Obituaries - Ga-Go
Elmer "Guy" Gaffney, born October 21, 1897
in Carrollton, Greene county, died September 1970, buried in
Witt Cemetery.
Dorothy P. Garrahan, 73, DIED MAY 21, 1991,
AT JERSEYVILLE CARE CENTER. SHE WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO ON AUG 24,
1917, A DAU OF THE LATE PHILIP & STELLA (HUNT) YOUNG. ON JAN 15,
1962, SHE MARRIED JOHN GARRAHAN AT POMPANO BEACH, FL. HE
PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. SURVIVING ARE 5 SIS, EVELYN KRAUSHAAR AND
BETTY BURCH, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE, ELKNA MOWREY OF DUTZOW, MO,
ADA HARTWICK OF CARROLLTON AND LOLA E THELL OF ATHENS; AND 3
BRO, PHILLIP T YOUNG OF CARROLLTON, ALLEN YOUNG OF JERSEYVILLE
AND HAROLD YOUNG OF ROCKBRIDGE. SERVICES AND BURIAL WERE
PRIVATE. Memorials may be given to GREENE CO HEALTH DEPT OR
JERSEYVILLE CARE CENTER. AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME OF
CARROLLTON WAS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Bernice A. Garrison, 68, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED
NOV 21, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SHE HAD BEEN ILL FOR SOME TIME.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home
in Jerseyville. REV L E HUTCHINSON OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN
WHITE HALL. BORN IN CALHOUN CO OCT 20, 1911, SHE WAS A DAU OF
HOWARD & PEARL (CALENDAR) BRAYMEN. HER SURVIVORS ARE 2 SONS,
ROYAL & RONALD GARRISON OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 BRO, WILLIAM BRAYMEN
OF KAMPSVILLE; AND 1 SIS, IABELLE NUDI OF WAUKEGAN; 12
GRANDCHILDREN; 5 G-GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
HER HUSBAND, ROY GARRISON WHO DIED NOV 15, 1977, PARENTS, 1 SON
AND 1 DAU. Memorials may be given to THE HEART FUND.
Minnie Garrison, 85, A FORMER JERSEY CO
RESIDENT, DIED JULY 26 AT THE OLD PEOPLES CHRISTIAN HOME IN ST
LOUIS WHERE SHE HAD RESIDED THE PAST 6 YRS. FUNERAL SERVICES
WERE HELD AT THE ALEXANDER FUNERAL HOME IN ST LOUIS AND BURIAL
WAS IN BELLFONTAINE CEM. WILLIAM LURTON OF DOW, A BRO OF MRS
GARRISON, WENT TO THE FUNERAL HOME BUT WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND
SERVICES THE FOLLOWING DAY. AT THE SERVICES WERE MRS LURTON, HER
SON, ROBERT OF CARROLLTON, AND HER DAU, MRS ALLEN DUNN OF
HOLLISTER, CA.
Roy E. Garrison, 74, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED
NOV 15 AT ST MARY HOSP IN RICHMOND HEIGHTS, MO. HE HAD BEEN ILL
FOR SOME TIME. HE WAS BORN IN GREENE CO JUNY 10, 1903, A SON OF
JOHN W & MARY F (HILLIS) GARRISON AND WAS A MACHINIST. HE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS WIDOW, BERNICE (BRAYMEN) GARRISON WHOM HE
MARRIED JUNE 30, 1927; 2 SONS, ROYAL AND RONALD GARRISON BOTH OF
JERSEYVILLE; 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO,
RAYMOND GARRISON OF NEBO AND 1 SIS, MRS LETA EVANS, CARROLLTON.
1 SON AND 1 DAU, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD NOV 18, AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV
WAYNE HAMMOND OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN WHITE HALL CEM.
Dr. J. F. Gary, DIED AT HIS HOME IN DELHI,
JUNE 19. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE THOMAS & SARAH RIVES GARY,
BEING BORN ON THE OLD HOMESTEAD A FEW MILES EAST OF GREENFIELD
WHERE HE GREW TO MANHOOD. HE TAUGHT SCHOOL 2 YRS AND ALSO
COMMENCED THE STUDY OF MEDICINE. HE STUDIED IN THE OFFICE OF DR
J H LANE AT BARR'S STORE FOR 1 YR, WENT TO ST LOUIS TO CONTINUE
STUDY. HE GRADUATED FROM AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGE IN 1878 AND
BEGAN PRACTICE AT JERSEYVILLE. HE THEN OPENED A PRACTICE IN
DELHI. CAME BACK TO GREENFIELD IN THE 1880'S. IN 1896, HE
RETURNED TO DELHI AND ON OCT 10, 1882, MARRIED MARY (INGLES)
GARY OF ALTON. SURVIVING ARE, 1 DAU, LUCILLE; 2 SONS, BURTON AND
REX; 3 BRO, W A AND H H GARY OF GREENFIELD AND E E GARY OF
PIASA; 3 SIS, MRS G W HOLLIDAY, GOLDEN CITY, MO, MRS B F
JENNINGS, GIRARD, AND MRS GEORGE TUTHILL, SEATTLE, WASH.
INTERMENT WAS IN ASBURY CEM, GREENFIELD.
William A. Gary, 54, BORN IN MACOUPIN CO, 5
1/2 MI FROM GREENFIELD, DEC 29, 1852, ON A FARM WHICH HE OWNED
AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE DIED AT HIS HOME IN GREENFIELD, OCT
27, 1906. HE GREW TO MANHOOD ON THE FARM WHERE HE WAS BORN. HE
GAVE UP FARMING AS AN OCCUPATION TO ATTEND SCHOOL AT LINCOLN,
IL, AFTER WHICH HE ATTENDED A SCHOOL OF PHARMACY IN ST LOUIS,
PREPARING HIMSELF AS A DRUGGIST. HE ENGAGED IN THAT BUSINESS FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN DELHI, JERSEY CO, WHERE IN THE FALL OF 1881,
HE MARRIED MARY F (WATSON) GARY, WHO DIED OCT 21, 1899. 4
CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THAT UNION: FRANK, FUTH, JAMES AND FRY;
ALL ARE LIVING. HE REMAINED IN BUSINESS IN DELHI ABOUT 2 YRS,
WHEN HE MOVED TO CHESTERFIELD, MACOUPIN CO. HE REMAINED IN
BUSINESS THERE FOR 23 YRS, UNTIL MAY 28, 1903, WHEN HE CAME TO
GREENFIELD AND OPENED UP HIS BUSINESS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
SQUARE, WHICH HE KEPT UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE MARRIED
THE SECOND TIME ON DEC 26, 1900, WHILE IN CHESTERFIELD, TO MRS
LAURA PERKINS, WHO WITH THE R CHILDREN AND HER AGED MOTHER
SURVIVE HIM. MR GARY WAS A QUITE AND UNASSUMING, UNPRETENTIOUS
MAN. HE NEVER SOUGHT NOTORIETY IN KANY WAY, ALSO PREFERRING TO
DEVOTE HIS TIME AND ATTENTION TO HIS FAMILY AND BUSINESS.
Charles H. Geers, A VETERAN OF WW I & WW II,
AND AN EMPLOYEE AT BOYD MEM HOSP, DIED AT THE HOSP WHERE HE HAD
BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR 2 WKS. HE WAS BORN FEB 2 , 1898, IN
CARROLLTON, A SON OF THE LATE ALBERT GEERS & MRS GEERS.
SURVIVING ARE HIS MOTHER, HIS WIDOW, MRS MARGARET GEERS, TO WHOM
HE WAS MARRIED APR 16, 1935; 2 DAU, MRS MARY KALLAL, JERSEYVILLE
AND MISS MARTHA GEERS, CARROLLTON; 3 BRO, FRANCIS AND LEO,
CARROLLTON, AND VINCENT OF EUREKA. VISITATION WAS FROM MEHL
FUNERAL HOME. SERVICES WERE FROM ST JOHN CHURCH, AND BURIAL WAS
IN THE CHURCH CEM.
William Geers, 67, WAS INTERRED IN ST JOHN
CEM, CARROLLTON. HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAU, ANNA AND MARY; 4 SONS,
BERNARD, HERMAN, JOHN AND HENRY; AND 5 BRO, ALBERT, BERNARD,
GEORGE, JOHN AND AUGUST.
Paul Gehlhausen, 68, DIED AT HIS HOME IN THE
E PART OF JERSEYVILLE. HE HAD BEEN BEDFAST FOR 3 1/2 MONTHS. THE
FUNERAL WAS HELD AT ST JOHN CHURCH REV FR HYMAN OF GREENFIELD
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CATHOLIC CEM. CASKET BEARERS WERE
FRANK GEHLHAUSEN, JOHN SETHALER, AUGUST ZIPPRICH, FRANK SEFRIG,
PERRY WOOD JR, AND NORBERT GEHLHAUSEN. FLOWER BEARERS WERE MARY
AND MARTHA CARMODY, GLADYS TAYLOR AND MARGARET GEHLHAUSEN. PAUL
WAS A SON OF MR & MRS JOHN HENRY GEHLHAUSEN, AND WAS BORN IN
FERDINAND, IN, MAY 27, 1872. HE MARRIED EVA (WOOD) GEHLHAUSEN
AND WERE MARRIED 37 YRS. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, AND 1 DAU, MRS
HAROLD CARMODY, OF JERSEYVILLE. 2 OTHER CHILDREN, 1 NEPHEW,
FRANK GEHLHAUSEN, AND ERMA SCOGGINS, GREW UP AND WERE GIVEN A
PARENT'S CARE IN HIS HOME. HE LEAVES 1 SIS, MRS ELIZABETH RAWE,
OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO; 4 BRO, LEN GEHLHAUSEN OF ST LOUIS,
HERMAN OF MICHAEL, JOE OF MEPPEN, AND TONY OF CARROLLTON. MR
GEHLHAUSEN CAME TO ILLINOIS WHEN 18 AND HAD BEEN A FARMER ALL
HIS LIFE. HE HAD LIVED ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE SEELY MILL FARM
NORTHWEST OF CARROLLTON FOR 20 YRS AND MOVED TO JERSEYVILLE WHEN
HIS HEALTH COMPILED HIM TO RETIRE.
Bertha E. Geil, 53 YRS, 6 MO, 5 DAYS, DIED
JUNE 1, AT HER RESIDENCE OF N LAFAYETTE ST, JERSEYVILLE. SHE HAD
BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL SINCE UNDERGOING MAJOR SURGERY SEVERAL WKS
AGO. VISITATION WAS AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
SERVICES WERE HELD AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REV CARL C MOMAN
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SHE WAS A DAU OF THE
LATE JOHN M & SARAH (MAINS) GRIZZLE AND SHE WAS BORN IN JERSEY
CO ON NOV 26, 1904. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND OF 28 YRS; 2 SONS,
GORDON WHO IS RECEIVING BASIC TRAINING AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO,
AND GREGORY OF JERSEYVILLE; 5 SIS, MRS LOGAN PRUITT, KANE, MRS
MURIEL CRANE, JERSEYVILLE, MRS JOHN ISRINGHAUSEN OF BOYLESTON,
ALABAMA, MRS CHARLES WOOD OF GRANITE CITY, AND MRS ANNA DANIELS
OF ALTON; AND 2 BRO, FREEMAN GRIZZLE OF JERSEYVILLE AND TRUMAN
GRIZZLE OF KANE. MRS GEIL WAS A PAST WORTHY MATRON OF THE
JERSEYVILLE CHAPT, ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, AND SHE WAS A MEMBER
OF THE JERSEYVILLE WOMAN'S CLUB, MOTHERS CIRCLE OF THE DEMOLAY
CHAPT AND FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF JERSEYVILLE.
John George German, 62 YRS, 7 MO, 28 DAYS, A
FARMER OF THE DELHI VICINITY, DIED JUNE 10, AT BOYD MEM HOSP,
CARROLLTON WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR 9 DAYS. HE WAS A SON
OF THE LATE CHARLES & SOPHIA GERMAN AND WAS BORN OCT 12, 1888,
AT SIDNEY, NE. HE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF JERSEY CO FOR MANY YRS.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, FRONA GERMAN; 3 DAU, MRS RICHARD
HUTCHINSON AND MRS VICTOR WHITE OF DOW AND MRS WILLIAM MC GILL
OF WOOD RIVER; 4 SONS, JOHN W GERMAN OF REDONDO BEACH, CA,
GEORGE GERMAN, FIELDON, ARTHUR GERMAN, WAUKEGAN, AND JAMES
GERMAN, GODFREY; 16 GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 G-GRANDDAUGHTER; 4 SIS,
MRS MARTHA FACHT OF DALTON, NE, MRS ARTHUR SMITH OF LAMAR, MO,
MRS HANNAH FIELDS OF SPRINGFIELD AND MRS JOHN W ADAMS OF URORA;
1 BRO, LOUIS GERMAN OF WAVERLY; 4 STEP SONS, ERVIN MEEKS OF
CANTON, ERNEST MEEKS OF CAROUTHERSVILLE, MO, EMIL SCOGGINS OF
FIELDON AND MIDDLETON SCOGGINS, ROCKBRIDGE; 5 STEP DAU, MRS
TEDDIE GARDNER, HAMBURG, MRS CLARK MILLER, JERSEYVILLE, MRS
ALFRED GLOWNER OF CAROUTHERSVILLE, MO, MARS CHARLES SCOTT AND
MRS GEORGE TALLEY JR, FIELDON. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville ON JUNE 12. REV F W
SCHWARZLOSE, PASTOR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, OFFICIATED AND
INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
Emilie Gerson, 71, DIED AT HER HOME LAST WK.
FUNERAL WAS HELD IN FRIEDEN EVANGELICAL CHURCH, REV W W WILKE
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SHE WAS BORN IN
GERMANY AND CAME TO THE USA WHEN 14. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND,
JOHN F GERSON; 2 DAU, MRS ELIZABETH MINESINGER AND MRS AUGUST
GROPPEL OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 7 SONS, LOUIS AND CHARLES GERSON,
GODFREY, ALBERT GERSON OF MONROE, LA, HENRY GERSON, ELDRED,
WILLIAM GERSON, GOLDEN EAGLE, FRED GERSON, FIELD ON AND FRANK
GERSON OF JERSEYVILLE.
Frank K. Gerson, 59 YRS, 6 MO, 16 DAYS, DIED
OCT 24, 195, AT HIS HOME. MR GERSON WAS A SON OF THE LATE
CHARLES & ERICA (KAPPEL) GERSON AND WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO ON APR
8,1896. THE WW I VETERAN IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BESSIE I
GERSON, AND 1 DAU, MISS DORIS GERSON OF DOW; 4 SIS, ALVINA
GWINNER OF ALTON, LULA BEDINGER OF PPOTO MAE, CLARA NELSON OF
DOW AND ALICE CROXFORD OF GRAFTON, AND 1 BRO, CHARLES ADDISON
GERSON OF CARROLLTON. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS
AND 2 BRO, ALBERT AND WALTER. FRIENDS CALLED AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. MR GERSONK WAS A MEMBER OF SALEM
METHODIST CHURCH AT DOW AND FINAL RITES WERE HELD THERE OCT 27,
WITH REV ROBERT F BROWN OF GRAFTON OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN
VALHALLA MEM PK, GODFREY.
Fred Edward Gerson, 62, OF FIELDON DIED AT
ALTON MEM HOSP. FUNERAL RITES WERE CONDUCTED AT FIELDON
EVANGELICAL CHURCH BY REV EDWARD FRESEN. BURIAL WAS IN FIELDON
CEM. GERSON WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO, A SON OF THE LATE MR & MRS
JOHN GERSON. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, ANNIE; 1 SON, RAYMOND,
FIELDON; 2 DAU, MRS VERNE WILLIAMSON OF ALTON AND MRS LAWRENCE
ERWIN OF FIELDON; 5 BRO, LOUIS AND CHARLES OF GODFREY, HENRY OF
ELDRED, ALBERT OF MONROE, LA AND WILLIAM OF GOLDEN EAGLE; 1 SIS,
MRS JAMES ANTROBUS, JERSEYVILLE. VISITATION WAS AT HIS HOME IN
FIELDON.
Laura V. Gerson, 94, OF GODFREY DIED JULY 9
AT BOYD MEM HOSP, CARROLLTON. FUNERAL WAS FROM Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. STEVE PERRIN, OFFICIATED AND BURIAL
WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SHE WAS BORN OCT 7, 1885 IN KANSAS, A DAU
OF BROWLER & JOHANNA (GREENE) MCCALLA. SURVIVING ARE 2 DAU,
LILLIAN STIRITZ OF KANE AND EDNA REIGER OF GODFREY; 1 BRO,
NATHANIEL MCCALLA OF APACHE JUNCTION, AZ AND 1 SIS, AMANDA
JENKINS OF VENICE, FL; 5 GRANDCHILDREN, 8 G-GRANDCHILDREN AND 1
G-G-GRANDCHILD. HER PARENTS, HUSBAND, 1 SON, 2 BRO AND 1 SIS
PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. Memorials may be given to BETHEL
METHODIST CHURCH OR METHODIST ORPHAN'S HOME.
Louis F. Gerson, 91, RETIRED FARMER OF R 4
JERSEYVILLE, DIED MARCH 16 AT BOYD MEM HOSP, CARROLLTON. FINAL
SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV LEONARD TODD OFFICIATED AT THE RITES WITH
INTERMENT IN OAK GROVE CEM. HE WAS BORN SEPT 18, 1881 IN FIELDON
AND MARRIED LORA (MCCALLA). MR GERSON WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF
JERSEY CO FARM BUREAU AND PEACE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE; 2 DAU, MRS LEO (EDNA) RIEGER OF GODFREY
AND MRS ANTHONY (LILLIAN) STIRITZ OF KANE; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; 7
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 3 BRO, ALBERT OF MONROE, LA, WILLIAM OF HARDIN
AND CHARLES T OF GODFREY. HIS PARENTS, 1 SON, 2 SIS, AND 3 BRO
PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. Memorials may be given to PEACE UNITED
CHURCH.
Ulrica Gerson, 92 YRS, 9 MO, 7 DAYS, A
FORMER JERSEY CO RESIDENT, DIED OCT 3, AT ALTON MEM HOSP WHERE
SHE HAD BEEN MOVED FOR TREATMENT EARLIER. SHE HAD BEEN BEDFAST
FOR 11 MONTHS. MRS GERSON, A DAU OF THE LATE MR & MRS JOSEPH
KAPPEL, WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO, DEC 26, 1861. SHE MARRIED CHARLES
GERSON AND HE DIED IN 1905. FOR THE PAST 11 YRS SHE HAD MADE HER
HOME IN ALTON WITH A DAU, MRS ALVENA GWINNER. ALSO SURVIVING ARE
3 MORE DAU, MRS ROY BEDINGER OF POTOMAC, MRS ARTHUR NELSON OF
DOW AND MRS HAROLD CROXFORD OF GRAFTON; 2 SONS, FRANK GERSON OF
DOW AND C A GERSON OF CARROLLTON; 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 7
G-GRANDCHILDREN. THE BODY WAS BROUGHT TO THE Gubser Funeral Home
in Jerseyville. SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME OCT 6.
REV FRED JOHNSON OF ST LOUIS OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN
NEWBERN CEM.
Hazel Marguerite Gettings, 74, DIED DEC 2 AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP. SHE HAD BEEN ILL FOR MANY YRS. FUNERAL WAS
HELD AT FIELDON UCC WITH REV ROBERT BROEDER OFFICIATING. BURIAL
WAS IN FIELDON CEM. BORN IN JERSEY CO, SEPT 14, 1905, SHE WAS
THE DAU OF ARTHUR & FLORENCE (CLAFLIN) CRULL. THE LATE LOUIS
ISRINGHAUSEN WAS HER STEPFATHER. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND,
WILLIAM; 4 SONS, ROBERT LEE AND JACOB DENTON OF JERSEYVILLE,
WILLIAM OF FIELDON AND KERMIT DALE OF ELDRED; 1 DAU, MARY
MARGUERITE SINCLAIR OF JERSEYVILLE; 5 BRO, MARVIN, CLYDE AND
PEARL ISRINGHAUSEN ALL OF JERSEYVILLE, FLOYD ISRINGHAUSEN OF
FIELDON AND GLENN OF HUNTSVILLE, MO; 2 SIS, RUBY SKINNER OF
JERSEYVILLE AND RHODA DUNSMORE OF DAWSON CREEK, CANADA; 14
GRANDCHILDREN; 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN. Memorials may be given to
FIELDON UCC. VISITATION WAS FROM Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville.
Isaac Newton Gettings, 89 YRS, 10 MO, 4
DAYS, A RETIRED FARMER OF THE OTTERVILLE VICINITY, DIED FEB 16,
AT GREENLAWN NURSING HOME, JERSEYVILLE WHERE HE HAD BEEN A
PATIENT FOR 2 WKS. HE WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO, APR 12, 1865, A SON
OF THE LATE O DIED & REBECCA ANN (ALLEN) GETTINGS. MR GETTINGS
IS SURVIVED BY 1 DAU, MRS IONE SHACKELFORD, JERSEYVILLE; 2 SONS,
WILLIAM A GETTINGS, ELDRED AND JAMES N GETTINGS, GRAFTON; 16
GRANDCHILDREN; 12 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 SIS, MRS JANE DEMPSEY,
ST LOUIS. 1 SON AND 1 DAU, DIED IN INFANCY. VISITATION WAS HELD
AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES WERE
HELD AT OTTERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH FEB 19. REV HARRY FRAZER AND
REV AVERY COURTNEY, OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN VALHALLA MEM
PK, GODFREY.
Linnie Annette Gettings, 47 YRS, 4 MO, 11
DAYS, WIFE OF JAMES NEWTON GETTINGS OF RURAL GRAFTON, DIED OCT
30 AT BARNES HOSP, ST LOUIS. SHE HAD BEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR
SOMETIME AND HAD BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL FOR 2 WKS. SHE HAD BEEN A
PATIENT AT BOYD MEM HOSP IN CARROLLTON 4 DAYS BEFORE
TRANSFERRING TO BARNES. FINAL RITES WERE HELD AT FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH IN FIELDON, NOV 2, WITH REV CLAUD EVANS OF BETHALTON
OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE GEM. VISITATION WAS AT
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. MRS GETTINGS WAS A
DAU OF MRS MARY (MURRAY) WEEKS OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE LATE
MARSHALL T WEEKS. SHE WAS BORN AT EDDYVILLE, KY JUNE 19, 1912.
SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND, 4 SONS, PVT JAMES ROBERT GETTINGS,
OZIAS DAVID GETTINGS AND HUGH EDWARD GETTINGS OF GRAFTON AND
ISAAC LEROY GETTINGS OF DOW, 2 DAU, MISS LYDA KATHLEEN GETTINGS
AND MISS CAROL SUE GETTINGS OF GRAFTON, HER MOTHER MRS MAE
WEEKS; 1 SIS, MRS EARL DEUEL, OF JERSEYVILLE AND 2 BRO, ROBERT L
WEEKS OF JERSEYVILLE AND JESSE WEEKS OF PHOENIX, AZ; AND 1
GRANDSON.
William Albert Gettings, 85, WAS FOUND DIED
AT HIS RESIDENCE ON JAN 9. HIS DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED. SERVICES
WERE HELD AT FIELDON UCC BY REV ROBERT BROEDER. THE RETIRED
GREENE & JERSEY CO FARMER WAS BORN OCT 29, 1896 IN JERSEY CO, A
SON OF ISAAC & ELLA (GOWIN) GETTINGS. HE WAS A MASON FOR 64 YRS
AND A MEMBER OF THE SHRINERS. HIS WIFE, HAZEL (CRULL) GETTINGS,
DIED IN 1979. SURVIVING ARE 4 SON, JACOB DENTON AND ROBERT LEE
OF JERSEYVILLE, WILLIAM OF FIELDON AND KERMIT DALE OF ELDRED; 1
DAU, MARY MARGAUERITE SINCLAIR OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 BRO, NEWTON
GETTINGS AND IONE SHACKELFORD OF JERSEYVILLE; 15 GRANDCHILDREN
AND 5 G-GRANDCHILDREN. MASONIC SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY
FIELDON LODGE #592 AT THE FUNERAL HOME. BURIAL WAS IN FIELDON
CEM. Memorials may be given to FIELDON UCC.
Nora Gibbins, 90, A LONG-TIME RESIDENT AND
RECENT RESIDENT OF GREEN MEADOWS NURSING HOME IN WHITE HALL DIED
SAT AT WHITE HALL HOSP. SHE WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE GEORGE W &
MARGARET (HAYES) STUBBLEFIELD. SURVIVING ARE 1 SON, HAROLD L OF
ALTON; 2 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 SIS, ANNABELLE
S MCKEAN AND REBECCA STUBBLEFIELD, BOTH OF ROODHOUSE. VISITATION
AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT MACKEY DAWS FUNERAL HOME IN ROODHOUSE.
REV GERALD PHILLIPS OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN UNION CEM E OF
ROODHOUSE.
William Gibson, 64, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED DEC
29, AT JOHN COCHRAN HOSP, ST LOUIS WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT.
THE WW I VETERAN HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR ABOUT 6 YRS AND WENT
TO THE HOSP FOR FREQUENT CHECK-UPS. HE WAS BEING TAKEN TO THE
HOSP BY JOE STAMPER FOR EXAMINATION AND ENROUTE SUFFERED A
STROKE. THE DECEDENT, WAS A SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM & EUNICE
(BUSHNELL) GIBSON AND WAS BORN IN BLUFFDALE TWSP, GREENE CO. AS
A YOUNG MAN HE AND HIS FATHER HAD OPERATED A SAW MILL. HE HAD
BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 30 YRS AND FOR A NUMBER OF YRS OPERATED A
GROCERY STORE AND FISH MKT. SURVIVING ARE 3 SIS, MRS CLEM MARCH,
JERSEYVILLE, MRS ADA ANSELL OF WOOD RIVER AND MRS JEANETTE
HARENSTEIN, OVERLAND, MO; AND 1 BRO, CARL GIBSON OF RICHLAND,
WA. MILITARY RITES WERE CONDUCTED DEC 31, AT THE FUNERAL CHAPEL
AT 5611 S GRAND AVE, ST LOUIS AND BURIAL WAS IN JEFFERSON
BARRACKS NATIONAL CEM, MO.
Louis William Giers, 75, OF THE JERSEYVILLE
CARE CENTER, DIED JULY 15 AT WHITE HALL HOSP. HE WAS A SON OF
LOUIS W & CATHERINE (HERBERT) GIERS. HE WAS A FARMER. SURVIVING
ARE 1 STEPSON, H L GUNTERMAN OF JERSEYVILLE AND 1 NIECE.
SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV R E GEORGE OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEM.
William Gill, 65, DIED AT HOME IN NEWBERN
SEPT 6, 1897. HE WAS BORN JUNE 21, 1832 AT SILSDEN, ENGLAND, AND
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY EARLY IN HIS LIFE. HE DIED OF CHOLERA.
FUNERAL FROM CUMBERLAND PRESBY CHURCH IN NEWBERN SEPT 8. REVS
WEBBER AND R M SMITH OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN NEWBERN CEM.
HE CAME TO THE US IN 1858 LANDING AT NEW ORLEANS, AND THENCE TO
JERSEYVILLE. HE WORKED FOR JOHN WHITE OF KANE AT HIS TRADE OF
MAKING WHEELS AT 20 CENTS EACH. HE LEAVES 5 BRO, HENRY AND
ROBERT OF NEWBERN, SMITH OF LITCHFIELD, JOSEPH AND THOMAS WHO
REMAIN IN ENGLAND. HIS WIFE, CAROLINE (MCDOW) GILL HAS BEEN DIED
ABOUT 10 YRS. 1 SON, HARRY, ELSAH; AND 2 DAU, LOU LIVING AT HOME
WITH HER FATHER AND ETTA OF JACKSONVILLE, SURVIVE THEM.
William Thomas Gilleland, 25, WAS BORN IN
GREENE CO, IL JULY 7, 1893. ON OCT 4, 1916, HE MARRIED ALLIE
CLARK OF NUTWOOD, IL. THEY WERE PARENTS OF 1 CHILD, DOROTHY ENID
GILLELAND. HE WAS POST MASTER OF FIELDON FOR A SHORT TIME AND
LATER RURAL MAIL CARRIERE. HE LEAVES HIS WIFE; DAU; FATHER, NIEL
GILLELAND-MOTHER MARTHA GILLELAND; 1 BRO, CHARLES; 2 SIS, MRS
DOLLIE WELLHANSEN AND MRS DELLA EDWARDS; AND HIS GRANDMOTHER,
MRS MARY MILLER.
Paul Kent Gilliland, 16, SON OF KENNETH &
SALLY (KAIN) GILLILAND OF R1 GRAFTON, DIED AUG 13, AT HIS HOME
FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. HE WAS BORN JUNE 7, 1962. FUNERAL SERVICES
WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. BURIAL
WAS IN SCENIC HILL CEM, GRAFTON. BESIDES HIS PARENTS, HE IS
SURVIVED BY 3 HALF BRO, TERRANCE OF RENSSELEAR, IN, KENNETH OF
GRAFTON AND JAMES KEITH RENO OF CARROLLTON; AND 1 HALF SIS,
MELODY LEE RENO OF GRAFTON.
Bainbridge Gillingham, DIED RATHER SUDDENLY
LAST WK. THE OLDER RESIDENT OF GREENE CO WAS VERY HIGHLY
ESTEEMED AND REVERED PERSONAGE. HIS WIFE, JULIET A "TILDEN"
WIDOW OF ALFORD TILDEN IS A DAU OF JOHN RUSSELL WHO WAS EDITOR
OF THE BACKWOODSMAN, PUBLISHED IN GRAFTON; THE FIRST NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN THIS CO.
Lewis Gilworth, 68, DIED DEC 17. BORN IN MAY
1826, IN GREENE CO ABOUT 2 MI NW OF KANE. MOVED FROM THERE TO
RUYLE TWSP, IN 1836. HE MARRIED MARGARET (DIXON) GILWORTH IN
1867. HE BOUGHT A FARM SW OF JERSEYVILLE IN FEB 1871. HE LIVED
THERE FOR 13 YRS AND THEN MOVED TO THE CITY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH. WHEREVER YOU FOUND BRO GILWORTH YOU
ALWAYS FOUND HIM STANDING UP FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT. HE LEAVES HIS
WIFE; 5 BRO AND 1 SIS. REV J J PORTER OFFICIATED AT THE SERVICES
HELD IN THE HOME. PALL BEARERS: JOHN FINK, G F SCRIBNER, JOHN
WOOD, JAMES LIVINGSTON, T F BRADSHAW, V J RUFF.
Flora Ann Gisy, 83, A FORMER JERSEYVILLE
RESIDENT, WAS BROUGHT HERE FOR INTERMENT IN OAK GROVE CEM. HER
DEATH OCCURRED IN PLEASANT REST NURSING HOME, BELLEVILLE, WHERE
SHE HAD LIVED FOR 5 DAYS. SHE HAD RESIDED MOST OF HER LIFE IN
JERSEYVILLE, ALTON, AND IN BELLEVILLE FOR THE PAST 3 YRS.
FUNERAL RITES WERE HELD AT GENT CHAPEL, ALTON. MRS GISY WAS THE
DAU OF THE LATE MR & MRS PAUL GLOHR AND WAS BORN IN JERSEYVILLE
ON JAN 31, 1883. SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF JOHN GISY. SURVIVING ARE 1
SON, GLENN OF BELLEVILLE, 1 BRO, WALTER GLOHR OF KANE, 2 SIS,
MRS GRACE KREMER OF GODFREY AND MRS IRENE SCHULZ OF FORT DODGE,
IA. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY AN INFANT SON, 1 DAU AND 5
SISTERS.
Capt. Robert Christy Gledhill, 77, DIED IN
JERSEYVILLE. THE FIRST NEWSBOY ON THE FIRST RAILROAD BUILT IN
IL, THE JACKSONVILLE & SOUTHEASTERN, A LINE OF 30 MI LONG
BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND NAPLES, IL. BORN APR 1, 1839 AT GOOD
INTENT, NY, A SUBURB OF PHILADELPHIA, LOCATED ACROSS THE
DELAWARE RIVER FROM THAT CITY. AT 1 YR HE WAS BROUGHT TO
JACKSONVILLE, IL. HIS FATHER, A WOOLEN MERCHANT FROM ENGLAND
DIED WHEN ROBERT WAS 9. SOON AFTER ROBERT STARTED WORKING AS A
NEWAS BOY ON THE RR. LATER HE WORKED IN A CONFECTIONARY AND ALSO
PHOTOGRAPHY. WAS ASSOCIATED WITH WILL TANDY GALLERIES IN
CARROLLTON, GREENFIELD AND ALTON. ENLISTED IN CO A, 10th IL AS A
VOLUNTEER AND SERVED 3 YRS. HE WAS INJURED ONCE, WHICH WAS
DURING A CHARGE WHEN A SPENT BALL HIT HIM AND KNOCKED SENSELESS,
HE WAS LEFT ON THE BATTLEFIELD AS DEAD. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE
MARCH TO THE SEA WITH SHERMAN. FROM FIGHTING STOCK, HIS FATHER,
AND 5 UNCLES WERE MEMBERS OF THE BLACK HORSE CALVARY OF THE
BATTLE OF WATERLOO. UPON THE DEATH OF JOHN C STRONG, WHO
OPERATED GALLERY (PHOTOGRAPHIC???), MRS GLEDHILL CAME TO
JERSEYVILLE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE GALLERY AND ON FEB 18, 1868,
MARRIED THE PROPRIETOR, MRS STRONG. HE HELPED BUILD IOOF HALL.
HE LEAVES HIS WIDOW, 1 SON, DR H R GLEDHILL, 1 STEPSON, HON C H
STRONG, NY, 1 SIS, MRS HARRIET BARRY OF OAKLAND, CA. SERVICES
FROM PRESBY CHURCH WITH REV JOS. JENKINS. PALLBEARERS WERE ELIAS
COCKRELL, JOHN CORY, JETT KIRBY, H S DANIELS, W E HOLLAND, ELLIS
WHITEHEAD, A F PITT, AND J M PAGE.
Walter P. Glohr, 85, OF KANE, DIED MAY 8, AT
GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME. HE HAD RESIDED THERE SINCE APR 28.
THE RETIRED FARMER WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO JAN 22, 1894, A SON OF
THE LATE PAUL & MATILDA (FRYER) GLOHR. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
JERSEY CO FARM BUREAU AND KANE BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVING ARE HIS
WIFE, CLARICE (CAMPION) GLOHR WHOM HE MARRIED MARCH23, 1932; 1
SIS, GRACE KREMER, GODFREY, 1 NEPHEW AND 5 NIECES. HIS PARENTS
AND 7 SIS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. VISITATION WAS FROM Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES WERE AT FUNERAL HOME WITH
REV GAROLD COOPER. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. Memorials may be
given to AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
Dr. John L. Glynn, 67, OF JERSEYVILLE,
FORMERLY OF ALTON DIED MAY 9, AT GREENWOOD MANOR WHERE HE HAD
RESIDED SINCE LAST AUG. DR GLYNN WAS A PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS
AND BUSINESS ADM AT SIU-CARBONDALE, RETIRING IN 1978 HE WAS BORN
IN ST LOUIS JAN 10, 1912.SURVIVING ARE 2 SONS, TOM GLYNN OF
JERSEYVILLE AND JOHN GLYNN OF HAMBURG; 2 DAU, MARY ANN BOIES OF
SYCAMORE, IL AND KATHLEEN KUSMANOFF OF CHAMPAIGN; 8
GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SIS, ESTHER HARRISON AND RUTH VANDYCLE OF ST
LOUIS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, CATHERINE
(SCHNELTEN) WHO DIED JAN 15, 1965,1 SIS AND 2 BRO. VISITATION
WAS FROM STATEN FUNERAL HOME IN ALTON WHERE THE ROSARY WAS
RECITED. FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED AT ST MARY CHURCH, ALTON
WITH MSGR JAMES SUDDES CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN ST JOHN CEM,
CARROLLTON. Memorials may be given to ST MARY CHURCH AND
AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
Cecil Francis Godar, 57, OF JERSEYVILLE,
DIED OCT 6, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. BORN AUG 3, 1927, HE WAS A SON
OF THERESA (BECKER) GODAR OF HARDIN AND THE LATE PAUL GODAR. HE
WAS A MECHANIC FOR RIVERWAY SHIPYARD AND A MEMBER OF STATE ST
BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE CHURCH WITH REV RON
WOODRUM OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SURVIVING ARE
HIS WIFE, BETTY J (COONROD) GODAR WHOM HE MARRIED NOV 21, 1959
IN FIELDON; HIS MOTHER; 2 SON, TONY AND JIM OF JERSEYVILLE; 4
DAU, LINDA DONNELLAN, ARNOLD, MO, MARY JANE GODAR, CHICAGO,
LAVORA, BARBARA AND TABATHA GODAR, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 BRO,
ALFRED, JERSEYVILLE AND MANUEL, FL; 6 SIS, ROSALEE BEIERMAN,
WHITE HALL, MELBA TEPEN, HARDIN, ELAINE TURNER AND ALICE
BAALMAN, BOTH OF ALTON, GERALDINE KRAUSE, JERSEYVILLE AND DONNA
DROEGE, ST CHARLES, MO; AND 2 GRANDCHILDREN. Memorials may be
given to STATE ST BAPTIST CHURCH. Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home
in Jerseyville CONDUCTED ARRANGEMENTS.
Henry J. Goetten, 77, RETIRED FARMER, WHO
HAS RESIDED IN JERSEYVILLE FOR 16 YRS, DIED DEC 28, AT ST JOSEPH
HOSP, ALTON. FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED AT ST MARY CHURCH, WITH
FR WILLIAM HEMBROW CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN ST MARY CEM. BORN
JUNE 2, 1901 IN JERSEY CO, HE WAS THE SON OF HENRY & BARBARA
(STRASSER) GOETTEN. HE WAS A FORMER SUPERVISOR OF ENGLISH TWS
AND FORMER AUDITOR OF JERSEY TWS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST MARY
CHURCH, WESTWOODS, 4th DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND ELKS LODGE
AND HAD SERVED ON THE JERSEY COMM HOSP BOARD. HIS SURVIVORS ARE
HIS WIFE, MARGARET (SCHMIEDER) GOETTEN; 2 DAU, MRS MAURITA
FRALEY AND MRS ROSALIE HANSEN OF JERSEYVILLE; 4 SON, ROGER,
RICHARD AND WILFRED OF JERSEYVILLE AND NORBERT OF CARROLLTON; 1
SIS, MRS HELEN BAUER, JERSEYVILLE; 28 GRANDCHILDREN; 12
G-GRANDCHILDREN. HIS PARENTS, 3 BRO, AND 2 SIS PRECEDED HIM IN
DEATH. THE ROSARY AND CEREMONY OF K OF C WERE HELD AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
Katherine Goetten, 85, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED
JULY 10, AT GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME. SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF
THE LATE EDWARD C GOETTEN. SHE WAS BORN IN CALHOUN CO, OCT 17,
1888, THE DAU OF THEODORE & ELIZFABETH (CAREY) SCHOBEREND. SHE
IS SURVIVED BY 1 SON, EDMUND A GOETTEN, JERSEYVILLE; 3 DAU, MRS
JEROME (MARIE) ZIPPRICH, JERSEYVILLE; MRS HAROLD (MARCELLA)
GEIERMAN, COTTAGE HILLS AND MRS EUGENE (GERTRUDE) BEIERMAN, OF
COLUMBIA; 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, 4 SIS, AND 1 BRO. SHE WAS A
MEMBER OF HOLY GHOST ALTAR SOC. SERVICES WERE HELD AT HOLY GHOST
CHURCH JULY 13, WITH MASS CELEBRATED BY FR ROBERT L HEINTZ.
INTERMENT WAS IN ST MARY CEM. Memorials may be given to HOLY
GHOST BUILDING FUND.
Roy Paul Goforth, 35, OF SHIPMAN WAS DOA AT
ALTON MEM HOSP SUN AFT FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT AT LACLEDE STEEL
CO. HE WAS FATALLY INJURED AFTER FALLING 60 FEET OFF THE ROOF OF
A BUILDING AT THE PLANT. A MAINTENANCE RIGGER, HE HAD BEEN
EMPLOYED AT LACLEDE FOR 13 YRS. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIDOW, MARIE
(MILLS) GOFORTH; 1 DAU, MARY AND 2 SONS, MICHAEL AND MATTHEW, AT
HOME; HIS PARENTS MR & MRS WOODROW GOFORTH OF HOPDALE; 5 BRO,
DANNY OF O'FALLON, MO, WOODROW OF JERSEYVILLE, LEONARD OF
HOPEDALE, LARY OF PEORIA, DOUGLAS OF TREMONT; 2 SIS, MRS JOANNE
MATHIS OF HILLVIEW AND MRS JANET DONLEY OF MACOMB. FUNERAL MASS
WAS CELEBRATED OCT 21, AT ST DENIS CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH REV JOHN
SHEHAN CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN ST DENIS CEM.
Alice Bell Goheen, 86 YRS, 3 MO, 29 DAYS, OF
NEWBERN, DIED AT JERSEY COMM HOSP WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A PATIENT
FOR A MONTH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD ON NEW YRS DAY AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV ROLAND HASTIE, PASTOR
OF THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEM. SHE WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, AUG 30, 1882, A DAU OF THE
LATE JAMES & FANNY (ADMIRE) ASHFORD. SURVIVING ARE 4 SONS,
HARRY, CHARLES AND LESTER GOHEEN, DOW, AND ERNEST OF GODFREY; 2
DAU, MRS LELA JOHNSON AND MRS BESSIE DANIELS OF DOW; 22
GRANDCHILDREN, AND 3- [remainder unavailable]
Nancy Jane Gonder, 71 YRS, 2 MO, 18 DAYS,
WAS BORN IN KY DEC 20, 1843 AND DIED AT HER HOME IN JERSEYVILLE
MARCH 8, 1915. SHE WAS FIRST MARRIED TO JOHN W BARRETT TO WHICH
UNION WERE BORN 3 SONS AND 3 DAU; 1 SON AND 1 DAU PRECEDED HER
IN DEATH. HER SECOND MARRIAGE WAS TO JACOB GONDER TO WHOM SHE
PRESENTED 1 SON AND 1 DAU, THE LATTER ALSO BEING CLAIMED BY
DEATH. SHE WAS LAID TO REST MARCH 12, REV E T CARROLL CONDUCTING
THE SERVICES AT JACOBY UNDERTAKING PARLOR. INTERMENT WAS IN
HUTCHINS CEM IN GREENE CO. THOSE LEFT TO MOURN ARE HER HUSBAND,
JACOB GONDER; 2 DAU, MRS DELIA YOCUM, POPLAR BLUFF, MO AND MRS
ROSA LUDOWSKI OF ST LOUIS, MO; 3 SONS, WM BARRETT, JAMES F
BARRETT AND JOHN R GONDER OF JERSEYVILLE; 3 BRO, 2 SIS AND A
HOST OF MORE DISTANT RELATIVE AND FRIENDS.
Sarah Ellen Burch Golden, 80, A FORMER
RESIDENT OF KANE, DIED FEB 23, IN RIVERSIDE, CA, WHERE SHE HAD
RESIDED FOR SEVERAL YRS. THE BODY WAS BROUGHT TO Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD MARCH 1,
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH IN KANE. REV C L PETERSON OFFICIATED AND
INTERMENT WAS IN KANE CEM. MRS GOLDEN WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE
WILLIAM & SUSAN (VAN METER) WITT. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAU, MRS
H B REYNOLDS AND MRS E T PATTERSON OF RIVERSIDE, CA; AND 1 SIS,
MRS LUCIE TOMPKINS, KANE.
Harry Eugene Gorin, 68, OF BRIGHTON, DIED
SEPT 10 AT ALTON MEM HOSP. SERVICES WERE HELD AT
WARNER-TARGHETTA FUNERAL HOME, BRIGHTON. BURIAL WAS IN BRIGHTON
CEM. REV KEITH GECKELER OFFICIATED. BORN IN JERSEY CO, HE WAS
THE SON OF THE LATE FRANK E & LILLY B (LEE) GORIN. HE WAS
EMPLOYED AT SHELL OIL CO FOR 25 YRS, RETIRING IN 1967, AND WAS
ON THE PIASA TWSP BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE,
VIVIAN (HAMPTON) GORIN WHOM HE MARRIED OCT 18, 11936 IN
CARROLLTON; 4 SONS, DON OF INDIAN ROCK BEACH, FL, JIM, BRIGHTON,
ED OF PIASA AND GARY, WOOD RIVER, AND 9 GRANDCHILDREN. BRIGHTON
ODD FELLOWS CONDUCTED A SERVICE AT THE FUNERAL HOME. Memorials
may be given to FIRST PRESBY CHURCH OF BRIGHTON.
Hubert Nicholas Goshorn, 43, DIED AT JERSEY
COMM HOSP WHERE HE, HIS WIFE, AND HIS MOTHER WERE TAKEN
FOLLOWING A GAS HEATER EXPLOSION IN HIS HOME IN JERSEYVILLE.
HUBERT NICHOLAS GOSHORN WAS BORN OCT 6, 1915, IN GREENE CO.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIDOW, REOHN GOSHORN; 1 SON, GERALD OF
JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, JERSI ANN GOSHORN, SPRINGFIELD AND HIS
MOTHER; 2 SIS, MRS DEWEY HEIDERSCHEID AND MRS PAUL DEVENING OF
FIELDON; 2 BRO, WILLAIM OF MUSCATINE, IA AND JAMES OF
JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF JERSEYVILLE AERIE OF THE EAGLES
LODGE, AND THE LODGE HAS POSTPONED ITS THANKSGIVING PARTY
SCHEDULED FOR SUN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JERSEYVILLE MASONIC
LODGE AND OF THE WESTERNER CLUB OF OLIN MATHESON CHEMICAL CORP
AT E ALTON WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED. THE BODY IS AT JACOBY FUNERAL
HOME WHERE MASONIC RITES WERE CONDUCTED SAT EVE. SERVICES WERE
SUN AND BURIAL WAS IN FIELDON CEM.
Jennie L. Goshorn, 84, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED
MARCH 8, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF LOUIS GOSHORN
WHO DIED MARCH 15, 1970. SHE WAS BORN OCT 23, 1890, IN GREENE
CO, THE DAU OF THE LATE JAMES & ALICE LEWIS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY
2 DAU, MRS HELLEN KELLA, JOLIET, AND MISS VIRGINIA B HUITT OF
JERSEYVILLE; 1 SIS, MRS SALEMMA VARBLE OF LAPUENTE, CA, 3
GRANDCHILDREN AND 4 G-GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD
MARCH 11 AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV R E GEORGE
OF UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OFFICIATED. INTERMENT FOLLOWED IN
FIELDON CEM.
John Gotter, Sr., 86, DIED MARCH 3, AT ST
JOSEPH HOSP, ALTON. HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT SINCE FEB 19. THE
FUNERAL WAS FROM ST JOHN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, BRIGHTON WITH
DE EMIL BASSLER OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN BRIGHTON CEM.
Memorials may be given to THE CHURCH AND HEART FUND.
WARNER-TARGHETTA FUNERAL HOME WAS THE SCENE OF THE VISITATION.
HE WAS BORN MAY 8, 1888 IN PIASA TWS, JERSEY CO, A SON OF THE
LATE GODFREY & SARAH (CHRISTMAN) GOTTER AND WAS A FARMER UNTIL
RETIREMENT. HE WAS MARRIED MARCH 27, 1912 TO THE FORMER OLGA
WEISER WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE HAD BEEN A LIFE LONG MEMBER
OF ST JOHN'S CHURCH AND WAS AT ONE TIME ACTIVE IN JERSEY CO FARM
BUREAU. SURVIVING ARE 3 DAU, MRS BARNEY (ERMA) CHESUS OF ST
LOUIS, MRS FRANK (ALICE) EBBERT, BRIGHTON AND MRS GEORGE
(VANETA) ENREKIN, GREENFIELD; 1 SON, JOHN GOTTER JR, BRIGHTON 5
GRANDCHILDREN; AND 8 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
Lt. William Goshorn, BORN JUANITA CO, PA. HE
MOVED TO OHIO AND ENLISTED IN ARMY WITH HIS BRO, NICHOLAS
GOSHORN IN CO F 931 REG OHIO INF VOL. DISCHARGED JUNE 19, 1865.
NICHOLAS WAS KILLED IN SERVICE. WILLIAM CAME TO JERSEY CO AND
WED ANTONETTE (WHEATON) GOSHORN. THEY WERE PARENTS OF 7
CHILDREN. SURVIVING HIM ARE 2 SONS, NICHOLAS OF ELDRED AND LOUIS
OF RICHWOOD TWS; 2 DAU, SOPHIA OF SD AND MARY OF RICHWOOD TWS.
Mrs. Blanche Gossrau, A NATIVE OF GRAFTON,
DIED DEC 31, AT HER HOME IN ST LOUIS. THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN
GRAFTON MAY 31, 1885, A DAU OF THE LATE GEORGE & SARAH NELSON.
SURVIVING ARE HER BRO, GEORGE L NELSON, WOOD RIVER; 2 SIS, MRS C
B CAMP OF ROODHOUSE AND MRS DAISY DICKMAN OF ST LOUIS.
Carl Leroy Gounds, 36, DIED NOV 18 AT ALTON
MEM HOSP. FUNERAL RITES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. REV DORCIE HILL OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT
WAS IN BELLTOWN CEM. HE WAS BORN OCT 23, 1936 IN GRAFTON A SON
OF CARL S & LUCILLE (KELLEY) GOUNDS. HE WAS A FARM LABORER.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE MATILDA (TENEY) GOUNDS; 3 DAU, ROSIE
MARIE TAYLOR, DEBRA ANN WHITE AND JANET RUTH WHITE ALL AT HOME;
FOSTER FATHER, TRUMAN POCKLINGTON OF SHIPMAN, WHO REARED HIM; 1
STEPSON, STEVEN LOUIS TAYLOR OF O'FALLON; HIS MOTHER, MRS
LUCILLE LYNCH OF DUNDEE, FL; 5 SIS, MRS LEWIS BLANDENSHIP OF
DUNDEE, MRS LUEVENA NELSON OF ALTON, MRS VIRGINIA CRAWFORD OF ST
LOUIS, MRS RUTH MARGARET CUNNINGHAM OF FIDELITY, AND MRS MARY
WILMA HOLDER OF DENVERM, CO; AND 2 HALF BRO, HAROLD W KELLEY OF
WHITE HALL AND RONALD RUE OF DUNDEE, FL.
Leslie N. Gowin, 84, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED
MARCH 8, AT BARNES HOSP, ST LOUIS. A RETIRED GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK
FARMER, HE WAS BORN JULY 1, 1892 IN JERSEY CO, A SON OF GEORGE P
AND LIBBY (SHAFER) GOWIN. GOWIN WAS A MEMBER OF OTTERVILLE
BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIDOW, FREDA (BAUM) GOWIN TO
WHOM HE WAS MARRIED OCT 4, 1916; 2 DAU, MRS DELLON (MILDRED)
FRITZ OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS GARY (JOYCE) HART OF ALTON; 6 SONS,
WILBUR, ROBERT AND RONALD GOWIN ALL OF JERSEYVILLE, RAYMOND
GOWIN OF FRANKLIN, IN, NORMAN GOWIN, WILLIAMSVILLE, NY AND REV
DONALD GOWIN OF WYACONDA, MO; 1 SIS , MRS STELLA KIRCHNER OF
FIELDON AND 2 BRO, GEORGE, GRANITE CITY AND MONOR OF KANE; 24
GRANDCHILDREN AND 10 G-GRANDCHILDREN. SERVICES WERE MARCH 11
FROM Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Memorials may be given
to JERSEY COMM HOSP.
Loretta A. Gowin, 74, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED
OCT 11. BORN IN CALHOUN CO, OCT 14, 1907 SHE WAS THE DAU OF
WILLIAM & ELIZABETH (ZAHRLI) EVERING. SHE LEAVES HER HUSBAND
MINOR GOWIN WHOM SHE MARRIED NOV 23, 1927 IN JERSEYVILLE; 5
SONS, WILLIAM OF KANE, GARLAND AND JOSEPH OF BETHALTO, JOHN OF
JONESBORO, AR, JAMES OF CARROLLTON; 3 DAUS, JUANITA LOWRANCE OF
BETHALTO, DIANA MCCAULEY OF SAN PEDRO, CA AND DORIS GOWIN OF
JERSEYVILLE; 1 SIS, EDNA KAHL OF ALTON; 21 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 5
G-GRANDCHILDREN. HER PARENTS, 1 SON, 1 BRO AND 4 SIS PRECEDED
HER IN DEATH. FUNERAL FROM BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH. BURIAL IN
GUNTERMAN CEM.
Minor S. Gowin, 79, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED JAN
10, 1983 AT CHRISTIAN NE HOSP, ST LOUIS. SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED
AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV LARRY GIBSON
OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN GUNTERMAN CEM. HE WAS BORN MARCH 6,
1903 IN OTTERVILLE, A SON OF GEORGE P & LIBBY (SCHAFER) GOWIN
AND RETIRED IN 1967 FROM OLIN
CORP AFTER 26 YRS SERVICE AS MACHINE ADJUSTER. SURVIVING ARE 5
SONS, BILL, KANE, GARLAND AND JOSEPH OF BETHALTO, JOHN,
JONESBORO, AR AND JAMES OF CARROLLTON; 3 DAU, JUANITA LOWRANCE,
BETHALTO, DIANA MCCAULEY AND DORIS GOWIN OF JERSEYVILLE; BRO,
GEORGE GOWIN, GRANITE CITY, AND SIS, STELLA KIRCHNER, FIELDON;
21 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 G-GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH
BY HIS WIFE, LORETTA ANN (EVERING) GOWIN WHO DIED OCT 11, 1982;
PARENTS, 1 SON, 2 BRO, AND 1 SIS. Memorials may be given to
HEART FUND.
Thoman Gowling, FORMERLY OF JERSEYVILLE AND
A BRO OF GEORGE GOWLING OF JERSEYVILLE AND JOSEPH GOWLING OF
CARROLLTON, DIED IN ST LOUIS HOSP. REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO GRANITE
CITY FOR SERVICES, THEN BROUGHT TO JERSEYVILLE FOR BURIAL IN OAK
GROVE CEM. REV W S NEELY. HE HAD LIVED IN CO FOR A NUMBER OF YRS
BUT HAD RECENTLY BEEN IN GRANITE CITY AND ST LOUIS.
