- Date Of Birth: July 20, 1941
- Date Of Death: February 14, 2019
- State: Illinois
John R. McCarty, 77, of Spring Bay, IL passed away at 10:53 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was born on July 20, 1941 in Havana, IL to Eugene LeSourd and Ema Urla (Seibenborn) McCarty. He married Julia Ellen Lambert on May 20, 1961 in New Buffalo, Michigan.
Surviving are his wife Julia of Spring Bay; children Angela (Dave) Angle, Amy (Doug) Cupples, and April Kern all of Metamora, and Anita Harrell of Spring Bay; grandchildren Jacob (Kelsey) Cupples, Britney (Kyle) Durst, Justin Cupples, Cody (Tory) Kern, Jordan Cupples, Jessica (Jacob) Craft, Chelsea Kern, Corrine Kern, Julia Cupples, Connor Kern, and Kylee Harrell; great-grandchildren Tanner Durst, Landon Durst, Lennox Durst, Willow Durst, Kooper Velasquez, Paislie Kern, and Dallas Morgan; and siblings Phyllis Mervosh of East Peoria, Richard McCarty of Peoria, Jim (Betty) McCarty, Chuck (Kathy) McCarty, Ed McCarty, and Mindy (David) Atherton all of Spring Bay. He was preceded in death by his parents, grandson Brandon Angle, granddaughter Jody Cupples, son-in-law Kyle Harrell, sister Janice McCarty, brothers Robert McCarty and David McCarty, brother-in-law Ted Mervosh, and nephew Ralph McCarty.
John was a tool grinder at Caterpillar for 30 years. After his retirement from Caterpillar he worked at Metamora Super Wash for ten years and also Uftring Auto Wash for ten years.
