OBITUARY – Edward Malcom

Posted on August 4, 2019

Wilmington– Edward Marshall Malcom, 88, Wilmington, died at 6:15 am Friday, August 2, 2019 at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee.

His funeral will be 1:00 pm Thursday, August 8, 2019 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa.  Burial will be in Chenoa Twp. Cemetery, Chenoa.  Visitation will be 11:00 to 1:00 pm Thursday also at the memorial home.  The family suggests memorials be given to the American Diabetes Association.

Mr. Malcom was born August 19, 1930 in Bloomington, IL the son of Roy and Lucille Newkirk Malcom.  He married Audrey M. Dunahee on October 27, 1961 in Graymont, IL.  She died on August 29, 2008.

Survivors include one daughter, Phyllis “Ann” (Gary) Lambert, Queen Creek, AZ, three sons, Edward (Patricia) Malcom Jr., Custer Park, IL, Curtis (Marla) Malcom, Mesa, AZ, Alan (Lori) Malcom, Irvington, KY, nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by one son, Michael Malcom and one daughter, Mary E. Grell.

Mr. Malcom retired from the Laborers Union Local 288, Westmont in 1996.

A guest registry is available at www.duffypilsmemorialhome.com.

 

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