Thomas Oglesby    

(1939 - 2005)

Thomas Dale Oglesby, 65, of Petersburg died June 6, 2005. He was born on August 17, 1939 in Springfield, IL to Dean Charles and Edith Marie Frantz. He married Barbara Betty Johnstone Thayer on November 2, 2001 in Edwardsville, IL. She survives.

He retired from the Unisys Corporation in Springfield, IL after 21 years where he was a pioneer in computer technology. He subsequently became a publlic service administrator with the state of Illinois and retired from there in 2002. He graduated from Feitshans High School in Springfield, IL and was a member of the National Honor Society and attended U of I in Champaign, IL and majored in electrical engineering.

Surviving are his wife, Barbara Oglesby of Petersburg, two stepsons, Spencer James Thayer and Dustin Scott Thayer both of Springfield, IL, four brothers, Robert (Audrey) Oglesby of Riverton, Donald Oglesby of Springfield, James (Mary Ellen) Oglesby of Rochester, and Kenneth Oglesby of Springfield, IL. 

Visitation will be from 10:00 am till 12:00 pm on June 11, 2005.Memorial services will be held at 12:00 pm at the Petersburg Church of Christ.

Memorial contributions maybe made to the Petersburg Church of Christ.