Kenneth Howell 'Nick' Estes
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Kenneth Howell "Nick" Estes passed away at 11:40 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010.
He was born in Harrisburg to the late Louis Earl and Mabel Howell Estes.
He is survived by a brother, Jimmy Estes and wife Linda of Pekin; special friends, Freda Tarlton and Lorie Travelstead of Harrisburg; and bestest buddy, great-nephew Caleb Cattivera of Harrisburg; also several nephews and nieces and brothers- and sisters-in-law.
Kenneth worked as a dispatcher for the old White Top Cab Co, old Dukes Car Wash, Orpheum Billiards ("Rack 'em Nick") and lastly in maintenance for the City of Harrisburg, Sunset Lawn Cemetery where he retired from in the mid-'90s.
"Nick" was a life-long Chicago Cubs and Bears fan as well as a dedicated Harrisburg Bulldogs football fan.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Shirley Estes Gibbs, Bonnie Estes Dunn and Billie Estes Auvil; and five brothers, Gerald (Nubbins), Fred, Eddie, Trevor and Buddy Estes.
Services will be 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, at the J.M. Weirauch Funeral Home in Harrisburg. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Thursday. For those who wish, donations are requested for Hospice of Southern Illinois and the Shawnee Rose Care Center Resident Christmas fund. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.