EUREKA - John Roland McCarty, 84, of 318 Evergreen Court, Eureka, formerly of Farmer City, died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday (Nov. 22, 2007) at his home.
Mr. McCarty has donated his remains to science so there are no services at this time.-;Kirby Funeral Home, 708 S. Main St., Homer, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. McCarty was born on Aug. 25, 1923, in Farmer City, a son of Roland and Louise Walden McCarty. He married Hannah Jean Williams on Oct. 10, 1948. She survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Tim (Jan) McCarty, Greencastle, Pa.; and Todd (Karen) McCarty, Champaign; one daughter, Jane (Brad) Deckert, Eureka; two grandsons, Jacob and Joshua McCarty; and one sister, Margaret (Gene) Hoffman, Farmer City.
Memorials may be made to Methodist Hospice or The Salvation Army.
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