In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Teacher
     
One Hundred Years from now
(excerpt from "Within My Power" by Forest Witcraft)
One Hundred Years from now
It will not matter
what kind of car I drove,
What kind of house I lived in,
how much money was in my bank account
nor what my clothes looked like.
But the world may be a better place because
I was important in the life of a child.

Mr. Richard Steljes
1942 - 2014
Our Teacher

Richard W. Steljes
72
Of Springfield, Illinois
Formerly of Wenona
passed away Monday
August 18, 2014
At Memorial Medical Center

Rich's family will meet friends from 6 to 8 P.M.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
At Curry Funeral Home in Pawnee.

A funeral service will be at 11 A.M.
Friday, August 22, 2014
At Trinity Lutheran Church in Auburn
With the Rev. Martin Kaufmann officiating.

Burial will follow in Horse Creek Cemetery in Pawnee.

Rich was born May 29, 1942, in Chicago, the son of
Herman M and Eleanor Opheim Steljes.

He married Alice L. Hines on August 9, 1969
at Christ Lutheran Church in Normal.

Rich retired from teaching at
Woodland High School in Streator.

He was a member of
Trinity Lutheran Church in Auburn, IL.
He was a member of the Rotary Club
Of Springfield South and served as President
and multi-term secretary of the Wenona Rotary
Club.  Rich was a Paul Harris Fellow and an Eagle Scout.

Rich is survived by his wife, Alice, of Springfield:
Two sons, Clarke W. (Wife-Ruth) Earley,
of North Canton, Ohio and
Paul C. (Wife-Becky) Earley of Pawnee, IL.
Six grandchildren, Daniel, Bethany, Jordan, Dylan and Glorianne Earley and Michael (Wife-Jaime) Heffer-DeWitt:   And three great-grandchildren-
Jack, Sam and Ellie Heffer-DeWitt

Memorial Contributions
honoring Rich may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church
1201 W. Jackson Street, Auburn, IL  62615
Or to Running Strong for hte American Indian,
P.O.Box #52114, Phoenix, AZ  85702

Curry Funeral Home in Pawnee is serving the family of Richard Steljes.  Online condolences may be expressed at curryfh.com

Curry Funeral Home
407 Carroll Street, Pawnee, IL   62558
217-625-3321 ffffffffffff curryfh.com

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