Obituaries - P
Miss Martha Palmer WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN THE OLDEST NATIVE BORN RESIDENT OF JERSEY COUNTY, DIED AT
HER HOME IN KEMPER MONDAY. 90 YEARS OLD. BORN 1 FEB 1839. DURING
HER LONG LIFE MISS PALMER, WHO WAS KNOWN AS "AUNT MARTHA"
RESIDED WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THE PLACE WHERE SHE DIED. SHE WAS
A WOMAN OF KEEN BUSINESS CAPACITY AND FOR MANY YEARS PROFITABLY
MANAGED LARGE REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS IN THE KEMPER VICINITY. DEATH
WAS DUE TO OLD AGE. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND MARY
BARTON PALMER, WHO WERE AMONG THE EARLIEST SETTLERS OF
"DELAWARE", A SETTLEMENT IN JERSEY COUNTY WHICH AFTERWARDS
BECAME KNOWN AS KEMPER. THE PARENTS CAME TO ILLINOIS IN 1830.
MISS MARTHA WAS THE LAST OF FIVE CHILDREN BORN TO THEM. NIECES
AND NEPHEWS SURVIVE; MRS. LAURA DODGE OF JERSEYVILLE, MRS.
GEORGIA KITZMILLER OF MEDORA, C.O. DANNEL OF GREENFIELD, MRS.
F.B. LEVERETT OF CHICAGO, MRS. MATIE WAGGONER MALLOCK OF LOS
ANGELES, CALIF., C.A. STOWE OF HIGHLAND, IL AND WM. E. STOWE OF
MEDORA. FUNERAL FROM KEMPER BAPTIST CHURCH. BURIAL IN KEMPER
CEMETERY. REV. FARRILL. [30 Jun 1928]
Orin Palmer, PIONEER RESIDENT OF JERSEY CO,
DIED AT HIS HOME IN KEMPER 28 MAR 1912. ORIN PALMER, NATIVE OF
WEYBRIDGE, ADDISON CO., VT. BORN 11 OCT 1832. PARENTS WERE ELIZA
AND THIRZA PALMER. WHEN ORIN WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, HIS PARENTS
CAME TO JERSEY CO, MAKING THE TRIP OVERLAND TO CINCINNATI,
THENCE BY BOAD ON OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS. THEY LOCATED ON
PALMERS PRAIRIE. ORIN RESIDED IN RUYLE TOWNSHIP WHERE HE WAS
EDUCATED. ATTENDED SCHOOL AT GREENFIELD, IL., MARRIED TO MARY
KEMPER IN 1858. THREE CHILDREN. IN 1884 HE MARRIED HATTIE L.
STURDEVANT WHO SURVIVES. HE WAS ENGAGED IN BUSINESS IN KEMPER.
[Jerseyville Republican Apr 1912]
Mrs. William Barton Palmer BORN IN WALTHAM,
VERMONT, MAY 19, 1797 AND MARRIED TO WILLIAM PALMER OF
WEYBRIDGE, VERMONT, IN JANUARY 1823. THEY CAME TO ILLINOIS IN
1831 AND SETTLED IN GREENE CO NEAR WHITEHALL. EXPERIENCED
RELIGION IN 1831. MOVED TO THIS PRAIRIE (AFTERWARDS CALLED
PALMER'S PRAIRIE) IN 1883 AND WAS FIRST MEMBER OF THE DELAWARE
CHURCH (BAPTIST) ORGANIZED IN 1843. IT MOVED TO SUMMERVILLE. SHE
JOINED DELAWARE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN 1870. HUSBAND DIED IN
SPRING OF 1873. SHE DIED AT HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. JOHN D.
DANNEL. 90 YEARS OLD. ONE CHILD PRECEDED HER. SHE DIED OF OLD
AGE; A SHEAF FULLY RIPENED FOR THE MASTER'S USE. THUS HAD PASSED
THE LAST ONE OF THE SISTERS OF THIS PRAIRIE. THE EXAMINER 28 MAY
1879: THE VENERABLE MRS. WILLIAM PALMER, WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT
OF THIS AND GREENE COUNTIES FOR NEARLY A HALF A CENTURY
CELEBRATED HER 82ND BIRTHDAY ON THE 18TH AT THE RESIDENCE OF HER
SON-IN-LAW'S, JOHN C. DANNEL, NEAR KEMPER. MRS. PALMER MADE THE
PILGRIMAGE FROM HER NATIVE STATE ALMOST TO GREENE COUNTY, IN A
COMMON TWO HORSE WAGON, AND IT REQUIRED SIXTY-TWO DAYS TO
COMPLETE THE JOURNEY. [Republican Examiner 16 Dec 1887]
John J. Paris DIED IN BROOKLYN, NY 2 OCT
1890. CAME HERE IN 1855 AT INVITATION OF SAM McGILL-HEAD MILLER
AT McGILL AND BLACKBURN MILL. HE BUILT HOUSE ON E. ARCH ST. NOW
THE PROPERTY OF CHAS NEUMEYER. IN 1865 ALONG WITH W.B. NEVINS
AND HENRY JOHNSON, HE PURCHASED THE McGILL MILL. HE BOUGHT HOUSE
ON EAST PEARL, FORMERLY HOMS OF T. McGILL. SOLD OUT INTEREST IN
MILL TO GOODRICH AND GREENE. HE WENT TO CARROLLTON AND BOUGHT
PIERSON MILL. FROM THERE TO INDEPENDENCE, MO. THEN BACK TO
JERSEYVILLE UNTIL 1883. THEN TO BROOKLYN, NY. LEAVES WIDOW,
DAUGHTER, THE WIFE OF MR. SMITH, SON WILLIE. REMAINS BROUGHT TO
JERSEYVILLE. FUNERAL FROM FIRST PRESBY. CHURCH. DR. TYSON.
[Jerseyville Democrat Oct 1890]
Amanday Dayton Park, WIFE OF DR. F.W. PARK,
DIED AT HOME IN FIELDON. DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AND MARTHA DAYTON OF
ELDRED, GREENE CO. EDUCATED IN CARROLLTON. 27 MAY 1896 MARRIED
F.W. PARK OF FIELDON. LEAVES HUSBAND, MOTHER MRS. MARTHA CLARK,
SISTERS, MRS. ARTHUR ROBLEY AND L. HOAG; BROTHER, JOHN DAYTON OF
ELDRED. JOINED BAPTIST CHURCH AT AGE 15. REV. RAIN CONDUCTED
FUNERAL AT AMERICAN CHURCH. BURIED IN DAYTON CEM. IN GREENE CO.
[Dec 1897]
Thelma R. Parker, 80 YEARS OLD DIED AT BOYD
MEMORIAL HOSP. IN CARROLLTON. DAU. OF RICHARD AND WINNIE
HARDWICK JOHNISEE. MARRIED JOHN P. PARKER ON 28 FEB 1918 IN
CARROLLTON. HE DIED IN 1963. LEAVES SON, WILLIAM OF GREENFIELD,
IND.; TWO DAUS: MAUDE McCLURE OF CARROLLTON AND HELEN OSBURN OF
JERSEYVILLE. NINE GRANDCHILDREN. 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL
FROM GUBSER FUNERAL HOME. REV. CLYDE SHAW AND HARRY FRAZER.
BURIAL IN CARROLLTON CITY CEMETERY. [Alton Telegraph 08 Aug
1980]
Dr. Frederick Wesley Parks, SON OF DR.
WESLEY AND JERUSHA E. PARKS, BORN 22 COT 1866 AT FIELDON AND
RESIDED HERE UNTIL DEATH. ON MARCH 15, 1890 GRADUATED FROM
BEAUMONT MEDICAL COLLEGE OF ST. LOUIS AND BEGAN PRACTICE ON 17
MAR 1890. MARRIED 27 MAY 1895 TO AMANDA DAYTON. ONE SON, WARD F.
PARKS WHO SURVIVES. WIFE DIED 14 DEC 1897. ON 7 OCT 1901 HE
MARRIED STELLA COMBS WHO SURVIVES. HE WAS 41 YEARS OF AGE.
LEAVES WIDOW, SON, FATHER, DR. WESLEY PARK, STEP MOTHER, MRS.
ELLA PARK AND HALF SISTER, MISS ETHEL PARK OF GRAFTON. TWO
BROTHERS, GEORGE OF JERSEYVILLE AND ARTHUR OF FIELDON. HIS
MOTHER DIED 17 OCT 1905. MEMBER OF MWA AND MPL AT FIELDON.
FUNERAL FROM CP CHURCH. REV. F.V. WRIGHT, AND REV. R. RUSSELL,
REV. CRAWFORD OF KANE AND REV. BELT OF JERSEYVILLE. BURIAL
FIELDON CEMETERY. [Jerseyville Republican 20 May 1909]
Caroline M. Patterson WAS BORN IN LYNCHBURG,
VA 14 AUG 1828, AND DIED 31 OCT 1917. 89 YEARS OLD. HER PARENTS
CAME TO ILLINOIS ABOUT 1838, AND SETTLED IN GREENE CO, BUT LATER
CAME TO JERSEY CO. AND SETTLED NEAR FIELDON. IN APRIL, 1849, THE
DECEASED MARRIED JESHOM PATTERSON WHO DIED IN 1887. MRS.
PATTERSON WAS MOTHER OF 13 CHILDREN; ALL GREW TO ADULTHOOD, BUT
THREE HAVE DIED SINCE REACHING THEIR MAJORITY. THE FOLLOWING ARE
THE CHILDREN WHO ARE LIVING: MRS. RULE DAVIS, MADISON, WIS.;
MRS. ANNA POWELL, JERSEYVILLE; MRS. MILDRED REUDELMAN, W.
FRANKFORD, ILL., MISS TONA PATTERSON OF GLASGO, MONT;; MRS.
LORENA CHAPPEE, GREENBURY, KANSAS; MRS. JESSIE CAMPBELL OF ST.
LOUIS; MRS. ADDIE COPE, AVA, MR . JOHN PATTERSON OF GRANITE
CITY; MR. SHERMAN PATTERSON OF WILLIAMS, ARIZ.; MR. PEARL
PATTERSON OF GLASGO, MONT. THE DECEASED DAUGHTERS ARE MRS.
JOSEPHINE SANDIDGE, MRS. TINA MASON, MRS. LILLIE PYLE. FUNERAL
SERVICES BY REV. F.O. WILSON FROM HOME OF JOHN POWELL. [Jersey
Republic Nov 1917]
DOROTHY E. PEARSE, 64, DIED AT 11:55 AM THURS 21 FEB
1991 AT JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS BORN IN EAST ST.
LOUIS, WHERE SHE MARRIED LOUIS A. PEARSE ON 12 OCT 1949. HE DIED ON 26 OCT
1965. SURVIVING ARE THREE DAUGHTERS, CATHY HELFER, KIM FRANK AND FRANCES
BUTLER, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE; THREE SONS, BERNIE PEARSE OF CASEYVILLE, LOUIE
PEARSE OF KANE AND MIKE PEARSE OF JERSEYVILLE; 13 GRANDCHILDREN; FOUR
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; AND A SISTER, MARGARET ASBERRY OF SEWARD, NEB. A
GRANDSON AND A BROTHER, RICHARD HOFFMAN, PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. VISITATION
IS FROM 1 TO 9 PM SUNDAY AT GUBSER FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. A FUNERAL
MASS IS AT 10 AM MONDAY AT HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE WITH
THE REV. LLOYD MISESKO AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL IS IN JEFFERSON BARRACKS
NATIONAL CEMETERY IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY. MASSES TO THE CHURCH ARE PREFERRED
FOR MEMORIALS.
Cressa V. Pendick, 88, DIED AT 6:45 PM
FRIDAY AT JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS THE
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY AND MATTIE (LOPER) DAMS AND
WAS BORN IN CHESTERFIELD. SHE MARRIED LOUIS C. PENDICK ON 18 DEC
1913 IN ST. LOUIS AND HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH IN 1957. SHE IS
SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, VIRGINIA STRUBLE OF CHESTERFIELD AND
LOIS LEA FORD OF GREENFIELD; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN; AND 13
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION WILL BE AFTER 4 PM ON SUNDAY AT
SHIELDS MEMORIAL HOME IN GREENFIELD WITH FUNERAL SERVICES THERE
AT 1 PM MONDAY. BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK WOOD CEMETERY, AND
MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE GREENFIELD UNTIED METHODIST CHURCH.
[19 Feb 1983]
Mrs. Bonnie Laura Perdun, 66, OF KANE
COLLAPSED AND DIED ON THE SIDEWALK OF HER NEIGHBOR, MRS. EVERETT
FERGUSON, WHO FOUND HER AROUND 7:00 O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. SHE
HAD APPARENTLY BECOME ILL AND WAS SEEKING HELP. FUNERAL RITES
WERE HELD TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME WHERE
VISITATION HOURS WERE HELD AFTER 4:00 PM MONDAY. REV. FRANCIS
LEE OFFICIATED AT THE SERVICES WITH INTERMENT IN KANE CEMETERY.
SHE WAS BORN 5 MAR 1905 IN JERSEY COUNTY THE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES
AND ROSE DAY REYNOLDS. HER HUSBAND, CLARENCE J. PERDUN, PRECEDED
HER IN DEATH. HER SURVIVORS ARE FOUR SONS, MAURICE, STUART, AND
CHARLES PERDUN OF BRIGHTON AND ROBERT PERDUN OF LANCASTER,
PENN.; ONE DAUGHTER MRS. CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT OF FONTANA, CALIF.;
THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN; ONE BROTHER, CHARLES REYNOLDS OF
JERSEYVILLE; AND FIVE SISTERS, MRS. CHARLES BRUEGGEMANN AND MRS.
SARAH ROEWE, JERSEYVILLE, MRS. WALTER BRUEGGEMANN, ST. LOUIS,
MRS. LYLE EDWARDS, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, AND MRS. MATTHEW LETICH OF
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK. [08 Apr 1971]
Stuart N. Perdun, 59, DIED AT 1:50 PM
SUNDAY, 22 JAN 1989 AT ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. PERDUN WAS A
U.S. NAVY VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR. HE WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED
CARPENTER AND RETIRED IN 1978 AS A RAILROAD AGENT FROM GM&O
RAILROAD. BORN IN CARROLLTON, HIS PARENTS WERE THE LATE CLARENCE
JACOB AND BONNIE (REYNOLDS) PERDUN. HE MARRIED THE FORMER BETTY
BRADY 14 JUN 1952 IN KANE. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE; A SON, STUART
L. PERDUN OF JERSEYVILLE; A GRANDCHILD; A SISTER, CHARLOTTE
DIXON OF FONTANA, CALIF., TWO BROTHERS CHARLES PERDUN OF
SPRINGFIELD AND CLARENCE MAURICE PERDUN OF NORTH CAROLINA. A
BROTHER, ROBERT PERDUN, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. VISITATION IS 6-9
PM TUES. AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, WITH
SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED 10 AM WEDNESDAY BY CHARLES PINE. BURIAL
WILL BE IN KANE CEMETERY. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO A CHARITY OF
ONE'S CHOICE.
Agatha Pieper, 94, DIED AT 10 PM THURSDAY,
13 DEC. AT HOME. BORN IN GREENE COUNTY, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF
THE LATE HENRY AND EMMA (SCHMIDT) GOEDDE. SHE MARRIED CHARLES
PIEPER ON 7 FEB 1916 IN FIELDON, AND HE DIED ON 19 APRIL 1964.
SURVIVING ARE A DAUGHTER, MAURITA PIEPER OF JERSEYVILLE; AND TWO
SONS, CARL PIEPER OF JERSEYVILLE AND NORBERT PIEPER OF TUCSON,
ARIZ. NO VISITATION IS SCHEDULED. A FUNERAL MASS IS AT 10 AM
MONDAY AT HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE WITH THE
REV. WILLIAM HEMBROW AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL IS IN ST. MARY'S
CEMETERY IN FIELDON. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO HOLY GHOST/ST.
FRANCIS SCHOOL IN JERSEYVILLE OR TO MASSES. JACOBY-SCHROEDER
FUNERAL HOME OF JERSEYVILLE IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Mrs. Anna Pike, WIFE OF THOMAS PIKE OF
ROODHOUSE, FORMER RESIDENT OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT TWELVE-THIRTY
'CLOCK PM SUNDAY, 10 APRIL, AT A HOSPITAL IN JACKSONVILLE
FOLLOWING A WEEK'S ILLNESS. SHE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR
SOME TIME. MRS. PIKE WAS BORN IN JERSEYVILLE, 14 JUL 1882, A
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MR. AND MRS. PATRICK FITZPATRICK. SHE WAS
SEVENTY-TWO YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. HER MARRIAGE TO
THOMAS PIKE TOOK PLACE ON 11 MAY1907. IN ADDITION TO HER
HUSBAND, MRS. PIKE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, PAUL PIKE OF
EDWARDSVILLE; TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS. HELEN VOYLES OF GRANITE CITY,
AND MRS. RUTH WESTERDAHL OF CHICAGO; ONE SISTER, MRS. ROSA
SPERLING OF EDWARDS, MISSOURI, AND NINE GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS A
SISTER-IN-LAW OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM PIKE OF JERSEYVILLE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE WOLFE MEMORIAL HOME IN
ROODHOUSE AT TWO O'CLOCK TUESDAY AFTERNOON. REV. D.F. LYDON
OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN THE FERNWOOD CEMETERY. [Apr
1955]
FORMER JERSEYVILLE RESIDENT, HAZEL I. PINKERTON, 79,
DIED AT 11 PM SAT., 13 JAN 1990 AT ST. JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER IN PHOENIX,
FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. BORN IN JERSEYVILLE, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF
THE LATE GEORGE AND MABEL SIMPSON. SHE HAD BEEN A LINOTYPE OPERATOR FOR THE
JERSEY COUNTY REPUBLIC PAPER, RETIRED FROM THE PHOENIX GAZETTE AND WAS A
CHARTER MEMBER OF ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR CHAPTER #40 IN PHOENIX. IN 1937,
IN ST. LOUIS, SHE MARRIED CHARLES PINKERTON. HE DIED MARCH, 1982. SURVIVING
ARE FOUR SISTERS, VIOLA ANDERSON OF WRIGHTS, MYRLE WILLIS OF JERSEYVILLE,
HELEN LAUGHLIN OF ORLANDO, FLA., AND THELMA CRAIGMILES OF TAVARES, FLA.; AND
TWO BROTHERS, DEAN SIMPSON OF GREENWOOD, IND. AND BILL SIMPSON OF PHOENIX.
PRECEDING HER IN DEATH WERE THREE SISTERS, FAY TERPENING, MABEL McCOY AND
MILDRED DARR. THE BODY WILL BE CREMATED. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE AT 2 PM
WEDNESDAY AT A.L. MOORE AND SONS FUNERAL HOME IN PHOENIX.
Mrs. Jeanette C. Pirtle, 58, OF 505 N. STATE
ST., JERSEYVILLE, WIFE OF WILLIAM WARREN PIRTLE, DIED AT 7:50 AM
ON 13 OCT AT JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2
PM FRIDAY 15 OCT AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WITH THE REV.
M. EDWARDS BREED OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE IN OAK GROVE
CEMETERY. SHE WAS BORN 24 JUN 1918 IN CARROLLTON, A DAUGHTER OF
R. LEO AND ADAH SCHAFER SMITH. MRS. PIRTLE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE AND THE P.E.O SISTERHOOD. SHE
IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND OF 38 YEARS, WILLIAM WARREN PIRTLE;
ONE DAUGHTER, LINDA LEE PIRTLE OF SPRINGFIELD; HER MOTHER, MRS.
R. LEO SMITH; AND ONE SISTER, MRS. MATTHEW(ROBERTA) DWYER OF
JERSEYVILLE. HER FATHER, R. LEO SMITH PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
VISITATION WILL BE HELD TODAY 14 OCT. THE FAMILY HAS NAMED THE
CANCER SOCIETY AS A MEMORIAL. [14 Oct 1976]
SERVICES FOR William C. Pitt, 80, OF 206
SHERMAN ST., JERSEYVILLE WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM
GUBSER FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. EVERETT CHAMBERS OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WAS IN VALHALLA MEMORIAL PARK, GODFREY. HE DIED AT 11 AM
ON 11 JULY AT THE WHITE HALL HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN IN MT. OLIVE,
27 NOV 1896, A SON OF EDWARD AND LUCY BLACK PITT. HIS SURVIVORS
ARE HIS WIDOW, MRS. ANNA BATES PITT; ONE SON, EDWARD PITT OF
GREENFIELD AND TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS. MARVELL MARTIN OF WINCHESTER
AND MRS. ORVILLE (WILMA) SHENKEL OF EAST ALTON; SIX
GRANDCHILDREN; SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. [14 Jul 1977]
J. W. Pittinger DIED AT HOME OF SON-IN-LAW,
GEORGE MEARS, OF GREENFIELD. 75 YEARS OLD. HE WAS A BROTHER OF
MARY E. SHAFER OF JERSEYVILLE. FUNERAL FROM MEARS HOME AND
BURIAL IN GREENFIELD CEMETERY. BORN NEAR WILLIAMSPORT, PA. 4 AUG
1849. MARRIED CLARA A. SHAFER ON 2 FEB 1876. FIVE CHILDREN: TWO
DIED IN INFANCY. LEAVES WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN: MRS. A.C.
JOURNEY OF HETTICK. MRS. G.R. MEARS OF GREENFIELD AND E.W.
PITTINGER OF GRAFTON. 14 GRANDCHILDREN. TWO SISTERS; MRS. MARY
SHAFER AND MRS. MARGARET GARD OF DELMONT, S.D. [08 Mar 1924]
Clarence Pivoda, ONE OF OLDEST RESIDENTS OF
GRAFTON, DIED AT GREEN LAWN NURSING HOME 13 JAN. FUNERAL FROM
JACOBY FUNERAL HOME. REV. LOUIS V. HUBER, FORMER PASTOR OF PEACE
EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN FIELDON SERVING. SCENIC HILL CEMETERY.
BORN IN GRAFTON 13 SEP 1876, SON OF STEPHEN AND APPOLINIA ROWER
PIVODA. 81 YEARS OLD. LEAVES WIFE, ETTA PIVODA, TWO DAUGHTERS,
WANDA WEIGEL OF GREENFIELD AND MRS. OCTIVE MORICE OF EAST ST.
LOUIS, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; TWO SISTERS, MRS. JULIA MICHAEL AND
ANNA PIVODA OF GRAFTON AND ONE BROTHER, JOHN PIVODA OF
JONESBORO, ILL. [1957]
THE FUNERAL OF Mrs. Arvella "Scotty" Plato,
50, OF JERSEYVILLE WAS HELD AT 1:30 PM THURS. AT THE HOPE
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE WITH THE REV. A.A. LEDEBUHR
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. SHE DIED AT 5:30
AM ON 20 SEP AT HER HOME ON 601 CROSS AVE., JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS
BORN 12 JAN 1927 IN GREENE COUNTY AND WAS A DAUGHTER OF MRS.
MABEL SHAW FLATT OF ELDRED AND THE LATE MILTON FLATT. HER
SURVIVORS ARE HER HUSBAND, EDWARD PLATO WHOM SHE MARRIED 29 JUL
1950 IN POCAHONTAS, ARK., A SON, SCOTT PLATO, AT HOME; TWO
DAUGHTERS, MRS. DAVID (SALLY) STUMPE OF DOW AND MRS. RICHARD
(ALICE LEE) McADAMS OF HARDIN; TWO BROTHERS, WILLIAM K. FLATT OF
CARROLLTON AND HAROLD J. FLATT OF ELDRED; FOUR SISTERS, MRS.
GLENN (FRANCES) HEDRICK OF KIRKWOOD, MO., MRS. HOWARD (DORIS)
DEVINE OF ELDRED, MRS. LOIS GRIFFIN OF CARROLLTON AND MRS. PAUL
(SHIRLEY) LASLEY OF JACKSONVILLE. THE HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
PARISH HALL WAS NAMED AS A MEMORIAL. [22 Sep 1977]
Edward Lewis Plato, 71, DIED AT 2:10 AM SAT., 11 APR
1992 AT ST. JOHN'S MERCY NURSING CENTER IN ST. LOUIS. A WORLD WAR II
VETERAN, HE WAS A FURNACE WORKER AT OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS CO. IN ALTON,
RETIRING IN 1982, AND A MEMBER OF THE ALTON VFW POST 1308. BORN IN KANE 11
APRIL 1921, HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND ONA (WHITLOCK) PLATO. HE
MARRIED THE FORMER ARVELLA FLATT 29 JUL, 1950 IN POCAHONTAS, ARK. SHE DIED
20 SEP 1977. SURVIVING ARE A SON, SCOTT PLATO OF SPRINGFIELD; TWO DAUGHTERS,
SALLY STUMPE OF DOW AND ALICE LEE McADAMS OF HARDIN; THREE GRANDCHILDREN;
TWO BROTHERS, WILLIAM PLATO OF JERSEYVILLE AND PHILLIP PLATO OF KANE; AND
TWO SISTERS, LUCILLE WANKEL AND MAE MILNER, BOTH OF KANE. A SISTER, HELEN
COPE, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. VISITATION IS FROM 5 TO 8 PM TODAY AT
JACOBY-SCHROEDER FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, WHERE SERVICES ARE AT 10 AM
MONDAY. THE REV. PAUL FRAZIER WILL OFFICIATE. MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES WILL
BE CONDUCTED BY THE JERSEYVILLE AMERICAN LEGION 492 AND VFW POST 4528 AT OAK
GROVE CEMETERY IN JERSEYVILLE. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE SHRINER'S
HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN IN ST. LOUIS.
WALTER M. PLATTO, 66, DIED AT 2:25 PM THURS., 9 AUG
1990, AT ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL IN ALTON. HE WAS A FOREMAN AT LACLEDE STEEL
CO. IN ALTON AND A U.S. NAVY WORLD WAR II VETERAN. BORN IN KANE, HE WAS THE
SON OF THE LATE HOWARD AND LELA (CRANE) PLATTO. HE MARRIED THE FORMER
CATHERINE ARTER ON 11 OCT 1945, IN JERSEYVILLE, AND SHE SURVIVES.. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE A SON, PAUL PLATTO OF LAWRENCEVILLE, GA; TWO GRANDCHILDREN;
THREE BROTHERS, PHILLIP AND PAUL PLATTO, BOTH OF KANE, AND WILLIAM PLATTO OF
CEDAR CREEK, TEXAS; AND FOUR SISTERS, EVA RASCHE OF FLORISSANT, MO., EDNA
SMITH OF BETHALTO, DELORES CARR OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AND BARBARA JOHNSON OF
MEDORA. VISITATION IS FROM 4 TO 8 PM SUNDAY AT JACOBY-SCHROEDER FUNERAL HOME
IN JERSEYVILLE, WHERE SERVICES ARE AT 10 AM MONDAY. BURIAL IS IN OAK GROVE
CEMETERY IN JERSEYVILLE. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN
TO LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION.
SERVICES FOR Roscoe E. Plummer, 73, OF KANE
WERE HELD2 PM 30 MAY AT GUBSER FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. ROBERT
PATTERSON OF THE GRAFTON METHODIST CHURCH OFFICIATING. BURIAL
WAS IN ROSEDALE CEMETERY. HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIS HOME MAY
27. A RETIRED FARMER, HE WAS BORN 4 SEP 1904 IN BATCHTOWN, A SON
OF WILLIAM AND OPHELIA DELANEY PLUMMER. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS
WIFE, FLORENCE SUDDES PLUMMER WHOM HE MARRIED 22 FEB 1941; ONE
DAUGHTER, MRS. DERALD(RUTH) WATERS OF JERSEYVILLE, THREE
GRANDSONS; ONE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER. THE HEART FUND WAS
DESIGNATED AS A MEMORIAL. [30 May 1978]
Ernest Gerard Pohlman, OFFICE MANAGER OF
GORMAN BROS READY MIX THE PAST FOURTEEN YEARS, DIED SUDDENLY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 26 DEC AT 5:45 O'CLOCK AT HIS HOME ON ROUTE 16
WEST OF JERSEYVILLE. MR. POHLMAN HAD EXPERIENCED MINOR PAINS IN
RIGHT ARM AND CHEST DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT HAD ATTACHED NO
SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CONDITION. FOLLOWING THE EVENING MEAL MR.
POLHMAN HAD PLAYED WITH HIS CHILDREN AND THEN RETIRED TO THE TV
ROOM WHERE HE APPARENTLY SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK. HE WAS
FOUND BY HIS WIFE, MRS. MARCELLA POHLMAN, WHEN SHE WENT TO TAKE
HIM A CUP OF COFFEE. MR. POHLMAN WAS BROUGHT TO THE JERSEY COMM.
HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL. FUNERAL
SERVICES WILL BE HELD WED. MORNING, 29 DEC AT 9:30 O'CLOCK AT
ST. MARY'S CHURCH, WEST WOODS, WITH REV. FATHER PETER KLUMBYS
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. MARY'S CEMETERY. VISITATION
HOURS ARE AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME. MR. POHLMAN WAS A SON OF
MRS. CATHERINE IMMING POHLMAN OF CARROLLTON AND THE LATE JOHN B.
POHLMAN AND WAS BORN AT MEPPENON 10 AUG 1917. HIS AGE AT THE
TIME OF DEATH WAS 48 YEARS, 4 MONTHS, AND 16 DAYS. HE WAS A
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II AND WAS A MEMBER OF WORTHEY POST,
AMERICAN LEGION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, ELKS AND FOURTH
DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. MR. POLHMAN WAS A PAST EXALTED RULER
OF THE JERSEYVILLE ELKS LODGE AND CURRENTLY WAS SERVING AS
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHWEST DIST. ELKS ASSOC. HE WAS ACTIVE
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SERVING AS COMMITTEEMAN IN ENGLISH
TOWNSHIP. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, MRS. MARCELLA TONSOR POHLMAN,
ONE SON, JOHN POLHMAN AND 3DAUGHTERS, MARGARET, TERRIE AND
KATHRYN POLHMAN, WHO RESIDE AT HOME; HIS MOTHER, MRS. CATHERINE
POLHMAN OF CARROLLTON; SIX BROTHERS, LEE H., PHILLIP, AND EDWARD
OF CARROLLTON, ALFRED OF BERWYN, JAMES OF GRANITE CITY AND JOHN
B. POLHMAN, JR OF JERSEYVILLE; AND ONE SISTER, MRS. CYRIL
(MARGARET) GOETTEN OF JERSEYVILLE. HIS FATHER, THREE BROTHERS,
ERNEST, ROBERT AND VICTOR, THE LATTER HIS TWIN BROTHER, PRECEDED
HIM IN DEATH. [30 Dec 1965]
Helen M. Pohlman, 66, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON
ARRIVAL AT 3:29 AM WEDNESDAY AT JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL IN
JERSEYVILLE. BORN IN MEPPEN, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE HENRY AND
MARGARET (PLUSTER) KERKHOFF, SHE MARRIED LAWRENCE POHLMAN WHO
DIED IN 1981. SURVIVING ARE TWO DAUGHTERS, ANNA NEIDLINGER OF
INDIANA AND ROSE ANN SCHOBERND OF ALTON; A SON, LAWRENCE JR. OF
GODFREY; NINE GRANDCHILDREN; ONE GREAT- GRANDCHILD; AND ONE
SISTER, MARGARET POHLMAN OF GREENFIELD. VISITATION WILL BE AFTER
4:30 PM FRI AT HANKS FUNERAL HOME IN HARDIN. A ROSARY WILL BE
RECITED AT 7 PM. A FUNERAL MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 10 AM SAT.
AT ST. BARBARA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BATCHTOWN WITH THE REV.
JOSEPH SIMBURGER AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. BARBARA'S
CEMETERY. [10 Jan 1985]
Mary A. Pohlman, 92, OF CARROLLTON, DIED 29
APRIL 1988 AT NORTH AMERICAN HEALTH CARE CENTER IN WHITE HALL.
SHE WAS BORN IN JERSEYVILLE TO THE LATE HERMAN AND HELEN (ABELN)
POHLMAN. SURVIVORS INCLUDE SISTER, MARGARET PRANGER OF
CARROLLTON; BROTHERS GEORGE AND JOSEPH POHLMAN, BOTH OF
CARROLLTON, AND FRANCES POHLMAN OF PEORIA. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN
DEATH BY THREE BROTHERS, JOHN, AUGUST, AND BERNARD POHLMAN.
VISITATION AND THE ROSARY WERE AT AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME IN
CARROLLTON. THE REV. JOSEPH O'REILLY CELEBRATED THE FUNERAL MASS
AT ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY
IN CARROLLTON.
Mason Pointer BORN IN LANCASTER, GARRARD
CO., KY 14 MAR 1838. DIED AT HIS HOME IN JERSEYVILLE 28 MAR
1917. AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR HE ENLISTED IN THE UNION
ARMY AT CAMP DICK ROBINSON, KY, 4 AUG 1862 IN CO H OF 7TH KY
CAV. HE WAS CAPTURED AT RICHMOND, KY 1 SEP 1862. HE REJOINED HIS
REGIMENT AT FRANKLIN, TENN., THE SAME MONTH AND WAS CONTINUALLY
AT THE FRONT FOR THREE YEARS. AFTER THE CAPTURE OF LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN AND MISSIONARY RIDGE, HIS REGIMENT WAS ORDERED TO
REINFORCE BURNSIDE AT KNOXVILLE, TENN. AFTERWARDS RETURNING TO
THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, HIS REGIMENT WAS WITH SHERMAN AT THE
CAPTURE OF ATLANTA, GA. HERE THE SHERMAN ARMY DIVIDED WITH
SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA, THE DECEASED'S PART OF THE ARMY
FOLLOWING HOOD BACK TO NASHVILLE AND DEFEATED HOOD IN A THREE
DAY BATTLE. HE WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE CAPTURE OF SELMA,
MONTGOMERY, ALA., AND WEST POINT, AND COLUMBUS, GA. HIS COMMAND
WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE CAPTURE OF JEFF DAVIS. AFTER THE
SURRENDER OF HOWELL COBB AT MACON, GA., PEACE WAS DECLARED. HE
WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED 10 JUL 1865. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE
TO MISS SARAH HALL IN 1881. HE CAME TO GREENFIELD WHERE HE MADE
HIS HOME UNTIL 15 YEARS AGO, WHEN HE MOVED TO JERSEYVILLE WHERE
HE HAS SINCE LIVED. HE LEAVES THREE CHILDREN: MRS. E.H. HECK OF
GREENFIELD AND CLYDE C. AND FRED OF JERSEYVILLE; ONE SISTER,
MRS. S.B. COLE OF GREENFIELD AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN. PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH IN GREENFIELD. AUSPICES OF G.A.R. BURIAL IN OAKWOOD
CEMETERY. OBIT #2: MASON POINTER, 79 YEARS OLD, DIED 29 MARCH AT
HOME OF SON, BLYDE POINTER IN NORTH PART OF TOWN ON THE GROSJEAN
PLACE. TAKEN TO GREENFIELD FOR BURIAL. [Jersey Republic Apr
1917]
Donald Poleet, 58, FORMERLY OF EAST ALTON,
DIED AT 5:30 PM SUNDAY, 6 DEC 1987 AT GREENWOOD MANOR IN
JERSEYVILLE. POLEET WAS A SUPERVISOR WITH A.O. SMITH CO. AND A
CONSULTANT FOR ROSE LAWN MEMORY GARDENS IN BETHALTO. HE WAS BORN
IN CARROLLTON AND SERVED IN THE U.S. MARINES DURING THE KOREAN
CONFLICT. SURVIVING ARE HIS FATHER, ROBERT POLEET OF
JERSEYVILLE; A DAUGHTER, DEBRA JOHNSON OF WOOD RIVER; THREE
SONS, MICHAEL POLEET OF KANE; PAUL POLEET OF BELLFLOWER, CALIF.
AND SEAMAN ROBERT POLEET STATIONED WITH THE U.S. NAVY IN
ORLANDO, FLA;, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; TWO BROTHERS, GEORGE POLEET
OF JERSEYVILLE AND ROBERT POLEET OF OOSBURG, WIS., AND TWO
SISTERS, HELEN GILLELAND OF JERSEYVILLE AND CARMA RICE OF
HILLSBORO. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER, WYLNA (ALLEN)
POLEET; AND A BROTHER, BILL POLEET. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4 TO
9 PM TUESDAY WITH SERVICES AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY AT GUBSER FUNERAL
HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. BURIAL WILL BE AT OAK GROVE CEMETERY IN
JERSEYVILLE WITH GRAVESIDE MILITARY RITES BY THE AMERICAN
LEGION. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
Mrs. Jacob G. Pope, AFTER A LINGERING
ILLNESS OF TYPHOID, DIED AT HER HOME NEAR KANE, SUNDAY, 2 FEB
1896, AGED 42 YEARS 9 MONTHS, 14 DAYS. THE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE AT
THE M.E. CHURCH, TUESDAY. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ARE ALSO
SICK WITH TYPHOID. [1896]
CHARLES A. POST, 71, DIED AT 2 AM SUNDAY, 18 FEB 1990
AT JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL IN JERSEYVILLE. POST, A U.S. ARMY WORLD WAR II
VETERAN, WAS A CARPENTER FOR SHELL OIL CO OF WOOD RIVER, RETIRING IN 1981.
BORN IN KANE, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE MARCUS AND CHARLOTTE(CRONE) POST.
ON 3 OCT 1948 IN JERSEYVILLE, HE MARRIED THE FORMER ANNADELL WADE, AND SHE
SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING AREA DAUGHTER, MELODEE ANN DIERKER OF ST. LOUIS; A
GRANDDAUGHTER; AND A SISTER, MARGARET STEVENS OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM. VISITATION
IS FROM 4 TO 9 PM TUES. WITH SERVICES AT 1 PM WED. AT JACOBY-SCHROEDER
FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. THE REV. WALTER BURK WILL OFFICIATE. MILITARY
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT OAK GROVE CEMETERY IN JERSEYVILLE BY
VFW POST 492, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH OF JERSEYVILLE OR KANE BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE WAS A LONG
TIME MEMBER.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Post,
87, OF R.R. 4, JERSEYVILLE WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY
13, AT JACOBY FUNERAL HOME. THE REV. EVERETT CHAMBERS OFFICIATED
AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. HER DEATH OCCURRED AT 3:53
AM ON 10 MAY AT GARNET'S CHATEAU. SHE WAS BORN 6 NOV 1886 IN
GREENE COUNTY, THE DAUGHTER OF DAVID AND ELIZABETH RAE CRONE.
MRS. POST, A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, WAS A MEMBER OF THE KANE
BAPTIST CHURCH, EASTERN STAR OF JERSEYVILLE, RUBY REBEKAH LODGE
AND AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY. HER HUSBAND WAS THE LATE MARCUS
M. POST. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SON AND DAUGHTER, CHARLES A. POST
OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS. C.R. (MARGARET) STEVENS OF ALBUQUERQUE,
NM; THREE GRANDCHILDREN; THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. EASTERN STAR
SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SUNDAY EVENING, 12 MAY AT JACOBY FUNERAL
HOME WHERE VISITATION WAS HELD. [16 May 1974]
Elmer Ellsworth Post, SON OF CALEB A. AND
MARY NORRIS POST BORN 30 JUL 1861, 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JERSEYVILLE. MARRIED FANNIE B. BIRKENMAYER 14 SEP 1881. MOVED TO
GAGE CO., NEB. RETURNED TO JERSEY COUNTY AND IN 1887 RENTED
DALZELL FARM 2 MILES SOUTH OF TOWN. IN MAY 1890 HE PURCHASED
W.W. EDWARDS FARM SOUTHEAST OF TOWN. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
ON 15 AUG BY FALLING FROM THE ROOF OF THE LARGE NEW DIARY BARN
ON THE HELLER FARM NEAR KANE, ILL. FUNERAL FROM BAPTIST CHURCH.
REV. W.W. HICKS. LEAVES HIS WIDOW, A SON, LESLIE C. OF ST.
LOUIS; DAUGHTER, EDITH MAY, WIFE OF LESTER CORY OF PIASA, ILL.
THREE GRANDCHILDREN. SEVEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS; WALTER AND
MARCUS M. OF JERSEYVILLE, CHARLES OF CALIF., MRS. IDA BUMSTEAD
OF LINCOLN, NEB., MRS. ADELIA DEY OF MORRISONVILLE, IL, MRS.
GRACE COLLING OF BENTON HARBON, MICH., MRS. MABEL LOCKE AND MRS.
OLIVE LAURENT OF ST. LOUIS. [Jerseyville Republican 31 Aug 1911]
THIS COMMUNITY WAS SHOCKED TUESDAY NOON WHEN IT RECEIVED THE
INTELLIGENCE FROM KANE THAT Elmer E. Post HAD
BEEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY FALLING FROM THE ROOF OF A BARN. THE
ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE PARKERDALE STOCK FARM NEAR KANE. WALTER
MALOTT, OF THIS CITY, HAS THE CONTRACT FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW
DAIRY BARN TO REPLACE THE ONE DESTROYED BY FIRE SEVERAL MONTHS
AGO. WALTER AND ELMER POST WERE WORKING FOR MALOTT. AS USUAL
TUESDAY MORNING THEY DROVE TO THE PARKER FARM AND WENT TO WORK
SHINGLING. DURING THE FORENOON ELMER TOLD HIS BROTHER THAT HE
HAD A DIZZY FEELING. WALTER INSISTED THAT ELMER GO DOWN FROM THE
ROOF AND DO OTHER WORK, BUT HE FAILED TO DO SO. A LITTLE LATER
WALTER, WHO WAS AT WORK ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY, HEARD A TUMBLING
NOISE AND ON LOOKING AROUND SAW ELMER ROLLING FROM THE ROOF
BACKWARDS. NO CRY OR WORDS WERE UTTERED WHILE FALLING. ELMER
FELL WITH HEAD DOWNWARD, STRIKING A PILE OF LUMBER. AN ARM WAS
BROKEN AND A GASH CUT IN THE HEAD. WHEN WALTER REACHED HIS SIDE,
ELMER WAS DEAD. ELMER HAS BEEN MORE OR LESS TROUBLED WITH SPELLS
OF DIZZINESS, AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT ONE OF THESE SPELLS OR A
STROKE OF APOPLEXY CAME ON HIM. THE BODY WAS BROUGHT TO
JERSEYVILLE AND TAKEN TO HIS HOME IN THE WEST PART OF TOWN. MR.
POST WAS ONE OF OUR VERY BEST CITIZENS. HE OWNED A FARM EAST OF
TOWN, BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO MOVED TO TOWN. TWO YEARS AGO LAST
SPRING HE WAS ELECTED ALDERMAN FROM THE FIRST WARD, THE TERM
EXPIRING LAST MAY. HE WAS PAINSTAKING CONSCIENTIOUS OFFICIAL. HE
WAS A CONSISTENT CHRISTIAN, A MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND
SUNDAY SCHOOL, AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
CHURCH. HE IS SURVIVED BY A WIFE, ONE DAUGHTER, MRS. LESTER J.
CORY, OF PIASA, AND ONE SON, LESLIE POST, A TEACHER IN BARNES
BUSINESS COLLEGE, ST. LOUIS. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD FROM THE
BAPTIST CHURCH FRIDAY AT 2 PM , REV. W.W. HICKS OFFICIATING.
Urban Francis "Bud" Postlewait, 55, OF 1112
E. SPRUCE ST., JERSEYVILLE, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT
11:55 AM ON 1 MAR AT JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN 30 JUNE
1919 IN GREENE COUNTY, A SON OF URBAN D. AND MARY ANN SCHNELTON
POSTLEWAIT. POSTLEWAIT, A FORMER MECHANIC, WAS A WORLD WAR II
VETERAN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND A PAST
COMMANDER AT KANE. HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIDOW, MRS. JUNE
WILLIAMSON POSTLEWAIT; THREE SONS, URBAN P. POSTLEWAIT OF R.R.
4, DENNIS M. OF CHAMPAIGN AND KIM OF KANE; STEPSONS, RONALD AND
RANDY WILLIAMSON OF ALTON AND MICHAEL WILLIAMSON OF JERSEYVILLE;
TWO STEPDAUGHTERS, MRS. GAIL WILKINSON OF ALTON AND DEBRA
WILLIAMSON OF SPRINGFIELD; A BROTHER AND SISTER, GEORGE R.
POSTLEWAIT OF GODFREY AND MRS. A.J. HANSEN OF CARROLLTON. FINAL
RITES WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY MORNING 4 MARCH AT JACOBY BROS
FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. ROBERT L. HEINTZ OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT WAS AT ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY IN CARROLLTON. THE FAMILY
DESIGNATED THE HEART FUND AS A MEMORIAL. [06 Mar 1975]
Mrs. Eva Mae Powel, WIFE OF SPENCER A POWEL,
DIED UNEXPECTEDLY SUNDAY EVENING, 2 JUL AT 7:40 O'CLOCK IN FORT
MYERS, FLORIDA, WHERE THE COUPLE HAD MOVED ABOUT A MONTH AGO TO
MAKE THEIR HOME. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME
AFTER 3:30 PM TODAY (THURS). FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 7 JUL AT 2
O'CLOCK WITH THE PASTOR, REV. M. EDWARDS BREED, OFFICIATING AND
INTERMENT WILL BE IN THE KANE CEMETERY. MRS. POWEL WAS A
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ALBERT AND BARBARA BOUSHKA SEAGO AND WAS
BORN AT KANE ON 3 APRIL 1891. HER AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH WAS
SEVENTY YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND TWENTY-NINE DAYS. MR. AND MRS.
POWEL RESIDED ON A FARM NEAR JERSEYVILLE FOR MANY YRS BEFORE
RETIRING AND MOVING TO FLORIDA. MRS. POWEL WAS A CHARTER MEMBER
OF JERSEY COUNTY HOME BUREAU AND WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND THE JERSEYVILLE WESTERN STAR CHAPTER.
SURVIVING HER IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND ARE TWO SONS, ELDON
POWEL OF EFFINGHAM, AND PAUL POWEL OF JERSEYVILLE; ONE DAUGHTER,
MRS. BYRON (HELEN) CARY, JERSEYVILLE; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; ONE
BROTHER, FRANK SEAGO OF JERSEYVILLE AND ONE SISTER, MRS.
FRANKLIN NAFFZIGER OF EARP, CALIF. [06 Jul 1961]
Charles Edward Powell, A FORMER RESIDENT OF
JERSEY COUNTY, DIED SAT. 14 FEB AT 1:15 AM AT HIS HOME IN
ROXANA. HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR FOUR MONTHS. MR.
POWELL WAS BORN IN EFFINGHAM BUT SPENT HIS EARLY LIFE IN JERSEY
COUNTY. HE HAD RESIDED IN EAST ALTON AND FOR THE PAST YEAR HAD
MADE HIS HOME IN ROXANA. SURVIVING HIM ARE HIS WIFE, MRS. CORA
POWELL; TWO SONS, JOHN OF TULSA, OK AND WILLIAM OF ROXANA; AND
FOUR DAUGHTERS, MRS. VERNA PORTWOOD OF ELDRED, MRS. MILDRED
BORADWAY OF EAST ALTON, MRS. SYLVIA GOODPASTURE OF SAN
FRANCISCO, CALIF. AND MRS. RUTH SMITH OF EAST ALTON. HE ALSO
LEAVES THREE BROTHERS, JOHN AND ISAAC POWELL OF FIELDON AND
EDWARD POWELL OF MEDORA, ONE SISTER, MRS. IDA CAMPBELL OF SALT
LAKE CITY, UTAH, AND SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES
WERE HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON, 16 FEB AT TWO O'CLOCK AT THE FIRST
METHODIST CHURCH IN EAST ALTON. REV. B.L. WALKINGTON, PASTOR OF
THE CHURCH, CONDUCTED THE SERVICES AND BURIAL WAS IN VALHALLA
PARK. [20 Feb 1948]
William Louis Powell, 57, DIED AT 4:40 AM
TODAY, 1 FEB 1990 AT ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL IN SPRINGFIELD. HE WAS
AN INSPECTOR IN THE CUPPING DEPARTMENT AT OLIN CORP. IN EAST
ALTON FOR 37 YEARS. BORN IN KAMPSVILLE, HE WAS THE SON OF THE
LATE ERNEST AND BURDETTE (PUTERBAUGH) POWELL. HE MARRIED THE
FORMER MARY ANN BANGHART ON 2 AUG 1952, IN HARDIN, AND SHE
SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE THREE DAUGHTERS, CATHY DAVIDSON,
JERI KARRICK AND PEGGY POWELL, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE; FOUR SONS,
KENNETH, ALAN AND RICHARD POWELL, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE AND MARK
POWELL OF GREENFIELD; 10 GRANDCHILDREN; AND TWO BROTHERS, GARY
POWELL OF ST. CHARLES, MO AND EUGENE PUTERBAUGH OF OMAHA, NEB. A
SISTER, SUE HILL PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. VISITATION IS FROM 4 TO
9 PM FRIDAY AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE WITH THE
REV. WILLIAM HEMBROW AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL IS IN ST. NORBERT'S
CEMETERY IN HARDIN. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO HOLY GHOST SCHOOL
IN JERSEYVILLE OR MASSES.
Emma Louise Powers, 65, OF GRAFTON DIED 31
JUL 1988 AT HER RESIDENCE. SHE WAS BORN 20 MAY 1923 IN FIELDON
TO THE LATE LOUIS VAHLE AND BLANCHE WILLIAMS. SHE MARRIED ARTHUR
"DUTCH" POWERS ON 8 NOV 1952 IN POCAHONTAS, ARK. SURVIVORS
INCLUDE HER HUSBAND, ARTHUR OF GRAFTON; SONS, RICHARD ATCHINSON
OF FIELDON, ARTHUR L. POWERS OF ATLANTA, GA., AND JEFFREY POWERS
OF JERSEYVILLE; DAUGHTERS, REGINA CAMBRON OF BRIGHTON,
ANTOINETTE DARR OF CARROLLTON; AND 11 GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL
SERVICES WERE 3 AUG 1988 AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE WITH PASTOR WILLIAM SCHMIDT OF CARROLLTON
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN FIELDON CEMETERY. THE AMERICAN LUNG
ASSOCIATION AND VAHLE TERRACE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS THE MEMORIALS.
FUNERAL RITES FOR Mrs. Goldie Marie Powers,
72, OF R.R. 1, FIELDON WILL BE HELD 21 NOV AT JACOBY BROS
FUNERAL HOME WITH INTERMENT IN GRIMES CEMETERY. HER DEATH
OCCURRED UNEXPECTEDLY AT HER HOME AT 9:45 AM ON 19 NOV. REV.
LEONARD TODD WILL OFFICIATE. SHE WAS BORN 16 JAN 1901 IN GREENE
COUNTY, THE DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND HESTER MEFFORD DEVENING. SHE
IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, LEWIS C. POWERS; ONE DAUGHTER, MRS.
DONALD (PAULINE) MARTIN OF JERSEYVILLE; FOUR SONS, A.L. POWERS,
KENNETH POWERS, JOHN POWERS AND CHARLES POWERS, ALL OF FIELDON;
16 GRANDCHILDREN; 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; ONE BROTHER, NED
DEVENING OF FIELDON; TWO SISTERS, MRS. HARRY LYLES AND MRS.
GEORGE HENNEBERG OF JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
ONE SON, JAMES L. POWERS, AND THREE BROTHERS, EARL, ROY AND
PERCY DEVENING. [22 Nov 1973]
Preston Peary Pregler, 68, FORMERLY OF
BIXBY, OKLA., DIED AT 8:09 AM THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1992, AT ALTON
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. PREGLER RETIRED IN 1984 AS A HOT MILL COILER
AT OLIN CORP. OF EAST ALTON. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH AND MOOSE LODGE, BOTH IN JERSEYVILLE, AND WAS
PAST PRESIDENT OF THE TULSA COUNTY (OKLA.) FARM BUREAU. BORN AT
BIXBY 13 JUNE 1923, HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE WALTER AND LEOLA
(HARRIS) PREGLER. SURVIVING ARE TWO SONS, PHILLIP PREGLER OF
JERSEYVILLE AND PEARY PREGLER OF DOW; TWO DAUGHTERS, PAULA
THOMAS AND PATTIE McDANEL, BORTH OF JERSEYVILLE; SIX
GRANDCHILDREN; A GREAT-GRAND DAUGHTER; TWO BROTHERS, CURTISS
PREGLER OF KANE AND LLOYD PREGLER OF BIXBY; AND A SISTER, EVELYN
COOPER OF COLLINSVILLE, OKLA. VISITATION IS FROM 6 TO 9 PM TODAY
AT JACOBY-SCHROEDER FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. SERVICES ARE A
11 AM MONDAY AT TULSA WHISENHUNT FUNERAL HOME IN TULSA, OKLA.
BURIAL IS IN MEMORIAL CEMETERY IN TULSA.
FINAL RITES FOR Hubert Henry Presley, 50, OF
GRAFTON WERE HELD YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON AT 1:30
O'CLOCK AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME WHERE VISITATION HOURS WERE
HELD AFTER 7 PM MONDAY. HIS DEATH OCCURRED SUNDAY AT BARNES
HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS. HE HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR SOME TIME.
REV. JAMES BAKER OF GRAFTON OFFICIATED AT THE SERVICES AND
BURIAL WAS IN MEADOW BRANCH CEMETERY, GRAFTON. BORN 15 JAN 1920
IN GREENE COUNTY, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY AND
LULA FLORY PRESLEY. HE WAS A LABORER AT THE ALTON BRICK COMPANY.
SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, MRS. HELEN SMITH PRESLEY; SIX DAUGHTERS,
MRS. DONALD BRUNSTEIN OF ST. CHARLES, MO., MRS. LARRY RUSK,
CLARA LOUIS, DARLENE, MARLENE AND LORI ANN PRESLEY OF GRAFTON;
TWO SONS, HUBERT VIRGIL PRESLEY OF JOLIET AND ARTHUR ROBERT
PRESLEY, U.S. ARMY; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; AND THREE SISTERS, MRS.
CLARA TALBERT AND MRS. HOWARD LESTER OF GRAFTON AND MRS. ROBERT
BLASA OF FIELDON. HIS PARENTS, TWO SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS
PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. [25 Jun 1970]
SERVICES FOR Julian Powell Price, 59, OF 602
GARFIELD ST., GREENFIELD, WERE CONDUCTED TUES. AT SHIELDS
MEMORIAL HOME IN GREENFIELD WITH BURIAL IN THE OAK WOOD CEMETERY
THERE. HE DIED AT 6:40 AM 30 JAN AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL WEST IN
CHESTERFIELD, MO. THE WORLD WAR II VETERAN WAS A SON OF FLORENCE
POWELL PRICE OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE LATE LEO K. PRICE. HE IS
ALSO SURVIVED BY A SISTER, EDNA ADKISSON OF CHESTERFIELD, MO.
AND A BROTHER, ROBERT, OF NEW YORK CITY.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY GHOST IN
THIS CITY MONDAY MORNING MAY 6 AT NINE-THIRTY O'CLOCK FOR Mrs.
Agnes Catherine Prill, WIFE OF JOHN L. PRILL OF
OLD KANE, WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED AT NINE-SEVENTEEN O'CLOCK FRIDAY
MORNING 3 MAY AT THE JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A
PATIENT FOR EIGHT DAYS. FATHER PAUL P. HEINEN WAS CELEBRANT OF
THE REQUIEM MASS AND BURIAL WAS IN THE KANE CEMETERY. MRS.
PRILL, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE NICHOLAS AND FANNY PIERRE SCHMITTAG,
WAS BORN IN JERSEYVILLE 14 JAN 1897 AND HER AGE AT THE TIME OF
DEATHS WAS SIXTY YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND NINETEEN DAYS. IN
ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND, THE DECEDENT IS SURVIVED BY THREE SONS,
LAVERNE L. PRILL OF GRANITE CITY, RUSSELL H. AND EARL E. PRILL
OF JERSEYVILLE; TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS. MARGARET L. FOILES AND MRS.
DOROTHY J. SAUERWEIN OF JERSEYVILLE; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; AND TWO
BROTHERS, JOSEPH SCHMITTAG AND ANTHONY SCHMITTAG OF JERSEYVILLE.
ONE SON, EUGENE PRILL PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. FRIENDS CALLED AT
JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME UNTIL THE TIME OF SERVICE. [09 May
1957]
Charles Prill, A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THIS
COUNTY, DIED AT HIS HOME WEST OF JERSEYVILLE. 84 YEARS OLD.,
NATIVE OF GERMANY. HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY WHEN ABOUT THE AGE OF
TWENTY YEARS, SETTLING NEAR FIELDON. LEAVES WIDOW, MRS. CAROLINE
KOHL PRILL, TWO SONS, CHARLES OF JERSEYVILLE, AND JOHN OF KANE,
SIX DAUGHTERS, MRS. JOSEPH BEIERMANN AND MRS. FRANK BEIERMANN OF
JERSEY COUNTY, MRS. FRANK SCHEFFEL OF ALTON, MRS. WM. ENDRES OF
LENZBERG, ILL., MISS IDA PRILL OF ST. LOUIS AND MISS NELLIE
PRILL OF ALTON. FUNERAL FROM HOME. REV. W.W. WILKE. BURIAL IN
LAX CEMETERY. [Jersey County News 17 Mar 1927]
John Louis Prill, A MECHANIC AT SUNDERLAND
MOTOR COMPANY IN JERSEYVILLE FOR FORTY-FOUR YEARS, DIED AT SIX
FIFTY-TWO O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY MORNING, 16 FEB AT THE JERSEY COMM.
HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD BEEN ADMITTED A SHORT TIME EARLIER. HIS
HEALTH HAD BEEN IMPAIRED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. VISITATION HOURS
WILL BE HELD AT THE GUBSER FUNERAL HOME AFTER TWO O'CLOCK THIS
(THURS) AFTERNOON. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED FOR TWO
O'CLOCK FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH WITH
REV. L.E. HUTCHINSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE KANE
CEMETERY. MR. PRILL, A SON OF THE LATE CHARLES AND CAROLINE KOHL
PRILL, WAS BORN IN JERSEY COUNTY 5 OCT 1895. HE IS SURVIVED BY
HIS WIFE, MRS. MILDRED PERDUN PRILL; THREE SONS, LAVERNE PRILL
OF GRANITE CITY AND EARL AND RUSSELL PRILL OF JERSEYVILLE; TWO
DAUGHTERS, MRS. RUSSELL (MARGARET) FOILES AND MRS. CHARLES
(DOROTHY) SAUERWEIN OF JERSEYVILLE; SIX STEP CHILDREN, GERALD,
WAYNE, DAVID, AND DONALD PERDUN OF JERSEYVILLE, MRS. JERRY
SANDBERG OF MINEOLA, MO AND MRS. PETE MAIN OF JERSEYVILLE; ONE
BROTHER, CHARLES PRILL OF JERSEYVILLE; TWO SISTERS, MISS NELLIE
PRILL OF ALTON AND MISS IDA PRILL OF ST. LOUIS; FIVE
GRANDCHILDREN AND SIXTEEN STEP CHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN
DEATH BY HIS FIRST WIFE, ONE SON, AND FIVE SISTERS. MR. PRILL
WAS A MEMBER OF THE KANE MASONIC LODGE. [17 Feb 1972]
D. P. Pritchett DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE NW OF
FIDELITY, 7 SEP 1891. 75 YEARS OLD. BORN IN JEFFERSON CO., KY 7
MAY 1816. TO ILLINOIS 1830 COMING TO ST. CLAIR CO. TO OLD KANE
IN 1832 RESIDING WITH BROTHER, WILLIAM. RETURNED TO ST. CLAIR
COUNTY, MARRIED LYDIA PEASE BY REV. FATHER LOOMIS, UPPER ALTON.
TO FIDELITY AREA IN 1838. LIVED HERE 53 YEARS. [Jerseyville
Republican Oct 1891]
Mrs. Lydia W. Pritchett DIED AT HER HOME OF
E. PEARL ST., JERSEYVILLE. 94 YEARS OLD. FUNERAL FROM HOME. REV.
W.W. HICKS. BURIAL OAKLAND CEMETERY NEAR FIDELITY. LIVED IN
JERSEY CO. 74 YEARS. SIX CHILDREN SURVIVE: DAVID PERRY PRICHETT,
AND MRS. ROBERT WHITEHEAD OF JERSEYVILLE, DR. G.L. PRITCHETT OF
FAIRBURY, NEB.; ROBERT A. PRITCHETT OF DENBY, S. DAK.; MRS.
SARAH WENDELL OF WHITE HALL; MRS. CHARLES W. PARENT OF TULSA,
OK. LYDIA WENDELL PEASE WAS BORN IN LYONS, WAYNE CO, NEW YORK,
30 SEP 1817. WITH PARENTS CAME TO UPPER ALTON, IL IN DEC 1834.
MARRIED DAVID PERRY PRITCHETT 5 NOV 1835. IN 1837 MOVED TO
JERSEY CO. HAD 12 CHILDREN. HUSBAND DIED 7 SEP 1891. SHE WAS
LAST SURVIVOR OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, BEING THE NEXT TO THE
OLDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. INTENSELY PATRIOTIC. HER FORBEARERS
FOR FOUR GENERATIONS BACK WERE BORN IN AMERICA. THE HOMESTEAD
HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY ONE HUNDRED AND THREE YEARS. [Jerseyville
Republican Jan 1912]
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME MONDAY
AFTERNOON, 16 JAN AT TWO O'CLOCK FOR Mrs. Ida M. Proffer,
WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED SAT., 14 JAN AT 1:50 AM AT HER HOME ON
MARIAN STREET. REV. MASON L. SMITH PASTOR OF THE KANE BAPTIST
CHURCH, OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. MRS.
PROFFER WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE RUSSELL AND MARY ANN
EDWARDS MULLIKAN AND WAS BORN IN GREENE COUNTY ON 15 APRIL 1882.
HER AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH WAS SIXTY SEVEN YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS
AND TWENTY NINE DAYS. THE DECEDENT WAS THE WIDOW OF ALBERT
PROFFER. SHE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF JERSEYVILLE THE PAST THIRTY
YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS, MRS. EMMA C. DEVENING OF
KANE AND MRS. HENRY DEVENING OF FIELDON. [Jan 1950]
THE FUNERAL OF Mrs. Aglenda Prough, 58, OF
KANE WAS HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON, 21 MAR AT 1 PM AT THE KANE
BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REV. GAROLD COOPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL
WAS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. HER DEATH OCCURRED AT 3 AM ON 19 MAR
AT BARNES HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS. SHE WAS BORN 15 JUL 1918 IN
JERSEY COUNTY, A DAUGHTER OF CHARLES AND EMMA WILLIAMS TUCKER.
MRS. PROUGH WAS A MEMBER OF THE KANE BAPTIST CHURCH AND JERSEY
COUNTY HOME EXTENSION. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, RICHARD
L. PROUGH OF KANE; ONE DAUGHTER, MRS. CHARLES (REBECCA)
ALEXANDER OF GRAFTON; TWO SONS, DENNIS K. PROUGH AND GARY L.
PROUGH OF KANE; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN; TWO BROTHERS, ARNOLD TUCKER
OF LINN GROVE, AND NORMAN TUCKER OF FIELDON; AND ONE SISTER,
MRS. AUREALIA PAGH OF HAWTHORNE WOODS. [21 Mar 1977]
Andrew Prough, FORMER CITIZEN OF JERSEY
COUNTY, DIED AT HOME OF SON, GEORGE A. PROUGH, NEAR WELLSTON,
OKLA. 1JAN. 77 YEARS OLD. BORN AT LOGAN, HAWKINS CO., OHIO ON 2
JUN 1844, SON OF JOHN AND CATHERINE PROUGH. WAS ONE OF EIGHT
CHILDREN. TWO SURVIVE--SIMON PROUGH OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS. MARY
YODER OF ELKHART, IND. WAS VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR, HAVING ENLISTED
AT AGE OF 18. MARRIED JAN 1869 TO HANNAH WATTS OF GREENE CO. SIX
CHILDREN: JAMES OF WICHITA, KANS., LILY FLORENCE WHO DIED AT AGE
OF 2, GEORGE A. OF WELLSTON, AND ROBERT A. OF CUSHING, OKLA,
FRED AND HARRY OF JERSEY COUNTY, NINE GRANDCHILDREN, TWELVE
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. WIFE DIED 6 MAR 1921. FUNERAL AT BAPTIST
CHURCH IN WELLSTON. BURIAL IN WELLSTON CEMETERY. [Jerseyville
Republican 12 Jan 1922]
A FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND
PETERSBURG AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT IN WHICH A YOUNG FATHER
LOST HIS LIFE ENDED PLANS FOR AN EASTERN VISIT IN THE HOME OF
KANE RELATIVES. FOUND DEAD IN THE WRECKAGE OF HIS CAR IN
RICHLAND CREEK OFF ILLINOIS ROUTE 97, A HALF MILE SOUTH OF
SALISBURY, WAS Frank Jr. Prough OF PETERSBURG,
FORMERLY OF THIS LOCALITY. PROUGH HAD PLANNED TO COME TO KANE ON
SATURDAY TO JOIN HIS WIFE AND SONS, JEFFREY AND BRADLEY, FOR AN
EASTER HOLIDAY IN THE HOME OF HER PARENTS, MR. AND MRS. ROY
TERPENING, WHERE THEY HAD BEEN VISITING SINCE THURSDAY. MR.
PROUGH, AN AGENT FOR STATE FARM INSURANCE, HAD BEEN IN
SPRINGFIELD TRANSACTING BUSINESS FRIDAY AND WAS ENROUTE TO HIS
HOME WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE DISCOVERY OF THE CRASH WAS
MADE BY MAX TOLAN OF PLEASANT PLAINS, A MOTORIST, WHO
INVESTIGATED AFTER SEEING THE GUARD RAILING ON THE BRIDGE
DAMAGED. THE PROUGH CAR HAD GONE THROUGH THE RAILING, DOWN AN
EMBANKMENT, AND INTO FOUR FEET OF WATER ACCORDING TO THE REPORT
OF SANGAMON COUNTY CORONER, W.C. TELFORD. MEMBERS OF THE
SPRINGFIELD RESCUE SQUAD SUMMONED TO THE SCENE CUT A HOLE IN THE
TOP OF THE CAR TO REMOVE PROUGH FROM IT. VISITATION HOURS WERE
HELD AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. SERVICES WERE
HELD AT ONE O'CLOCK MONDAY AFTERNOON AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
AT PETERSBURG WITH REV. OLLIE PHILLIPS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS
IN KANE CEMETERY. MR. PROUGH WAS BORN IN ALTON OCTOBER 24, 1928,
A SON OF FRANK L. PROUGH AND THE LATE FAYE SPENCER PROUGH. HE
WAS GRADUATED FROM THE JERSEY TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, AND WAS A
VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR. FOR THE PAST FOUR AND ONE-HALF YEARS
THE FAMILY HAD RESIDED IN PETERSBURG. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS
WIDOW, THE FORMER EMMA TERPENING; TWO SONS, JEFFREY, 11 AND
BRADLEY 6; HIS FATHER AND STEP MOTHER, MR. AND MRS. FRANK L.
PROUGH OF GODFREY; FIVE BROTHERS, SPENCER OF GALESBURG; JAMES OF
STOUGHTON, WISC., JACK OF BATON ROUGE, LA., GORDON OF EAST
ALTON; AND THOMAS OF GODFREY; TWO SISTERS, MRS. JAMES B. RUSK,
JR. OF BRIDGETON, MO., AND MRS. MARVIN COOKE OF KIRKWOOD, MO,
AND HIS GRANDMOTHER, MRS. HARRY PROUGH OF KANE WHO REARED HIM.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE A.F. AND A.M. IN KANE AND THE BAPTIST
CHURCH IN PETERSBURG. [PICTURE APPEARS] [14 Apr 1966]
Frank Lewis Prough, 82, OF GODFREY DIED AT
2:43 AM MONDAY, 20 OCT 1986 AT HIS RESIDENCE AFTER A LENGTHY
ILLNESS. PROUGH WAS BORN IN GREENE COUNTY AND HAD BEEN A
COMMERCIAL PAINTER. HE MARRIED THE FORMER GERTRUDE RICHEY ON 9
SEP 1929 IN EAST ALTON. SHE SURVIVES. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE
FIVE SONS, H. SPENCER PROUGH OF VENICE, FLA., JAMES K. AND TOM
J. PROUGH, BOTH OF STOUGHTON, WIS., JACK E. PROUGH OF JACKSON,
TENN. AND GORDON B. PROUGH OF ST. LOUIS; TWO DAUGHTERS, WANDA
RUSK OF LaDUE MO; AND MARILYN SUE COOK OF EUREKA, MO; 20
GRANDCHILDREN; AND 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION WILL BE
FROM 11:30 AM THURS UNTIL TIME OF SERVICES AT 1:30 PM AT JACOBY
BROS FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. THE REVS. MARY ANNA VIDAKOVICH
AND STEVE PERRIN WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE IN KANE
CEMETERY. MEMORIALS MAY BE SENT TO BETHEL UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH OR KANE BAPTIST CHURCH. [21 Oct 1986]
George A. Prough, 78, A FORMER RESIDENT OF
JERSEY COUNTY, DIED 18 AUG AT HIS HOME IN WELLSTON, OKLA. MR.
PROUGH WAS A SON OF THE LATE ANDREW AND HANNAH WATTS PROUGH AND
WAS BORN IN KANE. HE RESIDED IN THE PANHANDLE VICINITY WHERE HE
ENGAGED IN FARMING UNTIL 1901 WHEN HE MOVED TO WELLSTON. HE
CONTINUED HIS FARMING OPERATIONS NEAR WELLSTON UNTIL A FEW YEARS
AGO WHEN HE RETIRED AND MOVED FROM THE FARM TO WELLSTON. MR.
PROUGH WAS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MISS GRACE COPE OF JERSEYVILLE
WHO SURVIVES HIM. HE ALSO LEAVES TWO DAUGHTERS, AND A SON, ALL
OF WELLSTON, AND A BROTHER, HARRY PROUGH OF THE PANHANDLE
VICINITY. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN
WELLSTON AND BURIAL WAS IN THE WELLSTON CEMETERY. HARRY PROUGH
OF KANE AND WARD COPE AND SONS, IVAN AND TROY, OF NUTWOOD WENT
TO WELLSTON TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL RITES. MR. COPE IS A BROTHER
TO MRS. GEORGE PROUGH. [Sep 1952]
Mrs. Hannah Prough DIED AT HOME IN WELLSTON,
OKLA., 73 YEARS OLD. FORMERLY LIVED IN JERSEY COUNTY WHERE SHE
SPENT HER GIRLHOOD DAYS AND MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE.
IN 1901 MOVED TO OKLA WITH HUSBAND. MAIDEN NAME WAS WATTS.
MARRIED 1868 TO ANDREW PROUGH. SIX CHILDREN: ONE CHILD, LILLIAN,
DIED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. LIVING CHILDREN ARE: JAMES OF
WICHITA, KANS., GEORGE OF WELLSTON, AND ROBERT OF CUSHING,
OKLA.; FRED AND HARRY OF JERSEY COUNTY. 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 10
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. THREE SISTERS, MRS. J.H. LaLONDE OF
DENNISON, TEX., MRS. JENNIR KING OF LONE JACK, MO., AND MRS.
J.W. HAWK OF KANE AND ONE BROTHER, W.W. WATTS OF JERSEY. FUNERAL
AT WELLSTON. [Jerseyville Republican Mar 1921]
Harry Cleveland Prough, SEVENTY-FOUR YEAR
OLD RETIRED FARMER OF KANE, DIED AT HIS HOME SUNDAY MORNING, 7
FEB AT ELEVEN FORTY-FIVE O'CLOCK. HE HAD RECENTLY RETURNED HOME
FOLLOWING HOSPITALIZATION AT THE JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL. MR.
PROUGH WAS BORN IN JERSEY COUNTY, 1 MAR 1885, AND HIS DEATH
OCCURRED THREE WKS BEFORE HIS SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY
ANNIVERSARY. HE HAD RETIRED FROM FARMING AND HAD LIVED IN KANE
THE PAST THREE YEARS. SURVIVING THE DECEDENT ARE HIS WIFE, MRS.
THERESA PROUGH; THREE SONS, FRANK L. PROUGH OF GODFREY, FRANK J.
PROUGH, JR OF KANE, AND HOWARD SPENCER PROUGH OF JERSEYVILLE;
THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; AND ONE BROTHER,
R.A. PROUGH OF BRISTOW, OK. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS
PARENTS, THREE BROTHERS, JAMES, GEORGE AND FRED PROUGH, AND A
SISTER WHO DIED IN INFANCY. MR. PROUGH WAS A PAST MASTER OF KING
SOLOMON LODGE, NO 197, A.F. AND A.M. OF KANE, AND HE WAS A FIFTY
YEAR MEMBER OF THE KANE MODERN WOODMAN OF AMERICA CAMP. HE WAS
ALSO A MEMBER OF THE KANE BAPTIST CHURCH. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
MR. PROUGH WERE HELD AT TWO O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 10 FEB
AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME. REV. H.L. POTTER OF KANE OFFICIATED
AND BURIAL WAS IN THE KANE CEMETERY. [11 Feb 1960]
Mrs. Margaret Prough, WIDOW OF THE LATE
SIMON PROUGH DIED AT HER HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, SUNDAY, 20 JAN AT
3:45 AM, AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. FUNERAL
SERVICES WERE HELD AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL CHAPEL, TUES, 22 JAN
AT 2:00 PM; ELDER T.J. ROADY OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN THE
OAK GROVE CEMETERY. THE DECEASED IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS,
MRS. JOHN H. RITCHEY AND MRS. WILLIAM WAYHAM, AND ONE SON, LOUIS
A. PROUGH, ALL OF KANE. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY ONE SISTER, MRS.
HENRIETTA SCHRECK OF HOLLYWOOD, CALIF; TEN GRANDCHILDREN AND
TWELVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. LAST MONDAY, MRS. PROUGH FELL AND
FRACTURED A HIP. DEATH ENSUED FROM PNEUMONIA. CORONER WM. E.
HOPPER CONDUCTED AN INQUISITION INTO THE CAUSE OF HER DEATH
SUNDAY. [Jersey County Democrat 24 Jan 1935]
Chester W. Pruiett, 75, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD
AT 7:45 AM WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 1986, AT THE SCENE OF AN AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT NORTH OF MEDORA, DUE TO AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK.
PRUIETT SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY AND WAS A CRANE OPERATOR WITH
LACLEDE STEEL FOR 20 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN 1975. HE WAS BORN
IN BLUFFDALE, IL, THE SON OF THE LATE CECIL AND MAE (GARRISON)
PRUIETT. IN 1943, IN ST. LOUIS, HE MARRIED THE FORMER VIVIAN
VIOLETT, AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE TWO DAUGHTERS,
LOREITA HUNN OF MEDORA AND RAMONA FISHER OF WASHINGTON, IL; TWO
SONS, LARRY PRUIETT OF GREENFIELD AND WAYNE L. PRUIETT OF
FRANKFORT, IL; 20 GRANDCHILDREN; FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND
FOUR SISTERS, FERNA SNYDER OF WHITE HALL, ESTELLENA PRUIETT AND
DORTHHEA LEA WILSON, BOTH OF FOREST LAKE, MINN., AND JUNE CHURCH
OF FT. MEYERS, FLA. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 5 TO 9 PM FRIDAY AT
WARNER-TARGHETTA FUNERAL HOME IN MEDORA. SERVICES WILL BE AT THE
FUNERAL HOME AT 2 PM SAT., WITH REV. EARL CLAGG OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WILL BE IN KEMPER CEMETERY, NORTH OF MEDORA. MEMORIALS
MAY BE GIVEN TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION OR AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY. [30 Nov 1986]
Mrs. Mary Pruit DIED AT HER HOME IN
FIDELITY, TUESDAY, 17 JULY OF OLD AGE. SHE WAS BORN IN KY IN
1800 AND CAME TO WHERE ST. LOUIS IS NOW LOCATED IN 1808, AND
THEN MOVED NEAR APPLE CREEK IN GREENE COUNTY IN 1812. SHE LIVED
THERE UNTIL 1818, WHERE SHE WAS MARRIED AND MOVED IN THAT YEAR
WEST OF JERSEYVILLE WHERE JETT POST'S FARM IS, AND THEN SHE WENT
ON A FARM IN HAWKINS' PRAIRIE NEAR FIDELITY TO LIVE, WHERE SHE
RESIDED UNTIL AFTER HER HUSBAND'S DEATH. DECEASED WAS A
CHRISTIAN LADY SINCE SHE WAS SIXTEEN YEARS OLD, UNITING WITH THE
BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1816. SHE WAS LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. MRS.
PRUIT WAS THE MOTHER OF SIX CHILDREN, THREE OF WHOM ARE LIVING;
GRANDMOTHER OF THIRTY; GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF SIXTY, AND GREAT
GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF ONE, WHO IS THE BABY SON OF JAMES PERRINGS
OF THIS CITY. HER FUNERAL WAS LARGELY ATTENDED FROM THE BAPTIST
CHURCH AT FIDELITY, THURSDAY, 19TH INST., REV. BUSH OFFICIATING.
[1888]
FUNERAL RITES FOR Chester Logan Pruitt, 86,
OF KANE WERE HELD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 O'CLOCK AT JACOBY
BROS FUNERAL HOME WHERE VISITATION HOURS WERE HELD. HE WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT 10:45 O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING AT
JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL. REV. EARL D. CLAGG OFFICIATED AT THE
RITES AND INTERMENT WAS IN KANE CEMETERY. A RETIRED FARMER, HE
WAS BORN 21 DEC 1884 IN JERSEY COUNTY, THE SON OF MARTIN AND
ANNIE LEONARD PRUITT. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, MRS. ELSIE
GRIZZLE PRUITT, AND ONE DAUGHTER, MISS BONNIE SUE PRUITT OF
JERSEYVILLE. MR. PRUITT HAD SUFFERED A FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT KNEE
WHEN HE FELL OVER SOME TREE ROOTS THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER. [07
Jan 1971]
Elsie A. Pruitt, 92, DIED AT 4:55 PM SUNDAY,
13 DEC 1987 AT GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. BORN
IN GREENE COUNTY, SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN M. AND
SARAH (MAINS) GRIZZLE. SHE MARRIED HARRY DANIELS ON 3 JULY 1915,
AND HE DIED IN AUGUST, 1919. SHE LATER MARRIED LOGAN PRUITT ON
24 OCT 1921 IN JERSEY COUNTY. HE DIED 4 JAN 1971. SURVIVING ARE
A DAUGHTER, BONNIE PALMER OF KANE; TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A DAUGHTER,
MADGE BRADLEY; SEVEN SISTERS; AND TWO BROTHERS. VISITATION IS
FROM 4 TO 9 PM TUESDAY AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE, WHERE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 1:30 PM
WEDNESDAY BY THE REV. EARL CLAGG. BURIAL WILL BE IN KANE
CEMETERY, AND MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN
JERSEYVILLE.
Jerry Lee Pruitt, 49, DIED AT 2:35 AM TODAY, 22 JULY
1992 AT HIS RESIDENCE AFTER AN ILLNESS. BORN 17 JULY 1943, IN CARROLLTON, HE
WAS THE SON OF MARY (VANCIL) PRUITT OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE LATE OTIS MARION
PRUITT. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CRANE OPERATOR FOR 30 YEARS AT LACLEDE STEEL CO
IN ALTON AND WAS A MEMBER OF JERSEYVILLE MOOSE LODGE 695. ON 14 NOV, 1959,
IN JERSEYVILLE, HE MARRIED THE FORMER PATSY SLATEN, AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE FOUR SONS, GARY LEE, JERRY LEE, JR., BARRY ALLEN AND LARRY
EUGENE PRUITT, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE; NINE GRANDCHILDREN; THREE SISTERS, SANDRA
KAY FREAND OF JERSEYVILLE, PAULA SUE EDWARDS OF HIGBEE, MO., AND PATSY LYNN
CUMMINGS OF DELHI; AND A BROTHER, DAVID EUGENE PRUITT OF JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, RICHARD ALLEN PRUITT. VISITATION IS FROM 4 TO 8
PM THURSDAY AT GUBSER FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, WHERE SERVICES ARE AT 10
AM FRIDAY. THE REV. WILLIAM H. HEMBROW WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL IS IN OAK
GROVE CEMETERY IN JERSEYVILLE. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO A CHARITY OF ONE'S
CHOICE.
Jessie W. Pruitt, 60, DIED AT 5:35 AM TODAY
AT CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST IN ST. LOUIS. SHE WAS BORN IN
PETERSBURG, A DAUGHTER OF ALICE (ROGERS) TOZER OF CARROLLTON AND
THE LATE JAMES TOZER. ON 11 APRIL 1944 IN PHOENIX CITY, ALABAMA,
SHE MARRIED LEO "COTTON" PRUITT WHO SURVIVES. IN ADDITION TO HER
HUSBAND AND MOTHER, SURVIVING ARE TWO SONS, ROBERT AND JOSEPH,
BOTH OF GODFREY; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; ONE BROTHER, CHARLES TOZER
OF CARROLLTON; AND TWO SISTERS, ALICE PEGRAM AND LORAINE
SCHOFIELD, BOTH OF CARROLLTON. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4 TO 9 PM
WEDNESDAY AT JACOBY BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE WHERE
SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 1:30 PM. THURSDAY WITH THE REV.
WAYNE PENDLETON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN FIELDON CEMETERY.
Jessie W. Pruitt, 60, OF FIELDON DIED 17 SEP AT
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST IN ST. LOUIS. SHE WAS BORN 13 FEB
1925 IN PETERSBURG TO ALICE ROGERS TOZER AND THE LATE JAMES
TOZER. SHE MARRIED LEO PRUITT ON 11 APRIL 1944 IN PHOENIX CITY,
ALA. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS BOOSTER CLUB OF FIELDON
AND JERSEYVILLE EAGLES' AUXILIARY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER
HUSBAND, LEO OF FIELDON; SONS ROBERT AND JOSEPH, BOTH OF
GODFREY; MOTHER ALICE TOZER OF CARROLLTON; BROTHER CHARLES TOZER
OF CARROLLTON; SISTERS ALICE PEGRAM AND LORAINE SCHOEFIELD, BOTH
OF CARROLLTON; AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION WAS 18 SEP AND
THE FUNERAL WAS 19 SEP AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE WITH THE REV. WAYNE PENDLETON OFFICIATING. BURIAL
WAS IN THE FIELDON CEMETERY.
Mrs. Lucy Pruitt, WIFE OF WM. PRUITT OF
FIDELITY DIED FROM OLD AGE AT HOME OF DAUGHTER, MRS. FRANK WEISS
OF ALTON. PRUITTS WERE THE OLDEST RESIDENTS OF FIDELITY
NEIGHBORHOOD. BOTH 92 YEARS OLD AND HAD NEVER BEEN SEPARATED
DURING 71 YEARS OF WEDDED LIFE. SHE WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA AND
WHEN SIX YEARS OLD CAME WITH PARENTS TO GREENE COUNTY. THEN TO
JERSEY COUNTY. LIVED IN FIDELITY 45 YEARS. SHE HAD NEVER BEEN
SERIOUSLY ILL UNTIL SEVEN DAYS BEFORE HER DEATH. CELEBRATED
GOLDEN WEDDING 22 YEARS AGO. PARENTS OF NINE CHILDREN, THREE OF
WHOM SURVIVE; MRS. FRANK WALTERS OF ALTON, MRS. THOMAS MORAN OF
FIDELITY AND MRS. FRANK WEISS OF ALTON. MRS. GORHAM OF
JERSEYVILLE, MRS. HECK BELL OF FIDELITY AND MRS. SAMUEL RIGGS OF
MORRISONVILLE ARE SISTERS. MRS. HATTIE WOODRUFF, MRS. WM.
STREBBLE, ERNEST LOGAN, WALTER AND HARRY PRUITT, JERSEYVILLE,
FRANK PRUITT OF FIDELITY, ROY PRUITT OF MEDORA AND MRS. B.R.
DADVIS OF ABINGDON, IL ARE NEPHEWS AND NIECES. FUNERAL FROM HOME
OF MRS. HATTIE WOODRUFF BY REV. JOSEPH JENKINS. BURIAL IN OAK
GROVE CEMETERY. [Jerseyville Republican 17 Jul 1919]
Opal A. Pruitt, 85, DIED AT 4:55 PM TUES 14
APRIL AT BARRY CARE CENTER IN CARLINVILLE. SHE WAS BORN IN
JERSEY COUNTY, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ISAAC AND HELEN (STEWART)
HUFF. IN OCT 1923, SHE MARRIED VIRGIL PRUITT. HE PRECEDED HER IN
DEATH IN FEB 1960. SURVIVING ARE A DAUGHTER, HELEN EADS OF
MEDORA; A SON, VIRGIL PRUITT OF CARLINVILLE; SIX GRANDCHILDREN;
EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; AND HAROLD FRANK OF BRIGHTON, WHO WAS
RAISED IN THE HOME. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 5 TO 9 PM FRIDAY AT
WARNER-TARGHETTA FUNERAL HOME IN MEDORA. AT THE BETHLEHEM
TABERNACLE IN GREENFIELD, VISITATION WILL CONTINUE FROM NOON
SAT. UNTIL TIME OF SERVICES AT 2 PM. THE REV. LOYD YOUNKIN WILL
OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE AT JALLAPPA CEMETERY IN GREENE COUNTY.
MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO A CHARITY OF THE DONOR'S CHOICE. [15
Apr 1987]
SERVICES FOR Otis M. Pruitt, 52, OF 519 W.
SPRUCE ST., JERSEYVILLE WERE HELD THIS MORNING, 22 DEC AT GUBSER
FUNERAL HOME WITH FATHER WILLIAM HEMBROW OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS
IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT 8:21 PM 19 DEC AT
JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD BEEN ADMITTED THAT MORNING.
PRUITT WAS RETIRED FROM THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AT UNION
ELECTRIC IN ALTON. HE WAS BORN IN JERSEY COUNTY 9 JAN 1925 A SON
OF ERNEST AND MABEL GREEN PRUITT. SURVIVING HIM ARE HIS WIDOW,
THE FORMER MARY VANCIL, WHOM HE MARRIED 24 APRIL 1942; TWO SONS,
JERRY L. PRUITT OF JERSEYVILLE AND DAVID E. PRUITT OF
CARROLLTON; THREE DAUGHTERS, MRS. FRED (SANDRA) FREAND JR., AND
PATTY L. PRUITT, JERSEYVILLE AND MRS. PAULA S. BRIDGES,
CARROLLTON. ONE SISTER, MRS GERTRUDE STEWARD OF JERSEYVILLE; TWO
BROTHERS, PAUL PRUITT OF PHOENIX, ARIZ. AND ELLSWORTH PRUITT OF
ALTON; 10 GRANDCHILDREN. A PRAYER SERVICE WAS HELD WEDNESDAY
EVENING AT THE GUBSER FUNERAL HOME. [22 Dec 1977]
Walter S. Pruitt, A FORMER RESIDENT OF
JERSEY COUNTY, DIED AT HIS HOME IN ABINGDON, IL, WEDNESDAY, 9
JAN AT EIGHT O'CLOCK PM. THE DECEASED WAS THE SON OF THE LATE
MR. AND MRS. MARTIN PRUITT AND WAS BORN IN JERSEYVILLE. AT THE
TIME OF DEATH HE WAS AGED SIXTY-TWO YEARS. MR. PRUITT IS
SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, MRS. HAZEL COARSEN; ONE SISTER, MRS.
MINNIE DAVIS OF ABINGDON; AND FIVE BROTHERS, FRANK PRUITT OF
CHICAGO, HARRY PRUITT OF JERSEYVILLE; ROY PRUITT OF MEDORA;
ERNEST PRUITT OF PLAINVIEW; AND C. LOGAN PRUITT OF JERSEY
COUNTY. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE JACOBY BROS FUNERAL
CHAPEL IN THIS CITY SATURDAY, 12 DEC AT TWO O'CLOCK WITH ELDER
T.J. ROADY OF KANE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN THE OAK GROVE
CEMETERY. [Jersey County Democrat 17 Jan 1935]
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH AT TWO
O'CLOCK SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR James Blaine Purcell
OF R.R. 2, JERSEYVILLE. REV. A.A. LEDEBUHR OFFICIATED AND BURIAL
WAS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. VISITATION WAS HELD AT JACOBY BROS
FUNERAL HOME. THE DEATH OF MR. PURCELL OCCURRED AT TWO-FIFTY
O'CLOCK THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL WHERE HE
HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR TEN DAYS. MR. PURCELL, A NATIVE OF
LETCHER COUNTY, KENTUCKY, WAS A SON OF THE LATE MR. AND MRS.
JAMES E. PURCELL. HIS AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH WAS SIXTY-ONE
YEARS, TWO MONTHS, AND NINE DAYS. HE WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER.
SURVIVING HIM ARE HIS WIFE, MRS. MYRTLE PURCELL; FIVE SONS,
JAMES E. OF DOW, JOSEPH A., JOHN E. AND JERRY LEE OF
JERSEYVILLE; AND JEWELL B. OF CARROLLTON; TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS.
CHARLES (DORIS) HACKLEWOOD OF KINGSPORT, TENN., AND MRS. CHARLES
L. (JUDITH) WHITE OF JERSEYVILLE; TEN GRANDCHILDREN; TWO GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN; AND TWO SISTERS, MRS. FLORA GOINS OF KINGSPORT
AND AGNES HILTON OF CLINCHPORT, TENN. [16 Aug 1973]
