Obituaries - Be
Forty Years Ago - John Beard, aged 67 years,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Stults, in the Barr
vicinity. [19 Mar 1948]
Died — At his home in Fayette, Greene County, Illinois on the
17th day of October 1862, Bro. David W. Bees,
(64?) years, 7 months, and 12 days. [1862]
Mrs. Annie E. Bell, aged 77 years died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wiliam H. Groppel, in this city
Friday evening, April 21, at 6:30 o’clock. Although Mrs. Bell
had been in ill health for sometime, her condition did not
become serious until a few days before her death.
The deceased was the daughter of the late Eber and Hannah
Dohniera Tiff, and was born in New York on June 2, 1855. Mrs.
Bell was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Bell. Besides
her daughter, Mrs. Gropel, the deceased is survived by one son,
Eber Bell, of Jerseyville.
Funeral services were held from the Groppel home to Jacoby
Brothers Chapel, Sunday afternoon, April 23, at 2:30 o’clock.
Rev. C. C. Dawdy officiated and interment was in Oak Grove
Cemetery. [27 Apr 1933]
Fatal Accident - Last Saturday evening a little
daughter of Henry Bell, aged about three years, living
on Prairie Street in this city, met with an accident that
resulted in her death. Her mother had a pitcher that had been
mended with glue or cement filled with boiling coffee which
melted the cement and the pitcher fell to pieces, the contents
of which went over the little girl burning her very bad about
the heart. Dr. Van Horne was called upon and did all that human
wisdom could to alleviate the pain of the child. She lingered
until Monday night when death relieved her of her sufferings.
[Jersey County Democrat 28 Feb 1869]
Killed – A little boy named Samuel Bell was
killed at the railroad on day last week. He had climbed onto the
side of a freight car and was crushed between the car and the
platform in front of Van Pelt’s warehouse. [Jerseyville
Republican 1868]
Thos. Bell, aged 45 years, died Friday of
consumption and was buried by the Good Templar Lodge Saturday.
[Calhoun Herald 11 Jul 1865]
Benner Infant Dies (b/d. 19 August 1956) - Beverly
Jean Benner, daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Lynus Benner
Sunday at Boyd Memorial hospital, died soon after birth. The
body was moved to the Simpson funeral Home and graveside
services were held Monday afternoon at Richwood cemetery, the
Rev. Glenn Manis officiating.
ALVIN H "COTTON" BENSA, 68, DIED JAN 21, 1986,
AT HIS RESIDENCE. HE WAS A PAINTER, BORN IN EDWARDSVILLE, A SON
OF THE LATE WILLIAM & BERTHA (DALHAUS) BENSA. HE MARRIED RUBY
(DESHERLIA), MARCH 6, 1936, AND SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE
THEN MARRIED NORMA (RETHERFORD) WINTERS BENSA NOV 21, 1964, IN
JERSEYVILLE. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE; 1 SON, ROBERT BENSA OF
GREENVILLE; 4 DAU, SHIRLEY RHOADS OF E ALTON, CAROL JOCKISCH OF
COTTAGE HILLS, JERRY CARVER OF GLENWOOD, CA AND BEA MOORE OF
GARLAND, TX; 2 STEP DAU, DORIS FRAZIER OF JERSESYVILLE AND ANN
WEBER, CARROLLTON; 23 GRANDCHILDREN; 12 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1
SIS, MABEL SHEPARD OF HUFTON, ID. VISITATION WAS FROM Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. ---INCOMPLETE--
Fred "Chief" BENZ, 88, died Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, at
Golden Moments Senior Care Center in Jacksonville, Ill. He was born in
Kampsville on July 24, 1915, the youngest child of the late Joseph and Mary
Marsching Benz. He married the former Helen J. Kohnen in St. Louis on Dec.
15, 1946. She preceded him in death on Oct. 17, 1993. He grew up on a farm
north of Kampsville in a log cabin built by his father. He joined the
Civilian Conservation Corps, and in 1942 was happy to be drafted into the
Army Air Corps. He served as an airplane mechanic in Texas and Spokane,
Wash. He retired in 1977 after 25 years at McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft, now
Boeing, in St. Louis. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on small engines,
gardening, going to the Carrollton Auction Barn, wild game suppers, and
visiting family and friends. He is survived by two daughters, Mary (Charles)
Cox of Dixon, Ill., and Alice (David) Massey of Jacksonville, Ill.; five
grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson, a
sister, Anna Halsey of Pittsfield; and many nieces and nephews. In addition
to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by an infant son, Robert;
four brothers, Joe, Aloys, Frank and Art; and four sisters, Sophia Klaas,
Bertha Behnen, Catherine Tepen, and Marie Wyatt.
Cremation rites were accorded as per his request. The family will greet
friends from 9 a.m. until time of a memorial Mass at 10 a.m. Thursday at St.
John’s Catholic Church in Carrollton. Burial rites will follow at St. John’s
Cemetery, with full military rites provided by the Carrollton American
Legion Post. Memorials may be made to St. John’s Church or St. John’s School
Tuition Assistance Fund. Condolences may be left online at
www.airsman-hires.com. Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Carrollton is in charge
of arrangements.
Judge BERDAN died this week, lived in
Jacksonville, our town named after him.[Gazette 30 Aug 1884]
Greene Prairie Press - White Hall IL February 3, 1999
Carl Richard "Red" BERRY, 71, of Kane, died Friday morning,
Jan. 29, 1999, at Alton Memorial Hospital.
He was born Feb. 27, 1927, in Carrollton, the son of Theodore and Lucille
Turner Berry. He married Iva Dean Daniels on Dec. 22, 1947, in Carrollton,
and she survives.
He is also survived by three sons, David of Carrollton, Roger of Brighton,
Rick of Kane; two daughters, Retha of Grafton and Nancy Reno of Carrollton;
eight grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and one sister, Lucille
LaBarbera of St. Louis, MO. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Ted,
Granville, William and Dale; and one sister, Henrietta Fleak.
Mr. Berry graduated from Carrollton High School in 1944. He enlisted in the
US Army shortly after WW II and was stationed in Japan luring the occupation
of Hiroshima.
He began working at Caterpillar Co. in Peoria, and in 1952 he began a
36-year career at Laclede Steel Co. in Alton, retiring on Jan. 1, 1986 from
the wire mill. He was a member of the Kane Baptist Church, the American Day
Lily Society, and an avid sports fan, and especially enjoyed watching his
alma mater, the Carrollton Hawks, sports teams.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, 1999, at the
Crawford-Holden Funeral Home in Jerseyville with burial at Kane Cemetery
where full military rites were conducted by the Jerseyville American Legion
post No. 492 and VFW Post No. 4528.
Memorials are suggested to the Carrollton Community Unit Sports Boosters in
care of the funeral home.
HAROLD B BERRY, 65, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED JUNE
29 AT CHRISTIAN NE HOSP IN ST LOUIS. HE WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1920,
IN ALTON SON OF STHE LATE HARRY F BERRY & MATTIE JOHNSON. HE WAS
A VETERAN OF WW II AND AN ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR AT LACLEDE STEEL
FOR 41 YRS. HE MARRIED BONNIE STEINGRUBEY ON SEPT 29, 1951, IN
ALTON. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST FRANCIS CHURCH, JERSEYVILLE AND THE
CARROLLTON COMM CHORUS. SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, BONNIE OF
JERSEYVILLE; 2 DAU, ANDREA BERRY OF ZILLAH, WA, AND MARGARET
BERRY OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 SIS, PAULINE GURGANUS OF FOSTERBURG AND
VIOLA BRUMMER OF NORTH PEKIN; AND 1 GRAND DAUGHTER. VISITATION
AND ROSARY WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. THE FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD IN ST FRANCIS CHURCH WITH
REV PATRICK MORROW AS CENCELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN ST FRANCIS
CEM. Memorials may be given to ST FRANCIS DECORATING FUND.
JOHN C BERRY, 39, OF COTTAGE HILLS WAS
PRONOUNCED DIED JULY 19, AT THE SCENE OF A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN
BETHALTO. HE WAS A RIDER ON THE MOTORCYCLE INVOLVED. HE WAS A
FOREMAN AT OLIN CORP, WHERE HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED FOR 13 YRS. HE
WAS BORN IN CARROLLTON, A SON OF RUTH (STONE) MAUPIN OF COTTAGE
HILLS AND THE LATE ROBERT C BERRY. BESIDES HIS MOTHER, HE IS
SURVIVED BY 1 DAU, SONYA BERRY OF WOOD RIVER; 1 SON, JOHN JR, AT
HOME; 4 SIS, SANDRA STEWART, PEGGY JEAN BERRY AND MARY C DREW,
ALL OF COTTAGE HILLS AND MINNIE BELLE SHEPPARD OF MORO; AND 3
BRO, HERMAN R OF BETHALTO, PATRICK OF COTTAGE HILLS AND DANIEL
OF GILLETTE, WY. SERVICES WERE HELD AT GENT FUNERAL HOME, ALTON
WHERE REV DALE WILFORN OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN ROSE LAWN
MEMORY GARDENS.
DAREL P BERTHOUX, 22, CITY CLERK OF
JERSEYVILLE DIED APR 19 [1961], AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. HE HAD BEEN
INVOLVED IN A 2 CAR CRASH NEAR THE HOME OF MR & MRS EDWARD
CRONE, 3 MI NORTH OF JERSEYVILLE. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES AT 11:45
THAT NIGHT. ALSO INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS MRS SAMUEL (SHIRLEY
WELLER) CLOSSER OF HILLVIEW. CITY CLERK BERTHOUX WAS ENROUTE TO
HIS HOME FROM JACKSONVILLE WHERE HE HAD GONE EARLIER IN THE EVE
TO ACCOMPANY HIS SISTER, DIANE, BACK TO ILLINOIS COLLEGE WHERE
SHE WAS A STUDENT. THEY, WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIRFAMILY, HAD
BEEN IN HIGHLAND IN THE AFTERNOON TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF THEIR
PATERNAL GRANDMOTHE, MRS LENA BERTHOUX, WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED ON
MON AM. HE WAS ALONE AT THE STIME OF THE ACCIDENT. SURVIVING IN
ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND SISTER DIANE, IS ANOTHER SIS, MRS
GERALD (DORIS) EDMUNDS OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 3 BRO, DUANE
BERTHOUX, MRMBER OF THE JERSEYVILLE POLICE DEPT, DALE,
PHOTOGRAPHER ANDADVERTISING SOLICITOR FOR THE DEMOCRAT NEWS, AND
DANN, A 7th GRADE STUDENT AT JERSEYVILLE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
DAREL RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN JERSEYVILLE SCHOOLS. HE SERVED 6
MO ACTIVE DUTH WITH THE UNITED STAT4S MARINE CORPS AND WAS A
MEMBER OF THE ACTIVE RESERVES. THE YOUNG MAN WAS APPOINTED TO
THE POSITION OF CITY CLERK BY MAYOR JAMES DOLAN. VISITATION AND
SERVICES WERE HELD AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV M
EDWARDS BREED OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
DORIS B BERTMAN, CO OWNER WITH HER SON,
ROBERT, IN BERTMAN'S DEPT STORE IN JERSEYVILLE DIED AT GREENWOOD
MANOR, MAY 21. MRS BERTMAN, WIDOW OF HERBERT C BERTMAN WHOSE
DEATH OCCURRED IN 1958, HAD LIVED IN THE FAMILY HOME UNTIL ILL
HEALTH HAD REQUIRED HOSP AND NURSING CARE FOR THE PAST FEW YRS.
A DAU OF THE LATE THOMAS B & DORA J RUYLE, SHE WAS BORN IN RUYLE
TWSP ON JAN 26, 1908. SHE WAS GRADUATED FROM JERSEY TWSP HIGH
SCHOOL AND THE NURSING SCHOOL AT ST ANN HOSP IN ST LOUIS. HER
MARRIAGE TO MR BERTMAN TOOK PLACE AT ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS, JOHN OF OVERLAND PARK, KS, ROBERT AND
CHARLES OF JERSEYVILLE; 3 DAU, MRS LAWRENCE (MARY ANN) PRANGER
OF JERSEYVILLE, MRS RONALD(PATRICIA) TURNER OF KANE AND MRS
LARRY (MARILYN) DAVIS OF DOW; AND 16 GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND; 1 DAU, CAROLYN JANE, HER
PARENTS AND 2 BRO, HERBERT AND STRAIT RUYLE. MASS OF THE
RESURRECTION WAS CONCELEBRATED MAY 23, AT ST FRANCIS CHURCH. RT
REV MSGR JOHN BERTMAN OF QUINCY CONCELEBRATED THE MASS WITH
FATYHER TERRY SHEA OF GODFREY AND FATHER GEORGE RADOSEVICH OF
JERSEYVILLE; BURIAL WAS IN ST FRANCIS CEM. THE ROSARY WAS
RECITED SUN EVE AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
Memorials may be given to ST FRANCIS BUILDING FUND. MRS BERTMAN
WAS A DEVOUT MEMBER OF THE CHURCH AND HAD SHOWN GREAT INTEREST
IN THE ADDITION TO AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL.
John F. Bertman, one of Rockbridge's most
valued citizens, died at his home on Thursday, January 5th. He
was aged 75 years, 7 months and 10 days and was survived by his
wife, two sons and five daughters. [02 Jan 1948]
JOHN F BERTMAN, 76, BUSINESSMAN OF
ROCKBRIDGE, DIED THURS AT HIS HOME THERE. HE WAS BORN IN
JERSEYVILLE, A SON OF FREDERICK JOHN & HELEN (GOETTEN) BERTMAN,
WHO WERE EARLY RESIDENTS OF JERSEYVILLE. HE MARRIED MARIE
(MASSEY) BERTMAN MAY 27, 1875. THEY WERE PARENTS OF 11 CHILDREN
AND 7 SURVIVE; MRS GEORGE MAYOB OF MARSHALL, MO, MRS GARRET
WELCH OF PLAINVIEW, IL, MRS MARIE CAMPBELL OF PITTSFIELD, IL,
MRS JAMES HEAVENER OF ST LOUIS, MO, MRS E Q SLONE OF CARROLLTON,
ROY A BERTMAN OF ROCKBRIDGE, IL AND HENRY E BERTMAN OF MARSHALL,
MO; 9 GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 SIS, MRS NELLIE B PORTER OF
JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN AND CITIZEN OF
ROCKBRIDGE FOR 40 YRS, AS MANAGER OF STANARD-TILTON ELEVATOR,
MEMBER OF BOARD OF EDUCATION, MAYOR OF ROCKBRIDGE AND VILLIAGE
TRUSTEE. SERVICES WERE HELD AT HOLY GHOST CHURCH, THE SERVICES
IN ROCKBRIDGE BEING HELD AT HIS HOME BY REV ENRIGHT. THE BODY
WAS BROUGHT TO THE RESIDENCE OF MR BERTMAN'S SISTER, MRS NELLIE
PORTER, ON W PEARL ST IN JERSEYVILLE. PALLBEARERS WERE: GEORGE
MAYOB OF MARSHALL, MO, GARRETT WELCH OF PLAINVIEW, IL, JAMES
HEAVENER OF ST LOUIS, MO, E A SLONE OF CARROLLTON, JOSEPH BREW
OF PITTSFIELD, IL, AND FRED ECK OF JERSEYVILLE.
Mrs. Charles Besaw of Grafton Died in Alton Monday - Mrs.
Bessie Marie Besaw, wife of Charles P. Besaw,
jr., of Grafton, died Monday evening, January 18 at 8:25 o’clock
at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Alton where she had been a patient
for thirty days.
Funeral rites are being held this (Thursday) morning at 9:30
o’clock at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. Father Anthony
Schmidt of Grafton officiating. Interment will be in Valhalla
Memorial Park.
Mrs. Besaw was a daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Macher
Plummer and was born in Batchtown on November 1, 1905. Her age
at the time of death was fifty-eight years, two months and
seventeen days. Mrs. Besaw was a member of American Legion
Auxilliary of Whalen Hill Post. No. 648 of Grafton.
Surviving her in addition to her husband are one son, James A.
Dille of Green Bay, Wisc., one daughter Mrs. James D. Clayton of
Bethalto, one brother and one sister, Paul Plummer and Mrs.
Benjamin Carey, both of Grafton and six grandchildren. [21 Jan
1964]
ENOS EDWARD BESTERFELDT, OF JACKSONVILLE,
FORMERLY OF JERSEY CO, DIED JUNE 3 AT NORRIS HOSP IN
JACKSONVILLE. HE HAD A PATIENT THERE SINCE JUNE 1. FUNERAL
SERVICES WERE HELD AT WILLIAMSON FUNERAL HOME IN JACKSONVILLE
WITH RECV WILLIAM J BOSTON OF THAT CITY OFFICIATING. INTERMENT
WAS IN CARROLLTON CITY CEM. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE ALBERT &
BESSIE (ROWLAND) BESTERFELDT AND WAS BORN AT JERSEYVILLE MAY 16,
1912. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, MRS MILDRED (KINCADE) BE STERFELDT
OF JACKSONVILLE, 1 SON, JERRY OF ALTON BY A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE, 1
STEPSON, DON BESTERFELDT OF WINCHESTER, 1 BRO, WARNER
BESTERFELDT AND 1 SIS MRS EVA STARK, BOTH OF ALTON.
MRS SALINDA BESTERFELDT, 78, DIED JUNE 29
[1921] AT THE HOME OF HER DAU, MRS GEO WINGER OF ALTON. SHE WAS
A NATIVE OF KANE. SHE LEAVES 7 CHILDREN. THE FUNERAL WAS AT
ELSAH.
HENRY THOMAS BESTERFELDT, 3 YRS, 4 MO, 26
DAYS,SON OF WARNER BESTERFELDT AND THE LATE MARGARET (SHERMAN)
BESTERFELDT, DIED MAY 25, AT THE HOME OF HIS PARENTS SOUTH OF
JERSEYVILLE. AN INQUEST IS PENDING. THE CHILD WAS BORN IN GREENE
CO ON DEC 29, 1947. SURVIVING ARE HIS FATHER, WARNER
BESTERFELDT, HIS STEPMOTHER MARY (GROPPEL) BESTERFELDT; 1 BRO,
WILLIAM CURTIS; 1 SIS, MYRTLE; HIS PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, MRS
BESSIE BESTERFELDT OF ALTON, AND HIS MATERNAL GRANDFATHER,
WILLIAM SHERMAN OF GODFREY. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV F W SCHWARZLOSE OFFICIATED AND
INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
The Telegraph, September 19, 2003, Wood River
Charlotte May BEYER, 75, died at 6:06 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17,
2003, at Saint Anthony’s Health Center in Alton.
She was born Nov. 19, 1927, in Alton to Earl and Hazel (Scoggins) McCoy.
She married John Dale Beyer on Nov. 24, 1945, in Wood River. He died Nov.
30, 1993.
She was an avid bowler and enjoyed playing bingo. She was devoted to her
family and was active in the PTA and Girl Scouts of America while raising
her children.
Survivors include four daughters and their spouses, Sharon and Wes
Vandygriff of East Alton, Linda and Terry Brown and Patty and David Dial,
both of Wood River, and Debbie and James Abner of Edwardsville; one son and
his wife, Kenneth and Connie Beyer of Brighton; 11 grandchildren and two
step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and seven
step-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Jacqueline Atkinson of Rosewood
Heights.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Eugene McCoy.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until services at 1 p.m. Saturday at Marks
Mortuary in Wood River. The Rev. Daniel Bowers will officiate.
Burial will be at Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto.
Memorials may be given to Greenwood Manor West Care Center Activity Fund.
