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Clifford Cameron Obituary
CHAMPAIGN – Clifford Cameron, 81, of Champaign passed away at 2 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2009, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
Cliff was the youngest of 10 children born to Edward Oliver Cameron and Nora Ann Quicksall Cameron. He was born on December 4, 1927, in Trowbridge. He married Opal Teresa Hanson on May 6, 1950, in Paxton. She survives.
Also surviving are one daughter, EllenSue Cameron of Champaign; and two granddaughters, Michelle Ann Buchanan Haussermann and her husband, Mark, of Lake Forest and Natalie Sue Buchanan Rajcevich and her husband, Mark, of Geneva, Ill.; four great-grandchildren, Timothy Cameron Haussermann, Evan Shapland Haussermann and twins Ashley Kendall Rajcevich and Cameron Lily Rajcevich; one sister, Vera Cameron Cannon of Champaign; 29 nieces and nephews; and many great- and great-great-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and four sisters.
Cliff was a proud member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and was a lifetime member of Carpenters Local 44 of Champaign. He retired in 1990 as Superintendent of English Brothers Construction Company of Champaign.
Cliff was a member of St. John Lutheran Church. He was an avid Illini basketball fan and St. Louis Cardinals fan.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, September 10, 2009, at Morgan Memorial Home, 1304 Regency Drive West, Savoy. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, September 11, 2009, at St. John Lutheran Church, 509 S. Mattis Ave., C, with the Rev. Mark Elliott officiating. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Urbana.
Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church.
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Marshall Hepner
September 15, 2009
Thinking and Praying for you.
Dean & Betty(Hepner) Gaarder
September 11, 2009
Dear Opal & Sue,
We are thinking of you both at this difficult time and extend our sincere sympathy to each of you. I know you will miss him very much. Love & Prayers,
Heather Woodhouse
September 10, 2009
I wish I could do something or say something to make your loss more bearable. Just know that I am thinking of you all. Love, Heather
September 10, 2009
To the Cameron family,
My sympathy to all of you. Take care and my prayers are with you all.
Arlene (Welch)Goble
Mary Merrell
September 9, 2009
Sue - Please know that you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. We love you dearly - Chuck & Mary Merrell
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