Obituaries - Cr
The funeral of Mrs. Lorraine A. Craig of R.
1 Jerseyville will be conducted at 2 p.m. on December 20 at
Jacoby Bros. Funeral Home with the Rev. Claude Evans of Bethalto
officiating. Her death occurred at 3:45 a.m. on December 18 at
Alton memorial Hospital. She was born April 11, 1910 in
Ellsberry, Mo., a daughter of William and Della Adcox Trent.
Mrs. Craig was a member of the Fidelity Home Extension Unit and
the Paradise Baptist Church. Her survivors include her husband,
Henry R. Craig; one son, Roger P. Craig of Bethalto; four
daughters, Mrs. Ruth L. Flanery of Webster Grove, Mo., Mrs.
Walter Sullivan of Carrollton, Mrs. Hubert Conrad of
Taylorville, and Mrs. Ronald G. Woodson of Carlinville. Her
mother, Mrs. Della Trent of Garden Grove, Calif.; 13
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Lee Trent
of Oceanside, Calif., Rose M. Trent and Mrs. Grace Gloor of
Orange, Calif., Mrs. Donna Wilkinson of Texarkana, Texas. She
was preceded in death by her father, one grandson and a
great-grandson. The Paradise Baptist Church maintenance fund has
been named as a memorial.
Funeral services were held January 14 at the Bethel Baptist
Church for Stella Muriel Crane, 76, of 417 E.
Spruce St., Jerseyville whose death occurred January 12 at
Garnet's Chateau. Rev. Earl Clagg officiated at the rites.
Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery. She was born April 2, 1897
in Green County a daughter of John and Sarah Mains Grizzle. Mrs.
Crane was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church. She is survived
by two sons, Kenneth and Donald Crane of Kane; two daughters,
Miss Florence Crane of Jerseyville and Mrs. Robert (Oleta)
Hillig of Lancaster, Calif., six grandchildren; one brother,
Freeman...(rest of article missing). (1974)
Mrs. Dorothy Greene Cravens, wife of
Lawrence A. Cravens, a member of the faculty of the Jersey
Community High School, died Friday afternoon, September 30, at
3:15 o'clock at the Jersey Community Hospital where she had been
a patient for twelve days. Mrs. Cravens had been in ill health
the past few months. The family home is at 908 West Spruce
Street, this city. Visitation hours were held at the Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home. Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon, October 3, at 1:30 o'clock at the First Baptist
Church with the pastor Rev. Carlton Christenson, officiating.
Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery at Greenfield. Mrs. Cravens
was a daughter of the late George and Jesse McClure Greene and
was born at Rockbridge on March 13, 1907. She was aged
fifty-nine years, six months, and seventeen days. Surviving her
in addition to her husband, are one son, Dr. James G. Cravens,
and one grandson, John Cravens, of Lawton, Oklahoma, two
sisters, Mrs. Mildred Bauer of Greenfield and Mrs. Helen
Whitesides of Eldred, and two brothers, Louis Greene of
Greenfield and Kent Greene of Owosso, Michigan. (1966)
Lawrence Cravens of Mt. Sterling, a former
member of the Community Unit 100 faculty, died on April 17 from
a heart attack. He was born in the Greenfield area on February
25, 1903. Cravens was employed as an Industrial Arts teacher in
Unit 100 in 1954 and had been with the Guidance Department at
Jersey Community High School for four or five years prior to his
retirement in June 1970. He is survived by his widow the former
Margaret Drew who also was a former member of the high school
faculty, teaching in the English department; and a son, Danny.
One son, Jim Cravens, preceded him in death. The funeral was
conducted Saturday at St. Mary's Church in Mt. Sterling with
interment in St. Sterling.
Funeral services for Isaac David Crawford,
83, of Kane were held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. Jack Brown of Kane officiating.
His death occurred Friday afternoon at Boyd Memorial Hospital,
Carrollton. Interment was in Kane Cemetery. Mr. Crawford was
born in July 3, 1886 in Jersey County, the son of Isaac D. and
Jane Bently Crawford. He was a retired Kane Township road
commissioner. He is survived by one son Dual A. Crawford of
Kane,four grandsons, three great grandsons and four great
granddaughters. His wife, Florence Davenport Crawford, and one
daughter, Mrs. Carmen Nestell, preceded him in death. Visitation
hours were held at the funeral home. (1969)
Services for Burl Walter Crawford, 71, a
lifelong Kane resident, were conducted Jan. 8 at the Kane
Baptist Church by the Reverend Peter Ely. Burial was in the Kane
Cemetery. He died unexpectedly at 7:05 p.m. January 5 at Jersey
Community Hospital. Born October 28, 1911 in Kane Township, he
was a son of Francis M. and Myrtle Allen Crawford. Crawford
retired in 1976 from Laclede Steel where he was a locomotive
operator. His survivors are his wife, Violet; six daughters,
Joan Foster, Janet Kallal, Jane Snyder and June Heberling of
Kane, Jean Bruant of Ferguson, Mo. and Joy Bray of Jerseyville;
one brother, Paul Crawford of Minnesota, and a sister, Ruby
Smith of Eoila, Mo; 18 grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren. The Kane Baptist Church and Jersey
Community Hospital Intensive Care Unit have been designated as
memorials. (1983)
A memorial service for Lawrence Orville Crawford,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Crawford of Old Kane, who has been
reported by the government as missing since the sinking of the
Pecos during the battle of Java, will be held at the Baptist
church in Kane on Sunday afternoon, May 3, at two o'clock.
Reverend Raymond Liles of Otterville will deliver the memorial
address. (19??)
Services for Leo Edward Crawford, 74, of
Brussels were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Jacoby Bros.
Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He died March 16
at his residence. He was born April 21, 1905 in Brighton, a son
of the late William and Lula Scoggins Crawford and was retired
from Columbiana Seed Co. in Eldred. His wife, the former Viola
Shelly, preceded him in death. His survivors are two daughters,
Joan Edwards and Jean Smith, both of Godfrey; nine
grandchildren; three brothers, Joe Crawford of Jerseyville;
Lester of Alton and Raymond of Wood river; three sisters Mildred
Carr, Mamie Crawford and Jewell Crawford of Wood River. Two
brothers and two sisters also preceded him in death. (1980)
Lewis Holcomb Cray died at his home in
Jerseyville, November 29 at the age of 57 years. Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist Church,
Rev. C. J. Harms of Alton officiating. Born in Jersey Co. August
8, 1871, he was the son of Tissier and Margaret Davis Cray,
prominent residents of Jersey Co. Upon reaching the age of 14 he
entered the clothing business and was one of the pioneers in the
commercial life of Jerseyville. On January 6, 1896 he married
Frances E. Henkel of Kane, Ill. The had one son Chas. L. Cray
born October 11, 1898. He was proud of Jerseyville, proud of
citizens and friends that he had made in Jerseyville, always
pointing out the good things of the city, the citizens and his
friends. He was a dutiful, affectionate and understanding father
and husband, ever proud of his family and always seeking a way
or means to make things better for them. He was not a member of
any fraternal order but practiced that cardinal principle of
"Brotherly Love." During his early youth Lewis Cray was known
beyond the confines of his own county for his great physical
strength and ability as a boxer and wrestler. His ability as a
boxer at one time took him into the training camp of James
Corbett, the holder of the world's heavyweight crown in that
department of the world of athletics. He also served in the
capacity of a trainer for George Baptiste, famed wrestler of St.
Louis. At one time he conducted a gym in the city of
Jerseyville. He was a pioneer in the field of athletics, a field
that today is recognized as an essential element in training of
both men and women. His funeral one of largest ever held at the
Methodist church. The esteem in which he was held as a citizen
was attested by the multitude of friends of all walks of life
who mingled their tears with his loved ones as they followed his
bier to its last resting place. (1928)
Louis E. Crist, 59, of R. R. 4, County Road
Jerseyville, died at 4:30 p.m. April 25 at Barnes Hospital is
St. Louis. Crist was born September 28, 1917 in Rockbridge, the
son of the late Clyde and Mabel Moran Crist. He was a
maintenance worker for General Telephone, member of the Bethany
Baptist Church and the Moose Lodge. Surviving is his wife Vera
Mourning Crist who he married November 26, 1968; one
stepdaughter, Karen Harlan of E. ALton; two sisters, Mrs. Harry
(Marie) Kelly of Jerseyville and Mrs. Harold (Bertha) Nixon of
Chesterfield; two step-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. April 28 (today) at
Gubser Funeral Home, the Rev. Everett Chambers officiating.
Burial will follow at the Witt Cemetery at Rockbridge. The
Kidney Foundation has been designated as a memorial. (1977)
Vera M. Crist, 65, of Jerseyville, died
January 4. Services were held at Gubser Home with Rev. V. Clay
Noah officiating. Burial is in Oak Grove Cemetery. She was born
December 18, 1919 in Otterville, daughter of Hattie Mackelden
Mourning of Jerseyville and the late Charles Mourning. She
married Louis Crist in Carlinville, he died April 25, 1977. She
leaves a mother, daughter Karen A. Harlan of East Alton and
grandchildren, Jay R. and Kim A. Harlan, two sisters; Juanita
Stone of Hudson, Fla., and Ada Myers of Jerseyville, two
brothers; Hubert E. Mourning of Kane and C. Delbert Mourning of
Jerseyville. (1985)
Rockbridge - William Crist 82 formerly of
Rockbridge died in St. Louis [Carrollton Patriot 31 Jan 1941]
A. W. Christy, son of John C. and Elizabeth
Dennison was born in Morgan Co. (now Scott Co.) July 29, 1829.
In 1864 he moved to Jersey Co. from Kane. He was married August
24, 1862 to Hannah Armstrong daughter of Sam and Mary Ann
Armstrong, together they had seven children. (1912)
Services were held at two-thirty o'clock Sunday afternoon at
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home for Albert Edward Crone
of Route One, Jerseyville, whose death occurred at seven
thirty-five o'clock Friday evening at the Waters Nursing Home
where he had resided the past none years. Reverend Jack Brown of
Kane officiated and burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. Crone
was born in Greene County, September 25, 1875, a son of the late
David and Elizabeth Rae Crone. His age at the time of death was
ninety-one years, five months and twenty-nine days. In addition
to many years as a farmer, Mr. Crone served on the governing
board of Jersey County as supervisor from Jersey Township. His
health had been impaired for a number of years. Surviving Mr.
Crone are one son, Edward E., who resides on the family farm
north of Jerseyville; three grandsons, Edward B., David M., and
Kevin Earl Crone; two sisters, Mrs. M. M. (Charlotte) Post and
Mrs. George (Ethel) Belt of Jerseyville; and one brother,
Ernest, also of Jerseyville. His parents, two brothers, James
and William Robert, and four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Connors,
Mrs. Mary Halliday, Mrs. Anna Hefner, and Gladys Fern Crone,
preceded him in death. (March 1967)
David Crone died May 8. Funeral services
were held from home with Rev. Carson officiating. Burial was in
the Oak Grove Cemetery. The youngest son of Wm. and Rose Crone,
born in Antrum Co., Antrum, Ireland on January 1, 1847, he was
79 years old. At an early age he came to America and settled
near Kane, Ill., on a farm. On July 4, 1869 he was married to
Elizabeth Rea by Rev. Bulkley. They had four sons; James N.,
Albert, Edward, Ernest D. and WIlliam Robert, six daughters;
Margaret J. Corners, Mary E. Halliday of Shipman, Anna F. Hefner
(Sherman), Charlotte E. Post of Kane (M.M.) - Ethel A. at home
and Gladys Fern - Robert died in 1893 and Gladys in 1897. In
1900 he moved to Jerseyville, he was a member of the Bethany
Baptist Church and Supervisor of Sunday School. He is the last
of a family of seven children, three boys and four girls. (1926)
The funeral of Mrs. Goldie Mae Crone, 65, of
605 West Pine, Jerseyville was held at 1:30 p.m. on July 5 at
Jacoby Bros. Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe Srebero officiating.
Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery. She died at 1:50 a.m. on July
2 at Jersey Community Hospital. Mrs. Crone had worked in the
kitchen at Jersey Community Hospital. She was born February 8,
1912 in Greene County, a daughter of Oscar F. and Cora Bartow
Lister. She is survived by her husband, Virgil Crone of
Jerseyville; four sisters, Mrs. Gladys Hudson, Mrs. Tom (Ruby)
Young and Mrs. William (Leola) Lawder of Roodhouse and Mrs.
Gerald (Irene) Guthrie of Wrights; one brother, Carl Lister of
Phoenix, Ariz. Her parents and a brother preceded her in death.
(1977)
Funeral services for Victor Newell Crone,
64, of Patterson, California, formerly of Jerseyville, will be
held tomorrow afternoon (Friday) at 1:30 o'clock at Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Crone and another man were killed October 16 in an auto
accident neat Sonia, California when their trucks apparently ran
off a mountainside. The men were on a fishing trip. A retired
master sergeant, United States Army, Mr. Crone was born November
22, 1906 at Kane, the son of James N. and Jessie Ashford Crone.
Mr. Crone, son Robert, and daughter, Barbara, have been residing
in Patterson, California. He is also survived by three brothers,
Virgil E., Lawrence G. and James T., all of Jerseyville. His
parents, two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home from 5:00 to
9:00 p.m. this evening (Thursday). Military services will be
conducted. (1971)
Visitation for Virgil E. Crone, 66, of 605
W. Pine Jerseyville will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Jacoby
Bros. Funeral home where Masonic services will be conducted at 8
p.m. He died at 11:45 a.m. May 5 at Jefferson Barracks Hospital,
St. Louis. A World War II veteran, he was a security guard at
Alton State Hospital. Crone was a member of the Jerseyville
Eagles Lodge, Masonic Lodge 394 and American Legion. He was born
in Kane December 26, 1912, a son of the late James N. and Jessie
Ashford Crone. His wife, Goldie Mae Lister Crone, died July 2,
1977. He is survived by one brother, Lawrence Crone of
Jerseyville, nieces and nephews. His wife, parents, four
brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. The funeral will
be held at 2:30 p.m. May 9 at Jacoby Bros. Funeral home with the
Rev. Joe Srebro officiating. Graveside rites will be conducted
at Oak Grove Cemetery by the American legion. The Masonic
Endowment Fund of the First Baptist Church have been designated
as memorials. (1979)
Antoninette Van Horne born December 25, 1823
at Blenheim, Schoharie Co, NY. The only daughter of Col. Elijah
and Polly Wyckoff Van Horne, who attained womanhood. Col. Van
Horne with his family, consisting of Mrs. Van Horne, four sons,
James, Edwin, Charles and Augustus with his daughter started
west about the 1st day of October 1833 coming by wagon road to
Rotterdam, NY, thence by canal to Buffalo, there taking a
steamer on lake Erie for Cleveland, Ohio; thence again by canal
to Portsmouth, Ohio and by steamer down to the mouth of the Ohio
River, thence up the Mississippi to Alton. They came from there
by ox team to the Scarritt place north of Godfrey where they
spent the first night in Ill. From thence they came to the
Wilkins place, one mile south of Delhi, where they arrived
October 29 occupying about a month in the journey. The family
stopped at this point until a comfortable log house was built at
the Wyckoff place, two miles north of Delhi, where the family
lived until early in the year 1836, when the house mentioned was
removed one mile west where later Col. Van Horne built the brick
house now owned by Geo. H. Van Horne, and at which place Col.
and Mrs. Van Horne resided the rest of their lives. Antoinette
attended the school of Miss Willard at Carrollton and
neighboring schools in the county. She married Hugh N.
Cross on December 23, 1842. He was an extensive land
owner in banking business until his death in November 1883. They
had five children; Andrew Wilson, Mary N., Helen, Edward, and
Leslie Cross. Helen died in infancy. Mary married Major Walter
E. Carlin and died March 1880. She was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church. She died at her home in this city at the
age of 81 years. She leaves one brother, Dr. Augustus K., three
sons; Andrew W., Edward, and Leslie. Three granddaughters;
Eugenia Carlin Vandenburg, Alma Carlin Hamilton and Ida Cross
Davis; one grandson, Hugh Ware Cross, four great granddaughters,
Mary Josephine and Alma Vandenburg, Eugenia and Pauline Cross
Hamilton. She was a model woman dear to everyone. (April 1905)
Helen M. Cross died at 5:45 p.m. Sunday,
February 5, 1989, in Sarasota, Fla. Mrs. Cross retired as a
music instructor from Jersey Community Unit School District 100.
She was born in Galesburg, daughter of the late Terrence and
Isabelle (Stephens) McGovern. Her husband, former Illinois Lt.
Gov. Hugh Cross, died in 1972. Surviving are a son, Hugh E.
Cross of Carrollton; a daughter, Barbara Johnson of Columbus,
ohio; and four grandchildren. Visitation is 1 p.m. Friday until
time of services at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in
Jerseyville. The Rev. SImon A. Simon will officiate. Burial will
be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville. Memorials may be given
to the church, where Mrs. Cross had been a member.
Hugh Ware Cross, a member of one of
Illinois' pioneer families and a former lieutenant governor of
the State of Illinois, died at nine-forty o'clock Sunday morning
at the Jersey Community Hospital following a short illness.
Reverend M. Edwards Breed, pastor of the First United
Presbyterian Church in Jerseyville, officiated at funeral
services held at two-thirty o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr.
Cross, son of the late Edward and Lulu Ware Cross and grandson
of the late Hugh Nesbitt Cross and George W. Ware, was born in
Jerseyville, on August 24, 1896. His ancestors were among the
first group of settlers in Jersey County, coming here from
Basking Ridge, New Jersey. He was educated in the Jerseyville
public schools, and later attended the University of Illinois,
where he was graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree in 1921. He
entered the legal profession and was engaged in the practice of
law in Jerseyville for a number of years and at the same time
operated a farm that had been in the Cross family for more than
a century. His political career, in the Republican ranks,
started in 1932 when he was elected a Representative to the
Illinois General Assembly and served four successive terms. He
became speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1939.
In 1940 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and
served in that office for eight years. Later he was appointed by
President Harry Truman to serve on the Interstate Commerce
Commission in Washington, D. C. He served for six years under
Presidents Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. The last year he was
chairman for the Commission. Mr. Cross was chairman of the
Illinois War Council during World War II, a member of the
Presbyterian Church, American Legion, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, 32nd Degree Mason, Ainad Temple of East St.
Louis, Ancient Scottish Rite of Chicago, Grand Lodge of A.F and
A. M., Jesters, Knight Templars, Phi Delta Phi law fraternity,
Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity, Burning Tree Golf Club,
Washington, D. C., and Bird Key Yacht Club of Sarasota, Florida.
For the past several years, Mr. Cross and his wife, the former
Helen McGovern Cross, have divided their time between their home
in Jerseyville and in Sarasota, Florida. Surviving Mr. Cross in
addition to his wife are a son, Hugh Edward Cross of Carrollton;
one daughter, Mrs. C. Lee (Barbara) Johnson of Grosse Pointe,
Michigan, and four grandchildren, Hugh Thomas and Mary Elizabeth
Cross, and Craig and Eric Cross Johnson. (October 1972, Oak
Grove Cemetery)
Leslie Cross died at Independence Mo.
Funeral services were held from the Presbyterian Church and
officiated by Rev. W. S. Neely. He was born May 22, 1857 on the
Cross homestead 2 ½ miles north of Jerseyville which he later
owned. He married Anna Hobson at Kane, Ill. on December 30,
1884. She died November 25, 1907. He then married Miss Mamie
Hobson Rieckes on October 4, 1910 at Kansas City. He leaves a
wife, one brother, Edward of Jerseyville, three nieces, Mrs.
Eugenia Vandenburg of Peoria, Ill., Mrs. Alma Hamilton of
Jerseyville and Mrs. Ida Cross Davis of Los Angeles and one
nephew, Hugh Cross, of Jerseyville. The son of the pioneer, Hugh
Cross he was a man of honesty and integrity who merited the
highest esteem of all who made his aquaintance. (September 1914)
Arnold B. Crotchett, 78, died at 11:55 a.m.
Tuesday, May 5, 1987 at Christian Hospital Northeast in St.
Louis County. A farmer, he was born in Illinois, son of the late
Perry and Sophia (Scoggins) Crotchett. He married the former
Mabel Evelyn Tucker on June 30,1927, in Jacksonville. She
resides in Kane. Also surviving are two daughters; Doris Darr of
Kane and Sandra Goshorn of Jerseyville, three sons; Raymond
Crotchett of Clearwater, Fla., Robert Crotchett of Jerseyville
and Arnie Crotchett Jr. of Alton, 14 grandchildren, 13
great-grandchildren, three sisters; Annas Hyde of Kane, Dimple
Charlton of Jerseyville and Hazel Krause of Shipman and three
brothers; James Crotchett of Fieldon and Lawrence Crotchett of
Jerseyville. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday at
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Services will be at
the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Mark Eter
officiating. Burial will be in Kane Cemetery. Memorials may be
given to the American Heart Association or a charity of one's
choice.
Services for Melvin P. Crotchett, 57, of R.
R. 2, Jerseyville were held on December 1 at Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold Cooper officiating. Burial was
in Kane Cemetery. His death occurred at 10:55 a.m. on November
29 at Jersey Community Hospital. A farm laborer and World War II
veteran, he was born on June 5, 1919 in Greene County, a son of
Perry and Sophia Scoggins Crotchett. His survivors are two sons,
Milton T. Crotchett of Delhi and Austin Eugene Crotchett of
Jerseyville; one daughter, Mrs. Joan Jenal Crotchett of Paducah,
KY.; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four brothers,
Arnold Crotchett of Jerseyville, Thomas of Fieldon, and James
and Lawrence Crotchett of Kane; three sisters; Mrs. Fred (Hazel)
Krause of Shipman, Mrs. Allen (Dimple) Charlton of Jerseyville
and Mrs. Henry (Anice) Hyde of Kane. The American Legion of
Veteran of Foreign Wars conducted services. (1976)
Perry Lee Crotchett, a farmer of the Kane
vicinity, died Monday evening, May 21 at 6:35 at his home near
Kane. He had been ill for some time. Mr. Crotchett was the son
of the late Amos and Johanna Giberson Crotchett and was born in
Greene County on December 5, 1873. Mr. Crotchett was engaged in
farming for fifty-five years. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Sophia Scoggins Crotchett of Kane, six sons, Ross, James, Arnold
and Lawrence Crotchett of Kane, Thomas Crotchett of Carrollton
and Melvin Crotchett of the U.S. Army stationed in Germany and
three daughters, Mrs. Annas Hyde of Carrollton, Miss Ethel
Crotchett of Jerseyville and Mrs. Hazel Krause of Shipman. He
also leaves twenty-six grandchildren; one brother Jake Crotchett
of Eldred and one half-brother, George Hargett of Springfield.
One grandson Louis Crotchett is serving in the U.S. Navy.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, May 23 at
2:30 p.m. at the Baptist Church in Kane. Rev. Mason Smith
officiated at the rites and interment was in the Kane cemetery.
(1945)
Final services for Richard Dale Crotchett,
35, of Jerseyville were held Tuesday afternoon at Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. Everett Chambers officiating.
Interment was in Kane Cemetery. His death occurred March 10 at
St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis. Mr. Crotchett suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage at his home March 1 while eating supper and
was moved to Alton Memorial hospital, and later to St. Luke's
Hospital. He was born October 26, 1937 in Greene County the son
of Arnold and Mabel Tucker Crotchett. Mr. Crotchett was a
welding fabricator at Federal Steel. His survivors are his wife,
Mrs. Patricia Ballard Crotchett; one son, Michael, 7, and
daughter, Amy, 4; his father, Arnold Crotchett of Jerseyville;
mother Mabel Crotchett of Kane; three brothers, Raymond Eugene
of White Hall, Arnold, Jr., and Robert of Jerseyville; and two
sisters, Mrs. Doris Darr of Kane and Mrs. Sandra Goshorn of
Jerseyville. One (rest of article missing). (1973)
The funeral of Ellen J. Crow, 88 of
Jerseyville was held Monday afternoon at Gubser funeral Home
with the Rev. Kenneth Scmidgall officiating. Burial was in Oak
Grove Cemetery. She died at 11:20 a.m. May 16 at Greenwood Manor
Nursing Home where she had resided five years. She was born in
Woodville Township, Green County March 7, 1892 a daughter of
Thomas and Matilda Hohnisee Holmes. Her husband, Henry Crow,
died July 15, 1973. Her survivors are three daughters; Ada
Mattis and Mavis Brooks of Jerseyville, Vivian True of
Edwardsville; one son, Harold Crow of Jerseyville; seven
grandchildren, six great grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by a daughter, one son, two brothers, three sisters, a
half brother and a grandson. The Bethany Baptist Church has been
designated as a memorial. (1980)
Funeral services were held at the Gubser Funeral Home at one
o'clock Wednesday afternoon for Henry W. Crow
of Jerseyville, with Rev. L. E. Hutchinson officiating. Burial
was in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation was held at the Funeral
Home after four o'clock Tuesday afternoon. For the past three
years, Mr. Crow had resided at the Tower View Nursing Home in
Carrollton. His death occurred Sunday at Boyd Memorial Hospital
in Carrollton where he had been a patient the past two weeks.
Mr. Crow was born January 2 1886, a son of the late Jack and
Anna Parker Crow. For forty-three years he was employed by (rest
of article missing.) (July 1973)
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Crull, 25, wife of Warren
L. Crull of Rosedale, died Wednesday evening, September 2, at
six-fifty-five o'clock at her home in Rosedale Township
following a several days illness. Mrs. Crull was the daughter of
Jesse and Hazel Daniels Margeson of Kane and was born in Greene
County on February 27, 1928. Her age at the time of death was
twenty-five years, six months and five days. Surviving they
young mother in addition to her husband are three sons, Marvin
Leon, Allen Leonard and Ezra Bruce Crull of Rosedale; her
parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Jesse Margeson of Kane; two brothers,
Marvin Margeson of Kane and Darrell Margeson of the U. S. Army,
San Francisco, Calif.; and four sister, Mrs. Leo Abbott, Misses
Margaret Hazel, Jo Ann and Joan Margeson of Kane. Funeral
services will be held at the Rosedale Methodist Church Saturday
afternoon, September 5, at two o'clock. Interment will be in the
Rosedale Cemetery. Friends may call at the Crull home in
Rosedale after seven p.m. Thursday, September 3. (1953)
Miss Margaret Irene Crull, a resident of
Otterville, died at seven fifty-five o'clock Saturday evening.
November 4, in Carrollton where she had resided the past six
months. The body was brought to the Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home
in Jerseyville where friends called. Reverend Raymond Lyles of
St. Louis officiated at the funeral services which were held at
the Funeral Home at two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Burial was
in the Otterville Cemetery. Miss Crull, a daughter of the late
Bird and Mary Flautt Crull, was born in St. Louis, February 18,
1915, and her age at the time of death was forty-six years,
eight months and ten days. Surviving the decedent are two aunts,
Miss Hazel Flautt and Mrs. Martin Tuetken of Jerseyville; two
uncles, James Flautt of Oak Park, and John Flautt of
Jerseyville; five half-sisters, Mrs. Wlliam Daubman, Mrs. Emmett
Spatz, Mrs. Alvin Hermann and Mrs. Wayne Seymore of Alton and
Mrs. Charles Stanley of Jerseyville, and one half-brother, Roy
Crull, of Alton. (1961)
Warren Crull. Jacoby Bros. Funeral Home. The
Rev. Robert Patterson of Grafton officiated and burial was in
the Rosedale Cemetery. He died unexpectedly at 10:59 p.m. March
18 at Jersey Community Hospital from an apparent heart attack.
Crull was a retired crane operator at Laclede Steel. He was born
March 16, 1927 in Rosedale, a son of Ezra and Leola Myers Crull.
His first wife, Dorothy Margeson, died September 2, 1953. He
married the former Patsy Brown March 27, 1954 in Edwardsville.
He was a World War II veteran. His survivors include his wife;
five sons, Marvin of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., Alan of
Jacksonville, Bruce of Scott Air Force Base, Randall of
Jerseyville and David of Piasa; three daughters, Cathy West of
Piasa, Joann West of Carrollton, Rita Baumgartner of
Jerseyville; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, Robert of Fieldon
and Paul of Rosedale; three sisters, Mildred Balster of
Springfield, Dorothy Hunter of East St. Louis and Alma Pummel of
Alton. (1981)
Twenty Year Ago - Dorothy Bay Crum, aged 4
years, died on Wednesday afternoon at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Crum, who live a few miles southwest of
Rockbridge, from swallowing a grain of corn which entered her
windpipe and lodged in her lungs causing pneumonia. [19 Nov
1948]
Mrs. Jennie Cryer died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Powell in St. Louis. Her remains were
brought to Jerseyville. Funeral services were held from the
Presbyterian Church., Rev. J. G. Dee officiating. Burial is at
Kane Cemetery. She was a former resident of Jerseyville. (August
1906)
