Obituaries - De-Di
MRS MARY DeARCY (D’ARCY), 85, ANOTHER OLD
SETTLER HAS BEEN CALLED FROM THE SCENES OF AN ACTIVE LIFE ON
EARTH TO THE GREAT HERE AFTER. MARY CAME TO IL WITH HER HUSBAND,
DR E A D’ARCY IN 1833. JERSEY CO WAS YET A PART OF GREENE CO AND
ALMOST AN UNBROKEN WASTE OF PRAIRIE. THEY MADE THEIR HOME AT A
POINT NOW ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN JERSEYVILLE AND KANE ON THE BANKS
OF A STREAM, WHICH HAS SINCE BORNE THE NAME D’ARCY’S BRANCH. AT
THAT TIME JERSEYVILLE WAS UNBORN AND THERE WAS NO POSTOFFICE
BETWEEN KANE AND DELHI. MRS D’ARCY WAS A LADY OF RARE AMIABILITY
WHICH ENDEARED HER TO ALL PERSONS WITH WHOM SHE WAS ACQUAINTED.
SHE RESIDED IN JERSEY CO UNTIL TO DEATH OF HER DAU, MRS P D
CHENEY, IN 1877, WHEN SHE RETURNED TO NJ, THE PLACE OF HER
BIRTH, TO END HER DAYS AMID THE SCENES OF HER CHILDHOOD. SHE
DIED AUG 12, 1887 AND HER HUSBAND, DR D’ARCY DIED IN APR OF 1863.
CHARLES L DEHNE, 27, OF CHICAGO, A FORMER
RESIDENT OF JRSEYVILLE, DIED MON JAN 7, IN THE ILLINOIS MASONIC
HOSP IN CHICAGO WHERE HE HAD BEEN ADMITTED FOR TREATMENT ON SUN
EVE. THE BODY WAS BROUGHT TO JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE, WHERE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD JAN 10. REV EARL
DICKEY, PASTOR OF FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, IS OFFICIATING AND
INTERMENT WILL BE IN OAK GROVE. THE DECEDENT WAS A SON OF FRANK
& IDA (LUEKING) DEHNE, AND WAS BORN JAN 19, 1929. DEHNE HAD
LIVED IN CHICAGO FOR THE PAST 4 ½ YRS AND WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF
MOTOROLA, INC SURVIVING HIM ARE HIS PARENTS OF HILLVIEW, AND 1
SON CARL DEHNE, OF JERSEYVILLE.
Delaney, Emeline Alpine Mathews
Emeline, daughter of David and Caroline Alpine,
was born in Richwoods Township Jersey County, IL March 8, 1835
and closed her eyes in the sleep of death in Hardin, Tuesday
August 11, 1903 at 1: 15 P.M having attained the age of 68
years, 5 months and 3 days.
The deceased was united in marriage September 16, 1854 at Hardin
to Elijah Matthews. To this union were born seven sons and four
daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter preceded the mother
to the grave. One son resides in Oklahoma, four sons and one
daughter in Calhoun and two daughters in Jersey County.
Her whole life was spent in Jersey until August, 1868 when she
was married to Gabriel Delaney in Calhoun, and this County has
been her home since.
Mrs. Delaney united with the Christian Church
in Jersey County about thirty years ago.
She was one of the six sisters of whom only one remains. She was
quite frail and yet has done much hard work. For three years she
has been ailing and during more than the last nine months of
that time has been practically bedfast, and has spent much of
that time in suffering, which pain her children endeavored to
ease by their kindly ministrations.
The remains were taken to Rosedale for burial Wednesday... The
Rev. Jas. R. (Sager)....
John Henry Delonay was born in St. Charles
County, Mo. May 1, 1843 and died in Batchtown February 28, 1906.
The early youth of the deceased was spent in the cities of St.
Louis and St. Charles, MO. He came with his father's family to
Calhoun County, Illinois in 1850, his father engaged in farming
near Meppen. He assisted his father and neighbors in farming
until August 1862, when at the age of 19 he ______ enlisted
______military company that was recruited in this County by
Capt. John Nairn and others. This was the famous Company C. of
the 97th Illinois Regiment that continued in service until the
close of the war in 1865. After his discharge from the Army at
the end of the war, deceased returned to this County where he
resided until his death. In January 1862, deceased joined the
Christian Church during the ministration of Elder Forman of Pike
County, IL and was baptized a few days later by Rev. Henry
Maynard. He was in full fellowship in that church up to his
departure for the Army but since his return was not identified
with any religious organization. On February 17, 1874, deceased
was married to Mrs. Olive Sears of near Batchtown who survives
him. To this union seven children were born, four girls and
three boys, all of whom survive their father except one who died
in infancy. The funeral was from the Batchtown M.E. Church to
the Wilson Cemetery on the afternoon of March 1st. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. J. F. Tribble.
The bereaved family has sympathy of all.
ERNEST C DELP, 68, OF W MULBERRY JERSEYVILLE
DIED AUG 11, AT ST JOSEPH HOSP IN ALTON. SERVICES WERE HELD AT
JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. WOODROW SCHUTZ OF
COTTAGE HILLS OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE. DELP WAS A
RETIRED ELECTRICIAN FROM DUNCAN FOUNDRY. HE WAS BORN ON MAY 28,
1909 IN MORGAN CO, A SON OF CHARLES & BIRDIE (LEGATE) DELP. HIS
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIDOW, BEULAH (KRAUSHAAR) DELP; 5 SONS,
ROBERT L, FIELDON, DONALD M BRIGHTON, FONALD E AND RICHARD D OF
JERSEYVILLE AND ERNEST E OF KANE; 4 DAU, MRS DEAN (DORIS)
WOOLSEY AND MRS RUTH ANN NEWTON OF JERSEYVILLE, MRS GERALD
(BRENDA) KEFFER OF BRIGHTON; 30 GRANDCHILDREN AND 9
G-GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 BRO, H??? OF FIELDON.
ROBERT LAVERNE DELP, 61, FORMERLY OF
FIELDON, DIED FRI AND 24, 1992, AT HIS RESIDENCE. HE WAS AN
ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR WITH GRFTON BOAT WORKS AND DUNCAN FOUNDRY,
RETIRING IN 1985, AND A US ARMY KOREAN WAR VETERAN. BORN JAN 1,
1931, IN FIELDON HE WAS A SON OF BEULAH (KRAUSHAAR) DELP FRYMAN
OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE LATE ERNEST DELP. HIS WIFE, JOANN
(HOWLAND) DELP PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE MARRIED OLLIE M (ONTIS)
MOY DELP, NOV 10, 1979, IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE SURVIVES. IN
ADDITION TO HIS WIFE AND MOTHER, HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAU, DEBRA
LAIRD OF HARTVILLE, MO, AND ROBERTA DELP OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 SONS,
CLINTON DELP OF HOISINGTON, KAN, AND TY DELP OF GODFREY; 2
STEPDAU, BARBARA WONG OF GODFREY AND TERESA WOODRUFF OF ROCK
FALLS; 2 STEPSONS, DAVID MOY OF GODFREY AND KEVIN MOY STATIONED
AT REESE AIR FORCE BASE, LUBBOCK, TX; 6 GRANDCHILDREN; 7 STP
GRANDCHILDREN; 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 4 SIS, DORIS WOOLSEY AND RUTH
BRITT, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE, BRENDA KEEFER OF KANE AND PATTI
KREEF OF BOWLING GREEN, KY; 4 BRO, DONAL DELP OF BRIGHTON,
RONALD DELP AND ERNEST “BUTCH” DELP, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE AND
RICHARD DELP OF BRANSON, MO; AND HIS STEP FATHER, LES FRYMAN OF
JERSEYVILLE. 1 GRANDSON PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
DENNIS DEPPER, 35, DIED NOV 7, 1988 AT BARNES
HOSP IN ST LOUIS, FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS. DEPPER, WHO HAD
TAUGHT SCHOOL SINCE 1981, HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY NORTHWESTERN
SCHOOL DIST AT PALMYRA THE PAST 4 YRS. BORN IN CARROLLTON, HE
WAS THE SON OF HAROLD DEPPER OF DELHI & IRENE (STARNER) DEPPER
OF JERSEYVILLE. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, SURVIVORS ARE 1 BRO,
MAURICE DEPPER OF HILLSBORO; 2 SIS, SANDRA THOMPSON OF GODFREY
AND LISA DEPPER OF JERSEYVILLE; AND HIS PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER,
LOLA CALAME OF ALTON. VISITATION WAS HELD AT GUBSER FUNERAL HOME
IN JERSEYVILLE. SERVICES WERE AT THE FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE. REVS FRANK MARSHALL AND RON WOODRUM
OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN
TO THE CHURCH WHERE MR DEPPER WAS A MEMBER.
EDWARD PEARL DEPPER, 65 YRS, 7 MO, 21 DAYS,
DIED NOV 20. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL
HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, NOV 23. THE GRAFTON RESIDENT WAS BORN IN
CALHOUN CO, MARCH 25, 1894, A SON OF THE LATE HENRY J & CAROLINE
(VOLKERT) DEPPER. UNTIL HIS HEALTH FAILED HE HAD FOLLOWED THE
CARPENTRY TRADE. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, LUCY DEPPER; 1 DAU, MRS
ORVILLE HOELSCHER OF GODFREY; 3 SONS, EDWARD R DEPPER OF
FIFELDON, RICHARD DEPPER OF UTICA, MI, AND JAMES DEPPER OF RED
BUD; 3 SIS, MRS MAX ZIMMERMAN OF GRAFTON, MRS GEORGE GRIZZLE OF
JERSEYVILLE, AND MRS WILBUR WILLIAMS OF ROCKBRIDGE, 10
GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
JOHN “JACK” WILLIAM DEPPER, 83, OF BETHALTO
CARE CENTER DIED JUNE 27, AT WOOD RIVER TWSP HOSP. SERVICES WERE
HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. ORLEN LANE
OFFICIAATED AND BURIAL WAS IN HARTFORD CEM, GRAFTON. HE WAS BORN
SEPT 4, 1894 IN GRAFTON, A SON OF JOHN F & OPHELIA (QUAIL)
DEPPER AND HAD FORMERLY WORKED IN A SAW MILL. HIS SURVIVORS ARE
2 BRO, EDWARD H OF JERSEYVILLE AND FRED DEPPER OF LOUISIANA, MO,
1 HALF BRO, JOSEPH SCOULTE OF TENN AND 1 SIS, MRS MINNIE E WISE
OF GREENFIELD.
Kane – Harry “Hap” DeShasier, 77, died at
12:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, 1993, at Passavant Area Hospital in
Jacksonville.
He worked for more than 20 years at Weherly Implement Co. in
Kane, was past Kane Township road commissioner and was a member
of the Kane City Council.
Born in Belltown Oct. 1, 1915, he was a son of the late Harry C.
and Josephine (Seimer) DeShasier.
He married the former Dorothy Roewe in Carrollton Aug 10, 1940.
She died April 11, 1987.
Surviving are two daughters, Marilyn Brinker of Murrayvile and
Barb Gowin of Carrollton; a son, David DeShasier of Carrolton;
six grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; and two sisters,
Evelyn Lakin of Berdan and Louise Shaw of White Hall.
A grandson, Craig Gowin, and two brothers, Harold and Charles
DeShasier, preceded her in death.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Airsman-Hires
Funeral Home in Carrollton, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. The Revs.
William Hembrow and Chuck Edwards will officiate. Burial will be
in Kane Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Blessing Hospice
of Greene County.
MRS JOSEPHINE DESHASIER OF CARROLLTON, DIED JUNE 16, AT GREENE MEADOWS NURSING HOME IN WHITE HALL, WHERE SHE
HAD RESIDED SINCE 1973. BORN MARCH 28, 1889 IN GREENE CO, SHE
WAS A DAU OF JOHN & LOUISA (WEBBER) SEIMER. HER HUSBAND, HARRY
DESHASIER, DIED IN 1931. SURVIVING ARE 2 DAU, EVELYN LAKIN OF
BERDAN AND LOUISE SHAW OF WHITE HALL; 3 SONS, HAROLD EDSHASIER
OF GRANITE CITY, CAHRLES DESHASIER OF WHITE HALL AND HARRY
DESHASIER OF NE; 36 GRANDCHILDREN, AND SEVERAL GREAT AND
G-G-GRANDCHILDREN. 2 BRO AND 2 SIS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. SHE
WAS EMPLOYED AS A COOK AT BOYD MEM HOSP UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN
1971. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO BELLTOWN CEM OR ST JOHN’S
CHURCH.
1915 Mrs. Mary Jane DeShazer of Roodhouse,
born Oct 10, 1846, at Carrollton, passed away Mar 14, being
survived by two children, three sisters, two grandchildren and
one great grandchild.
ADAM H DESHERLIA, 69, OF R 4, WHO HAD SERVED
AS CHIEF OF POLICE FOR 10 YRS, DIED AT ST ANTHONY HOSP, ALTON
FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. UNTIL RETIRING IN 1976, DESHERLIA
HAD ALSO SERVED AS JERSEY CO DEPT SHERIFF FOR 8 YRS AND JERSEY
CO SHERIFF FOR 4 YRS. THE WW II VETERAN WAS BORN IN DEER PLAIN,
A SON OF THE LATE STEPHEN AND ANNA (BESAW) DESHERLIA. ON NOV 4,
1978, HE MARRIED RUTH (AYERS) DESHERLIA AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE 3 DAU, BEVERLY GREENLEE AND DOTTIE MAY KOENIG BOTH
OF JERSEYVILLE, AND HENRIETTA KLUNK OF KANE; 1 STEPSON, GORDON
HUGHES OF ST CHARLES, MO; 1 STEPDAU, MARY BETH SEWING OF MT
OLIVE; 8 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION WAS
FROM GUBSER FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. A MASONIC SERVICE WAS
HELD BY LODGE 394 AF & AM. SERRVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT THE
FUNERAL HOME WITH REV SIMON A SIMON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN
SCENIC HILL CEM, WHERE AMERICAN LEGION POST 492 CONDUCTED
MILITARY RITES. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO ILLINOIS SHERIFF
ASSOC.
Charles Curtis DeSherlia, 9 year old son of
Charles and Catherine Blaney DeSherlia, was drowned in the
Illinois River not far from Grafton Sunday afternoon while
swimming with a number of other children of the Grafton
vicinity.
Sunday afternoon the boy expressed a desire to learn to swim and
entered the water of the river in company with Romie Womack,
Leslie McCann and Alfred Calvin. The three named completed their
swimming for the afternoon and got out of the water. The
DeSherlia boy expressed the desire to continue in the water as
he wanted to acquire further information relative to swimming.
The child got out too far from shore and got caught in the
current of the river. He was carried by the current and began
drifting down stream.
The boys on the shore threw a log to him in an effort to save
the child. The boy was unable to reach the log and drowned. The
boy’s death occurred about three o’clock. An hour later his body
was recovered from the water.
Coroner Brewster held an inquest at Grafton Monday morning. The
jury returned a verdict of death from accidental drowning.
At the time of his untimely death, Charles Curtis DeSherlia was
9 years, 5 months and 6 days of age. Funeral services were held
from the home Tuesday, June 30 at 1:00 p.m. Interment was in the
Deerplain Cemetery in Calhoun County. The child is survived by
his parents, two brothers and two sisters. [Jersey County News
02 Jul 1931]
AGNES BERNICE DEVENING, 66, OF FIELDON DIED JUNE 22, AT ST JOHN’S MERCY HOSP. BORN MAY 4, 1908 IN BLUFFDALE
SHE WAS THE DAU OF NICHOLAS & GERTRUDE (COMBES) GOSHORN. HER
HUSBAND PEARL DEVENING DIED IN 1968. VISITATION AND FUNERAL WERE
HELD AT JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. REV LEONARD
TODD OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN GUNTERMAN CEM. SURVIVORS ARE 1
SON, CHARLES DEVENING OF TACOMA, WASH; 2 DAU, MRS HENRY (LENA)
GOEMAN OF FIELDON AND MRS TERRY (JOAN) IRVIN OF CENTRALIA; 12
GRANDCHILDDREN; 8 G-GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 BRO WILLIAM GOSHORN OF
SUMMERVILLE, SC. HER PARENTS, HUSBAND, 2 BRO, AND 2 SIS PRECEDED
HER IN DEATH.
EMMA CAROLINE DEVENING, 91 YRS, 7 MO, 6
DAYS, OF KANE, DIED FEB 5, AT WATSON NURSING HOME IN JERSEYVILLE
WHERE SHE HAD DBEEN A PATIENT FOR THE PAST 2 AND ½ YRS.
VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL
HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. REV H L POTTER OF KANE OFFICIATED AND
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. K MRS DEVENING WAS BORN IN GREENE
CO, JUNE 29, 1868, A DAU OF THE LATE WILLIAM RUSSELL AND MARY
ANN (EDWARDS) MULLIKIN. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
OF KANE AND HELD MEMBERSHIP IN THE ROYAL NEIGHBORS LODGE OF
KANE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 SONS, MARK F DEVENING, SR OF DOW AND
CLIFTON W DEVENING OF KANE; 6 GRANDCHILDREN; 9 G-GRANDCHILDREN;
AND 1 SIS, MRS PAULINE DEVENING OF JERSEYVILLE. HER HUSBAND,
WILLIAM FREDRICK DEVENING, AND 1 DAU, IDA ANN DEVENING PRECEDED
HER IN DEATH.
FREDERICK DEVENING, 84, DIED AT HIS HOME NW OF
FIELDON. REV WILSON CONDUCTED SERVICES WITH BURIAL IN GUNTERMAN
CEM. HE WAS BORN AT ESSEN, GERMANY, APR 10, 1834. HE LANDED IN
NEW ORLEANS IN 1853,THEN WENT TO BURLINGTON, IA. FROM THERE HE
WENT TO SILVER CREEK IN CALHOUN CO, THEN TO GREENE CO AND THEN
TO JERSEY CO IN 1871. HE MARRIED MARY R (THURSTON) DEVENING ON
SEPT 28, 1861. THEY WERE PARENTS OF 9 CHILDREN-7 BOYS & 2 GIRLS.
HE LEAVES HIS WIDOW, 6 CHILDREN AND 16 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
JAMES W DEVENING, 80, A FARMER OF E HARDIN,
DIED AUG 18 AT BOYD MEM HOSP, CARROLLTON. HE WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO
SEPT 23, 1875, AND FOR MANY YRS WAS ENGAGED IN FARMING. HE IS
SURVIVED BY 3 DAU, MRS LOUIS POWERS OF FIELDON, MRS HARRY LYLES
OF JERSEYVILLE AND DMRS GEORGE HENNEBERG OF WHITE HALL, 4 SONS,
EARL & PERCY OF JERSEYVILLE AND ROY & NED DEVENING OF FIELDON,
33 GRANDCHILDREN AND 26 G-GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD AT HIS HOME NEAR E HARDIN, AUG 20, BY REV EDWARD FRESEN,
PASTOR OF CHRIST EVANGELICAL & REFORMED CHURCH IN FIELDON.
INTERMENT WAS IN GUNTERMAN CEM.
NED DEVENING, 66, FIELDON, DIED APR 26, AT ST
JOSEPH HOSP IN ALTON. HE WAS BORN OCT 14, 1911 IN GREENE CO, THE
SON OF JAMES DW & HESTER (MEFFORD) DEVENING. HE WAS A MACHINIST
FOR OLIN CORP. SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, RUTH M (PRUITT) DEVENING;
1 SON, ROBERT DEVENING OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, MRS DELORIS DAHN,
JERSEYVILLE; 2 SIS, MRS EDNA LYLES AND MRS LETA HENNEBURG, BOTH
OF JERSEYVILLE; 7 GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 G-GRANDCHILD. VISITATION
AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE. BURIAL WAS IN FIELDON CEM.
William Sherman Devine, son of James Devine,
was born in Hamburg, Calhoun County, Illinois, October 18, 1872,
and the "Messenger of Death" found him at the home of his
sister, Mrs. James Lawson in Hardin, October 16, 1923, age 50
years, 11 months, and 28 days. He was next to the eldest of
three sons and three daughters, surviving children of Mrs.
Naoma, Devine. Two brothers, two sisters and his aged farther
preceded him in death.
The deceased was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Keeton,
October 18, 1896. To this union were born two children, Richard
Sherman and Gertie Margaret Devine. The wife was called home in
October 1902. He leaves to mourn his departure, his aged mother,
Mrs. Naoma Devine of Hardin, one son, Richard Devine of Wood
River, Illinois one daughter, Mrs. Stanley Gordon, two brothers,
Albro and Ezekiel Deveine and three sisters, Mrs. Wm. Lawson,
Mrs. Jas. Lawson and Mrs. Wm. Talley, all of Hardin besides five
little grand children, other relatives and many friends.
His entire life was spent in and around Hardin, where he was
known as "Bill." He was an honest, industrious fellow. He was
square with his fellowman and leaves many good friends.
JOHN WESLEY DICKERMAN, 86, DIED AT JERSEY COMM
HOSP. HE HAD BEEN RESIDING AT THE MORGAN HOTEL HERE AND HAD BEEN
ILL FOR 6 MOS. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT JACOBY BROTHERS
FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. REV EVERETT CHAMBERS, PASTOR OF
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN OAKLAND CEM,
NEAR FIDELITY. GRAVESIDE SERVICES BY WORTHEY POST AMERICAN
LEGION AND VFW. MR DICKERMAN, A SON OF THE LATE ANTONE & ELIZA
JANE (RICHEY) DICKERMAN, WAS BORN OCT 31, 1886, IN BELLVIEW. HE
SERVED WITH THE ARMY IN WW I. SURVIVING ARE 4 SONS, DONALD L OF
FIDELITY, ROBIN W OF LITTELTON, NORMAN L, OF JERSEYVILLE, AND
ANTONE D OF QUINCY; 2 DAU, MRS HELEN RODELL OF FIDELITY AND MRS
SADIE McDANIELS OF GREENFIELD; 1 BRO, SMITH DICKERMAN OF
PITTSFIELD; 22 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 13 G-GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH OF HIS PARENTS, SISTERS, 2 BROTHERS, AND 1
DAU.
IDA MARIE DIERKING, 65, DIED DEC 15, 1990 AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. BORN IN GREENE CO, SHE
WAS THE DAU OF SARAH (PRICE) MALIN OF WHITE HALL AND THE LATE
DAVID SWARRINGIN. HER HUSBAND OLIVER J KIERKING SR, DIED JAN 20,
1973. IN ADDITION KTO HER MOTHER, SURVIVORS ARE 2 DAU, CAROL E
RENO AND DEBORAH DIERKING, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 SON, OLIVER J
“BUD” DIERKING JR; 2 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 BRO, CHARLES SWARRINGIN OF
WHITE HALL AND RAYMOND SWARRINGIN OF EUGENE, 0R; 3 SIS, LUCY
LAFFERTY OF ST LOUIS, MILDRED REYNOLDS OF JERSEYVILLE AND EDNA
BOWERS OF GEORGIA; AND HER STEP FATHER, HARRY MALIN OF WHITE
HALL. PRECEDING HER IN DEATH WERE 1 BRO, CLYDE SWARRINGIN; AND 1
STEPBROTHER, HARRY MALIN, JR. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD
AT GUBSER FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. REV ROBERT McADAMS
OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
IVA LORENA DIERKING, 80, OF JERSEYVILLE,
DIED JULY 30 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. FUNERAL RITES WERE HELD AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV EVERETT CHAMBERS
OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SHE WAS BORN JAN 27,
1893 IN CALHOUN KCO. HER HUSBAND HARRISON DIERKING, PRECEDED HER
IN DEATH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAU, MISS BONAVIER DIERING AND
MRS RAMOND (LOTUS) TAPEN OF CARROLLTON; 2 SONS, NOLAN OF GRAFTON
AND MERLE OF CHILLICOTHE; 12 GRANDCHILDREN; 7 G-GRANDCHILDREN;
AND 1 SIS, MRS OTTO WILSON OF JERSEYVILLE. HER HUSBAND, 1 SON,
FORREST, 1 GRANDDAUGHTER AND 1 G-GRANDDAUGHTER PRECEDED HER IN
DEATH.
NOLAN A DIERKING, 67, OF JERSEYVILLE WAS DOA
JUNE 16, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. BORN AUG 20, 1911 IN HAMBURG, HE
WAS THE SON OF THE LATE HARRISON K& IVA (ANSELL) DIERKING AND
WAS A MILLWRIGHT. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, MYRA (FITZPATRICK)
DIERKING; 4 SONS, JIM OF PONTIAC, JOHN OF GRAFTON, JOE OF
JERSEYVILLE AND PAT OF CARROLLTON; 3 DAU, MARY SCOGGINS OF
JERSEYVILLE, MARGARET DAVIES, PLEASANT VALLEY, MO AND ANN
HUNTER, GRAFTON; 1 BRO, MERLE DIERKING, PEORIA AND 2 SIS,
BONAVIER OF JERSEYVILLE AND LOTUS TAPEN, CARROLLTON. VISITATION
WAS AT JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. FUNERAL MASS
WAS CELEBRATED AT ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH WITH FATHER PATRCK
MORROW, CELEBRANT. BURIAL IN ST FRANCIS CEM.
OLIVER J DIERKING, 49, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP SAT NIGHT A SHORT TIME AFTER HE WAS MOVED
THERE. MR SDIERKING WAS A DISABLED WAR VETERAN. VISITATION AND
SERVICES WERE HELD AT GUBSER FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. REV
WILLIAM MONROE OF WHITE HALL OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEM. MR DIERKING, SON OF THE LATE OLIVER & PEARL JOHNSON
DIERKING, WAS BORN IN CARROLLTON, FEB 7, 1923, AND WOULD HAVE
BEEN 50 YRS OLD NEXT MO. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, IDA S
DIERKING; 2 DAU, MRS EDGAR (CAROLE) RENO AND DEBORAH DIERKING OF
JESEYVILLE; 1 SON, OLIVER OF JERSEYVILLE; 3 SIS, MRS TRUMAN
FORSTER OF JERSEYVILLE, MRS LLOYD FRY OF ROODHOUSE AND MRS VANCE
MARAGO OF CAL, AND 1 GRANDCHILD.
JOHN R “COTTON” DILKS, 51, OF JERSEEYVILLE,
A WW II VETERAN, DIED NOV 22 IN THE JERSEY COMM HOSP EMERGENCY
ROOM. SERVICES WERE HELD AT JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE. REV GORDON DEAN COX OFFICIATED AND GRAVESIDE
SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION. BURIAL WAS IN
CHAPIN. BORN MAY 19, 1929 IN MO., HE WAS A SON KOF JESSE &
MATTIE (EVANAS) DILKS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
AND EAGLES LODGE. SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, CAROL (OGLE) DILKS
WHOM HE MARRIED JULY 13, 1959 IN JACKSONVILLE; 2 SONS, RICKEY
DILKS OF WHITE HALL AND CHRISTOPHER DILKS OF JERSEYVILLE; 5 DAU,
GABRIELLE TILLERY, MICHELLE DILKS AND KISHA DILKS, ALL OF
JERSEYVILLE, MELODY HUNTER OF SAVANNAH, GA AND BEVERLY SNEAD OF
MO; 1 BRO, ALVIN DILKS OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 SIS, ULDINE HUMISTON OF
JERSEYVILLE AND MILDRED SHORT OF WARRENTON, MO; AND 6
GRANDCHILDREN.
Clara C. Dixon, 83, of Godfrey, formerly of
East Alton died at 5:45 a.m. in D'Adrian Convalescent Center at
Godfrey, following an extended illness.
Born in Brussels, she was the daughter of the later John and
Caroline (Nolte) Kinder.
In Calhoun County, she married William Dixon, and he died July
7, 1966.
Surviving is a son, Orville Dixon of Alton; 14 grandchildren;
several great-grandchildren; and a brother, Andrew Kinder of
Texas.
She was preceded in death by two sons, William and Bryon Dixon;
two brothers, Emil and William Kinder; and a sister, Lusetta
Baker.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday until time of services at
11 a.m. at Staten Funeral Home in Alton, with the Rev. Russell
Weise officiating.
Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens at Bethalto.
MISS EMELINE DIXON, 15 YRS, 8 MO AND 2 DAYS,
DAU OF WM J & ISABELL E DIXON OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT HER HOME, DEC
8, 1895. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD THURS, REV S CATT OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT TOOK PLACE NEAR ROCKBRIDGE.
EMIL DIXON, 65 YRS, 6 MO, AND 8 DAYS, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY FRI AT HIS HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT
JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. REV JACK BROWN
OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM. MR DIXON, WAS A RETIRED
EMPLOYEE OF OLIN-MATHIESON CO IN ALTON. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
EAGLES LODGE IN JERSEYVILLE. A SON OF THE LATE MR & MRS JOSEPH
DIXON, HE WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, FEB 13, 1905. HE IS SURVIVED BY
HIS WIFE, MILDREN (MUNDY) DIXON; 4 DAU, MRS DELBERT BROOKS OF
JOLIET, MRS KENNETH DENHAM AND MRS ORAN YOUNG OF KANE, AND MRS
KENNETH WILLIAMS OF FARMINGTON, NM; 2 SONS, WILLIAM JOSEPH DIXON
AND JERRY EMEL DIXON, BOTH OF FARMINGTON; 19 GRANDCHILDREN; 2
G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 SIS, MRS GERTRUDE BECKWITH AND MRS IVA
WEISS OF WHITE HALL.
Flora Ogal Dixon, 78, died at 1:05 p.m.
Thursday, April 6, 1989, at Jersey Community Hospital,
Jerseyville.
She retired as owner/operator of Rapid Dry Cleaners in Hardin.
Born in Gilead, Illinois her parents were the late Perry N. and
Ruby (Sconce) Ingersoll.
On Nov. 14, 1931 in Hannibal, Missouri she married Leon J.
Dixon. He died May 3, 1982.
Surviving are a son, Walter Dixon of Bunker Hill; two daughters,
Wanda Tepen of Hardin and Lois Woelfel of Michael: 15
grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; four brothers, Paul
Ingersoll of East Alton, Richard Ingersoll of Jerseyville,
William E. Ingersoll of Wilmington; and a sister Leona Hendricks
of Edwardsville.
A brother and a sister preceded her in death.
Visitation is 5-9 p.m. Saturday at Hanks Funeral Home in Hardin
with rites at 7 p.m. by the Order of the Eastern Star.
Services are 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Batchtown Methodist Church with
the Rev. Charles McDonald officiating.
Memorials may be given to Calhoun Ambulance Service or the
church, where Mrs. Dixon was a member.
William N. Dixon, 50, of East Alton, died
suddenly at 6:15 a.m. Monday, July 16, 1984 at his home.
He was the son of Clara (Kinder) Dixon of Alton and the late
William J. Dixon. Born in Batchtown, he was a laborer with Local
218.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by three daughters;
one son; and one brother, Orville Dixon of Alton.
Visitation was from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, 1984 at
Staten Funeral Home in Alton, where services were conducted at
10 a.m. Thursday, July 19, 1984 with the Rev. Thomas Boehn
officiating.
Burial was in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto.
