Laurel Elmer Amdor (1915 - 1991)

Born 30 Jul 1915 in Milan, Ripley County, Indiana, United States

Husband of Vera Irene (Raney) Amdor — married 31 Dec 1947 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, United States

Died 16 Sep 1991 at age 76 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, United States

Biography

Laurel was born in 1915. Laurel Amdor ... He passed away in 1991.

He was the son of Elmer AMDOR & Nellie DEWEY

Obituary^[1]

Laurel E. Amdor, 76, of 104 Franklin St., Washington, a retired research engineer and decorated veteran of World War II, died at 12:55 p.m. Monday (Sept. 16, 1991) at Proctor Community Hospital, Peoria.

His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Mason-White Funeral Home, Washington, the Rev. Jeff Browning officiating. Burial will be in Glendale Cemetery, Washington.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Mr. Amdor was born July 30, 1915, in Milan, Indiana, a son of Elmer and Nellie Dewey Amdor. He married Vera Raney Dec. 31, 1947, in Peoria. She survives.

Other survivors include one daughter, Bonnie Antal, Washington; three sons, Michael, Champaign; Lowell, Springfield; and Leslie, Chenoa; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Merle, 806 N. Richland Ave., Normal, and John, LeRoy. Mr. Amdor, who graduated from Illinois State Normal University in 1939, was research engineer for Caterpillar Tractor Co., retiring in July 1976. After his retirement, he taught technical writing at Illinois Central College.

An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Amdor served in the European Theater with the 10th Mountain Division. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

Mr. Amdor was a member and former deacon of Washington Christian Church.

He was a volunteer for the Salvation Army and a member of the Men's Retirees Golf League at Hillcrest Golf Center, Washington.

Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army or Washington Rescue Squad.

Sources

1. ↑ Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) - Wednesday, September 18, 1991

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWR6-18F : accessed 14 October 2015), Laurel E Amdor in household of Elmer W Amdor, West Township, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57-81, sheet 9A, family 161, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 842.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PZ-NCP : accessed 14 October 2015), Laurel E Amdor, enlisted 28 Mar 1941, Chicago, Illinois, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYFL-12D : accessed 14 October 2015), Laurel E Amdor, 16 Sep 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Illinois, Tazewell County, Obituary Card Index from the "Pekin Times", 1914-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXWV-2H6 : accessed 14 October 2015), Laurel Amdor, 1991; citing Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States, Pekin Public Library, Pekin.

• Cemetery marker [1]

• Find A Grave: Memorial #40241350