Douglas Neil Morrow Sr.

WILMINGTON, Ill. — Mr. Douglas Neil "Butch" Morrow Sr., 71, of Wilmington, Ill., passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill.

Visitation and Video Tribute will be Thursday, Feb. 2, from 4 p.m. until the time of funeral services at 7 p.m. in Freitag-Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Home, 700 East Kahler Road, Wilmington. Pastor Ben Marshall will officiate. Family burial and graveside service will follow Friday, Feb. 3, in Wesley Cemetery, Wesley Township, Wilmington.

Born Oct. 14, 1940, in Centerville, Iowa, Doug is a son of the late Ray Forest and Mary Lucille Benefiel-Morrow. He moved to Channahon, Ill., with his family at the age of 17, and lived in the Joliet area until 1975. On July 2, 1960, Doug married Carolyn Sue Burkhart in the United Presbyterian Church in Joliet, and together they moved to Wilmington in 1975, where they made their home.

Doug was a member of Teamsters Local 673 for 33 years, and worked for E.D. Siebert Trucking out of Naperville until his retirement in 1998. Doug was an avid outdoorsman and gamesman, who dearly loved nature and found enjoyment in deer and goose hunting. He could often be found working and gardening on his 10-acre property or working on and restoring old cars and tractors.

Doug loved to cook, especially for others, and was known for his homemade noodles. He was a strong and very hard worker, who had the gift to talk. Doug will forever be remembered as a guy who never knew a stranger. He was a great family man and cherished the time spent with his wife, children and grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Carolyn Sue; four children, Douglas Neil Morrow Jr. (Betty Hansen) of Dwight, and Tammy Lynn Dunkin, Lisa Ann Fink and Jeffrey Alan Morrow (Donna Pocius), all of Wilmington; two sons-in-law, George Fink of Elmhurst and Gregory Dunkin of Manhattan; nine grandchildren, Danielle Marie Dunkin, Michelle Lee Dunkin, Bryan Gregory Dunkin, Jeremy Edward Fink, Stephanie Lynn Fink, Alan Jeffrey Morrow, Benjamin James Morrow, Kyle Jordan Palmer and Katie Jean Palmer; and brothers and sister Charles Robert (Elizabeth) Morrow of Tangier, Ind., Gerald Eugene (Norma) Morrow of Channahon, Larry Wayne Morrow of Iowa, Paul Warren (Carol) Morrow of Plainfield, Ill., Donna Joann (the late Wayne) McMillian of Minooka, Ill., and Keith Stanley (Julie) Morrow of Channahon; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.