Wayne E. Lam, Sr.

LAM, BUCHER, ANDERS, GROFF, WHITE, GRAY, MCLAUGHLIN, STAUFFER, RITCHIE

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 6/15/2006 at 19:55:35

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
June 14, 2006

WAYNE LAM SR., Illinois

Wayne E. Lam Sr., 77, of Smithshire, Ill., died June 11, 2006, at Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, Ill.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at the Media Community Presbyterian Church with Pam Moore officiating. Visitation will be held today (Wednesday, June 14) at Banks & Beals Funeral Home in Stronghurst, Ill., from 2–8 p.m. with the family present from 6–8 p.m. Burial will be at Ellison Cemetery in rural Smithshire.

Wayne Lam was born Nov. 15, 1928, in Fulton County, Ill., to Cleveland and Lizzie (Bucher) Lam and was a 1946 graduate of Astoria High School. On July 24, 1954, he married June Anders in Astoria, Ill. Wayne farmed all of his life — first in Fulton County, then moving to the Smithshire area in 1960. He served on the board of directors for the Warren County Farm Bureau and Stockland Farm Service. He also served as Ellison Township clerk for several years. Wayne was raised in the Church of the Brethren and was a current member of the Media Community Presbyterian Church where he served as deacon and trustee. He also was a member of the Illinois State Soybean Boosters and a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Korean conflict.

He was preceded in death by one great-grandchild and two sisters, Della Groff and Nellie White.

He is survived by his wife, June, of Smithshire, Ill.; one son, Wayne Lam Jr. of Monmouth, Ill.; two daughters, Sherrie Gray of St. Charles, Iowa, and Julie McLaughlin of Smithshire, Ill.; two sisters, Bessie Stauffer of Trotwood, Ohio, and Velma Ritchie of Gaston, Ind.; a brother, Robert Lam of Springville, Iowa; and nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial fund has been established and will be designated later by the family.