Amos Clay Ing, 77, of Thompsonville passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, in the ICU at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
Amos was a cancer survivor for almost 10 years. He was a great warrior.
We will celebrate the life of Amos with a funeral service on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor John Robinson officiating at the First Baptist Church in Thompsonville where Amos was a longtime member. He was saved as a young teenage boy. Burial will be in the Denning Cemetery in West Frankfort with Military Rites by the Thompsonville American Legion. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Parker-Reedy Funeral Home in West Frankfort and after 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Masonic Rites will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contribution may be made to First Baptist Church of Thompsonville for special projects and will be accepted at the funeral and church.
Amos was born March 7, 1932, in Thompsonville the son of Roy and Ruth (Harvey) Ing. Amos married Jo Ann (Bonucchi) Ing and would have celebrated 58 years of married life together this July.
Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann Ing of Thompsonville; daughters, Cheryl Ann Moody of O’Fallon and Stacie Ann Panek of Belleville; son, Dennis Clay Ing and wife, Yvonne Collins Ing of Praire DuRocher; four grandsons, Austin Clay Ing, Micah Panek, Zachariah Panek and Jeffery West Moody; three granddaughters, Trisha Ann Moody, Brittnie Ann Schaller and Amber Collins; and several nieces and nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Tessie Archer and Norma Ray Martin.
Amos retired as a cartographer from the Department of Defense Mapping Agency System Center June 1, 1994. He spent four years in the Air Force with 769th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron. He received the National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal the United Nations Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
Before he went into service he worked for the Illinois Central Railroad as a telegrapher. Amos graduated from SIUE with a major in math. He was assistant basketball coach for one year with the High Mount Grade School at Belleville. Amos belonged to the American Legion of Thompsonville, Post 1194. Amos was a Mason. After retirement, Amos farmed a few acres until his health would not allow him to farm anymore.
Many thanks to Amos’s Oncology Doctors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Doctor Peter Weiss and Nurse Practitioner April Schmidt and all the staff who took care of Amos for almost five years.
For more information or to sign the guest register, visit www.parkerreedyfuneralhome.com.
