Roy E. Wurster

Roy E. Wurster, age 90, of Savanna, Illinois, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at Big Meadows Nursing Home in Savanna. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 25, 2010, at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, Savanna, with Reverend Philip Bigelow officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, rural Savanna. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 25, prior to the service at the Church. Memorials may be directed to St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, Savanna.

Roy was born July 5, 1919, in Washington Township, Illinois, the son of George and Lena (Brudi) Wurster. Roy was a lifelong farmer in the Savanna area. He also worked for 7 and a half years a grounds keeper and custodian for the Savanna Schools and for five years at the First Illinois National Bank as a custodian.

Roy is survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

Roy was preceded in death by his parents; four sisters, Elsie Wurster, Carrie Buck, Laura Frederick and Gladys Shafer; and one brother, Clarence Wurster.