Born to Orvis Lorenzo and Mildred (Keen) Vaughan in Rock Island in August 1941 during WWII, the family moved to the UP of Michigan while Terry’s father was in the army, where Mildred taught school. Being a school teachers sons, Terry and his brothers went to school with her, beginning Terry’s love of education at an early age. After the war, life took the family to Beaver Dam, Wi, with a final home in Rankin, Illinois.
Terry has two children by a previous marriage. John (Julie) Vaughan in Longmount, Colorado and Tracy Hebb, Bloomington. He continued to be an important part of their lives through adulthood, and had the joy of having 6 grandchildren (Ian, Nathan, Tabi, Zane, Miller and Marlo) and 3 great-grandchildren (Sophia, Levi and Gavin) to help council and love. Many lived close by and had Grandpa with them for all important celebrations in their young lives. In 1998 Terry married the love of his life, Jody Hoggins. They nurtured and brought out the best in each other, truly turning two into one wonderful life together. She survives.
Terry was preceded in death by his parents, Orvis and Mildred Vaughan, an older brother Stewart Vaughan, and sister-in-law Bobbi (Les) Vaughan. In addition to his immediate family, he is survived by two bothers, Irving (Verla) Vaughan of Oklahoma City, Les Vaughan of Vandalia; and a sister Virgina (Fred) Stahl of Tempe. Terry and Jody felt very lucky and blessed that Les could spend time with them over the last two months helping out and providing love and support. Terry also is survived by his much loved dogs, Molly and Cooper.
Terry received his Bachelors degree from the University of Illinois. He was a high school Math and Science teacher at Rankin High School for six years, then went to work for NCR as a Programmer Analyst. He later left NCR for his favorite place of employment, Champion Federal where he made many life long friends. He retired from HTC, a consulting company in 2007. In retirement, Terry could often be seen tooling around town with dogs Jack and Bailey and later Molly in what was referred to as the dog car.
Terry was an avid computer geek and we could always count on Terry to have a well thought out opinion on current events. He also loved to travel and he, Jody and close friends were able to visit Belize last year where Terry boasted he got to eat lobster every single day.
Our lives were all blessed with his presence and the knowledge, love and support he provided will be missed. Terry has been accorded cremation rites and a Memorial-Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
The family suggest memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or McLean County Animal Control. Special thanks would like to be given to the staff at Illinois Cancer Center, Community Cancer Center and OSF. Their depth of care and respect for Terry during his illness allowed him to leave our world peacefully and with dignity.
Terry's memorial/celebration of life will be held September 15th, from 1 pm-4 pm at Reality on Monroe in downtown Bloomington. The doors will open at 1, the memorial will start at 1:15 or so, followed by food and drinks.
To view Terry's memorial page or to leave an online condolence please go to www.eastlawnmemorial.com.
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