Robert and Christine Douglas

Memorial visitation for Robert G. Douglas, 90, and Christine Douglas, of Kankakee, will be from 3 p.m. Tuesday until the 6 p.m. memorial service at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. The Rev. Steve Goodin will officiate. Inurnment will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Kankakee Valley or to Asbury United Methodist Church. Mr. Douglas died July 26, 2012, at home, and Mrs. Douglas died Aug. 1, 2012, at home. Mr. Douglas was the owner and operator of Douglas Crane Service since 1952, retiring in 2007. He was born April 19, 1922, in Anoka, Minn., the son of Stanley G. and Agnes Peterson Douglas. He married the former Chris Broin on Oct. 23, 1945, in Minneapolis, Minn. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy Seabees, serving during World War II in the Pacific theater of operations. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church, where he was former board president and longtime Sunday school superintendent. He was a member of the 20th Century Club and served on the state scholarship commission; and was a longtime member of the Kankakee Country Club and former board member. He provided crane service gratis for the boat races in Kankakee for years. He enjoyed traveling and collecting model trains. Mrs. Douglas was born in Wanamingo, Minn., the daughter of Jens and Christine Varby Broin. She was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church for 60 years. She was a volunteer for the American Red Cross. She was a member of the 20th Century Club, Travelers and the Kankakee Kultivators garden club. She played bridge, golf and tennis. She traveled for many years with her husband to many countries. Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Rich and Donna Douglas, of Kankakee; one daughter and son-in-law, Robin Douglas and her husband, Jim Mullady, of Champaign; grandchildren, Erin Douglas, of London, England, Matt Douglas, of Chicago, India Mullady, of New York, N.Y., Madison Mullady and her husband, Derek Glusak, of Charleston; and one great-grandson, Malcolm. Robert is also survived by one sister-in-law, Audrey Douglas, of Anoka. Christine is also survived by one sister and brother-in-law, Shirley Jean and Don Wendell, of Minneapolis, Minn.; and one sister-in-law, Iva Broin, of Minneapolis. Robert was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Thomas; and one sister, Dory Beuchler. Christine was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Sylvia Upton; and one brother, Jens Broin.

Robert and Christine Douglas

August 1, 2012