Elbert C. Abe Wade

FORREST - Elbert "Abe" C. Wade, 50, Forrest, died at 3 a.m. Saturday (April 21, 2007) at OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac.

Service: 2 p.m. Wednesday graveside at Patty Cemetery, Pontiac, with Deacon George Wagner officiating. Duffy Funeral Home, Pontiac, is in charge of arrangements.

Burial: Patty Cemetery, Pontiac.

Memorials: American Diabetes Association, Decatur Office, 2580 Federal Drive, Suite 403, Decatur, IL 62526.

Survivors: three brothers, Estus (Crystal) Wade, Tennessee; Carl Wade, Jamestown, Ky.; and Orville "Sam" Wade, Pontiac; and two sisters, Doris Jean (Gerald) Shoemaker, Dunnville, Ky., and Freida Blair, Pontiac.