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The Rushville Times, February 16, 2000, page 13, column 2
    Don J. Sinnock, 75, of Macomb, died Wednesday, Feb. 9 at his residence.
    He was born Dec. 12, 1924, in Quincy, the son of Milton and Virginia Koch Sinnock. He married Bettie Daniel Williams on Aug. 15, 1946, in Rushville. She
survives.
    Also surviving are two daughters, Rosemary Sue (husband, Dean) Paisley of Chatham and Donna J. (husband, Michael) Ingles of Pontiaç; one son, Marc (wife,
Katharine) Sinnock of Indianapolis, Ind.; seven grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; one sister, Pat (husband, Don) Daniel of Ashland; and one brother, Robert
of Havana.
    He owned his own contracting business in Rushville and developed the Parkview Acres subdivision. Later, he was on the staff at the physical plant at Western
Illinois University.
    He was a W.W. II veteran and served in the 26th Yankee Division which landed on Utah Beach in Normandy with General Patton’s third army in August 1944.
He served in northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe and received a Bronze Star for valor and four Bronze Battle Stars. He also served in the
National Guard’s 44th Division as 1st Sgt. in Beardstown. He was a member of the American Legion and VFW
    Funeral services were Saturday, Feb. 12 at Sargent-Worthington Funeral Home in Macomb with Rev. Mary Roberts officiating and burial with military rites in
the Rushville City Cemetery
    Memorials may be made to McDonough District Hospital’s Hospice Program, 525 E. Grant, Macomb, IL 61455.

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