Orville W. Cordes, 84, Clifton, IL

Orville W. Cordes, 84, of Clifton, IL passed away on Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, IL.

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at Knapp Funeral Home in Clifton. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23 at Clifton Wesleyan Church. The Rev. Dan Shipton will officiate. Cremation rites will be accorded.

Mr. Cordes was born July 25, 1925 in Kankakee, IL, a son of Henry and Caroline Janasuch Cordes. He married Dorothy M. Scering on July 29, 1944 in Kankakee and she survives.

Other survivors include one daughter, Cynthia LaFond of Naples, FL; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Glenn Cordes of Placerville, CA, William and Carole Cordes of Coral Springs, FL and Douglas and Brenda Cordes of Piper City, IL; stepchildren, Jane and Russell Reinwald of DeSoto, IL, Victoria and Wayne De Boef of Alexandria, MN, Kathy Jo and Herb Hicks of Elgin, IL and Paul and Rhonda Cordes of Bourbonnais, IL; 18 grandchildren; 26 step-grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 23 step-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; two sisters; two sons; and one daughter.

Mr. Cordes worked for 31 years as a line worker at A.O. Smith and also worked as a farmer and a carpenter. He was a member of the Clifton Wesleyan Church. He enjoyed woodworking.

Memorials may be made to the Clifton Wesleyan Churhc