LEWISTOWN, IL - Calvin Leo Bainter, 81, of 515 E. Avenue E died at 2:42 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, 1992, in the emergency room at Graham Hospital in Canton, Illinois.

Born Oct. 2, 1911, in Lewistown to Clyde and Julia Heffren Bainter, he married Rita Jean Henderson on Feb. 1, 1934, in Lewistown. She survives.

Also surviving are one son, Eugene of Dominguez Hills, Calif.; two daughters, Marjorie Easley and Mary Cox, both of Lewistown; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Wayne and Paul, and one sister, Kathryn Jones, all of Lewistown.

He was preceded in death by one great-grandchild and one sister.

He was a retired farmer and also retired from the former Atwood plant in Havana, where he worked for 15 years.

He was a 48-year member of Lewistown Masonic Lodge 104, AF&AM, and a 49-year member of Lewistown Odd Fellows Lodge 51.

Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lewistown.

Journal Star (Peoria, IL) - Tuesday, November 10, 1992

submitted by Jeanette

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