Everland Lybarger

Everland Austin Lybarger of Sadorus, Illinois was called to his heavenly reward on February 11, 2021.  He was born to his loving parents Roy Theodore and Fairy Rochen (Humes) Lybarger on July 5, 1932 in Larkensburg Township, Clay County, Illinois.  He married Rita Jean Randall his wife of 63 years on February 23, 1957 and together they raised a daughter; Tammy and two sons; John David and Daniel.

Everland was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sadorus, Illinois.  He proudly served in the United States Army and was a Veteran of the Korean War serving in Korea from 1952 to 1954.  He returned home to raise a family and later retired a carpenter from the Bridge and Building Division of the Illinois Central Railroad after 39 years of service.

In his earlier years he loved to hunt, and remained a lifetime outdoorsman and ardent supporter of the NRA.  He was an avid fisherman his whole life, spending many an afternoon lakeside in his later years at the Sadorus Sportsmen Club where he was a longtime member.  He loved to garden and always had a showplace garden.  He tended to his small backyard orchard filled with fruit and nut trees and berries of all kinds.  He enjoyed raising small flocks of chickens, quail, and duck in his backyard brooder and never met an animal he could not nurse back to health.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his son; John David, brother, Wilbur, and infant brother Edward.  Surviving are his wife Rita, his daughter Tammy Lybarger of Champaign and son Daniel (Shannon) Lybarger of Sadorus, granddaughters; Lindsey and Ashley Lybarger of Arizona, Morgan and Sade Lybarger of Sadorus,  his brother; Ronald Lybarger of Martinsville and three sisters; Evelyn Joliff of Altamont, Lyvonne (Samuel)Quast of Effingham, and Margaret (Frank) Bradley of Freemont, Indiana, sister-in-laws Deronda Kollmann of Watson, Linda (John) Bonner of Champaign, and numerous nieces and nephews and his buddy-Casey Cat.

He will be fondly remembered by all who knew him as a devoted husband, loving father, and a loyal brother.

Private family services will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Sadorus with Pastor Matt Montgomery officiating.  Burial will be at Craw Cemetery, Sadorus.  Memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church, Sadorus.  Freese Funeral Home, Tolono is assisting with arrangements.

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