Loyal Marion Reinebach
March 11, 2007

Loyal Marion Reinebach, age 87 of 1022 S. 21st, Quincy, died Sunday, March 11, 2007 at 4:30 pm in his home.

He was born June 24, 1919 in Quincy the son of George Henry and Katherine Elizabeth Ungerbuehler Reinebach. On January 27, 1946 he married Eleanor June Cuplin in New York, NY. They had celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary on January 29th.

Mr. Reinebach was a graduate of Seymour High School in 1937. He attended Illinois State for two years and graduated in 1942 from Iowa State University, served in the U.S. Army from 1942 - 1947 and received his Master's Degree in 1950 from Iowa State University. Mr. Reinebach was a soil scientist with the Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, and worked for 22 years from offices at Macomb, Mt. Vernon, Galesburg and Kankakee (Bourbonnais), retiring in 1980 to Tempe, Arizona. He also developed several inventions for use in the soil conservation field. In 2001 he returned to Quincy where he was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Camp Point. He was a church officer and Sunday School teacher in every church he attended.

Survivors in addition to his wife include 3 sons, John Reinebach and his wife Brenda, Glendora, CA, Thomas Reinebach and his wife Mary Ann, Summit, NJ, and James Reinebach and his wife Anita, Victorville, CA, and a daughter, Deborah St. Romaine and her husband Patrick; 3 sisters, Emily Elizabeth O'Banion of Denver, Colorado, Arlene Newkirk of Quincy, and Katherine Blevins of East Carbon, Utah, 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren, with one on the way. He was preceded in death by his parents and 4 brothers, Harold, Louis, Floyd, and Lester Reinebach.

Services will be Wednesday at 11:00 am in the Hansen-Spear Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Robbins officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 4-7 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be in Quincy Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Faith Baptist Church in Camp Point.

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