Arthur Junior Street

Arthur Street, 92, of New Columbia, Illinois, passed away at his residence on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 15, 2020, at Bailey Funeral Home in Vienna. Pastor Frank Forthman, Jr. will officiate. Burial will follow with military rites at Gilead Cemetery near Simpson, Illinois, accorded by the Beggs-Gurley VFW Post # 5222 and the U.S. Navy Burial Honors detail. Arthur was honorably discharged from the United Stated Navy having served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operation. He served aboard the U.S.S. Rockbridge, the U.S.S. Piedmont, the U.S.S. Neches, the U.S.S. Helena, and the U.S.S. Iowa during World War II. He then was employed for 20 years as a machinist and aerospace worker by Flexonics located in Bartlett, Illinois. Flexonics was an early subcontractor involved in the Apollo and Mercury space projects. Art retired on June 1, 1988. He then worked for 20 years as a custodian and stationery engineer at Washington School in Elgin before retiring and returning to Southern Illinois. Art was a member of the American Legion Post # 306 in Metropolis and the Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge # 799 in Elgin. He was a 56 year member of the Elgin United Church of Christ. Locally, he worshipped at New Hope Baptist Church. His hobbies included mowing and tending his yard, as well as working on and around his home. Art could fix almost anything. Art was born October 10, 1927, the 2nd of 9 children born to Arthur and Minnie (Baity) Street of the Flatwoods community in Johnson County. He was married to Alice Rohrssen on September 16, 1955 in Elgin, Illinois. To this union, a daughter was born, Brenda (Street) Shepard. Art was later united in marriage to Audrey Doris Lynn on October 14, 1983 in Elgin. Arthur is survived by his wife of 37 years, Audrey Doris Street; a daughter – Brenda Shepard; a grandson – Steve Frazier; 2 stepsons – Terry D. Hartman and Bruce A. (Tina) Hartman; step grandchildren – Sarah Plassman, Emily Hartman, Zachary Hartman, Andrew Hartman, Aaron Hartman, and Brandon Hartman; 3 brothers – Harold (Mary) Street, Jim (Marlene) Street, and DeAnson (Linda) Street; a sister-in-law – Gladys Street, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends and neighbors. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur and Minnie (Baity) Street, brothers – Lowell (Virginia) Street, Bob Street, and Norman (Lillian) Street; sisters – Shirley (Clifford “Tip” Stafford and later Kenneth Lockerby), and Shelby (Jim) Mifflin; and a sister-in-law – Helen Street. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 15, 2020, at Bailey Funeral Home. The family will receive relatives beginning at 12:30 p.m. and the public is welcome from 1:00 pm until the service hour at 2:00 p.m. Memorials may be made in Art’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105. Honored to serve as pallbearers will be his nephews: Roger Stafford, Jeff Stafford, Jeremy Stafford, Red Stafford, Jerry Stafford and Randy Belford.

Arthur Junior Street

October 10, 1927 - March 12, 2020