Linden Lee "Red" Spurling Obituary (1936 - 2021)

Linden Lee "Red" Spurling, 85 of Clinton, IL passed away 7:27 PM August 9, 2021 at his family home in Clinton, IL. Services will be 11 AM, Monday, August 16, 2021 at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, IL with Scott Marsh officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Kenney, IL. Visitation will be 10 - 11 AM, Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Linden "Red" Spurling Memorial Fund Red was born March 7, 1936 in Monticello, IL the son of Leonard and Mary (Milligan) Spurling. He married Barbara Byrne on December 2, 1961 in Wapella, IL. She passed away August 4, 2013. Red and Barb were blessed with a blended family of his, hers and their children, Sheila (Marvin) Long, Richard Spurling, Amber Spurling, and Allora (Keiron) Sneed, all of Clinton, Chris (Claire) Spurling of Gilbert, AZ, who is a grandson loved and raised as their own, Kimberly (Mark) Creed of Paige, TX and David (Karen) Hupp of Olathe, KS. He had 19 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren. He was especially close to Andrea Pister, Nadya and Karina Atkins, Kena Spurling and Logan and Kiersten Klein. He spent many hours rocking, walking, swinging, nicknaming and making funny rhymes with them all. Besides his wife, Red was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Richard Milligan and Terry Spurling, Larry Spurling, sisters, Shirley and Rosemary Spurling and a son, Allan Woodard. He was a retired welder. In his younger days, he loved to camp, fish and play the guitar, but his biggest love was his family.