Charles M. Doran
November 15, 1916 - February 6, 2007

Charles Doran Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, funeral home. SAVANNA, Ill. -- Charles M. Doran, 90, of Savanna, died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, at the Genesis Medical Center West Campus in Davenport. The Rev. Thomas Moe of the First United Methodist Church in Savanna will officiate. Burial will be in the Savanna Township Cemetery. Full military rites will be accorded by the Savanna V.F.W. Post No. 2223. Online condolences may be sent at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com. Mr. Doran was born Nov. 25, 1916, in Savanna, the son of Charles James and Lila (Bush) Doran. He attended Savanna schools. After school he began his railroad career on the bridge and building gang for the CB amp;Q Railroad. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army and obtained the rank of master sergeant. He was a member of the 101st Airborne, 503 Parachute Regiment. He had parachute training in Fort Benning, Ga., and was a member of the Static Line, Veteran's Airborne Unit. On Feb. 3, 1945, he married Frances Welch who died in 1994. After being honorably discharged from the Army on Dec. 12, 1945, he returned to Savanna and was again employed by the CB amp;Q Railroad which later became the Burlington Northern Railroad. He retired as a yard master with 43 years of service. He was a member of the American Legion and a past member of the Savanna Moose Lodge. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and being on the Mississippi River with his family. He is survived by his wife, Edna; two sons, Jeffrey Doran of Thomson, Ill. and James Doran of Geneseo, Ill.; a daughter-in-law, Sally Doran of Moline, Ill.; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, a sister, Lauretta Peterson; and a special friend, Betty Kennedy.

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