478D98B774494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10278
Burial of a sister
Unique identifier: 561188DD479388B784494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10279
Reference Number
Unique identifier: 561188DD47D0F8B854494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10286
Shared note: 4171
Death
Unique identifier: 561188DD47C338B824494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10284
Burial
Unique identifier: 561188DD47CA58B834494FC262BEB6D4
Record ID number: MH:IF10285
Family with parents
father
18761946
Birth: September 9, 1876 23 19 Brookport, Massac Co, IL
Death: May 29, 1946Fisher Hospital, Metropolis, Massac Co, IL
mother
1888
Birth: 1888 Unionville, Massac Co, IL
elder sister
19131968
Birth: August 21, 1913 36 25 Brookport, Massac Co, IL
Death: about 1968Bartonville, Peoria Co, IL
6 years
himself
19191994
Birth: August 21, 1919 42 31 Brookport, Massac Co, IL
Death: September 25, 1994Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Peoria Co, IL
elder sister
Private
Mother’s family with Simon Frederich Wilhelm Eickholz
stepfather
19001961
Birth: November 3, 1900 Massac Co, IL
Death: July 29, 1961Western Baptist Hospital, Paducah, McCracken Co, KY
mother
1888
Birth: 1888 Unionville, Massac Co, IL
Marriage MarriageJune 28, 1939Massac Co, IL
Family with Private
himself
19191994
Birth: August 21, 1919 42 31 Brookport, Massac Co, IL
Death: September 25, 1994Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Peoria Co, IL
wife
Private
son
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private
Bertram P Wells + Private
wife’s husband
19141940
Birth: April 13, 1914New Liberty, KY
Death: March 9, 1940Salem, KY
wife
Private
stepdaughter
Private
stepson
Private
stepdaughter
Private
Reference Number
Shared note

Obit: Peoria Journal Star, Peoria, IL:
Bartonville -- James W. 'Jay' Pylant, 75, of 1020 Mesa Drive died at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, 1994, in the Saint Francis Medical Center Emergency Room. Born Aug. 21, 1919, in Brookport to John and Maude Smith Pylant, he married Edith Lillie on May 8, 1943, in Charleston, Mo. She survives.
Also surviving are one son, Joe Wells of Metamora; three daughters, Donna Pauli of Dunlap, Doris Jorgenson of Ottawa and Sheila Kilpatrick of Peoria; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one sister, Hazel Belver of Bartonville. He was preceded in death by one sister.
He retired from Keystone Steel & Wire Co. in 1979.
A World War II Army veteran, he served in the European Theater.
He was a member of the Peoria Sportsman's Club and the Wisconsin Fishing Hall of Fame. He was a founding benefactor for Lakeview Museum.
He was a member of First Christian Church in southern Ilinois. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Davison-Fulton Woodland Chapel. The Rev. Gary Ruckman will officiate. Visitation will be fjrom 5 to 7 tonight at the chapel. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Peoria. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association or Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Peoria.