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Harry McAfee Obituary

Harry Edward McAfee, 65, of 2040 Jackson died at 8:15 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 24, 2008) in his home. Born Nov. 14, 1942, in Antioch, Mo., Harry was a son of Elmer "Doc" and Lavon Ridgley McAfee. He married Judy Boudreau on Aug. 21, 1965, in Quincy. She survives. Harry was a member of Salem Evangelical United Church of Christ. He was also a member of the Quincy American Legion Post No. 37 and a former member of the Moose Lodge in Kahoka, Mo. He enjoyed playing cards, gardening, mushroom hunting, boating, bowling, fishing and hunting. Harry served his country in the U.S. Navy. He began his career in 1964 at the Electric Wheel Division of Firestone, where he worked for 18 years until its closing. He then joined Can-Am Industries, which later became Titan Wheel. He retired in 1997 as supervisor from the Earthmover Department. Survivors also include a daughter, Jana D. Sheely of Quincy; two grandsons, Austin and Zac Sheely, both of Quincy; a brother, Verlin McAfee of Kahoka; a mother-in-law, Wilma Boudreau of Kahoka; special cousins, Harvey and Roberta Drebes of Quincy; and three brothers-in-law, Larry Boudreau, Lloyd Boudreau and his wife, Linda, and Marvin Boudreau and his wife, Doris, all of Canton, Mo. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews and aunts and uncles. Mr. McAfee was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Michael McAfee; a brother, Paul Raymond McAfee; a sister, Virginia Katsaros; and a special aunt, Myrtle Horch. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Wanda Seydel and the Rev. Shawn McAfee. Cremation rites have been accorded. Inurnment will be in Greenmount Cemetery at a later date. VISITATION: 9:30 a.m. Saturday until the time of the service. MEMORIALS: Blessing Foundation for Hospice. ARRANGEMENTS: Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home.
Published by Herald-Whig from Feb. 28 to Mar. 1, 2008.

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