Deaths

Veldon Bealer

Veldon Bealor, retired painter, died Feb. 26 at Carle
Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He was 79.

Bealor was a member of the Farmer City Fire Department and
had served as assistant fire chief.

Survivors include his wife, Pearl; a son; a daughter; three
foster children; six grandchildren; and eight great-
grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Jackson Heights
Nursing Home, Farmer City.


Harold Filkin

Harold Filkin, a retired operating engineer in the
transportation department of the Operation and Maintenance
Division, died March 8. He was 67.

Filkin retired from the UI in 1983.

Survivors include his wife, Beverly; a daughter; and four
grandchildren.


Delmar Grob

Delmar Grob, retired plumber and steamfitter, died March 2
at Covenant Medical Center. He was 82.

Grob worked for the UI for 30 years.

He was a member of Plumber and Steamfitters Union Local 149
in Urbana for 46 years.

The founder of the Edge Scott Fire Department, Grob was a
firefighter for 30 years and was on the department's board
of trustees.

Survivors include his wife, Deloris; three stepsons; a
stepdaugher; a sister; and two brothers.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Kidney
Foundation.


Zelma Holl

Zelma Holl, retired secretary, died Feb. 27 at Carle
Foundation Hospital, Urbana. She was 79.

Holl joined the UI staff in 1936. From 1943 until her
retirement in 1975 she worked in the Office of the
President.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian
Church of Champaign, the UI Foundation, Carle Foundation
Hospital.


Esther McKellar

Esther McKellar, former staff member of the Cooperative
Extension Service, died Feb. 26 at Lakeview Hospital,
Bountiful, Utah. She was 70.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Scholarship Fund
at the 4-H House, 805 W. Ohio St., Urbana.


Morris Perry

Morris Perry, retired plumber, died Feb. 15 at Valley
Lutheran Hospital, Mesa, Ariz. He was 78.

Survivors include his wife, Marguerite; three daughters; a
sister; and three grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung
Association.


Edward Sanford

Edward Sanford, former student affairs administrator, died
March 1 in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 83.

Sanford joined the university staff in 1947 as assistant
director of the Division of Special Services for War
Veterans. He later was coordinator of Veteran's Educational
Benefits and director of Undergraduate Scholarship Programs,
and retired in 1974 as director of Student Financial Aid.

Survivors include his wife, Ferne; two sons; and three
grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Edward Sanford
Scholarship Fund.