Charles ""Jim"" Weston's Obituary
CHARLESTON, IL - Charles Adam ""Jim"" Weston, age 94 of Charleston, passed away on Monday, April 2, 2012 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. Visitation for family and friends will be held Saturday, April 7, 2012 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at Adams Funeral Chapel. Services honoring and celebrating his life will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday with Reverend Walter Carlson officiating. Interment, with military rites by the Honor Guard of the Charleston VFW Paul McVey Post 1592 will follow in Enon Cemetery, located in Ashmore Township. It is requested that in lieu of flowers memorial gifts in his honor be made to the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association. Gifts may be left on the memorial table at the visitation or service, or mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive, Charleston, IL 61920. Jim was born on August 20, 1917 in Lawrence County, Illinois a son of the late Henry W. and Dora C. (Hutchings) Weston. He married Lucille (Woods) McWilliams on February 26, 1942 in Spartanburg, South Carolina and they celebrated sixty-three years of marriage and friendship prior to her death on December 24, 2005. Jim is survived by his children, Donna Darlene Coartney and husband Ron of Charleston, Linda Kay Palacky of Vincennes, Indiana and James Dale Weston and wife Jan of Brookfield, Wisconsin; ten grandchildren, Steve Coartney and wife Brenda, Stacy Coartney and wife Connie, Stephenie Coartney, Rhonda Reel and husband Everett, Tammy Baxter and husband Rick, Darin Palacky and wife Devin, Harmony Palacky, Scott Palacky, Jeff Weston, Julie Weston; nine great-granchildren, Nick McGauly, Ashley Reel, Amber, Jacob, Rachel, Jonathon, Evan, Catherine and Eleanor Coartney: and two great-great-grandchildren, Madelyn McGauly and Tyler Toney. In addition to his parents and wife, Jim was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers. He was given the nickname of ""Jim"" when he was quite young. In 1940 he enlisted in the United States Army and honorably served his country during World War II. He was employed as a district supervisor for the 7-Up Bottling Company in Olney, retiring in 1973. That same year he and Lucille moved to Charleston to be near family and Jim worked as a trucker for Floyd Childress in Ashmore and was also employed part time by Mooney Motors. He attended Wesley United Methodist Church in Charleston and was a life member of the Charleston VFW Paul McVey Post 1592 and of the Olney American Legion. Jim enjoyed hunting and fishing as well as building and flying model airplanes. Every spring he looked forward to planting his vegetable garden and enjoyed canning and sharing its produce with friends and family. Jim also loved to bake and was quite good at it. Jim had a wonderful sense of humor and enjoyed sharing it with others. He was also an extremely kind-hearted gentleman and was considerate to all he met. His devotion to his family as a loving and supportive husband, father and grandfather was apparent as he always considered them to be his top priority. Jim earned the respect and love of his family and friends and he will be missed but fondly and lovingly remembered.
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