Roscoe Olen Elmore (79) of Wheeler

Funeral services celebrating Roscoe’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 29 at the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton.  Burial will be in the Bailey Cemetery west of Latona. Visitation will be 9-11 a.m. before the service at the funeral home.  In loving memory of Roscoe, memorials may be made to the Jasper County Cancer Fund, P.O. Box 333 Newton, Illinois 62448 or to HSHS Hospice. Online condolences may be left by clicking here.

Roscoe was born August 17, 1942 in South Muddy Township, Jasper County, Illinois, the son of Homer & Mamie (Clagg) Elmore.  He married Edith Elaine Tarr on December 15, 1961, and she preceded him in death on June 18, 2015.

Roscoe was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.  In his early years, he worked for Bender Brothers Construction building elevators all over Illinois. His passion and true calling was farming, by which he supported his family for many years. He loved driving the combine.  Even after he retired, you would find him in the field driving the combine as often as he was able. Many mornings would find him in the Niemerg’s parking lot waiting for them to open at 6 a.m. for a Heavy Duty or Farmer’s Breakfast.  He enjoyed mushroom hunting, quail hunting, ‘coon hunting and raising a few Standardbred race horses.  He was very proud of one he affectionately called “Dummy”.  In recent years he got immense joy from taking his puppy “Popeye” on adventures around the countryside in his Kubota side-by-side. He was a member of Winterrowd Masonic Lodge #664 and a Shriner and member of the Ainad Temple and the Jasper County Shrine Club. 

Survivors are daughter, Sherry Clinton of Wheeler and son Kenneth (Kathy) Elmore of Wheeler; grandchildren, Abigail (Dustin) Phillips of Franklin, Kentucky; Taylor Clinton of Evansville, Indiana; Tiffany Elmore of Effingham; Nichole (Grant) Hollis of Wheeler; Taylor Galloway of Wheeler and Zoey Elmore of Wheeler; great-grandchildren, Rhett and Beckett Phillips, Kalissa and Neveah Maginn, Kodin Jayne, Gracie, Annabelle and Penelope Hollis; sister, Beverly (Paul) Flinn of Milton, Florida; brothers, Vonley Elmore of Wheeler, Loren Elmore of Johnsonville and Sheldon Elmore of Mason; sisters-in-law, Rosemary Elmore of Newton and Claire Marie Elmore, Illinois and many, many nieces and nephews.

Roscoe was preceded in death by his parents, wife Edith of 53 years, son-in-law Paul Clinton, sister Ilene “Sis” Osborn Hake Corso and Kathleen Elmore; brothers Marvin, Alvin, Merle and Dean; brothers-in-law, Arley Osborn, Tom Hake and Dominic Corso; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Elmore, Charlene Elmore, Evelyn Elmore, Norma Jean Elmore and Betty Elmore and nephews, John Elmore, Marion Wayne Osborn and Harry Dale “Buddy” Gowin.