- Date Of Birth: June 14, 1936
- Date Of Death: November 19, 2013
- State: Illinois
EUREKA? James Lowell Fyke, 77, of Eureka died Tuesday, November 19 at OSF Hospital in Peoria of a complication of multiple myeloma.
He was born June 14, 1936, in Raccoon Township, Marion County, Illinois, the first son of Willis Grandville and Tina Myrtle Greenwalt Fyke. He married Karen Delane Ludwig on June 6, 1959.
Jim is survived by his wife and three daughters, Kirsten Fyke, Robin (Christopher) Robinson, and Susan (Brandon) Bressner, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings, Mary Ellen Yeast, Gary W. Fyke and Barbara (Marc) Holder, along with many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Matthew Lowell, one niece, Sandra Fyke, and a brother Harvey Frank Fyke, who died two weeks, two hours and thirteen minutes earlier.
Jim?s family moved to Peoria when he was 4 years old so his father could work at R.G. LeTourneau.
