Rev. Eugene A. Talbot

1931 - 2015  (83 years)

• Name	Eugene A. Talbot  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	9 Aug 1931	Moline, Rock Island, Illinois   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Feb 2015	Peoria, Peoria, Illinois   [3, 4]
  Burial	Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois   [3]
  Person ID	I44595	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Claude Everett Talbot,   b. 17 Feb 1887, Cambridge, Henry, Illinois d. Mar 1963, Geneseo, Henry, Illinois (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Edna Blackledge,   b. 12 Feb 1894, Illinois d. 19 Jun 1967 (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F21813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betty Maxine Loftin,   b. 6 Aug 1930, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas d. 23 Sep 2017, Creve Coeur, Tazewell, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	7 Mar 1953	Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California   [4]
  Children	1. Rev. Ronald E. Talbot   2. Rev. Dale H. Talbot   3. Cheryl L. Talbot
  Family ID	F98671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Pekin Daily Times (IL) March 2, 2015 Rev. Eugene A. Talbot, 83, a resident and former mayor of Creve Coeur, passed away at 1:26 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Born Aug. 9, 1931 in Moline to Claude Everett and Edna Blackledge Talbot, he married Betty Maxine Loftin March 7, 1953, in Santa Barbara, Calif. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Rev. Ronald (Sandra) Talbot of Creve Coeur and Rev. Dale (Donna) Talbot of Colona; one daughter, Cheryl (Michael) Parker of Dillon, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Loyann Stottler of Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents; eight brothers and two sisters. He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War and served as a combat medic. A graduate of Western Apostolic Bible College in Stockton, Calif., Gene was a minister of the United Pentecostal Church International for 48 years. He served as pastor of Christian Life Church in Creve Coeur from 1971 until retiring in 2001. He then continued to serve his church as pastor emeritus. He previously had served the United Pentecostal Church as a traveling Home missions evangelist from 1967 to 1969 and as pastor in Kerman, Calif., from 1969 to 1971. He and his wife founded the Creve Coeur Christian Academy in 1977, which is now known as Christian Life Academy. Gene also enjoyed working new and remodeled construction and for the past six years. Gene has enjoyed working as a greeter at the Pekin Wal-Mart. He also had farmed in Henry County until 1957. Along with serving the Village of Creve Coeur as mayor for one term, Gene was presently serving his third term as a village trustee. He also had volunteered for 25 years on the Creve Coeur Fire Department and Rescue and was a former chaplain, assistant fire chief and rescue captain. He had worked as an emergency medical technician for B&B Ambulance Service for more than 10 years and then for Advanced Medical Transport for several years. Gene enjoyed woodworking, hunting both elk and deer, and motorcycle riding up until recent years. He was a member of Creve Coeur American Legion Post 1234.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22717] Descendants of Mary Hascall and Samuel Whitmore, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S46864] 1940 census, Illinois, Henry county, Year: 1940; Census Place: Hanna, Henry, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00811; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 37-27B (Reliability: 3). [S8895] Cemetery index, Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, (Find-a-Grave). [S61994] Obituary, Pekin Daily Times (IL), Eugene A. Talbot, (March 2, 2015).