Obituaries - Co
Asa E. Coates, of Kane died at the home of
his niece, Mrs. Frank Reif. He was 57 years of age. The funeral
will be held at the Church of Christ at Kane, with burial at the
Jalappa Cemetery. He was a father of seven children; Mrs.
Virginia Brown, Mrs. Eva Scoggins, Andrew and Ralph Coates.
Three preceded him in death. He leaves a widow, Ella Coates,
twelve grandchildren, four sisters, Mrs. Ella Johnisee and
Hassie Whirl of Carrollton, Irene Antrobus of Alton and Jane
Cheeks of Luxora, Arkansas, two brothers, William of Kane and
George Reynolds of Alton. (April 29, 1929)
Katy Ann Cockrell-nee-Utt was born in Scioto
County, Ohio on August 9, 1815. Married to Moses Cockrell in
1835 in what was Greene County they purchased land and built a
residence about one mile from E. Newbern which was the family
home until the death of Mr. Cockrell in April of 1882. She then
moved to Jerseyville where she resided until her death on
Friday, May 19. She is survived by thriteen children. Funeral
services were held from the ME Church on May 22. Rev J. Earp
officiated and was assisted by Rev. L. C. Tyson, with the burial
in Bethel Cemetery in E. Newbern. (1893)
Nelson Colean died at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Robert C. Darlington on Monday the 9th. Born 57
years ago last March 7th. Colean was born and reared five miles
west of Jerseyville on the old homestead now occupied by his
brother, Edwin. He married Sarah Waddle on November 11, 1847.
The funeral was held from the Baptist Church in Jerseyville with
Rev. C. E. Taylot serving. Three children survive him; Mrs.
Sarah E. Cook of Carrollton; James R. Colean, Teller of Bowman
and Ware's Bank, and Miss Mary Colean of Jerseyville. Five
brothers are living; J.H. Colean, Isaac Colean, William Colean
of Sangamon County and Edwin Colean of Jerseyville and one
sister, Mrs. Harriet, wife of R. Darlington, of Jerseyville. His
niece is Mrs. Joel Cory. Pall bearers at the funeral were; James
W. Calhoun, Judge O.P. Powel, Smith M. Titus, George C. Cockrell
of Kane, John English, L.L. Kirby, Hon. George E. Warren and
Nathaniel Miner. (August 9, 1880)
Funeral services were conducted by Reverend James Connett at
the Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville at two o’clock Tuesday
afternoon for George Collenberger of Paris, a
former resident of this city. Before the body was brought to
Jerseyville services were held Monday at the Blume, Stewart,
Carroll Funeral Home in Paris. Committal rites were at Oak Grove
Cemetery.
Mr. Collenberger died Sunday at the Shady Rest Manor in Paris
following an extended period of impaired health. He was born in
Jerseyville August 26, 1901, but for the past thirty years he
had made his home in Paris. Before retirement he was engaged in
the insurance business.
Surviving Mr. Collenberger are his wife, Mrs. Jessie McFain
Collenberger of Paris; one son, Robert of Urbana; one daughter,
Mrs. Jack (Mary Lou) Hormell of Jerseyville and Winter Haven,
Florida; one brother, Cecil Collenberger of Washington; eight
grandchildren and two great grandchildren. [18 Jan 1973]
Mrs. Clarinda Collins, 81, wife of Job
Collins died at the home of her brother David Pierson, in
Carrollton. The body was brought home to Jerseyville on the
morning train, the funeral took place from the train.
Final rites were held for Lester Edward Collins,
78, a resident of RR 1 Jerseyville for 25 years, were held on
January 8 from Hires Funeral Home, Carrollton. Interment was in
Oak Wood Cemetery Greenfield. His death occurred January 5 at
Jersey Community Hospital. He had farmed in Greenfield and
retired in 1961 from Duncan Foundry in Alton. He moved to
Jerseyville in 1950. A member of the Bethel Methodist Church, he
was a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge AF and AM in
Carrollton, Grand Royal Arch 186, and Order of Eastern Star. His
wife the former Thelma Maze survives, and also a sister Maude
Collins of Carrollton. (1975, Burial January 7, 1975)
A funeral Mass for Roberta E. "Bettie" Collins,
61, of rural Jerseyville was celebrated Tuesday morning at St.
Francis Xavier Church with Father Patrick Morrow and Father
William Hembrow as concelebrants. Burial was in St. Francis
Cemetery. She died unexpectedly at 10:47 p.m. January 14 at St.
Anthony's Hospital in Alton after being stricken ill earlier on
her way to Alton with friends. She was born September 10, 1922
in Jersey County, daughter of the late Frederick and Adelia
Scaaf Young. Mrs. Collins was a member of St. Francis Church and
Altar Society and the Jerseyville Women of the Moose. Her
survivors are her husband, David L. Collins Jr. whom she married
July 26,1943; four sons, David, John, Mike and Jim all of
Jerseyville; two daughters, Pam Heitzig of Jerseyville and Sue
Raftis of Macomb; four brothers, Tony Young of Alton, Fred Young
of Mascoutah, Carl and Bob of Jerseyville; four sisters, Leona
Bell of Jerseyville, Marguerite Lewis of Madison, Hazel Woolsey
of Kane and Lucille Wade of Jerseyville. Rosary was recited at 7
p.m. Monday at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home. (1984)
Pearl Combs, the third son of Wesley and
Mary S. Combs, born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio March
14, 1854, died at home of his brother in Old Kane on March 28,
1879 at the age of 25 years. When he was nine years old, his
parents moved to Jefferson Co. Ind. near Madison. He had lived
there three years when he came to Jerseyville. He started
teaching and remained at the school until his health failed in
1878. He worked for part of the year in 1878. He visited his
parents in S.W. Missouri, from there to his older brothers home
in Johnson Co., Ill and died at Old Kane. Services were held at
the Baptist Church.
Final services for Catherine K. Cone, 80, of
Kane were held Sunday afternoon, December 15, from Jacoby
Funeral Home with the Rev. L. E. Hutchinson officiating. Mrs.
Cone was pronounced dead on arrival at 3:40 p.m. on December 13
at Boyd Memorial Hospital in Carrollton. She was born March 27,
1894 in Dublin, Ireland. Her husband, Jesse M. Cone died in
1956. Her survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Mary M. Estes and
Mrs. Virginia Goodall of Kane; seven grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren. Her parents, husband, six brothers and a
granddaughter preceded her in death. (1974)
Died - at the residence of his father, two miles east of
Jerseyville, at 2 o'clock Monday morning last, Robert P.
Conn, aged 26 years. [Jersey County Democrat 13 Nov
1869]
Funeral Mass for Cletus Connolly, 76, of
Salem was celebrated Tuesday, November 5th at the Little Flower
Catholic Church in Salem. He died on November 2 at the Salem
Hospital. He was born January 17, 1898 in Jerseyville, a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Connolly. Survivors are his wife,
Mrs. Jacqueline Connolly; one daughter, Mrs. Walter (Ettazine)
Boehme; three grandchildren; a brother E. P. Connolly of Des
Moines, Iowa, and two sisters, Miss Irene Connolly of
Jerseyville and Mrs. Glenn Skaggs of Carrollton. (1974, Buried
November 5, 1974)
Former Jersey County resident Edmund P. Connolly,
83, of West Des Moines, Iowa, died December 1 in West Des
Moines. He was born June 25, 1902 in St. Louis to the late Peter
W. Connolly and Hannah Langdon. The family moved to Jersey
County, where he spent his early years. In 1940, he moved to Des
Moines and worked as a general agent for Penn Mutual Life
Insurance Co. He held that position until he retired in 1962. He
was a past president of the Des Moines General Agents and
Managers Club and the Iowa Association of Life Underwriters,
National Association of Life Underwriters, Izaak Walton League,
Embassy Club, Des Moines and Wakonda Country Club. Survivors
include a sister Vera Skaggs of Carrollton; six nephews and a
niece. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.
Visitation was December 6 at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home. The
funeral Mass was December 7 at St. Francis Xavier Church with
the Revs. Hembrow, Morrow, Heinen and O'Reilley as
concelebrants. Burial was in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.
Memorial may be masses, Dowling High School of West Des Moines
of the Iowa National wildlife Heritage Foundation, Suite 830,
Insurance Exchange Building, Des Moines. (1985)
Funeral Mass was celebrated for Miss Irene Agnes
Connolly, 70, of 205 W. Exchange Street, Jerseyville
Monday morning at Holy Ghost Church with the Rev. Robert L.
Heintz as celebrant. Interment was in St. Francis Xavier
Cemetery. Her death occurred at 3:45 p.m. on April 9 at
Jerseyville Care Center where she had resided for a few months
following an accident. She was born April 22, 1905 in
Murrayville, a daughter of Peter and Hannah Langdon Conolly.
Miss Connolly was a registered nurse and obstetrical supervisor
at Jerseyville Community Hospital from August 1954, until she
retired in 1971. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Glenn (Vera)
Slaggs of Carrollton and a brother, Edmund Connolly of Des
Moines, Iowa; six nephews and a niece. Her parents and two
brothers preceded her in death. The Rosary was recited Sunday
evening at Jacoby Funeral Home. Miss Connolly was a member of
the Jerseyville Business and Professional Women's Club, Jersey
Home Extension, Senior Citizens Club, Jersey Community Hospital
Auxiliary, and Holy Ghost Altar Society. (1976)
The funeral of Mrs. Cletus (Jacqueline)
Connolly of Salem was held Monday afternoon at
he First Baptist Church in Salem. Her death occurred at 7 p.m.
on March 27. Her husband Cletus Connolly, died in November 1974.
Relatives from this area who attended the services were her
sister-in-law, Miss Irene Connolly and Mrs. Ellen Schmieder of
Jerseyville, and Mrs. Glenn Skaggs of Carrollton, her husband,
Mrs. and Mrs. Paul Connolly, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Connolly, and
Mrs. Michael Orban of Godfrey. (1975)
John F. Cook, aged 68 years, died at his
home near Wrights Tuesday, September 18, at 7:45 a.m. after an
illness of several weeks. [24 Sep 1948]
Former Jerseyville resident Marie Inman Cook,
80, died at 9 a.m. Friday, April 12, 1991, at home. In 1946, she
and her three brothers purchased the Inman Department store in
Jerseyville from their father. She later bought out her
brother's interest in the business and operated it until
retiring in 1963. She also operated a children's clothing shop
in Jerseyville from 1952-1962. Born in Calhoun County on June
13, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Allen C. and Cuba M.
(Coughlin) Inman. She was married to the late U. Garnat Prater.
On November 14, 1954, she married Rex M. McCann, he later died
on May 19, 1959. She later married George W. Cook on October 4,
1965, he died May 19, 1978. Surviving are two sons, G. Barney
Cook of Toledo and Dr. Neal B. Prater of Clinton, S.C.; three
grandchildren; and two brothers, Jack G. Inman of Carrollton and
James C. Inman of Palm Springs, Calif. A brother, Dale Inman,
preceded her in death. Visitation is from 1 p.m. Monday until
service time at 2 p.m. at Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
The Rev. Simon A/ Simon will officiate. Burial is in Oak Grove
Cemetery in Jerseyville. Memorials may be made to the First
Presbyterian Church of Jerseyville, where she was a member, or
to a charity of one’s choice.
Wilbur V. Cook of 419 South Pearl Street,
Jerseyville, died of pneumonia at eleven Forty-five o'clock New
Year's night as plans were being made to move him by ambulance
to the hospital. Mr. Cook, a specialist in mechanical work and a
service manager at the Wade Implement Company in Jerseyville,
has been confined to his home the past five weeks as the result
of an injury to his left leg sustained at home. A cast had been
applied after examination disclosed that in addition to a
twisted injury to the knee there was a fracture to the tibia
bone. He was making satisfactory progress when he became ill on
Christmas, but his condition did not become critical until
shortly before his death. Mr. Cook had been employed by the
implement company for ten years, working for A. H. Schlotzhauer
before the latter disposed of the business to the present owner,
James Wade. The decedant was born in Decatur, November 24, 1908,
a son of George Cook of Decatur and Mrs. Irene Cook Ehrisman of
Decatur. His age at the time of death was forty-nine years, one
month and seven days. Mr. Cook is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ada
Mattis Cook a fourth grade teacher in the Kane Elementary
School, his mother and father, one half sister, Mrs. Helen
Wendell of Decatur, and one half-brother, Lyle Cox of White
Hall. Funeral services were held at Gubser Funeral Home Saturday
January 4, at two o'clock. Reverend Carl Moman, pastor of the
Baptist Church, officiated and burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
(January 1, 1958, Buried January 4, 1958)
Funeral rites for Harold E. Cooke, 72, a
former Superintendent of Schools in Jersey County, were held in
a Chula Vista Church in California with burial in the Valley
View Cemetery, Pasadena, California. His death occurred December
22 at Bay General Hospital in Chula Vista. Mr. Cooke was
formerly a teacher at Alton High School. [04 Jan 1973]
Funeral services for Bertha Cooper, 91, of
Fieldon will be held this afternoon, June 13, at 1:30 at Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home with the Rev. Leonard Todd officiating.
Her death occurred at 8:55 p.m. on June 10 at Greenwood Manor.
Interment will be in the Gunterman Cemetery. She was born
February 6, 1883 in Greene County, a daughter of John and Rose
Weeks Cooper. Nieces and nephews are her only survivors. Her
parents, one....(rest of article missing.) (1974)
John Cooper, died at home seven miles NW of
Fieldon, November 25, 1926. Born in Hanover Germany on August
26, 1854 he came to the USA in 1867. He was one of six children,
one sister died in Memphis Tennessee in 1868. He married Rosa
Week on August 7,1878, together they had seven children, a
daughter, Nettie died early. He leaves a wife, one son, Robert,
five daughters; Bertha at home, Mrs. Victor Heiderscheid of
Jerseyville, Mrs. Frank Gerson of Fieldon, Mrs. John Rush, Mrs.
Bieman of Medford, eleven grandchildren, one great-grandchild,
and two brothers Alfred of FIeldon and Albert of Kane.
Death of Johnathan Cooper removes from
Jersey County one of her pioneer citizens. Born in Henry Co.,
Kentucky on January 5, 1807. He was 89 yrs old. When
twenty-three he came to Illinois riding horseback taking
thirteen days for the trip. His first winter was spent as a
clerk in the store of his uncle, L. N. English, at Carrollton,
later working on a farm. He enlisted in Gov. Carlin's Company
for the Black Hawk War, he served one year. He was later in
Capt. Patterson's Co. and was in the battles of Wisconsin and
Mississippi. In 1832 he entered the land on which he resided
until his death- 2 1/2 miles south of Jerseyville. His wealth
consisteded of a horse and three dollars in money. Being a
pioneer, Iam F. Turner, native of New Hampshire. She died in
1873. Reared two adopted children--Marshall M. Cooper. (Died
October 27, 1895)
Capt. Jonathan E. Cooper, one of the pioneer
settlers of Jersey County, died at his home two and a half miles
southwest of Jerseyville Friday October 25, 1895, aged 88 years.
Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church Sunday
afternoon. Dr. Bulkly of Alton preaching to a large assembly,
Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. The pall bearers were L. L.
Kirby, D. R. Stelle, Robert Newton, Andrew Cope, Lewis Terrell
and A. F. Pitt.
Capt. Cooper was born in Henry County, Kentucky, Jan. 5, 1807.
His father, Jonathon Cooper, was a native of Maryland and one of
the early settlers of the beautiful “blue grass country”, a
pioneer with Daniel Boone with whom he gouth the Indians. He was
also a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He married his first
wife, Eleanor Jones, in Pennsylvania and reared six children.
Succeeding the death of his wife, he married Eleanor English in
Shelby County, Kentucky, and to them twelve children were born.
Jonathan E. Cooper being the eldest sone and second child. In
1835 he removed to Illinois and settled on a farm four miles
southwest of Jerseyville where he died in August 1845. Mrs.
Cooper survived his death eleven years.
Jonathan E. Cooper had little advantage for school training, the
only means within his reach being the public schools of his
native state which were of an inferior order, but he had a
hungry mind and sought the best books and papers of his day,
thus acquiring historical and practical knowledge. He leaves in
his library some rare and valuable books and papers. He labored
on the farm until he was 23 years of age, and in Nov. 1829, he
came from Kentucky to what is now Jersey County, making the trip
on horseback in 13 days. A Kentucky horse and three dollars in
cash were his sole capital. He spent nearly the first winter
clerking in the store of his uncle, L. N. English, of
Carrollton. The next year he worked on a farm. On the breaking
out of the Black Hawk war, he enlisted in Capt. Carlin’s
company, was elected as its orderly sergeant and served one year
under Carlin. The next year, 1832, he served in Capt.
Patterson’s company and a portion of the year he was
quartermaster. He fought in the battles of the Wisconsin and
Mississippi, and after peace was declared, received an honorable
discharge.
In October, 1832, Capt. Cooper entered the land on which he
lived to his death, two and half miles southwest of Jerseyville.
During this same year, he was commissioned captain of militia by
Gov. Reynolds; hence his official title, Captain, which he bore
with honor. After entering his land, he at once began its
improvement and built a cabin home. In that early day he had
many hardships to endure and difficulties to overcome. But thus
are men made strong.
One spring day, May 19, 1836, the captain led to the marriage
alter, Miriam F. Turner, nee French, the daughter of Nicholas
and Anna French and a native of Rockingham County, New
Hampshire. On the first day of the following August, he took his
bride to their cabin home which was located on the identical
spot where stands the house in which he died, where he lived for
59 years. After 37 years of successful life, his devoted
helpmate was taken from him by death. No children blessed their
union, but their generous souls led them to adopt two: Marshal
M. Cooper, who became a Presbyterian minister and is now located
at Troy, Ill.; and Mary, the wife of N. I. Massey, who reside in
Colorado. On Dec. 3, 1879, Captain Cooper married Mrs. Sarah C.
Johnson, nee Gillham, a native of Madison County, Illinois, who
has lived to see the sterling old man fall into the dreamless
sleep that knows no disturbance. She has been a true and
faithful wife, devoted to the last.
Capt. Cooper was a good citizen. He rendered to Caeser that
which beloned to Caeser, and to God that which belonged to God.
Politically he was a democrat. He cast his first vote for
General Jackson and never forsook the party of his first choice.
He never aspired to public office. In 1839, he and his wife
united with the Baptist church at Kane, there being no church of
that denomination in Jerseyville at that time, and afterwards
were among the original members of the Jerseyville Baptist
church. Mr. Cooper was elected the first deacon of the church
and held the office to the time of his death. He kept his mind
well-informed, reading the best books and papers published. He
subscribed for one religious paper for 52 years—the Western
Recorder, a Baptist paper published at Louisville, Ky. He had a
strong personality and his influence and iron will told in all
his relations in life. He was noble-hearted and generous,
charitable to the poor but making no display of his gifts. He
surrendered to but one enemy and that was Death. He fought him
as scarcely any other mortal has done but at last he laid down
his armor and the struggle ended. In state he was known as
Captain Cooper, in the church as Deacon Cooper. [Jersey County
Democrat 31 Oct 1895]
Ralph G. Cooper, a private in Capt.
Haggard’s company, died on the 3rd inst. He had been sick for
some time prior to the departures of the regiment with a….
[Gazette Mar 1862]
Final services for Robert Cooper, 91, of 500
West Exchange Street, Jerseyville were held Tuesday afternoon at
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home where visitation hours were held
Monday evening. His death occurred at 2:15 a.m. on December 17
at Garnet's Chateau. Rev. William Smith officiated at the rites
and interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery. A retired farmer, he
was born June 19, 1881 in Greene County the son of John and Rose
Weeks Cooper. Mr. Cooper was a member of the Peace United Church
of Christ. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virgie Miller
Cooper; one daughter, Mrs. Ray (Edna) Ridenour of Jerseyville;
two sons, Otis L. Cooper of Jerseyville and Robert D. Cooper of
Georgetown, California; five grandchildren; nine great
grandchildren, and one sister, Miss Bertha Cooper of Fieldon. He
was preceded in death by his parents and five sisters. (1972)
Mrs. Cecil M. Cope, 78, formerly of Kane,
died on Feb. 9 at Alton Memorial Hospital. She had resided at
D'Adrian Convalescent Center, Godfrey, for two years.
Her husband, Asa Truman Cope, died June 4, 1942. She is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Edward (Stella) Collins of Bunker Hill
and Mrs. Louis (Phyllis) Williams of Cottage Hills; four sons,
Asa F. of Kane, Clarence M. of Staunton, Fred H. of Alton and
Stanley W. of Amarillo, Tex.; six sisters; two brothers; 21
grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Services were conducted on Feb. 11 from the Burke Funeral Home
with the Rev. David J. Shreve officiating. Burial was in Jalappa
cemetery near Kane. [Telegraph 18 Feb 1976]
The funeral of Clemens Earl Cope, who died
December 8 at the age of 69 in Brownwood, Tex., will be held at
1 p.m. December 13 at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home. Friends may
call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. December 12. Burial will
be in Jalappa Cemetery. Cope, who was born September 19, 1907,
married the former Helen Emery in Alton in 1928. She and his
sister, Mrs. Della Allen of Kane, survive. (1976)
Effie E. Cope, 90 of 410 Fletcher,
Jerseyville died March 20 at Jerseyville Community Hospital.
Born February 4, 1893 in Jersey County, daughter of William and
Mary Henrihon Bunse. Her husband, Clyde M. Cope, died November
1, 1980, a son, Maurice Cope also preceded her in death. She
leaves a sister, Eva Gilleland of Eldred, three grandchildren,
and three great-grandchildren. Services were conducted at Jacoby
Bros. Funeral Home with Father Patrick Morrow serving. (1983)
A funeral Mass for Effie E. Cope, 90, of 410
Fletcher, Jerseyville was celebrated at St. Francis Xavier
Church with Father Patrick Morrow as celebrant. Burial was in
St. Francis Cemetery. She died at 3:40 a.m. March 20 at Jersey
Community Hospital. She was born February 4, 1893 in Jersey
County, a daughter of William and Mary Henrihon Bunse. Her
husband, Clyde M. Cope, died November 1, 1980, her son, Maurice
Cope, also preceded her in death. She is survived by one sister,
Eva Gilleland of Eldred, three grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. The Rosary was recited at Jacoby Bros.
Funeral Home. (1983)
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Cope, eighty-four year old
Jerseyville resident, died Sunday afternoon, May 13, at
three-twenty o'clock at the Watson Nursing Home where she had
resided the past six months. The decedent was a daughter of the
late John L., and Mary J. Bently Lofton and was born at Girard,
Kansas on December 28, 1866. At the time of death she was aged
eighty-four years, four months and fifteen days. Mrs. Cope was
the widow of Arch Cope. Surviving the aged woman are two
daughters, Mrs. Charles Isringhausen of Kane and Mrs. Beulah
Bowers of Jerseyville, one sister Mrs. Mary Crane of Los
Angeles, Caifornia, and one brother John T. Lofton of Los
Angeles, California. She also leaves thirteen grandchildren, and
ten great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon, May 16, at two o'clock at Jacoby Brothers' Funeral
Home. Rev. Melvin McClain, pastor of the Assembly of God Church,
officiated and interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery. (1951)
The following biographical sketch was read at the funeral by
Rev. ?. h. Belt:
Frances ?????? Cope, only child of ??? and
Miranda Day, was born in Ver????, Addison County, Vermont, July
10, 1828.
When four years of age she, with her parents, came west and
located to Greene County Illinois, and later she moved to Jersey
County. During the month of August, 18??, she was united in
marriage to John A. Campbell, who died in 18??. Of this union
two children were born, Ira A., who died during childhood and
John A. Campbell, now residing in Los Angeles, California.
In the month of October, 1848, she was united in marriage to
Nathan T. Cope. of this union eleven children were born, four of
whom preceded her to the home beyond, three having died in
infancy, and one, George Cope, who died in Pasadena, California,
May 18, 18?? at the age of ?? years. Of this marriage there are
now living two sons and five daughters. Her sons Henry and
Charles are residents of Jersey County. Of the daughters, Rhoda,
wife of Louis Greene, and Zelda, wife of Hugh Whitlow, are
residents of this county, Mannie, wife of Andrew C???, resided
in Macoupin County, Illinois, Flora and Leora reside in
Pasadena, California, the former the wife of E. C. Webster, and
the latter the wife of T. C. Lynch.
Mrs. Cope joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church Feb. 123,
18??, and since that time till the moment of her death she has
lived an exemplary Christina life.
Funeral serves were held from the residence Thursday at 2:?0 p.
m., and attended by a large assemblage of people. Interment in
Grimes Cemetery.
Henry Cope, 78 year-old resident of Jersey
Co. died at West Woods of heart disease, sitting in a chair. He
leaves a widow and one daughter, Mrs. Matthew Darr now of Kane.
Henry Cope, 78 year-old resident of Jersey
Co., died at home in West Woods of heart disease. Funeral
services were held from home. He leaves his widow and one child,
Mrs. Matthew Darr, now of Kansas. (1880)
Loney Cope Died On Fishing Trip Last Thursday
Jersey Resident Suffered Fatal Heart Attack In Greene County.
Funeral Sunday.
Loney M. Cope of Jerseyville was stricken with
a heart attack while on a fishing trip in Bluffdale Township in
Greene County, Thursday afternoon, May 22, and died before
medical aid could be summoned. His death occurred at four-thirty
o’clock and an inquest was conducted by the coroner of Greene
County.
Cope had accompanied George Cope and William Garber, Jerseyville
businessmen, to a lake site in Greene County. He was sitting on
the bank fishing when he was fatally struck.
The deceased was a son of the late William and Laura Medford
Cope, and was born in Jersey County August 10, 1873. His age at
the time of death was seventy-eight years, nine months and
twelve days.
Mr. Cope is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Silk of
Godfrey and Mrs. William Briggs of Jerseyville; three sons,
Leonard Cope of Jerseyville and Earl and Cloyde Cope of
Kalamazoo, Michigan; two brothers, Claude and Clem Cope of
Alton; two sisters, Mrs. Hettie Jones and Mrs. Della Henson of
Alton, eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Gubser Funeral Home Sunday
afternoon, May 25, at two o’clock. The Reverend Melvin McClain
officiated and interment was in the Fieldon Cemetery. [29 May
1951]
Nina Mae Cope, 84, died at 3:05 a.m.
Thursday, February 8, 1990, at her residence. Before retiring,
she was a schoolteacher in Jersey and Logan Counties. Born in
New Holland, she was the daughter of the late John R. and Mary
Ellen (Mossbarger) Johnson. She married Pearl J. Cope on Feb. 9,
1929, in Greene County, and he died on March 24, 1973. Surviving
are a grandson, Michael Cope of Jerseyville; a granddaughter,
Rhonda Downey of Jerseyville; five great-grandchildren; and
nieces and nephews. A son, Herbert L. Cope, preceded her in
death. Visitation is from 4 to 9 p.m. today at Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where services are at 2 p.m.
Saturday with the Rev. Rick Francis officiating. Burial is in
Grimes-Neely Cemetery in Jerseyville. Memorials may be given to
Peace United Church of Christ, Jerseyville, Building Fund.
Miss Rhoda Hannah Corns, 86, died Thursday
morning, October 26, at 10:55 o’clock at her home on Maple
Avenue. Miss Corns sustained a fracture of the hip in a fall at
her home several weeks ago and since that time had been confined
to her bed.
Miss Corns was born in Sciotoville, Ohio, on August 31, 1847,
the daughter of the late John W. and Elizabeth Scott. For many
Years she has been a resident of Jerseyville.
Miss Corn’s death occurred on the 32nd anniversary of the death
of her father.
Surviving the deceased are one sister, Miss Josephine Corns, and
two brothers, James and William Corns all of this city.
Funeral services were held from the home Sunday afternoon,
October 29, at 2:30 o’clock, Rev. W. L. Hanbaum officiating.
Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
News has been received in Jerseyville of the death of
Samuel Milton Corns, who was born and reared in Jersey
county, at his home in Staunton, Ill., on December 18. Heart
trouble, from which he had suffered for several years, was the
cause of his demise, the end coming with a sudden attack of the
disease. He was aged 65 years, 3 months and 26 days.
Mr. Corns was united in marriage with Miss Alice Giles of
Portsmouth, Ohio, on August 30, 1894. The couple resided in
various counties in Illinois for a number of years and moved to
Staunton five years ago from Edwardsville, where Mr. Corns was
employed as a brass worker. He was an active member of the
Presbyterian Church.
Funeral services were held from the Huntman Funeral Home on
December 20, Rev. J. A. Oesch, pastor of the Staunton
Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment was in Memorial Park
Cemetery at Staunton.
The pallbearers were nephews of Mr. Corns----Oscar Lemon and
Harold Meyers of Alton, Harry Breitweiser and Orville
Breitweiser of Delhi, Phillip Corns of Greenville and Jess
manning of Staunton.
Surviving the deceased are his widow, three sisters, Mrs. J. F.
Meyers of Alton, Mrs. Geo. Breitweiser of Springfield and Mrs.
P. W. Southernland of Madison, Ill.; one brother, Joseph Corns
of Greenville, also a number of nephews, nieces, other relatives
and many friends.
Among those from Jersey county who attended the funeral were Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Roberts and son, Roy, Mrs. Reba Kanallakan, of
Jerseyville, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Breitweiser and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Breitweiser of Delhi.
Jersyville – William Corns, 80, resident of
this city, died at 2:30 a.m. Sunday and the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Edna Frost, in St. Louis, following a heart
attach.
The son of the late John Wesley and Elizabeth Scott Corns, he
was born Aug. 7, 1861.
For many years he had conducted a business in Jerseyville with a
partner, Mott Brown, where all types of blacksmithing and metal
work were done and woodwork handled. In recent years, he
continued to work at his trade and kept busy in his shop at home
until a recent severe heart attach.
His father, John Wesley Corns, was a native of Vanceburg, Ky.,
and his mother was born in Ohio. His father was a marble cutter
by trade and conducted the largest yard in the vicinity of
Ironton, O.. Later he went to Portsmouth, O., where he conducted
a yard, but made his home at Wheelersburg. In 1880 the family
came to Jerseyville, where the father lived in retirement until
his death in 1901. The mother died in 1904.
The body was brought from St. Louis Sunday morning and taken to
Jacoby Brothers funeral chapel. Funeral services will be Tuesday
at 2:30 from the Jacoby chapel. The Rev. M. C. Foltz, pastor of
the Methodist Church, will officiate and internment will be in
Oak Grove Cemetery. The body may be viewed at the home after 10
a.m. Monday.
Surviving Mr. Corns are his widow and three daughters, Miss
Blanche Corns, residing at home, Mrs. Edna Frost of St. Louis,
and Mrs. J. Fred Boehm of Alton. A brother, James Corns, also
survives. [Alton Evening Telegraph 25 May 1942]
The death of Rhoda Berry Corrington occurred
on Sabbath, July 31, 1881 at the house of her son, N. A.
Corrington, of Dorchester, Ill.
She had been very feeble since the death of her husband last
November. She was in her 79th year. She was born in Cyntherence,
Ken. Her maiden name was Larimore. She was married to J. B.
Corrington Oct. 9, 1823, and they lived in Millersburg until
1830, when they removed to this state, stopping in Jacksonville
for two years, then removing to a farm near Greenfield, Greene
Co. Her husband becoming an itinerant at an early day, for many
years she had no settled home, changing from place to place, as
long as physical strength was sufficient for so arduous a work,
yet sacrificing most cheerfully all things earthly for this
heavy appointed task. In their superannuation their time was
spent most pleasantly at the home of their son, N. A.
Corrington. Sister Corrington did the work of an itinerant’s
wife for faithfully for many years, endearing herself to a large
circle of acquaintances in southern Ill. and leaving behind her
the flavor of genuine piety and the conviction that she was an
earnest, humble Christian.
She took deep interest in regard to the education of her sons,
five of whom attended school at McKendree College, two of them
graduating in the classical course—William Hugh and James
Fletcher—the latter being a member of the St. Louis conference
and pastor of St. Luke’s church, St. Louis.
The writer had known the family since 1836, and always found
“Aunt Rhoda” a consistent Christian, a steadfast friend and a
good large-souled woman. We found her with ripe experience in
her last sickness, calm, cheerful, hopeful, with longings for
the better land. Among her last breathings were words betokening
her happy frame of mind, such as:
“O, praise the Lord—bless his holy name—None but Jesus
The Lord is very near to me—hallelujah!”
And the last words heard were:
“Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are.”
The funeral occurred on Tuesday Aug. 2, from the Dorchester ME
church. She had requested the writer some months previous to her
heath to preach the funeral sermon, and, with her characteristic
modesty and humanity, said, “But do not pronounce a eulogy on
me.” This service we performed with mournful pleasure—a service
which her husband had performed for us when a dear one lay a
corpse in Upper Alton 22 years ago. Revs. B. R. Pierce and M. P.
Wilkin, of Brighton, and Rev. Wm. Gill and Like Deliand of
Dorchester assisted in the service. The body was deposited in
the family lot at Bunker Hill, where a suitable monument had
been erected under the superintendence of Dr. Corrington some
time previous to his death.
The long lives of active, faithful workers in the church, such
as Dr. Corrington and wife, are a rich heritage to the
communities where they lived for all time to come. J. W.
Caldwell Gillespie, Ill. Aug. 5, 1880 [Jerseyville Republican
Examiner 12 Aug 1881]
Rhoda Berry Corrington died July 31, 1881 at
the home of her son N.A. Corrington of Dorchester, IL. She was
79 years of age. Born in Cyntherence, Kentucky her maiden name
was Larimore. She married J. B. Corrington on October 9, 1823
and lived in Millersburg until 1830 when they came to Illinois
to Jacksonville to farm in Greene County. Her husband became an
itinerant at an early day and for many years she had no settled
home, changing from place to place. She took a deep interest in
the education of her sons, five of whom attended McKendree
College, two of them graduating in classical courses. Wm. Hugh
and James Fletcher. Funeral services were held at Dorchester ME
Church and interment was at the family lot at Bunker Hill.
Graveside services were held at Carrollton city cemetery
Saturday morning for William J. Corrington who
died Thursday in St. Louis.
He was a former resident of this city and was a son of the late
Stephen F. and Frances Corrington. His father was Greene County
Master-in-Chancery for a number of years.
He is survived by his wife, who is at present a patient in
Jewish hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
Mr. Corrington was the last of nine children of his parents. The
others who preceded him in death were Anna, Edward, Mable, Ella,
Frank, Stephen, Mrs. Ailse Clemons and Mrs. Rose Albright.
Mrs. Capitola M. Cory, wife of Lester J.
Cory of Jerseyville, died 6 p.m. Wednesday at the memorial
Hospital in Alton where she had been a patient for the past
week. Mrs. Cory was the daughter of the late Milton S. and
Minerva Miller Ferguson and was born in Ashland, Illinois,
August 1, 1896. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Cory is
survived by one son, Charles F. Stanley of Wood River, one
daughter, Mrs. Mildred E. Hurley of Jerseyville; one sister,
Mrs. Irwin Pilger of Beardstown; five brothers, William Ferguson
of Kane; George Ferguson of Beardstown; Guy Ferguson of Ashland;
Ben Ferguson of Pleasant Plains; and Robert Ferguson of Wood
River; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held
from the Cory home, 518 Maple Jerseyville, Friday, January 19 at
2:30 p.m. The Rev. m. C. Foltz, pastor of the Methodist Church
will officiate. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery. (1945)
Highway Accident Claims Life of Miss Louise Cory, Teacher
Miss Louise Cory, 55, passed away at 12:45 a.m.
Sunday, May 12, at Boyd Memorial Hospital of injuries suffered
in a head-on collision on Route 100 north of Michael, Calhoun
County, sometime after midnight Friday, May 10.
She suffered fractures of the right leg, left knee cap and ribs,
and a severe injury to her head just to the right of the
forehead.
Earlier in the evening in company with friends, she had attended
an O. E. S. meeting in Scottville and was on her way, alone, to
spend the weekend at the home of a sister, Mrs. Harold Drummond
in Hardin, at the time of the mishap. The other car traveling
north was driven by Miss Mary Brangenberg, 17, of Kampsville.
With her were her brother, Carl, 15, and Sharon Sevier, 16. All
were taken to the office of Dr. J. H. Peisker in Hardin and then
to Jersey Community hospital, where they were said to have
escaped serious injury. A rain earlier that night had washed mud
onto the highway, making driving hazardous. Miss Brangenberg
either put her brakes on too hard or lost control of her car and
smashed into Miss Cory’s car head on. Flares had been placed on
the road for some distance.
Miss Cory was the daughter of the late Wm. And Toinette Witt
Cory and was born August 27, 1902, on the farm north of Kane.
Following the death of her father, the family lived in Kane for
a time. About six years ago, Miss Cory came to this city, where
she had built a new home just south of town.
She graduated from Carrollton high school in 1921 and attended
Illinois State Normal University. She taught in the rural
schools of Greene and Jersey counties, and in the Carrollton
grades. For some years past she had been teaching in the grade
school at Kane. She had taught every year since her graduation
from high school.
She was a member of the Methodist Church at Kane and was an
officer in Elizabeth Chapter O. E. S. there.
Surviving besides her sister, Mrs. Drummond, are two brothers,
George and Perry. The body was moved from the Simpson Funeral
Home to the late residence.
Services were conducted by Rev. C. L. Peterson of Kane and Rev.
Robert Pitsch of Carrollton at the Methodist Church in Kane at 2
p.m. Tuesday, May 14. Mrs. Kenneth Darr and Mrs. Donald Crane
sang “No Night There” and “The Old Rugged Cross,” with Mrs.
Curtis Pregler as the accompanist. Services were also conducted
at the church by Elizabeth Chapter O. E. S.
Interment was in Jalappa cemetery. The flowers were carried by
Mrs. William Rowden, Mrs. Anna Darr, Mrs. Bessie Frech, Mrs.
Claude Todd, Mrs. Garsel Reynolds and Mrs. Fred Mowrey. The pall
bearers were C. W. Hayes Jr., David Hayes, Franklin March,
Richard Trump, George W. Witt and Lewis Varbel. [about 15 May
1957]
Funeral Mass for Mrs. Opal Pauline Cory, 53,
of R. 4., Jerseyville will be celebrated at 10 a.m. April 27 at
St. Mary's Church, Westwoods with Father WIlliam Hembrow
celebrant. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Her death
occurred at 3:25 p.m. April 24 at Springfield Memorial Medical
Center after an extended illness. She was born September 2, 1925
in Fieldon, a daughter of Frederick A. and Stella Isringhausen
Kanallakan. Her survivors are her husband Junior Cory; two sons,
Terry of Grafton and Steve of Jerseyville; her mother, Stella
Kanallakan of Jerseyville; four brothers, Delbert and Eldon
Kanallakan of Jerseyville, Darrell of Grafton and Tony of
Fieldon; two sisters, Norine Helton of Eldred and Pat Snider of
Jerseyville. Visitation is from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Jacoby
Bros. Funeral Home where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
The Cancer and Kidney Funds have been designated as memorials.
(1979)
Miss Rose Cory, 75, died Sunday evening,
April 25, at the home of her sister Mrs. George Carstens, in
Wood River. She had been in ill health for several months. Miss
Cory was born in Kane October 2, 1866. She had resided with her
sister for the past ten years. Surviving her in addition to Mrs.
Carstens, is another sister, Mrs. Lillian Tompkins of Chicago,
and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the Carstens home in Wood River. Rev. O. C.
Smith, pastor of the Methodist Church, conducted the rites and
the body was brought to Kane for interment in the Kane Cemetery.
(1941)
Mrs. Costello, an old lady living east of
Bertman’s warehouse died Thursday of last week, and was buried
from the Catholic Church Saturday. [Republican Examiner 29 Apr
1881]
Jerseyville relatives received word Sunday of the death of
Mrs. Opal Hughes Coughlin, a former resident of
this city which occurred at three o'clock that afternoon at a
hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana, where she had been taken for
treatment of injuries sustained in a fall down a flight of
stairs at her home on Saturday. The family resides in Rockville,
Indiana. The body was brought to Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville Wednesday noon where friends called until the hour
of the funeral. Services were held at the Funeral Home at eleven
o' clock Thursday morning, May 3, and interment was in St.
Francis Xavier Cemetery. Mrs. Coughlin was a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes of Jerseyville and was born in
Greene County. Her age at the time of death was forty-two years.
She is survived by her husband, John Coughlin; two sons, Robert
and Jackie; one daughter, Georgia Carol, all of Rockville; two
brothers, Henry Hughes of Jerseyville and Nelson Hughes of
Godfrey, and four sisters, Mrs. J. C. Parish of Jacksonville,
Mrs. Ross Cummings, Margaret Hughes and Mrs. James Dolan of
Jerseyville. (Died April 28, 1951)
William H. Coulthard died at the home of his
son, Harlan, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The body was brought
back to Jerseyville and the funeral held from his late residence
on West Exchange St. with Rev. Joseph Jenkins officiating. He
was native of Ohio, born in 1842. He was the son of John and
Susan Hardesty Coulthard. His mother died when he was two and
his father remarried and moved from Ohio to Kentucky. In the
latter state he lived until the close of the civil war in 1865.
During the war he served for 14 months with the 14th Cavalry and
was several times taken prisoner by guerilla bands. In 1865 he
returned to Ohio where he lived for four years following the
life of a farmer. In 1869 he moved to Greene Co., Illinois where
he lived until 1874 when he moved to Jerseyville and took charge
of an elevator. From that time until his retirement a few years
ago from active business in Jerseyville and for a time operated
a plant at McClusky. In 1864 he married Elizabeth M. Terry, a
native of Kentucky. Three children survive him; Ida L., Eva A.,
Harlan P and two grandchildren, Mrs. Robert Wylder of Jersey and
Wm. Coulthard of Oklahoma CIty. (1921)
Luther D. Counts, 73, of Fieldon, died May 4
at St. Luke's Hospital West in St. Louis County. He was born
August 10, 1912 in Geonia Mo. to the late Cleve and Lula Barton
Counts. He was a welder for 24 years at Duncan Foundery,
retiring in 1975. He married Lorene Dilks on April 19, 1937, in
Steelville, Mo. Survivors include his wife, Lorene of Fieldon;
sons Bob and Charles, both of California, Larry, BIll and Fred,
all of Jerseyville; and Gary of Fort Madison, Iowa; daughters
Joyce Martin of Mulberry Grove, Wanda Counts of Alton, Linda
Counts of Fieldon and Mary Warner of Carrollton; twenty-three
grandchildren; and seventee great-grandchildren. He was preceded
in death by his parents and a daughter. Visitation was May 6 at
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville; the funeral was May
7 there with the Rev. jean Erb officiating. Burial was in the
Fieldon Cemetery. (1986)
Stanley Edward Cox, 32, 1117 W. Grand,
Chicago formerly of this area, was shot to death Sunday evening,
October 24 while he and a friend were standing outside a Chicago
bar. He was pronounced dead at Illinois Masonic Hospital.
According to a police report the two men were smoking when a man
approached them and fired a handgun at them from about five feet
away. The other man was reported in fair condition. Cox was born
January 15, 1950 in Carrollton, the son of Harold Edward and
Eileen Weller Cox. He had worked for American Telephone and
Telegraph for 10 years. In addition to his parents he is
survived by one brother, Michael of Alton; paternal
grandparents, John and Myrtle Cox of Jerseyville, maternal
grandmother Eva Retherford and step-grandfather Jim Retherford
of Jerseyville. Services were conducted October 28 at Gubser
Funeral Home by the Rev. Todd Taylor. Burial was in Oak Grove
Cemetery. The First Southern Baptist Church of Alton has been
designated as a memorial. A coroner's investigation is pending.
(1982)
