1924
Lloyd
2015
Lloyd Elton Peck
June 16, 1924 — September 26, 2015
Lloyd Elton Peck, age 91, passed away September 26, 2015 at Thornapple Manor, in Hastings. The son of Harrison Morton and Thelma Carrick Peck. Lloyd was born June 16, 1924 in Grand Rapids, but lived in Battle Creek for 65 years. He graduated from Lakeview High School in 1942. He married Patricia R. Wagner in May of 1947 and had three boys, Lawrence Fay, William Andrew (deceased) and Tracy Matthew. He was divorced and later married Doris Jean Dull on July 4 1992, building a new home near Algonquin Lake.
He worked at Grand Trunk Western R.R. in the Engineering office for 9 years and 30 1/2 years at Clark Equipment Engineering in Battle Creek, retiring in 1982, as a Design Engineer.
He served 29 months in the Army Air Force in the 443rd Squadron of the 320th Bomb Group as a Tail Gunner on a B-26 with 60 missions over Italy, France and Germany until the end of the war.
He was a past president for three years of the Battle Creek Camera Club, collected cameras over 50 years, and he loved traditional country music, made his own mandolin and played it for many years with the Country Strings Music Group. He belonged to Michigan Fiddlers, and Thornapple Dulcimer Club.
He had one brother, Lawrence C. Peck who was killed at Kassel Germany in World War II, one month before wars end.
Lloyd is survived by his wife, Doris and sons, Lawrence and Matt, three grandsons, two granddaughters and three great-grandsons, two step-daughters, Kathleen (Denny) Swan, Patricia (Steve) Stine, step-son, Steven (Debra) Stanton and six step-granddaughters, four step-great-grandsons and four step-great-granddaughters.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 11:00 am at the Girrbach Funeral Home. Pastor Karen Kinney will officiate the service. Interment will take place at Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville, Michigan.
He worked at Grand Trunk Western R.R. in the Engineering office for 9 years and 30 1/2 years at Clark Equipment Engineering in Battle Creek, retiring in 1982, as a Design Engineer.
He served 29 months in the Army Air Force in the 443rd Squadron of the 320th Bomb Group as a Tail Gunner on a B-26 with 60 missions over Italy, France and Germany until the end of the war.
He was a past president for three years of the Battle Creek Camera Club, collected cameras over 50 years, and he loved traditional country music, made his own mandolin and played it for many years with the Country Strings Music Group. He belonged to Michigan Fiddlers, and Thornapple Dulcimer Club.
He had one brother, Lawrence C. Peck who was killed at Kassel Germany in World War II, one month before wars end.
Lloyd is survived by his wife, Doris and sons, Lawrence and Matt, three grandsons, two granddaughters and three great-grandsons, two step-daughters, Kathleen (Denny) Swan, Patricia (Steve) Stine, step-son, Steven (Debra) Stanton and six step-granddaughters, four step-great-grandsons and four step-great-granddaughters.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 11:00 am at the Girrbach Funeral Home. Pastor Karen Kinney will officiate the service. Interment will take place at Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville, Michigan.
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