{"id":10669,"date":"2025-05-24T12:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T17:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=10669"},"modified":"2025-05-25T17:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T22:53:34","slug":"virgil-h-gentry-102-of-greenup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/10669-virgil-h-gentry-102-of-greenup\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgil H. Gentry (102) of Greenup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Virgil H. Gentry, age 102, of Greenup, Illinois, passed away peacefully at 3:53 PM- Friday, May 23, 2025, surrounded by his family at Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital in Mattoon, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 PM- Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at the Meyer Funeral Home-Bishop Chapel in Greenup, Illinois.\u00a0 Visitation will be held from 2:00-3:00 PM (1 hour) prior to the service at the Funeral Home.<\/p>\n<p>The burial will be in the Jewett Cemetery in Jewett, Illinois.\u00a0 In loving memory of Virgil, memorials may be made to Jewett Community Church.\u00a0 The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748277807991000&amp;usg=AOvVaw11Oznbyww2u4Rp-3AZGnWJ\">www.meyerfh.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Virgil was born on July 18, 1922, in Gilman Illinois, the son of Glen and Verna (Kingery).\u00a0 He married Louise Farris on March 8, 1943, and she preceded him in passing on July 10, 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Virgil was a World War II Veteran serving from December 3, 1942-November 3, 1945, Gilbert Island.\u00a0 He earned 4 Overseas Service Bars, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with 1 bronze battle star and the Good Conduct Medal. He attended Jewett Community Church.\u00a0 He enjoyed spending time with his family, playing slot machines and he loved cherry cheesecake.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving are his children, Vicky Callahan, Bill (Judy) Gentry, Robert (Pat) Gentry, Steven (Roxie) Gentry, Brenda (Bob) Carlton, sister Linda Schrock.\u00a0 Virgil and Louise were blessed with 14 grandchildren, 31 great grandkids and 25 great great-grandkids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virgil was preceded in death by his parents, son in law Lynn Callahan, 1 granddaughter, 6 brothers and 4 sisters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgil died on Friday, May 23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Virgil H. 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