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Wayne Tilford

Wayne Tilford
Class of 1948

— BLOOMINGDALE — Wayne Tilford, 80, of rural Bloomingdale, died at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at The Waters of Clinton. He was a manager for F.W. Woolworth and Co. in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, also was the owner of Tilford’s Variety Store in Rosedale, and was retired from Hercules. He was born June 25, 1930, in Lyford, to the late Alfred Tilford and Mabel Weese Tilford. His wife of 26 years, Nova Tilford, whom he married April 20, 1979, died Dec. 25, 2005.

Survivors include one daughter, Jan Sollars and her husband Pug of Clinton; one stepson, Clem Walkup of Farmer City, Ill.; two brothers, Cecil Tilford of Louisville, Ky., and Ken Tilford of North Terre Haute; two grandchildren, Brandy (David) Peterson of Clinton, Lori Sollars of Terre Haute; two great-grandchildren, Lindsey Peterson and Ava Sollars; and several nieces and nephews. He also was preceded in death by one son, Duane “Buddy” Tilford in 1962.

He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He was a graduate of Fontanet High School, and was a former Lions Club member. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed fishing, hunting and mushroom hunting. He also sold firewood to Turkey Run campers for years.

Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, May 5, 2011, at Cottrell-Gooch Funeral Home, 287 Main St., in Rosedale, with the Rev. Bill Herb officiating. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery, with graveside military honors by Tony Kashon American Legion Post 290 of Rosedale. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, at the funeral home. Friends may sign an online guest register at: www.goochfuneralhome.com

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