James W. “Jim” Wade, 77, of Clifton passed away Monday evening, July 15, 2013, at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee. Funeral services for Mr. Wade will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Clifton. Rev. William Callister will officiate. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. on Friday at the Knapp Funeral Home in Clifton and again at the church on Saturday for one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Ashkum Cemetery. Memorials may be to made to the Zion Lutheran Church of Clifton or Prairieview Lutheran Home at Danforth.
Mr. Wade was born in rural Kempton on September 22, 1935, the son of Evan H. and Frances Kroll Wade, his parents are deceased. Mr. Wade married the former Dorothy Wilken at Clifton on September 29, 1956 and she survives.
Also surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Jackie (Larry) Johnson of Levelland, TX; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Kip (Laura) Wade of Danforth, Chet (Brenda) Wade of Gilman and Jay Wade of Nashville, TN; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and god children.
In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by one brother and sister-in-law, Milton “Dick” and Barbara Wade.
He was a life long farmer and member of the Zion Lutheran Church of Clifton. Mr. Wade was a member of the National Corn Growers Association and was a former National Corn Growing Champion and had also won the State Title numerous times. He had also operated his own trucking business for 10 years.
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