Orval Kenneth Pate
1906 - 1963 (57 years)-
Name Orval Kenneth Pate Born 4 Nov 1906 Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1] Gender Male Census 1930 Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois Died 6 Dec 1963 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Buried Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Person ID I3151 Gritton Last Modified 29 Mar 2024
Father William West Pate, b. 30 Oct 1881, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 6 Feb 1961 (Age 79 years) Mother Ollie Mae Gritten, b. 7 Apr 1887, Collison, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 9 May 1968 (Age 81 years) Family ID F1315 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Daisy Mae Sherman, b. 24 Nov 1909, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 26 Dec 1993 (Age 84 years) Married 8 Jun 1928 Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois [1] Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1316 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 4 Nov 1906 - Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Married - 8 Jun 1928 - Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois Census - 1930 - Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Died - 6 Dec 1963 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Buried - - Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Orval Pate was the son of William W. and Ollie Mae Gritton Pate. He was married June 8, 1928 at Watseka to Daisy Mae Sherman, and she survives.
Other survivors include his mother, three sons, Leo D. William G. and Orval B., a daughter, Barbara Goranson ,three brothers, Donald Pate, Dale and Henry Pate, four sisters, Ruth Farvit, Betty Burton, Dorothy Hickman and Marie Miller of Chicago and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father and a son.
Following his marriage in 1928, Mr. Pate moved his family to Catlin where he lived until 1952.
Mr. Pate had worked for the old Bunsenville Coal Co. and for the past 17 years had been engaged in construction work.
His hobbies were collecting pencils and raising beagle hounds.
Mr. Pate was a former member of the Operating Engineers Local, held a membership in the Illinois Sheriff's Association, Vermilion County Law Enforcement Association, Masonic Lodge 285 of Catlin, Danville Consistory, Gao Grotto, and Anzar Shrine of Springfield.
Danville, IL Commercial New- December. 7, 1963.
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- Orval Pate was the son of William W. and Ollie Mae Gritton Pate. He was married June 8, 1928 at Watseka to Daisy Mae Sherman, and she survives.
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