Long Creek- Kenneth Robert Booker, 78, Long Creek, died peacefully at 1:02 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday June 25, 2011 at Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home in Mt. Zion. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. till service time at the funeral home. Burial will be at Point Pleasant Cemetery in Long Creek, IL with full military honors provided by the Macon County Honor Guard. In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorials be made to the family. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.dawson-wikoff.com.
Kenneth was born on August 18, 1932 in Long Creek, IL, a son of Maybelle (Barger) and Otis S. Booker Sr. In 1952 he joined the Army and after taking basic training in Fort Knox, KY, served in the Korean War until 1954. When he returned home he began employment at his father’s business, Booker Auto Body, which he later co-owned with his brother Otis S. Booker Jr. until his retirement in 1996. He married Sharon Rozanski in 1969 in Decatur, IL.
Kenneth was a talented man and a skilled automotive enthusiast who could restore a heap of rust to a shining thing of beauty. He particularly loved showing his 1931 Chevrolet Coupe and always had a project underway in his garage. His hobbies included golfing, gardening, bowling, and fishing. He also loved flying, which he learned how to do in 1966.
Kenneth leaves behind his wife, Sharon Booker of Decatur, his daughter Kendra Hall of Decatur, daughter Michelle and husband Victor Livingston of Wapella, son Daniel Rozanski of Dalton City, son Bill Rozanski and wife Kim of Mt. Zion; sister Evelyn Skowronski of Mt. Zion, sister Patricia and husband Charles Simpson of Mt. Zion; grandchildren, Nick Rozanski of Cerro Gordo, Stephanie Murphy and husband Brendan of New York, Jared Hall of Decatur, Dionna Rozanski of Virginia Beach , VA, Shelby Rozanski of Mt. Zion, Chase Rozanski of Mt. Zion, and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Dorothea, his parents, and brothers Otis S. Booker Jr. and Eugene Booker.
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| John & Judy Newlin |
Regrets |
June 26, 2011 |
Kendra, John and I are out of town! We are so sorry to hear of your Dad's passing! Our prayers and thoughts have been with you. Judy and John Newlin
| darryll kelly |
my sympathies |
June 25, 2011 |
To Michelle and all the Booker/Roznanski family. Sorry to here of Kenny's passing. I have nothing but fond memories of my time with Kenney. I always enjoyed watching him work his magic with those hands of his. Always enjoyed watching his face light up when he would win at a car show. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.
| Hendrick Polanco |
My deepest condolences |
June 25, 2011 |
My deepest condolences. May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...
John 11:32-45
32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”
38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.” 40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44 The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;
Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage
http://www.watchtower.org/e/200809/article_01.htm
| Toby Howard |
Sorry |
June 23, 2011 |
Sharon & family,
So sorry to read about the passing of kenny... I have many great memories of all the car shows we went too esp the street rod nationals & frog follies, those were good times!! I don't think i ever thanked him enough for all the work he helped us do on the house in DC..
You were all very lucky too have him in your lives, always remember that he was a great guy to know...
My thoughts are with you all, Toby.
| Cheryl Griffiths (Rozanski) |
former daughter-in-law |
June 23, 2011 |
Sharon, Danny, and family, I am so sorry to here of Ken's passing, I always thought of him as good soul who loved his family dearly. God bless you all.
