State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Deceased Name: Emmons Isenberg
PONTIAC - Emmons "Gabby" "Ike" Isenberg, 75, of Pontiac, formerly of Hillsboro and Jacksonville, died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006, at ASTA Care Center in Pontiac.

He was born Dec. 18, 1930, in Saunemin Township, the son of Emmons and Ruth Haile Isenberg Sr. He married Shay Hicks in 1956. He later married Susan Ashby.

Mr. Isenberg graduated from Saunemin High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving from 1948 to 1952 as a military police officer in Vienna, Austria, and was a member of the U.S. Army Overseas Basketball Team. He worked for the Wabash Railroad and was a U.S. postal carrier. He worked for the Illinois Department of Corrections for 33 years in Sheridan, Pontiac and Hillsboro and retired as a captain from the Jacksonville Correctional Center.

He was a member of First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, in Pontiac and the Illinois High School Association and a former member of Pontiac Moose Lodge. He was a past president and life member of AFSCME and life member of VFW Post 886 and Aarvig Campbell American Legion Post 78, both in Pontiac.

Survivors: daughter, JoAnn (husband, Mike) Dodson of Pontiac; four sons, David (wife, Hope) Isenberg of Ann Arbor, Mich., Brock (wife, Debbie) and Matt (wife, Judy) Isenberg, both of Pontiac, and Tim (wife, Cheryl) Isenberg of Taylorville; 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sister, June (husband, Walt) Gray of Saginaw, Mich.; and brother, Terry (wife, Anna) Isenberg of Lenexa, Kan.

Memorial services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, First Christian Church, Pontiac, the Rev. Beckie Linn Gregory officiating. Inurnment: Sunny Slope Cemetery, Saunemin.

Martin-Burke Funeral Home in Pontiac is in charge of arrangements. , but at least we will have tried," he said.  2 p.m. until 8 p.m. today at the Day & Carter Mortuary. 
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 PONTIAC - Emmons "Gabby" or "Ike" Isenberg, 75, of Pontiac, formerly of Hillsboro and Jacksonville, died at 11:15 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 11, 2006) in the ASTA Care Center of Pontiac.

His memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, 1314 E. Indiana Ave., Pontiac, with the Rev. Beckie Linn Gregory officiating. Inurnment, with military honors, will follow the memorial service in Sunny Slope Cemetery, Saunemin. Friends may visit with the family for one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church. The family suggests that memorials may be made to the Saunemin Grade School Athletic Department or the American Cancer Society.

Gabby was born Dec. 18, 1930, in Saunemin Township, Livingston County, a son of the late Emmons and Ruth Haile Isenberg Sr. He was educated in Saunemin schools and was a 1948 graduate of Saunemin High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1948 until 1952 as an M.P. and was stationed in Vienna, Austria. He was a member of the U.S. Army Overseas Basketball Team. In 1956, he married Shay Hicks. He later married Susan Ashby.

Surviving is his daughter, JoAnn (Mike) Dodson, Pontiac; his four sons, David (Hope) Isenberg, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Brock (Debbie) Isenberg, Pontiac; Tim (Cheryl) Isenberg, Taylorville; Matt (Judy) Isenberg, Pontiac; 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; his sister, June (Walt) Gray, Saginaw, Mich., and his brother, Terry (Anna) Isenberg, Lenexa, Kan.

His three sisters: Louise Reeder, JoAnn Dempsey and Kathryn Smith preceded him in death.

He had been employed by the Wabash Railroad and was a U.S. postal carrier prior to being employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections for 33 years. He worked at Sheridan, Pontiac and Hillsboro correctional centers and at Jacksonville Correctional Center, until he retired as a captain.

He was a member of the First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, in Pontiac; the IHSA a past president and life member of AFSCME; a former member of Pontiac Moose Lodge; and was a life member of VFW Post No. 886 of Pontiac; the Aarvig Campbell American Legion Post No. 78 of Pontiac; and he was a member of the Die Hard Cub Fans.

Martin-Burke Funeral Home of Pontiac is in charge of arrangements.