A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 for 78-year-old Meredith “Butch” C. Cleiman, of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 9:57 pm, Sunday, November 24, 2024 at Three Springs Senior Living and Rehabilitation, Chester, Illinois.
He was born August 27, 1946 in St. Louis to Ray and Mary (nee Meredith) Cleiman.
Butch married Laura Milligan February 14, 2003 in Chester, Illinois; she survives in Chester.
He is also survived by a daughter: Daughter: Christina Jackson of Chester, IL; a brother: Robert Cleiman of Chester, IL; a cousin: Lynn (Robert) Flavin of Mason, OH and three grandchildren:
Hunter, Cole and Jacob.
He was also preceded in death by a grandson: Bradley, Jr.
In his younger years, Butch worked at Benson’s Clothing Store and then worked in maintenance for Memorial Hospital in Chester for 32 years.
He was of Presbyterian Faith. Butch was a member of the American Legion Post #487 in Chester and had also played the saxophone for the Chester Muny Band and the United States Army.
Butch was a United States Army Veteran.
A Celebration of Life for 78-year-old Meredith “Butch” C. Cleiman, of Chester, Illinois will be held 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, November 29, 2024 at the Pechacek Funeral Home, Chester, Illinois.
Memorials may be made to the ALS Association or to the Alzheimer’s Association