Obituaries - Ra-Ri
James Parker Race, 72, DIED AT HIS HOME NOV
14. HE WAS KNOWN TO MANY FRIENDS AS "GUNDY". HE WAS BORN IN
HAMPSHIRE CO, W VIRGINIA, AUG 10, 1854, SON OF AUGUSTUS AND
ELIZABETH (PARKER) RACE. HE LIVED ON FARM NEAR KANE ON THE OLD
RACE HOMESTEAD. SURVIVING ARE 1 SIS, JENNIE RACE. REV O B KINSEY
SERVED AT THE FUNERAL WITH BURIAL IN KANE CEM. [Nov 1926]
Mrs. Kate M. Rainey, 73, WIDOW OF THE LATE
JOHN RAINEY DIED AT HER HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS A DAU OF COL
SAMUEL THOMAS, A PIONEER SETTLER OF GREENE CO, HAVING SETTLED SW
OF THIS CITY NOV, 9, 1818. THE FAMILY WAS THE FIRST OF THE WHITE
SETTLERS NORTH OF MACOUPIN CREEK IN GREENE CO. HE WAS BORN IN
PENDLETON CO, S CAROLINA, SEPT 13, 1794 AND MARRIED ELIZABETH
ISLEY,(BORN IN SULLIVAN CO, TENN, SEPT 2, 1796), JUNE 4, 1816.
WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE ARRIVED AT THEIR LOG CABIN IN GREEN CO FROM
WOOD RIVER IN WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS MADISON CO, JOHN WAS THEIR
ONLY CHILD. HE WAS A MAN OF REMARKABLE ABILITY AND WHILE HE WAS
DEVELOPING THE WILD PRAIRIES, HAD MANY ENCOUNTERS WITH THE
INDIANS, WHO THEN ROAMED THE COUNTRY. A NUMBER OF HIS REALITIES
HAD BEEN SLAIN AT WOOD RIVER BY INDIANS AND HE HAD BECOME
FAMILIAR WITH THE DEPREDATIONS OF THOSE SAVAGES. HE WAS THE
FATHER OF 12 CHILDREN, ALL OF WHOM ARE DEAD EXCEPT MRS MATILDA
CLEMMONS, WIDOW OF THE LATE DR C P CLEMMONS, WHO NOW RESIDES IN
CAL, AND MRS ELIZABETH CLEMMONS, WIDOW OF THE LATE JOHN
CLEMMONS, NOW RESIDING NEAR VIRDEN, IN MACOUPIN CO. SAMUEL
THOMAS BECAME PROMINENT IN GREENE CO AFFAIRS BEFORE HIS DEATH
DEC 22, 1873. MRS KATE THOMAS WAS YOUNGEST OF 12 CHILDREN AND
BORN ON THE OLD HOMESTEAD SW OF CARROLLTON MAY 3, 1838. SHE
MARRIED JOHN RAINEY SEPT 9, 1859. JOHN RAINEY DIED APR 15, 1887,
LEAVING HER AND 3 CHILDREN: HENRY T RAINEY RESIDING ON A FARM SW
OF THIS CITY. SHE HAD RESIDED IN THIS COMMUNITY ALL HER LIFE AND
WAS A MEMBER OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. SHE HAD A GOOD MIND AND
GREAT INTEREST IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. SHE HAD SEEN THE WILD PRAIRIES
OF GREEN CO DEVELOPED INTO OPULENCY, AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW
REMAINING OF THE PIONEER FAMILIES OF GREEN CO. THE FUNERAL WAS
FROM HER HOME ON SEPT 6.
Anna Augusta Randolph, 84, OF RR 2,
JERSEYVILLE WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 9:30 AM FRI, OCT AT HOLY GHOST
CHURCH WITH REV FATHER ROBERT L HEINTZ OFFICIATING. HER DEATH
OCCURRED AT 7:45 PM ON OCT 15 AT REISCH MEM HOME, CARROLLTON.
INTERMENT WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEM. VISITATION HRS WILL BE HELD
AFTER 4 PM TODAY, OCT 17. AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville, WHERE THE ROSARY WILL BE RECITED AT PM. SHE WAS
BORN APR 23, 1890 IN JERSEYVILLE THE DAU OF PETER & WILHEMNIA
(FLAMM) STECKLE. HER HUSBAND WAS THE LATE THOMAS WATSON
RANDOLPH. MRS RANDOLPH IS SURVIVED BY 1 DAU, MRS MAURICE (RUTH)
DAHMUS OF ONAMIA, MINN; 4 SONS, PRESTON, THOMAS, AND JOHN OF
JERSEYVILLE AND WILLIAM OF CARROLLTON; 21 GRANDCHILDREN;
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, PETER STECKEL OF JERSEYVILLE AND 2 SIS,
MINNIE STECKEL OF CARROLLTON AND MRS GEORGE HORN OF JERSEYVILLE.
HER PARENTS, HUSBAND, BROTHERS, SISTERS AND 1 GRANDSON PRECEDED
HER IN DEATH.
Lewis Randolph, 83, DIED AT HIS HOME NEAR DELHI
ON SAT, OCT 8, 1892. HE WAS THE SON OF PETER & HARRIET F
RANDOLPH, AND WAS BORN IN BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET CO, NJ. HE
WAS A BLACKSMITH BY TRADE, LOUIS (LEWIS?) WORKED ON HIS FATHER'S
FARM. HE MARRIED MARY ANN (COMPTON) RANDOLPH ON MAY 24, 1828.
SHE WAS THE DAU OF MOORE & MAY (ANDERSON) COMPTON, BORN MARCH
28, 1810. IN 1837, HE, HIS WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN AND ELIZABETH
COMPTON, SISTER OF HIS WIFE, (NOW MRS JK STELLE). BRYANT CROSS,
JACOB K STELLE, ISAAC GOLTRA NOW DR GOLTRA OF SPRINGFIELD, ILL,
STEPHEN SUTTON AND JAMES T HARRIS, STARTED ON THE LONG JOURNEY
WEST, TRAVELING IN WAGONS. SOME OF THE TRIP WAS PLEASANT BUT IN
ILLINOIS THEY HAD TO TRAVEL OVER NEW CUT ROAD. ON NOV 21, THEY
CAME TO JACKSONVILLE, ILL. MR RANDOLPH (SEKECTED??) THE PLACE
WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH, ON PART OF THE 13th SEC OF TWSP
7, RANGE 11, THEN A PART OF GREENE CO. HE WAS SCHOOL TREASURER,
DIRECTOR OF FARMERS INS CO. HE LEAVES HIS WIFE AND 5 CHILDREN.
Thomas Watson Randolph, 69 YRS, 8 MO, 22
DYS, WELL KNOWN RETIRED FARMER DIED FRI PM DEC 7, 1962, AT JERSEY
COM HOSP, WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR 5 DAYS. HE HAD BEEN IN
FAILING HEALTH FOR SOME TIME. FRIENDS CALLED AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville, WHERE THE ROSARY WAS RECITED SUN
EVE. FINAL RITES WERE HELD MON AT 9:30 AM AT CHURCH OF THE HOLY
GHOST. REQUIEM MASS WAS CELEBRATED BY REV CORNELIUS HORN OF
DALTON CITY, NEPHEW OF THE DECEDENT ASSISTED BY THE PASTOR,
FATHER P P HEINLEIN. INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. THE RETIRED
JERSEY CO FARMER WAS THE SON OF THE LATE PRESTON & ADDIE
(WATSON) RANDOLPH AND WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO ON MARCH 15, 1893.
HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFETIME IN JERSEY CO. MR RANDOLPH IS
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MRS ANNA AUGUSTA (STECKEL) RANDOLPH; 4
SONS, PRESTON, THOMAS AND JOHN RANDOLPH OF JERSEYVILLE AND
WILLIAM RANDOLPH OF CARROLLTON; 1 DAU, MRS MAURICE (RUTH) DAHMUS
OF PERU, NEB; 18 GRANDCHILDREN; 1 G-GRANDCHILD; AND 1 SIS, MRS
THOMAS J BROWN OF BRADENTON, FL. 1 GRANDSON JAMES RANDOLPH,
PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
Lou Ella Range, 101, OF JERSEYVILLE WHO
REPRESENTED THE 6th GENERATION OF HER FAMILY. HER DEATH OCCURRED
AT 10:17 PM, JAN 12 AT GARNET'S CHATEAU. REV VICTOR DeSHEA
OFFICIATED AT THE RITES AND INTERMENT WAS IN RIVER CEM. SHE WAS
BORN JULY 2, 1871 IN GREENE COUNTY, A DAU OF WILLIAM & CHALCY
(PITTMAN) HAND. MRS RANGE HAD LIVED IN JERSEYVILLE SINCE 1960
WHEN SHE MOVED HERE FROM GREENFIELD. HER SURVIVORS RE 3 DAU, MRS
MAE MILLER OF EDWARDSVILLE, MRS EVERETT (INA) FRY AND MISS
LIZZIE RANGE OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 SON, LEE RANGE OF VIRDEN; 15
GRANDCHILDREN; 35 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; 51 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN AND
3 G-G-G-GRANDCHILDREN. 2 CHILDREN PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
Rosa Rastello, 89, DIED SAT, SEPT 6, AT 10:30
AM AT THE HOME OF HER GRANDDAUGHTER, MRS ROSIE SCHMIEDER, ON
NORTH JEFFERSON ST, WITH WHOM SHE HAD MADE HER HOME FOR THE PAST
3 YRS. HER DEATH FOLLOWED AN ILLNESS OF 15 MO DURATION. SHE WAS
BORN IN ITALY ON MARCH 15, 1863, AND HAD RESIDED IN THE US FOR
THE PAST 31 YRS. SHE WAS A DAU OF THE LATE DOMINIC & MALDALENA
(SANDRETTO) ORSO. MRS RASTELLO IS SURVIVED BY 1 SON, ADOLPH
RASTELLO OF HARDIN; 1 DAU, MRS JOHN ORSO OF BENLD, 1 ADOPTED
DAU, MRS B J LAURENTI OF COLLINSVILLE; 7 GRANDCHILDREN, MRS
ROSIE SCHMIEDER OF JERSEYVILLE, MRS NEIL CARRICO OF CARROLLTON,
JOSEPH ORSO OF BLUE ISLAND, CATHERINE, VIOLA, JIMMIE AND JOHNNIE
LAURENTI OF COLLINSVILLE. SHE ALSO LEAVES 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN. MRS
RASTELLO WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, JOHN RASTELLO,
HER PARENTS, 4 BRO AND 1 SIS. FRIENDS CALLED AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD TUES,
SEPT 9, AT 10 AM AT HOLY GHOST CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE. REQUIEM
MASS WAS CELEBRATED BY REV FATHER P P HEINLEIN. FOLLOWING THE
RITES HERE THE BODY WAS MOVED TO THE HERR FUNERAL HOME IN
COLLINSVILLE WHERE FRIENDS CALLED UNTIL WED AFT. SERVICES ERE
HELD THEE AT 2 PM AND BURIAL WAS IN ST JOHN CEM IN COLLINSVILLE.
[1952]
August H. Rawe, 80, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED APR
17, 1988, AT GARNET'S CHATEAU IN JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS BORN MAY
15, 1907, IN CARROLLTON TO THE LATE HERMAN & MARY (HEMMON) RAWE.
HE MARRIED ROSE BAUMANN ON AUG 2, 1949, IN HARDIN. HE SERVED IN
THE ARMY DURING WW II AND EARNED A PURPLE HEART. HE WORKED IN
MAINTENANCE FOR 19 YRS AT OWEN-ILLINOIS AND RETIRED IN 1972. HE
WAS A MEMBER OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE, KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS NO 1996 IN CARROLLTON, MOOSE LODGE, AMERICAN LEGION
AND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, ROSE,
OF JERSEYVILLE 1 SON, DENIS RAWE OF ARCOLA; 1 DAU PHYLLIS HARLAN
OF EAST ALTON; 1 SIS ANN RAWE OF CARROLLTON; 1 BRO HENRY RAWE OF
CARROLLTON; AND HALF BRO BERNARD RAWE OF CARROLLTON. HE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, INFANT SON, SIS, FRANCES
BRINKER AND BRO WILLIAM RAWE. THE FUNERAL WAS APR 19 AT ST
FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE WITH REV HENRY SCHMIDT
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST JOHN CEM IN CARROLLTON. A MEMORIAL
HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ST FRANCIS CHURCH.
Charles Lambert “Pat" Redd, 77, DIED SAT FEB
1, 1986 IN SCHAPERS HOSP. SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FEB 5 AT THE
ALL FAITHS CHAPEL AT ILLINOIS VETERANS HOME. BORN IN GRAFTON, A
SON OF LATE CHARLES L & ALICE (DOYLE) REDD. HE WAS A SILVER
MEDALIST IN THE BROAD JUMP AT THE 1932 OLYMPICS IN LOS ANGELES,
CA. HIS CAREER INCLUDED SERVING AS A COLLEGE TRACK COACH, AND A
LENGTHY STINT IN THE AIR FORCE, WHERE HE ATTAINED THE RANK OF LT
COLONEL. LATER HE WAS EMPLOYED 17 YRS IN THE PHYSICAL MEDICINE
DEPT OF OWENS-ILL GLASS CO. SURVIVING ARE 2 SONS, CHRIS R OF ST
LOUIS AND MICHAEL OF CLEVELAND, OH, 1 DAU ANN DAWDY OF WHITE
HALL; 1 BRO, JOHN OF GODFREY; 1 SIS, ADA RICHEY OF GRAFTON.
BURIAL IN SUNSET CEM. BAUER HAEAGY FUNERAL HOME WAS IN CHARGE OF
ARRANGEMENTS.
Hanna Reddish, 77, WIFE OF JACOB REDDISH,
DIED AT HER HOME IN FIELDON MAY 21, 1909. FUNERAL AT C P CHURCH,
REV W W ROADS AND I D CRAWFORD OF KANE OFFICIATING. SHE WAS BORN
JULY 23, 1846, IN HAMILTON CO, OH, NEAR CINCINNATI. SHE AND HER
PARENTS, MR & MRS THOMAS WEEKS, CAME TO ILL IN 1844 AND SETTLED
TN THE WESTERN PART OF JERSEY CO. A FEW MONTHS AFTER THEIR
ARRIVAL, THE FATHER DIED. IN 1846, SHE MARRIED JACOB REDDISH.
SURVIVORS AND 2 DAU, MRS HENRY HARMON OF ENGLISH TWSP, MRS
CHARLES H KIRBY; 1 SON, ZEDDOCK REDDISH OF RICHWOOD TWSP; 14
GRANDCHILDREN, 10 G-GRANDCHILDREN, AND 2 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN. 9 OF
THEIR CHILDREN PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
Jacob Reddish, 85, BORN IN GRAYSON CO, KY
SEPT 10, 1824, AND CAME TO ILL IN 1828 AND SETTLED IN MADISON
CO. HE WAS DRIVEN OUT OF WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS GRANITE CITY BY
THE HIGH WATER OF 1844. HAVING LOST EVERYTHING HE CAME TO JERSEY
CO PENNILESS AND SETTLED ON WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE BARTON
MORRISON FARM IN RICHWOODS TWSP. HE LIVED THERE FOR 10 YRS, THEN
MOVED TO WHAT IS KNOW AS THE REDDISH HOMESTEAD NEAR REDDISH
SCHOOL. IN 1875 HE BUILT THE HOME WHERE HE DIED IN FIELDON. ON
MA1, 1846, HE MARRIED HANNA (WEEKS) REDDISH OF OHIO WHO
SURVIVES. 12 CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THEM, 6 SON & 6 DAU. 9 DIED
IN INFANCY. THREE SURVIVE: MARY, WIFE OF HENRY C HARMON, NANNIE,
WIFE OF CHARLES H KIRBY, AND ZEDDOCK REDDISH, ALL LIVING IN
RICHWOOD TWSP; 14 GRANDCHILDREN; 10G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2
G-G-GRANDCHILDREN. "UNCLE JAKE" WAS YOUNGEST OF 8 CHILDREN. THEY
WERE BENJAMIN, STEPHEN, JOHN, ZEDDOCK, JACKSON, LETTIE, WIFE OF
THE LATE GEORGE MEYERS OF CARROLLTON, TX, AND ELIZABETH, WIFE OF
THE LATE LEWIS ELLIOT OF KEMPER, IL. THE REDDISH FAMILY IS OF
IRISH STOCK, SETTLING IN VA, FROM THERE CAME WEST INTO KY, THEN
INTO ILL. ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, WHEN HE WAS A
SMALL BOY HE WENT TO MAKE HIS HOME WITH HIS OLDER BROS, STEPHEN
AND ZEDDOCK. HE DID NOT RECEIVE A FULL MEASURE OF BOOK
EDUCATION. HOWEVER HE POSSESSED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHICH
WINNERS ARE MADE. HE SECURED HIS FINANCIAL START IN LIFE BY
PLANTING POPCORN IN THE RAIL FENCE CORNERS ON HIS BROTHER'S
FARM. WHEN A FEW YRS OLDER HE CUT CORDWOOD AND PLACED IT ON THE
BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR 50 CENTS A DAY. FROM THIS
SMALL BEGINNING HE AMASSED ONE OF THE LARGEST FORTUNES IN JERSEY
CO. ONE OF THE PIONEER CITIZENS OF THE CO, HIS HOSPITALITY KNEW
NO BOUNDS. HIS FUNERAL WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER HELD IN
JERSEY CO. THE CROWD CONSUMED 30 MIN IN PASSING BY FOR A FINAL
VIEW OF THE REMAINS. THE SERVICES WERE TO HAVE BEEN HELD SUN
AFT, MAY 9, BUT WERE POSTPONED ON ACCOUNT OF A RAIN STORM, UNTIL
MON. MR REDDISH HAVING MADE A SPECIAL REQUEST NOT TO BE BURIED
IN A STORM. SERVICES BY REV I D CRAWFORD OF KANE. PALL BEARERS:
SH BOWMAN, ELIAS COCKRELL, ROBERT NEWTON, GEORGE W WARE, J N
BEATY, WH H WEST, SR, OF JERSEYVILLE AND FRED HEITZIG AND FRED
LOELLKE OF FIELDON. CP CHURCH IN FIELDON. BURIAL IN REDDISH
FAMILY CEM NEAR FIELDON IN A BURGLAR PROOF VAULT, SET ON A 7
INCH CONCRETE FOUNDATION, AROUND THE VAULT ARE 6 INCH WALLS OF
CONCRETE AND THE TOP IS SEALED WITH 7 INCHES OF CONCRETE, THUS
MAKING THE VAULT BOTH BURGLAR PROOF AND WATER TIGHT.
Clyde A. Reed, 69, DIED AT HIS HOME IN NUTWOOD
AT 4:30 PM SAT. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT 2 PM SUN AFT,
MARCH 25, AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV CARL COOK
OF ALTON OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN CARROLLTON CEM. VISITATION
WAS HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME 4-9 PM AND MASONIC SERVICES WERE
HELD AT 8 PM BY FRANKLIN MASONIC LODGE OF ALTON. HE WAS BORN IN
ROSEDALE TWSP, FEB 21-1904, A SON OF THE LATE ERNEST & FANNIE
(THOMPSON) REED. MR REED WAS RETIRED FROM INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO,
TANNERY DIV IN HARTFORD, WHERE HE OPERATED A SHAVING MACHINE. HE
WAS ALSO A RETIRED CUSTODIAN OF ALTON SCHOOL DIST NO 11. HIS
SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, EDNA (KOHNTOPP) REED; 1 STEP DAU, MRS
FURNLEY PHILLIPS OF KANKAKEE; 1 BRO, RAYMOND PHILLIPS OF
EDWARDSVILLE; 1 SIS, MRS THELMA HILL OF BETHALTO; AND 3
GRANDCHILDREN. HE HELD A LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOOSE LODGE AT
WOOD RIVER. [1973]
Edna M. Reed, 69, DIED MARCH 16, AT ALTON MEM
HOSP. FINAL RITES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM MARCH 19 FROM Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville WITH BURIAL IN CARROLLTON CEM. SHE
WAS BORN APR 13, 1906 IN ILL, A DAU OF FRANK & DELLA (CUMMINGS)
KOHNTOPP. MRS REED WAS A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN OF THE MOOSE. HER
SURVIVORS ARE 1 SIS, MARGARET ESSEL BORN OF RR1 FIELDON; 2 BRO,
HAROLD SHOWERS OF RR 1 FIELDON AND KENNETH KOHNTOPP OF E ALTON.
HER HUSBAND, CLYDE REED, AND 1 DAU PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT GUBSER FUNERAL HOME AFTER 4 PM THURS.
Memorials may be given to AMERICAN CANCER SOC. [1976]
Robert L. Reese, 73, OF RR 4, DIED AT 12:05 PM
MON AT HIS HOME FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. UNTIL RETIRING IN
1969, HE WAS A POSTAL CARRIER IN JERSEYVILLE FOR 27 YRS, AND WAS
A WW II NAVY VETERAN. PAST DIST COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
AND PAST COMMANDER OF POST 492, HE WAS ALSO A FORMER JERSEY CO
CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR. BORN IN SMITH CENTER, KAN, A SON OF THE
LATE MILAR & SOPHIE (LOTT) REESE, HE MARRIED NORMA (DOWNEY)
REESE ON MAR 1, 1935, IN JERSEY CO. IN ADDITION TO HIS WIFE,
SURVIVING ARE 2 SONS, PHILLIP AND ROBERT C BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE;
1 DAU, ROSEMARY TEPEN OF CARROLLTON; 8 GRANDCHILDREN; 1
G-GRANDCHILD; 1 BRO, EDWARD OF CARLINVILLE; AND 2 SIS, FLORENCE
WHITLOW OF CARLINVILLE AND MARIAN PARK OF SPRINGFIELD. THERE
WILL BE NO VISITATION. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10 AM WED AT
Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV SIMON A SIMON WILL
OFFICIATE, WITH BURIAL IN OAK GROVE. Memorials may be given to
AMERICAN CANCER SOC. OR CHARITY OF ONE'S CHOICE. [1982]
Bertha Rehr, 88 YRS, 9 MO, 3 DAYS, LONGTIME
RESIDENT OF DOW AREA, DIED AT 8:20 PM JAN 1 AT THE WHITE HALL
HOSP, WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A PATIENT 1 DAY. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD AT 2 PM SAT AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV
CECIL PENN OF DOW OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN EAST NEWBERN
CEM. MRS REHER, A DAU OF THE LATE JACOB & MARTHA (BAKER) JOKERS,
WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO. SHE HAD BEEN LIVING AT HILLTOP NURSING
HOME AT WHITE HALL FOR 2 YRS. HER SURVIVORS ARE 1 SON FRANCIS
DREHER, OF DOW, AND 1 BRO, CHARLES JOKERS OF DOW. [1969]
Miss Dovie C. Reno, 27, DIED AT THE HOME OF
HER PARENTS, MR & MRS WM C RENO, 108 CARPENTER ST JERSEYVILLE.
PRIVATE SERVICES WERE HELD AT HER HOME, REV F O WILSON
OFFICIATING AND BURIAL IN KANE CEM. [Nov 1918]
Edna Lillie Reno, 83, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED
AT 10:50 AM TUES IN ST JOSEPH HOSP. HER HUSBAND EDGAR PRECEDED
HER IN DEATH. SURVIVING ARE 1 SON PHILLIP JAMES RENO SR, OF
JERSEYVILLE; 2 DAU, MRS EVERETT (MABEL) DUNSING OF JERSEYVILLE
AND MRS MARY SCHRIEBER OF ROODHOUSE; 12 GRANDCHILDREN; 16
G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 SIS, MRS LUCILLE COX AND MRS RUTH VOYLES,
BOTH OF WHITE HALL. FRIENDS MAY CALL AFTER 4 PM THURS AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED
AT THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, AT 2 PM, FRI, THE BODY WILL BE
MOVED THERE AFTER NOON FRI. REV EDWIN L RETTER, PASTOR OF
NAZARENE CHURCH WILL OFFICIATE AND BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK GROVE
CEM. [May 1975]
George Reno, 85, DIED AT THE HOME OF GEORGE
B WHITLOCK HOME EAST OF KANE ON NOV 16, FUNERAL WAS HELD FROM
HOME. REV T J ROADY OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN WHITLOCK CEM.
[Nov 1919]
Grace Reno, 74 YRS, 9 MO, 1 DAY, DIED TUES
JAN 29, 3:40 AT ST ELIZABETH HOSP IN BELLEVILLE FOLLOWING A
SHORT ILLNESS. MRS RENO WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE SHELTON & OLIVE
(LIPSCOMB) TOMPKINS AND WAS BORN NEAR KANE OF APR 28, 1877. SHE
WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED 1 YR
AGO, 3 BRO, CHARLES T BENJ G, AND LYNN TOMPKINS AND 1 SIS MRS
LULU WILLIAMS. MRS RENO IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAU, MRS CHARLES TAYLOR
OF BELLEVILLE AND MRS DONALD TERRY OF OTTERVILLE, 4
GRANDCHILDREN. THE DECEDENT HAD LIVED IN THE KANE VICINITY ALL
OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF KANE METHODIST CHURCH. FUNERAL
RITES WILL BE HELD AT KANE METHODIST CHURCH AT 2 PM FRI FEB 1,
WITH REV C L PETERSON OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE IN KANE
CEM. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. [1952]
Hazel D. Reno, 95, FORMERLY OF KANE AND
RECENT RESIDENT OF GARNET CHATEAU, DIED APR 21, AT 9:16 AM AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP. SHE WAS BORN JULY 10, 1887 IN GREENE CO, DAU
OF THE LATE HUGH & DELIA (FELTER) WAYMAN. HER HUSBAND, CHARLIE
RENO, DIED APR 2, 192. SHE HAD RESIDED IN ALTON FOR 25 YRS. SHE IS
SURVIVED BY 1 DAU CADRMEN WILLIAMS OF ALTON, NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 3 BRO AND 1 SIS. Memorials may be
given to KANE METHODIST CHURCH.
Louise Jane Reno, 76 YRS, 8 M0, 18 DAYS,
WIFE OF HARRY W RENO OF KANE, DIED AT 2 AM SUN, OCT 3, AT BOYD MEM
HOSP IN CARROLLTON WHERE SHE HAD BEEN MOVED FOR TREATMENT 9 DAYS
EARLIER. MRS RENO WAS A DAU OF THE LATE MR & MRS THOMAS STONE
AND WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO, JAN 15,1878. IN ADDITION TO HER
HUSBAND, MRS RENO IS SURVIVED BY 1 BRO, DANIEL STONE OF HAMPTON,
IA; 1 SIS, MRS DORA THEIL OF ALTON, NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FRIENDS
CALLED AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES
WERE HELD AT KANE BAPTIST CHURCH, TUES, OCT 5, AT 2PM. REV L E
MUSTAIN OF ROXANA AND REV CARL BALDRIDGE OF KANE OFFICIATED;
INTERMENT IN KANE CEM. [1954]
Phillip James Reno, 71, DIED AT 4:56 AM TUES
FEB 14, AT HIS RESIDENCE. RENO SERVED IN THE US ARMY DURING WW
II AND WAS FORMERLY A CUSTODIAN FOR TRI CITY GROC IN
JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS BORN IN GREENFIELD, SON OF THE LATE EDGAR &
EDNA (DORKES) RENO. ON SEPT 19, 1945, IN JERSEYVILLE HE MARRIED
ELLEN (DUNSING) RENO. SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 3 SONS,
EDGAR AND PHILLIP RENO JR, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE, AND CHARLES RENO
OF KANE; 5 GRAND CHILDREN; 2 SIS, MABLE DUNSING OF JERSEYVILLE
AND MARY SCHRICHER OF VIRGINIA, IL. PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH WERE
1 DAU, PHYLLIS RENO; 1 BRO AND 1 SIS. VISITATION IS NOON-2PM
THURS AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. GRAVESIDE
SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM THURS AT OAK GROVE CEM. REV
RICHARD GEORGE WILL OFFICIATE. MILITARY RITES WILL BE CONDUCTED
BY JERSEYVILLE AMERICAN LEGION AND VFW POST 492. [1989]
Charlotte L. Repince, 68, OF HUMBERT RE,
GODFREY, DIED DEC 16 AT 8:06 AM AT ALTON MEM HOSP. SERVICES WERE
CONDUCTED FRI AM AT MARKS MORTUARY, WOOD RIVER, WITH BURIAL IN
THE WANDA CEM. BORN IN ALTON, SHE WAS A DAU OF THE LATE CHARLES
& BERTHA (PEIPERT) SMITH. HER SURVIVORS ARE HER HUSBAND, TONY
REPINCE; 3 SIS, DOROTHY HERRING OF CARROLLTON AND LUCILLE
ROVINSON AND VIRGINIA GABRIAL OF NILES, MI; 3 BRO, EVERETT SMITH
OF PLAINVIEW, CHARLES SMITH OF JERSEYVILLE AND HARRY SMITH OF
ELDRED. [Dec 1981]
Vivian Retherford, 81, OF KANE, DIED JUNE 4
AT JERSEY COMM HOSP IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS BORN DEC 12, 1903,
IN KANE TO THE LATE CHARLES & JENNETTIE (RENO) FERGUSON. SHE
MARRIED EARL A RETHERFORD ON NOV 26, 1924, IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE
WAS A MEMBER OF KANE BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER
HUSBAND; 3 DAU , PAULINE DRINNING OF OXFORD, CA, DOROTHY SCHMITZ
OF BURBANK, CA, AND SHIRLEY JUNE CLOW OF BETHALTO; 1 SON EARL
FREDERICK RETHERFORD OF FERGUSON, MO; 2 SIS, LUCILLE REYNOLDS
AND ADELINE WHEELER, BOTH OF KANE; 1 BRO, EVERETT FERGUSON OF
KANE 13 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 14 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
Martha A. Rettinghaus, 82, OF JERSEYVILLE
DIED AT 2:39 PM JAN 27, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. BORN NOV 17, 1902
IN MACOUPIN CO, SHE WAS A DAU OF THE LATE LOUIS HENRY & ANNA
(GILBERT) PRICE. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH. SHE MARRIED ROLLIE RETTINGHAUS FEB 4, 1921, HE DIED JAN
20, 1960. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 SON, LAVERN, IN
1950,; 3 SIS, AND 4 BRO. HER SURVIVORS INCLUDE 3 DAU, ELIZABETH
MOODY OF FAIRDEALING, MO, DARLENE HAYES, MANCHESTER, MO AND
BETTY BARRON, MOBERLY, MO; 1 SON, LOUIS H RETTINGHAUS,
GREENLEAF, KANSAS; 19 GRANDCHILDREN; 10 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2
G-G-GRANDCHILDREN. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 5 SIS, THELMA PHILLIPS,
TENNYSON, IN, MARIE ZIEGLER, HARTFORD, LUCILLE GRAND AND SARAH
MALIN, WHITEHALL AND KATHERINE McCASLAND, JERSEYVILLE; 2 BRO,
CALVIN PRICE KEMPTON, IL AND JOHN PRICE OF HILLVIEW. THE FUNERAL
WAS CONDUCTED AT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH WED WITH REV R E GEORGE
OFFICIATING. BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM. Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville WAS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
August John Reynolds, 51 YRS, 2 MO, 9 DAYS,
OF RR 1 JERSEYVILLE, WAS FOUND DEAD EARLY SUN AM BY TWO OF HIS
NEIGHBORS, GENE WILLARD AND DELBERT BURCH WHO WERE ASSISTING IN
A SEARCH FOR HIM BEGUN WHEN HE FAILED TO RETURN HOME FROM A COON
HUNTING TRIP. HE WAS DOA AT THE SCENE AT 9:50 BY DEPUTY CORONER
JERRY MARTIN. AN INQUEST WILL BE HELD LATER BY CORONER RODNEY
JACOBY WHO REPORTS THAT DEATH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE RESULTED FROM
NATURAL CAUSES. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR REYNOLDS WERE HELD AT 2
PM TUES, AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV
CARLTON CHRISTENSON OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
MASONIC SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME AT 8 PM MON. MR
REYNOLDS, A SON OF THE LATE CHARLES S & ROSE (DAY) REYNOLDS, WAS
BORN IN JERSEY CO. HE WAS A VETERAN OF WW II AND WAS EMPLOYED AS
AN AIR TOOL MAINTAINER BY McDONNELL-DOUGLAS CO. SURVIVING ARE
HIS WIFE, WANDA (BALCOM) REYNOLDS; 3 SONS, MICHAEL REYNOLDS OF
JERSEYVILLE, AND DENNIS AND PATRICK REYNOLDS, AT HOME; 2
GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, CHARLES REYNOLDS OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 6
SIS, MRS BONNIE PERDUN OF KANE, MRS MOLLIE EDWARDS OF OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK, MRS ROSA LATICH OF STATEN ISLAND, NY, MRS ELSIE
BRUEGGEMANN OF ST LOUIS, MRS SARAH ROEWE AND MRS MARY
BRUEGGEMANN OF JERSEYVILLE. [Nov 1968]
Charles Edwin Reynolds, 79, D AT 4:25 FEB 20, 1991, AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP. HE WAS A RETIRED FARMER IN JERSEY CO AREA. BORN IN JERSEY
CO, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CHARLES SAMUEL & ROSE (DAY) REYNOLDS. ON FEB
3, 1937, IN GREENE CO, HE MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH (SMITH) REYNOLDS. SURVIVING
ARE HIS WIFE; 1 DAU, JEAN CARROLL OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 SONS, ROGER A REYNOLDS
OF JERSEYVILLE AND SAMUEL L REYNOLDS OF KANE; 6 GRANDCHILDREN; 2
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 4 SIS, MOLLIE EDWARDS OF OKLAHOMA, ELSIE BRUEGGEMAN OF ST
LOUIS, AND SARANH ROEWE BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE. 1 BRO AND 3 SIS PRECEDED HIM IN
DEATH. VISITATION IS FROM 4-9 PM THURS AT JACOBY-SCHROEDER FUNERAL HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE, WHERE SERVICES ARE AT 2 PM FRI. REV EARL CLAGG WILL OFFICIATE.
BURIAL IS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
Clyde Reynolds, 76, DIED AT 9:15 PM TUES, JAN
26, 1988, AT HIS HOME. A WW II US ARMY VETERAN, REYNOLDS WORKED
FOR THE MAINTENANCE DEPT OF JERSEY COMM SCHOOL DIST 100 UNTIL
RETIRING IN 1972. HE WAS BORN IN CARROLLTON, SON OF THE LATE
JESSE C & IDA (DRUMH) REYNOLDS. ON JUNE 1, 1932, HE MARRIED
GRACE (BALLARD) REYNOLDS IN CARROLLTON AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO
SURVIVING, IS 1 SISTER, CHRISTINA SHORTAL OF JERSEYVILLE.
VISITATION WILL BE 4-9 PM THURS AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM, FRI BY REV
CHARLES EPPERLY. AT OAK GROVE CEM IN JERSEYVILLE, MILITARY
GRAVESIDE RITES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY JERSEYVILLE AMERICAN LEGION
POST 492 WITH BURIAL TO FOLLOW. Memorials may be given to
JERSEYVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Gilbert James Reynolds, 68, OF 702 BAXTER,
JERSEYVILLE DIED AT 12:25 AM JUNE 17 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SERVICES
WERE CONDUCTED THURS AFT AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM WITH REV L E HUTCHINSON
OFFICIATING. BORN APR 5, 1912 IN GREENE CO, HE WAS A SON OF
CHARLES & SADIE (THURSTON) REYNOLDS. REYNOLDS WORKED IN
CONSTRUCTION ANS WAS A WW II VETERAN. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS
MOTHER, SADIE REYNOLDS, COTTAGE HILLS; 5 DAU, CAROL SWAIN,
DORCHESTER, ENGLAND, NANCY NEVILLE, MARNE, MI, BARBRA LEHR,
PHYLLIS MEUER AND NOVE KRUIS ALL OF GRAND RAPIDS MI; 5 BRO,
RAYMOND OF COTTAGE HILLS, JOHN BILL AND EDGAR, ALL OF
JERSEYVILLE AND MELVIN OF ALTON; 3 SIS, IRENE TENNISON AND MARY
GILLIAN OF COTTAGE HILLS AND IDA BELLE WIHLHEIMY ?,
EDWARDSVILLE; 11 GRANDCHILDREN. HIS FATHER AND 2 BRO PRECEDED
HIM IN DEATH. MILITARY GRAVESIDE SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY THE
VFW AND AMERICAN LEGION.
Gladys Racine Reynolds, 85, WHO HAS RESIDED
AT GARNET CHATEAU FOR THE PAST 5 YRS, DIED AT 3:25 AM OCT 12 AT
GARNET CHATEAU. SHE WAS BORN JULY 31, 1894, IN KANE, THE DAU OF
JOHN & LAURA (GILLEAND) REYNOLDS. SHE WAS A RETIRED SCHOOL
TEACHER. SURVIVORS ARE NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN
DEATH BY HER PARENTS AND 11 BRO AND SIS. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD AT 2 PM OCT 14 AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV GAROLD COORPER OF KANE BAPTIST CHURCH
OFFICIATED. BURIAL IN KANE CEM.
Ida L. Reynolds, 93, 703 SHORT ST,
JERSEYVILLE DIED AT 9:25 PM JAN 22 AT GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME,
WHERE SHE HAD RESIDED FOR A YR. SHE WAS BORN OCT 4, 1890 IN
CARROLLTON, DAU OF THE LATE CHARLES & SOPHIA (RITTER) DRUMH. HER
HUSBAND, JESS C REYNOLDS, DIED NOV 8, 1963. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 1
SON, CLYDE REYNOLDS; AND 1 DAU, CHRISTINA SHORTAL OF
JERSEYVILLE; 4 GRANDCHILDREN; 11 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 6
G-G-GRANDCHILDREN. 1 BRO AND 7 SISTERS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM. JAN 25 AT Gubser Funeral
Home in Jerseyville WITH JAMES PEPPER OFFICIATING. VISITATION
WILL BE HELD FROM 4-9 PM TUES AT THE FUNERAL HOME. Memorials may
be given to THE HEART FUND. [1984]
Mrs. Ramona E. Reynolds, daughter of the late James and
Maud Davis Irwin, died Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. in Boyd Memorial hospital in
Carrollton. She was born Oct. 18, 1893 in Kane and on Dec. 20, 1920 was
married to Culver Reynolds who survives. A brother, Lacey D. Irwin preceded
Mrs. Reynolds in death in 1952.
Mrs. Reynolds was a member of the Methodist Church, Order of the Eastern
Star, Royal Neighbors of America, and the American Legion Auxiliary.
The body is at Mehl Funeral Home in Carrollton. Funeral rites will be
conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Kane Methodist Church by the Rev. C.L.
Peterson. Burial will be in Kane cemetery.
Source: From the Alton Evening Telegraph, Thursday, October 8, 1953, Page
48, Column 1, Kane
Contributed 28 Aug 2016 by Bob Drennan
Sadie Mae Reynolds, 90, OF COTTAGE HILLS
DIED AT 3 AM JUNE 27 AT WOOD RIVER HOSP. FUNERAL FROM Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville, SUN AFT WITH REV GORDON DEAN COX
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CARTER CEM. SHE WAS BORN OCT 10, 1889
IN GREENE CO. HER HUSBAND, CHARLES, DIED SEPT 8, 1966. MRS REYNOLDS
WAS A MEMBER OF THE VFW AUX. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 5 SONS, RAYMOND
OF COTTAGE HILLS AND JOHN BILL AND EDGAR [remainder unavailable]
Andrew William Rhoades, 68, A FARMER OF THE
BETHANY VICINITY, DIED DEC 25, 1959, AT 4:30 AM AT METHODIST
HOSP IN MEMPHIS, TN. MR AND MRS RHOADES WERE HOLIDAY GUESTS IN
THE HOME OF THEIR SUN-IN-LAW AND DAU, CHAPLAIN AND MRS RAYMOND
LILES, IN MEMPHIS WHEN HE WAS STRICKEN WITH A HEART ATTACK.
FINAL RITES WERE HELD AT BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH, MON AFT, DEC
28, AT 2PM WITH REV ALBERT MONROE OF WHITEHALL AND RV J DALLAS
WALLACE OF JERSEYVILLE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN KANE CEM.
PRIOR TO THE FINAL RITES FRIENDS CALLED AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. MR RHOADES WAS A SON OF THE LATE
ANDREW & LILLIE (HAND) AND WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO ON NOV 26,
1891. MR RHOADES WAS A DEACON IN BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH AND
SERVED FOR MORE THAN 30 YRS AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BETHANY SUNDAY
SCHOOL. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, ROSE (BARRY) RHOADES; 1 DAU, MRS
RAYMOND LILES, AND 1 GRANDSON, PADDY LILES, BOTH OF MEMPHIS
TENN; AND 2 SIS, MRS HAROLD HAND OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS LEE
SHANKS OF KANE. 1 DAU, LUCILLE, DIED IN INFANCY.
Henry Orville “Bill” Rhoades, 42 YRS, 9 MO,
AND 16 DAYS, OF 618 CLEVELAND ST IN JERSEYVILLE WAS FOUND DEAD
IN HIS CAR NEAR HIS HOME AT 5:40 PM FRI NOV 6. HE HAD BEEN IN
ILL HEALTH FOR 6 MO. THE DECEASED WAS THE SON OF THE LATE ANDREW
A & LILLIE (HAND) RHOADES, AND WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO, JAN 29,
1911. HE HAD BEEN ENGAGED IN FARMING. MR RHOADES IS SURVIVED BY
HIS WIFE, EVA (BOOMER) RHOADES; 1 DAU, JANET RHOADES OF
JERSEYVILLE; 1 BRO, ANDREW W RHOADES OF KANE AND 2 SIS, MRS LEE
SHANDS AND MRS HAROLD HAND OF KANE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
JERSEYVILLE LODGE, AF & AM. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT 3:30
PM SUN, NOV 8, AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
REV F W SCHWARZLOSE, PASTOR OF FIRST METHODIST CHURCH,
OFFICIATED. INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
Andrew Jackson Rice, 93, DIED AT HOME ON W
PEARL ST. FUNERAL WAS FROM HOME, REV CARSON OFFICIATING AND
BURIAL WAS IN LAX CEM. HE WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, MARCH 27, 1832
SON OF WM & CYNTHIA (WOOD) RICE, NATIVES OF KY. HE BECAME A
BLACKSMITH. IN 1860 HE PURCHASED LAND IN ENGLISH TWSP. SEPT 23,
1858, HE MARRIED MARY E (SHORT), THE DAU OF ALFRED & SUSANNA
SHORT. SURVIVING ARE 4 SONS, DR J O RICE, JFASEPH A RICE, OF
KANE AND HARRY AND WILLIAM RICE; 1 DAU, MRS T F WILLIAMS OF
KANE. MRS RICE DIED 11 YRS AGO.
JOHN ADRIAN RICE, 55, D UNEXPECTEDLY AT
2:40 AM SUN, NOV 18, 1990 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. RICE WORKED IN
JERSEYVILLE AS A CLERK AT IMPERIAL GAS STATION FOR 20 YRS,
MANAGER AT 16 WEST QUICK SHOP FOR 15 YRS AND WAS A CLERK AT
MOTO-MART AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF MOUNT
GILEAD BAPTIST CHURCH OF CARROLLTON. BORN IN GREENE CO, HE WAS
THE SON OF JOHN H & FREEDA (TILLERY) RICE OF JERSEYVILLE. ON
JUNE 20, 1953, IN CARROLLTON HE MARRIED WANDA (CLARK) RICE AND
SHE SURVIVES. IN ADDITION TO HIS WIFE AND PARENTS, SURVIVING ARE
1 DAU BONNIE A RICE OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 SONS, DENNIS A RICE OF
BEARDSTOWN AND RICHARD D RICE OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 2
GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION IS FROM 4-9 PM TODAY AT
JACOBY-SCHROEDER FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, WITH SERVICES AT
11 AM TUES. REV L E HUTCHINSON WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL IS IN
BORLIN CEM NEAR CARROLLTON. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN
HEART ASSOC.
Mary Elizabeth Rice, 77 YRS, 10 MO, 1 DAY,
BELOVED WIFE OF A J RICE, DIED AT THE COUPLES HOME AT 7 AM. SHE WAS
BORN APR 18, 1837, TO ALFRED & SUSAN SHORT, IN ENGLISH TWSP. SHE
MARRIED ANDREW JACKSON RICE SEPT 23, 1858, AND THE COUPLE
REMAINED ON THE SHORT FORM, WHERE THE DECEDENT SPENT HALF A
CENTURY, COMING TO OUR CITY 3 YRS AGO. SINCE JAN 25 OF THIS YR
THE VENERABLE AND HIGHLY RESPECTED LADY WAS AFFLICTED WITH
SICKNESS WHICH WITH PROGRESSING TIME TOOK A FIRMER GRIP OF HER
TILL THE THREAD OF LIFE WAS SNATCHED. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
CONDUCTED AT THE HOME AT 1:30 PM SUN BY REV W S NEELY AND
INTERMENT WAS MADE IN LAX CEM NEAR THE HOMESTEAD IN ENGLISH
TWSP. THOSE LEFT TO CHERISH THE MEMORY OF THE GOOD LADY ADRE:
THE VENERABLE HUSBAND; 4 SONS, JOSEPH A AND HARRY H, BOTH ON THE
FARM, AND WILLIAM ALFRED AND DR JAMES ORVILLE, BOTH OF
JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, MRS T F WILLIAMS OF KANE; 8 GRANDCHILDREN; 2
HALF BRO, T J ERWIN OF KANE AND J D ERWIN OF ENGLISH TWSP, 1
HALF SIS, MISS LUCY ERWIN OF NELSON, WASH. THE LAST TRIBUTE OF
LOVE AND RESPECT WAS PAID BY THE FOLLOWING PARTIES FROM A
DISTANCE: MR & MRS DOUG RICE, RUSSELL RICE AND CHARLES WHITTAKER
OF GIRARD, IL; MR & MRS W A RICE OF ALTON; G E WHITTEN, MRS
CEDELIA RANDLE AND MISS LOVE ERWIN OF GRANITE CITY; MR & MRS
PLEASANT SHORT, MR & MRS ELMER SHORT AND MR & MRS JULIUS
HUTCHEONS OF CARROLLTON AND MISS ANNA HUBBARD AND MANY OTHER OF
THE KANE VICINITY.
James Hooper Rich, 54, DIED AT HOME 1 MILE NW
OF FIDELITY. FUNERAL FROM BAPTIST CHURCH AT FIDELITY. REV A B
CARSON OFFICIATING WITH BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM. HE WAS BORN IN
FIDELITY, AUG 16, 1872, SON OF SAMUEL & HANNAH (GRANDY) RICH.
THE FORMER WAS A NATIVE OF ENGLAND AND CAME TO THE US IN 1851.
THE MOTHER OF THE DECEASED WAS A NATIVE OF GREENE CO. HE
RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN AREA SCHOOLS AND ATTENDED SHURTLEFF
COLLEGE. IN OCT 1897 HE MARRIED ALICE THATCHER, DAU OF PAUL C &
HANNA (VAN PELT) THATCHER. THE COUPLE HAD 1 SON, RUSSELL T RICH;
HE AND MOTHER SURVIVE; ALSO 2 SON, ARTHUR RICH OF FIDELITY AND
WILLIAM RICH OF ENID, OK; 3 DAU, MRS ROY BIRKENMEYER OF
FIDELITY, MRS J D WILSON OF CHRISTIAN CO, MRS CLARA BEEBY OF
CHICAGO; 1 DAU IN LAW, MRS RUSSELL T RICH, AND 1 GRANDSON,
RUSSELL FORREST RICH OF FIDELITY.
Mary R. Rich, 68, DIED AT 12:15 PM FRI NOV
27, 1987, AT HER RESIDENCE AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. SHE WAS BORN
IN MACOUPIN CO, DAU OF THE LATE FRED L & RENA (ELLIOT) DODGE.
SHE MARRIED JACK W RICH ON AUG 18, 1940, AND HE SURVIVES. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE 2 DAU, LAURA BUCHHEIT OF MANCHESTER, MO, AND
JACKIE MILLER OF MURPHYSBORO; 4 GRANDDAUGHTERS; 2 BRO, ROBERT G
DODGE OF ROODHOUSE AND LEWIS E DODGE OF BETHALTO; AND 1 SIS,
MARFORIE CLYMER OF CHESTERFIELD, MO. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4-9
PM SUN AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. AT THE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH OF JERSEYVILLE, VISITATION WILL CONTINUE FROM
9-10AM, WHEN THE FUNERAL WILL BEGIN. REV JOHN WILSON WILL
OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE IN MEDORA CEM. Memorials may be given
to JERSEY CO HEALTH DEPT IN JERSEYVILLE.
Richard T. Rich, 46, DIED AT HIS HOME IN
FIDELITY. DEATH WAS CAUSED BY A MALIGNANT FEVER, CAUSED BY
OVERWORK DURING THE HARVEST SEASON. HE LEAVES HIS WIFE, 3 DAU, 2
AT HOME AND MRS WM BERKENMEYER; 1 BRO, SAMUEL RICH. REV ROBERTS
OF CARROLLTON OFFICIATED AT SERVICES FROM BAPTIST CHURCH.
PALLBEARERS: THOMAS WATSON, BENJAMIN FOSTER, JOHN C MARSHALL AND
J HUTCHINSON. [Aug 1880]
Guy C. Richards, 75, DIED AT HIS HOME 4 MI
NORTH OF JERSEYVILLE. REVS. ROACH AND TAYLOR OF KANE. [1894]
Guy S. Richards, 58, EMPLOYED FOR THE LAST
15 YRS AS ONE OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE COOKE VALLEY FARM,
SOUTH OF ELDRED, DIED SUDDENLY ABOUT 5 AM TUES AT BOYD MEM HOSP.
HE HAD ENTERED THE HOSP MON FOR TREATMENT OF A HEART AILMENT. A
SERVICE WAS HELD AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE SOUTH OF ELDRED AT 1 PM
THURS PRECEDING THE CHURCH SERVICE AT 2:30 PM HELD AT KANE
BAPTIST CHURCH. BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM. REV L E MUSTAIN
OFFICIATED AT THE SERVICE. MR RICHARDS WAS BORN JAN 5, 1884, IN
KANE. HIS PARENTS WERE THE LATE CHRISTOPHER & HATTIE L (GREENE)
RICHARDS. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN KANE AND IN 1906-7 WAS A STUDENT
AT WASHINGTON U IN ST LOUIS. HIS MARRIAGE TO MISS MIDDIE M
VINYARD OF WHITE HALL TOOK PLACE MARCH 5, 1913. HE ENGAGED IN
FARMING NEAR KANE UNTIL TAKING UP HIS WORK ON COOKE VALLEY
FARMS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, 1 SON, BENTON OF ALTON, 1
DAU, MIDDIE LOU OF ST LOUIS, AND 1 BRO, LOUIS RICHARDS, KANE
TWSP SUPERVISOR. 1 DAU, MRS GUYLA BATTERSHELL DIED MARCH 9,
1940. PALL BEARERS WERE LEE BUSHNELL, DICK FRECH, SIDNEY
SIMPSON, MARMON GIMMY, RUPERT VALENTINE, PETER ACHENBACH,
CHARLES MEEK AND BEVERLY FARROW, JR. THE FLOWERS WERE IN CHARGE
OF MRS LESLIE HAWK, MRS WALTER BROWN, MRS BEVERLY FARROW, MRS
MARION GIMMY, MRS RUPERT VALENTING AND MISS WINIFRED CLOSE.
Mary Richards, 65, DAU OF GUY C & HANNAH
(POPE) RICHARDS DIED RECENTLY. SHE WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO, NEAR
KANE, IL, NOV 27, 1846. SHE WAS THE ELDEST OF 6 CHILDREN.
Caleb Stuart Richey, 78 YRS, 1 MO AND 16
DAYS, DIED AT HIS HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS A NATIVE OF
ILLINOIS AND BORN NOV 23, 1835, SINCE SEVERAL YRS HE WAS
AFFLICTED WITH CANCER AND WAS CONFINED TO BED ONLY A FEW DAYS
BEFORE HIS DEATH. THE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE SAT AT 9:30 AM FROM HIS
HOME TO THE ARMSTRONG CEM, REV E HANNA OFFICIATING. THOSE
SURVIVING THE MAN WHO ALWAYS ATTENDED ERNEST ACTIVITY ARE: HIS
WIFE MRS MARY RICHEY; 1 SON, VINCENT E RICHEY, LIVING 8 MI WEST
OF TOWN; 1 BRO JOHN RICHEY OF JERSEYVILLE AND 6 GRANDCHILDREN;
MRS EFFIE M STAMP OF BRIGHTON, MRS ANNA HEFNER OF ELDRED,
CLARENCE R, BRYAN J, STELLA E AND FLOYD E RICHEY; 4
G-GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF FRIENDS.
Harriet M. Richey, 76, DIED AT 1:42 PM TUES,
SEPT 20, 1988, AT HER RESIDENCE. SHE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS A
CUSTODIAN AT MONTICELLO COLLEGE IN GODFREY. BORN IN ELDRED, SHE
WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE ARCHIE & FANNIE (LOWDER) BUSHNNELL OF
MILAN. 6 BRO AND 3 SIS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. THERE WILL BE NO
VISITATION. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 11 AM FRI AT
OAK GROVE CEM. Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville WILL
BE IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN
HEART ASSOC.
Minerva Richey, 31, WIFE OF MORD RICHEY,
DIED AT THE FAMILY HOME 100 E SECOND ST, ALTON. SHE LEAVES HER
HUSBAND; 1 DAU; 2 SIS; 1 BRO; AND HER PARENTS, MR & MRS SIMON
PROUGH. BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM. [1911]
Sharon Sue Richey, 31, DIED AT SPRINGFIELD MEM
HOSP AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. FINAL RITES WERE HELD AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville SAT AFT WITH REV DORCIE
HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN WHITE HALL CEM. SHE WAS BORN
MARCH 22, 1941 IN WHITE HALL, A DAU OF CLYDE & LILLIAN (WARD)
KIRGAN. MRS RICHEY WAS A MEDICAL SEC. HER SURVIVORS ARE HER
HUSBAND, GAIL B RICHEY; 2 SON, BRYAN GAIL AND CLINTON DALE; HER
PARENTS; 2 SIS, SANDY SIMPSON OF JERSEYVILLE AND BECKY KIRGAN OF
KANE; 2 BRO, MALCOLM KIRGAN OF MEDORA, AND MICHAEL KIRGAN OF
BRIGHTON. Memorials may be given to THE BRYAN AND CLINTON RICHEY
EDUCATIONAL FUND.
Stephen M. Richey, 77, DIED AT HIS HOME NEAR
FIELDON ON MARCH 20 OF LUNG FEVER. HE WAS BORN MAY 12, 1791 IN
RED STONE, PENN. HIS PARENTS CAME FROM IRELAND IN 1790. IN 1794
THE MOVED TO THE WEST DESCENDING THE OHIO RIVER TO CINCINNATI,
OH, WHEN THAT PLACE WAS ONLY A VILLAGE. THEN THEY MOVED TO
HARRISON CO, KEN. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1806. STEVEN WAS ONE OF 7
CHILDREN AND SURVIVED ALL THE REST MORE THAN 16 YRS. HE WAS A
VETERAN OF THE WAR OF 1812 SERVING UNDER GEN HARRISON. HE
MARRIED SARAH (BROWNING) RICHEY ON MAY 28, ????. THEY MOVED TO
CINCINNATI, WHERE HE WAS IN MERCHANDISING. THEY WERE PARENTS OF
9 SONS AND 3 DAU; 8 OF THE SONS SURVIVE HIM. 4 OF HIS SONS
SERVED IN THE LATE WARM, AND ALL OF THEM, LIKE TRUE PATRIOTS,
VOTE THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. IN 1830 HE MOVED TO GREENE CO, IL
AND SETTLED NEAR WHAT IS NOW FIELDON WHEN THIS COUNTY WAS A
HOWLING WILDERNESS. HE LOVED TO FISH AND HUNT, EXPERT WOODSMAN,
HE RELATED MANY ROMANTIC INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES OF A FRONTIER
LIFE. BORN SOON AFTER THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE
LIVED MORE THAN 8 YRS CONTEMPORARY? WITH WASHINGTON; LIVED UNDER
THE ADMINISTRATION OF ALL OF OUR PRESIDENTS. FORN OF READING,
GOOD AT ARITHMETIC AND WRITING; HE HAD A VERY LEGIBLE HAND; AND
WAS WELL VERSED IN SCARED LITERATURE. HIS WIFE DIED IN 1857 AND HE
WAS REMARRIED TO NANCY RICHEY, WHO LIVES TO MOURN. FUNERAL
SERVICES WERE HELD AT HIS HOME, REV WM TIPTON OFFICIATING AND
BURIAL WAS IN ARMSTRONG CEM.
Albert Wayne Ridenbark, 45, WAS DOA AT 10:08
PM SUN AT THE SCENE OF A TRAIN AND AUTO ACCIDENT SOUTH OF
BRIGHTON. A FARMER, HE WAS BORN IN KANE, A SON OF DELLA
(SHANNON) REDENBARK OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE LATE WILLIAM
RIDENBARK. ON JULY 30, 1977, HE MARRIED DONNA (SCHENBERGER)
RIDENBARK IN ALTON. IN ADDITION TO HIS WIFE AND MOTHER,
SURVIVING ARE 2 SONS, TERRY OF GODFREY AND STEVEN OF ROSEWOOD
HEIGHTS; 3 STEP-DAU, DEBBY ANTOINE OF JERSEYVILLE, PEGGY ESTES
OF GODFREY AND BARBARA WILLIAMS OF BRIGHTON; 1 GRANDSON; 4 BRO,
ROBERT AND EVERETT, BOTH OF FIELDON, AND THERON AND MAX, BOTH OF
JERSEYVILLE; AND 3 DAU, BETTY RUSSELL OF JERSEYVILLE, AND GLENNA
HONEY AND JUANITA HARRIS BOTH OF ALTON. VISITATION WILL BE FROM
4-9 PM TUES AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
SERVICES WILL L BE HELD AT 1 PM WED AT STATE ST BAPTIST CHURCH
IN JERSEYVILLE WITH REV RON WOODRUM OFFICIATING, AND BURIAL WILL
BE IN VALHALLA MEM PARK, GODFREY. THE CHURCH HAS BEEN NAMED AS A
MEMORIAL. CORONER'S INQUEST IS PENDING. [Oct 1982]
Ricky Lee Ridenbark, 27, DIED AT 2:30 PM WED,
NOV 18, 1987, AT MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD,
FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. HE WORKED AS A FARM LABORER. HE WAS
BORN IN CARROLLTON, SON OF ROBERT & DORIS (VARBLE) RIDENBARK OF
FIELDON. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE IS SURVIVED BY 1 BRO,
RODNEY RIDENBARK OF FIELDON; 5 SIS, BOBBIE HOWARD OF COTTAGE
HILLS, ANGELA AND CRYSTAL RIDENBARK, BOTH OF FIELDON, AND RENEE
AND CINDY RIDENBARK, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE, NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4-9 PM FRI AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THERE AT 1 PM SAT WITH
REV DEAN COX OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN FIELDON CEM.
MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO NEW LIVE TABERNACLE IN NEW DELHI,
WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER.
Robert Singleton Ridenour, 91, RESIDENT OF
ROSEDALE, DIED SAT DEC 1, AT 10:10 PM AT MARY'S NURSING HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE. MR RIDENOUR WAS A SON OF THE LATE FREDERICK &
DELILAH (CONNORS) RIDENOUR AND WAS BORN IN GREENE CO ON FEB 15,
1860. HE HAD SPENT PRACTICALLY ALL HIS LIFE IN JERSEY CO WHERE
HE ENGAGED IN FARMING. HE IS SURVIVED BY 68 DESCENDANTS
INCLUDING 3 DAU, MRS OLLIE ONTIS OF ALTON, MRS DAVID ARMSTRONG
OF EVERETT, WASH, AND MRS CLARENCE GRIESEMEIR OF GRAFTON, AND 2
SONS, DR LEO RIDENOUR OF ZION, IL, AND ELMER RIDENOUR OF
GRAFTON. HE ALSO LEAVES 21 GRANDCHILDREN, 38 G-GRANDCHILDREN,
AND 4 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN. SERVICES WERE HELD AT ROSEDALE
METHODIST CHURCH TUES AFT, DEC 4, AT 2 PM WITH REV HARRY M FISH
OF GRAFTON OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN ROSEDALE CEM.
Joseph H. Rieger, 89, A RETIRED FARMER
RESIDING IN SOUTHERN JERSEY CO, DIED AT 5 AM SUN SEPT 14, AT HIS
HOME ON ALT-JERSEY ROAD. HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR A YR
AND A HALF AND SINCE LAST SUMMER HAD BEEN BEDFAST. HE WAS BORN
IN INDIANA AND THEN MOVED TO THIS AREA WHERE HE WAS A RESIDENT
FOR 68 YRS. MR RIEGER IS SURVIVED BY 1 DAU, MRS JOHN DREXELIUS
OF ALTON, 3 SONS, LEO J, WHO RESIDED WITH HIM, JOHN H OF GODFREY
AND JOSEPH E OF MENDON; 1 SIS, MRS JOHANNA ABEL OF GREENFIELD,
IN, AND 6 GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL RITES WERE CONDUCTED THURS,
SEPT 18, AT 9 AM, AT ST MICHAEL CHURCH IN BELTREES, WHERE HE WAS
A LONGTIME MEMBER. [1952]
Thomas Riley, SON OF JAS. RILEY, DIED AT
THEIR HOME ON EAST EXCHANGE ST. FUNERAL WAS HELD FROM THE HOME
WITH REV ROADY OF KANE OFFICIATING AND BURIAL IN KELLER CEM.
[Jan 1907]
Jesse C. Ringhausen, 89, FORMERLY OF HARDIN,
DIED AT 4:30 PM WED NOV 2, 1988, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP JERSEYVILLE.
HE WAS A RETIRED ORCHARDIST, BORN IN HARDIN, SON OF THE LATE
CHRISTIAN & CHRISTINE (SCHAFER) RINGHAUSEN. ON JUNE 20, 1928, HE
MARRIED SARAH LEONE (FISHER) RINGHAUSEN IN HARDIN. SHE DIED JULY
29, 1982. SURVIVING ARE 5 DAU, MARVA PROUGH OF CARROLLTON, LOIS
LOCK AND GLENDA POWERS, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE, CORNEIL CLOWERS OF
NEBO AND ALTHEA RINGHAUSEN OF CO; 3 SONS, DWIGHT RINGHAUSEN OF
KANSAS CITY, MO, DAVID RINGHAUSEN OF HARDIN AND CLAY RINGHAUSEN
OF SHIPMAN; 16 GRANDCHILDREN; 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, CLARENCE
RINGHAUSEN OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 2 SIS, CHRISTINE RHODES OF WOOD
RIVER AND ELSIE McBRIDE OF HARDIN. 4 BRO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH,
HARRY, CHARLES, ED AND STEVE RINGHAUSEN. VISITATION IS 4-9 PM
TODAY AT HANKS FUNERAL HOME IN HARDIN WITH MASONIC RITES AT 7
PM. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 1 PM SAT AT HARDIN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WITH REV PAUL FRAZIER OFFICIATING. BURIAL
WILL BE I HARDIN CEM. Memorials may be given to THE CHURCH OF
THE HARDIN MASONIC LODGE, BOTH OF WHICH HE WAS A MEMBER.
Leone Ringhausen, 78, OF HARDIN DIED AT 3:05 PM
JULY 29 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. BORN IN HARDIN SHE WAS A DAU OF THE
LATE WILLIAM & EDNA (KELLY) FISHER. MRS RINGHAUSEN HAD RETIRED
AFTER 33 YRS AS A LIBRARIAN AND TEACHER IN UNIT 40 SCHOOL DIST.
SURVIVORS ARE HER HUSBAND, JESSE; 5 DAU, MARVA PROUGH OF
CARROLLTON, LOIS LOCK AND GLENDA POWERS, JERSEYVILLE, CORNEIL
CLOWERS OF NEBO AND ALTHEA RINGHAUSEN OF DENVER, CO; 3 SONS,
DWIGHT OF KANSAS CITY, MO, DAVID OF HARDIN AND CLAY OF SHIPMAN;
16 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SIS, CHRISTINE OETTLE OF SHIPMAN AND CORINNE
LORSBACH OF COLLINSVILLE. SERVICES WERE HELD SUN AFT AT HARDIN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WITH REV DAN JOHNSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS
IN HARDIN CEM. Memorials may be given to JERSEY COMM HOSP
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND EASTERN STAR BUILDING FUND. [1982]
Lulu Ringhausen, 67 YRS, 8 MO, 13 DAYS, WIFE
OF CHARLES RINGHAUSEN, SR, JERSEYVILLE BUSINESSMAN, DIED TUES
APR 28, AT 6:16 PM AT JERSEY COMM HOSP WHERE SHE HAD BEEN MOVED
SHORTLY AFTER 1 PM THAT AFTERNOON. HER DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED. THE
BODY IS AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. FINAL RITES WILL
BE HELD AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE ON FRI AFT,
MAY 1, AT 2 PM, MEV M EDWARDS BREED, PASTOR OF THE CHURCH, WILL
OFFICIATE AND INTERMENT WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEM. MRS RINGHAUSEN
WAS A DAU OF THE LATE JOHN R & MARGARET (BANKER) ROSA AND WAS
BORN AT HAMBURG ON AUG 15, 1891. THE RINGHAUSEN FAMILY MOVED
FROM HAMBURG TO JERSEYVILLE 31 YRS AGO. THE DECEDENT WAS A
MEMBER OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THIS CITY. SURVIVING HER
ARE HER HUSBAND; 2 SONS, CHRIS AND CHARLES RINGHAUSEN, JR; AND 1
DAU, MRS PAUL POWEL, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO,
WILLIAM H ROSA OF KEOKUK, IA; 3 SIS, MRS CLAUDE TODD AND MRS
BOYD SURGEON OF KANE AND MRS BEN TODD OF KEOKUK, IA.
M. J. “Bud” Ritchey, 63, A FARMER OF RR 1
KANE, DIED AT 6:45 PM FEB 9 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SERVICES WERE
HELD FRI AFT AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV
EARL CLAGG OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. BORN IN
JERSEY CO JULY 19, 1917, HE WAS A SON OF ORLEIGH & LILLIE
(YOUNG) RITCHEY. HE MARRIED ORA MAE (STEPHENS) RITCHEY, AUG 6,
1960. RITCHEY WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE, ORDER OF
EASTERN STAR AND SHRINERS. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, ORA; 1
SON, CHARLES EUGENE OF KANE; 1 DAU, MARY ANN SCHAAF OF
JERSEYVILLE; 1 STEPSON, HENRY LAMB OF ALTON; 1 SIS, ELNORA MORAN
OF MEDORA; 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND 4 G-GRANDCHILDREN. MASONIC
SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED THURS PM AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home
in Jerseyville. Memorials may be given to SHRINERS HOSP FOR
CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
Mordecai J. Ritchey, 85 YRS, 6 MO, 5 DAYS,
WELL-KNOWN FARMER OF THE PANHANDLE AREA IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF
JERSEY CO, DIED AT 9:25 PM THURS, OCT 6, AT BOYD MEM HOSP. IN
CARROLLTON WHERE HE HAD BEEN MOVED EARLIER FOR TREATMENT. HE HAD
BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR SOME TIME. MR RITCHEY, A SON OF THE
LATE MORDECAI J & SARAH (BRIGGS) RITCHEY, WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO,
MARCH 31, 1870, AND HE HAD BEEN A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF THE CO.
THE DECEDENT IS SURVIVED BY 1 DAU, MRS CALVIN WHITLOCK OF KANE;
3 GRANDCHILDREN; 5 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 3 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1
SIS, MRS FRED PROUGH OF KANE. HIS WIFE, MRS ELNORAH (PROUGH)
RITCHEY, DIED IN 1903, AND 2 SONS, JAMES AND OR LEIGH RITCHEY,
ALSO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville, SUN, OCT 9, AT 1:30 PM.
REV PAUL KEELER, PASTOR OF BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, OFFICIATED AND
INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
Mrs. Andrew J. Rives, 60, MOTHER OF JOHN W
RIVES AND FRED RIVES, OF THIS CITY, DIED AT HER HOME IN CARROLLTON,
AUG 5. FUNERAL FROM FAMILY HOME ON MON AUG 7. REV D H TOOMY,
PASTOR OF BAPTIST CHURCH OFFICIATED.
