Omer Clodfelter, 88, Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of Tiskilwa, Illinois, died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, Fla.

Born Dec. 10, 1915, in Olney to John and Emma Jones Clodfelter, he married Bernice Maack on June 29, 1939, in Tiskilwa. She survives.

Also surviving are one son, Ronald of Boca Raton; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.

He was a former head custodian at Tiskilwa High School.

Services at Forest Lawn Funeral Home-South in Miramar, Fla. Entombment in Forest Lawn South Mausoleum.

Published in Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) – Thursday, May 13, 2004