Ole Bly Pace

Background

Pace,, Ole Bly was born on March 10, 1915 in Wellington, Illinois, United States. Son of Ole Bly and Ruth A. (Parrish) Pace.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, University Illinois, 1939.

Career

Assistant state's attorney Marshall County, Illinois, 1946-1948, 64-68, state's attorney, 1948-1964. Assistant attorney general State of Illinois, Springfield, 1968-1972. Senior partner Pace and Paolucci, Lacon, Illinois, 1966-1974, Pace and McCuskey, Lacon, 1977-1981, Pace, McCuskey & Galley, Lacon, 1981—1993.

Board directors First National Bank Lacon.

Achievements

• Bar: Illinois 1939.

Politics

The Church is after all a movement which sought to inject passion, direction and purpose into the spiritual lives of the people.

Views

The distinctive feature of the Methodist Church is that lay people are involved in decision making.

Membership

Advisory board St. Francis of Assisi and St. Joseph Nursing Home, Lacon, 1962-1993, also president. Trustee Illinois Wesleyan University, 1962-1986. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945.

Member American Legion (Commander 1946-1947), Phi Delta Phi. Lodges: Masons, Rotary (local president 1957-1958).

Connections

Married Loey Ann Patterson, August 22, 1937. Children: Ole B. III, Steven P., Annual.

Father:

Ole Bly Pace,

Mother:

Ruth A. (Parrish) Pace,

Spouse:

Loey Ann Patterson

child:

Steven P. Pace,

child:

Annual Pace,

child:

Ole B. III Pace,