Darl W. Fike, 79, Cambridge, died Sunday, July 9, 2000, at Genesis Medical Center, East Campus, Davenport.
Memorial services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cambridge United Methodist Church. Dr. Garry Gromley will officiate. Inurnment will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island.
Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Cambridge Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services. Memorials may be left to Cambridge United Methodist Church or the Rotary Foundation.
Darl W. Fike was born Nov. 19, 1920, in Aurora, W. Va., the son of Otis and Bessie Hamstead Fike. He was educated in Oakland, Md., and graduated from Oakland High School in 1936. In 1941, Mr. Fike received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from West Virginia University.
His marriage to Rosemary Ramseyer took place on Dec. 10, 1944, in Fairbury, Ill. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in September 1942. After his commission as an officer, he served in the South Pacific in combat photo intelligence. Subsequent to his active duty, he joined the U.S. Air Force Reserves and retired as a lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Fike began his career in agriculture as an assistant farm advisor in Crawford County, Ill. In 1951 he accepted a position with the University of Illinois as farm adviser in Henry County, a job he held until retiring on Aug. 30, 1978. Following his retirement, he worked as an agriculture adviser for the IESC and for the Rotary Foundation in Indonesia, Pakistan, Venezuela and Jamaica.
He was an active volunteer in his retirement and taught health and safety classes for the Red Cross in Henry County and in Florida.
His memberships included Cambridge United Methodist Church, where he had served on the board and several committees and taught Sunday school; Cambridge Lodge 49, AFandAM; Cambridge American Legion Post 417; Cambridge Rotary Club, where he was the charter president; and Henry County Farm Bureau. He also belonged to the Elks Lodge, Kewanee, Moose Lodge 990, Geneseo, Illinois Farm Advisors Association, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Retired Officers Association, VFW, and 315th Bombing Association; and he was a charter member of Valley View Country Club, Cambridge.
He enjoyed golf, hunting, fishing, tennis, camping, archery, traveling, gardening, and piloting small aircraft.
Surviving are his wife, Rosemary; a daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Bill Johnston, Cambridge; grandchildren, Allison and Shawn Johnston; sisters, Eileen Loria, Bristolville, Ohio, and Anna Lee Reid, Fort Dodge, Iowa; and a brother, Robert Fike, and his wife, Carol, Midland, Mich. Also surviving are two foreign-exchange student "daughters," Karla Schubert, Germany, and Annamarie Troger, Austria. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, Mary Lynn, and a son, Roger.
(Rock Island Argus, July 10, 2000)
Memorial services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cambridge United Methodist Church. Dr. Garry Gromley will officiate. Inurnment will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island.
Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Cambridge Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services. Memorials may be left to Cambridge United Methodist Church or the Rotary Foundation.
Darl W. Fike was born Nov. 19, 1920, in Aurora, W. Va., the son of Otis and Bessie Hamstead Fike. He was educated in Oakland, Md., and graduated from Oakland High School in 1936. In 1941, Mr. Fike received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from West Virginia University.
His marriage to Rosemary Ramseyer took place on Dec. 10, 1944, in Fairbury, Ill. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in September 1942. After his commission as an officer, he served in the South Pacific in combat photo intelligence. Subsequent to his active duty, he joined the U.S. Air Force Reserves and retired as a lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Fike began his career in agriculture as an assistant farm advisor in Crawford County, Ill. In 1951 he accepted a position with the University of Illinois as farm adviser in Henry County, a job he held until retiring on Aug. 30, 1978. Following his retirement, he worked as an agriculture adviser for the IESC and for the Rotary Foundation in Indonesia, Pakistan, Venezuela and Jamaica.
He was an active volunteer in his retirement and taught health and safety classes for the Red Cross in Henry County and in Florida.
His memberships included Cambridge United Methodist Church, where he had served on the board and several committees and taught Sunday school; Cambridge Lodge 49, AFandAM; Cambridge American Legion Post 417; Cambridge Rotary Club, where he was the charter president; and Henry County Farm Bureau. He also belonged to the Elks Lodge, Kewanee, Moose Lodge 990, Geneseo, Illinois Farm Advisors Association, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Retired Officers Association, VFW, and 315th Bombing Association; and he was a charter member of Valley View Country Club, Cambridge.
He enjoyed golf, hunting, fishing, tennis, camping, archery, traveling, gardening, and piloting small aircraft.
Surviving are his wife, Rosemary; a daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Bill Johnston, Cambridge; grandchildren, Allison and Shawn Johnston; sisters, Eileen Loria, Bristolville, Ohio, and Anna Lee Reid, Fort Dodge, Iowa; and a brother, Robert Fike, and his wife, Carol, Midland, Mich. Also surviving are two foreign-exchange student "daughters," Karla Schubert, Germany, and Annamarie Troger, Austria. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, Mary Lynn, and a son, Roger.
(Rock Island Argus, July 10, 2000)
Darl W. Fike, 79, Cambridge, died Sunday, July 9, 2000, at Genesis Medical Center, East Campus, Davenport.
Memorial services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cambridge United Methodist Church. Dr. Garry Gromley will officiate. Inurnment will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island.
Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Cambridge Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services. Memorials may be left to Cambridge United Methodist Church or the Rotary Foundation.
Darl W. Fike was born Nov. 19, 1920, in Aurora, W. Va., the son of Otis and Bessie Hamstead Fike. He was educated in Oakland, Md., and graduated from Oakland High School in 1936. In 1941, Mr. Fike received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from West Virginia University.
His marriage to Rosemary Ramseyer took place on Dec. 10, 1944, in Fairbury, Ill. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in September 1942. After his commission as an officer, he served in the South Pacific in combat photo intelligence. Subsequent to his active duty, he joined the U.S. Air Force Reserves and retired as a lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Fike began his career in agriculture as an assistant farm advisor in Crawford County, Ill. In 1951 he accepted a position with the University of Illinois as farm adviser in Henry County, a job he held until retiring on Aug. 30, 1978. Following his retirement, he worked as an agriculture adviser for the IESC and for the Rotary Foundation in Indonesia, Pakistan, Venezuela and Jamaica.
He was an active volunteer in his retirement and taught health and safety classes for the Red Cross in Henry County and in Florida.
His memberships included Cambridge United Methodist Church, where he had served on the board and several committees and taught Sunday school; Cambridge Lodge 49, AFandAM; Cambridge American Legion Post 417; Cambridge Rotary Club, where he was the charter president; and Henry County Farm Bureau. He also belonged to the Elks Lodge, Kewanee, Moose Lodge 990, Geneseo, Illinois Farm Advisors Association, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Retired Officers Association, VFW, and 315th Bombing Association; and he was a charter member of Valley View Country Club, Cambridge.
He enjoyed golf, hunting, fishing, tennis, camping, archery, traveling, gardening, and piloting small aircraft.
Surviving are his wife, Rosemary; a daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Bill Johnston, Cambridge; grandchildren, Allison and Shawn Johnston; sisters, Eileen Loria, Bristolville, Ohio, and Anna Lee Reid, Fort Dodge, Iowa; and a brother, Robert Fike, and his wife, Carol, Midland, Mich. Also surviving are two foreign-exchange student "daughters," Karla Schubert, Germany, and Annamarie Troger, Austria. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, Mary Lynn, and a son, Roger.
(Rock Island Argus, July 10, 2000)
Memorial services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cambridge United Methodist Church. Dr. Garry Gromley will officiate. Inurnment will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island.
Visitation is 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Cambridge Chapel of Stackhouse-Moore Funeral Services. Memorials may be left to Cambridge United Methodist Church or the Rotary Foundation.
Darl W. Fike was born Nov. 19, 1920, in Aurora, W. Va., the son of Otis and Bessie Hamstead Fike. He was educated in Oakland, Md., and graduated from Oakland High School in 1936. In 1941, Mr. Fike received a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from West Virginia University.
His marriage to Rosemary Ramseyer took place on Dec. 10, 1944, in Fairbury, Ill. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in September 1942. After his commission as an officer, he served in the South Pacific in combat photo intelligence. Subsequent to his active duty, he joined the U.S. Air Force Reserves and retired as a lieutenant colonel.
Mr. Fike began his career in agriculture as an assistant farm advisor in Crawford County, Ill. In 1951 he accepted a position with the University of Illinois as farm adviser in Henry County, a job he held until retiring on Aug. 30, 1978. Following his retirement, he worked as an agriculture adviser for the IESC and for the Rotary Foundation in Indonesia, Pakistan, Venezuela and Jamaica.
He was an active volunteer in his retirement and taught health and safety classes for the Red Cross in Henry County and in Florida.
His memberships included Cambridge United Methodist Church, where he had served on the board and several committees and taught Sunday school; Cambridge Lodge 49, AFandAM; Cambridge American Legion Post 417; Cambridge Rotary Club, where he was the charter president; and Henry County Farm Bureau. He also belonged to the Elks Lodge, Kewanee, Moose Lodge 990, Geneseo, Illinois Farm Advisors Association, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Retired Officers Association, VFW, and 315th Bombing Association; and he was a charter member of Valley View Country Club, Cambridge.
He enjoyed golf, hunting, fishing, tennis, camping, archery, traveling, gardening, and piloting small aircraft.
Surviving are his wife, Rosemary; a daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Bill Johnston, Cambridge; grandchildren, Allison and Shawn Johnston; sisters, Eileen Loria, Bristolville, Ohio, and Anna Lee Reid, Fort Dodge, Iowa; and a brother, Robert Fike, and his wife, Carol, Midland, Mich. Also surviving are two foreign-exchange student "daughters," Karla Schubert, Germany, and Annamarie Troger, Austria. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, Mary Lynn, and a son, Roger.
(Rock Island Argus, July 10, 2000)
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