Obituaries - Ro-Ry
Edward A. Roach, 81, DIED AT 8:29 PM SUN, JULY
23, 1989, AT HIS RESIDENCE. ROACH RETIRED FROM FARMING IN 1976.
BORN IN JERSEY CO, HIS PARENTS WERE THE LATE DENNIS & NORA
(FITZPATRICK) ROACH. HE MARRIED HELEN (DILLING) SEPT 12, 1959,
IN ALTON AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING, ARE 1 SIS, MARIE
ROACH OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 2 BRO, CORNELIUS "NEAL" ROACH OF
JERSEYVILLE AND PAUL ROACH OF CARROLLTON. 2 SISTERS, ELIZABETH
AND BEATRICE ROACH, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. VISITATION IS 4-8 PM
TUES WITH A PRAYER SERVICE AT 7 PM AT GENT FUNERAL HOME IN
ALTON. A FUNERAL MASS IS 10 AM WED AT SS PETER AND PAUL CATHOLIC
CHURCH IN ALTON WITH REV PETER DONOHOE AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL IS
IN ST FRANCIS CEM.
Campbell G. Roady, 71, DIED AT HOME IN
FIDELITY, MARCH 2. THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO KANE CHURCH OF CHRIST
FOR SERVICES. HE CAME TO JERSEY CO IN 1864 FOLLOWING THE END OF
THE CIVIL WAR, AND HAS LIVED IN THE CO SINCE THEN. THE NATIVE OF
KNOXVILLE, TN , LEAVES 5 DAU, MARY GRANT, CHARLOTTE DANIELS OF
ALTON, MRS AUGUSTA BAKER OF CAMBRIDGE, OH, MRS ALICE DOWNS AND
MRS LUCY LAWRENCE OF JERSEY CO; 3 SONS, N A ROADY AND J C ROADY
OF HAMBURG, AND S T ROADY OF JERSEY CO. HIS WIFE PRECEDED HIM IN
DEATH IN AUG 1919. [1924]
Lela Roady, 84, DIED AT 11 PM THURS AT
LAKESHORE MANOR NURSING HOME IN DECATUR. BEFORE RETIRING, SHE
HAD TAUGHT ELEMENTARY CLASSES FOR 20 YRS IN THE GREENE CO SCHOOL
DIST. SHE WAS A 50 YR MEMBER AND FORMER PAST MATRON OF THE
ELIZABETH CHAP OF THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR IN KANE. BORN IN
JERSEY CO, DAU OF THE LATE THEODORE & MARY (PETTON) WILLIAMS,
SHE MARRIED THOMAS G ROADY ON JUNE 29, 1915. HE DIED IN SEPT, 1962.
SURVIVING ARE 2 SONS, DR JOM JR OF CARBONDALE AND ELSTON E OF
TALLAHASSEE, FL; 1 DAU, ELIZABETH ROWDEN OF DECATUR; 7
GRANDCHILDREN; 14 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 SIS, MARGARET KING OF
WINCHESTER. VISITATION WELL BE FROM 4-8 PM SAT AT Gubser Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:30 PM SUN,
CHARLES A SCOGGINS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN KANE CEM.
Memorials may be given to CHURCH OF CHRIST IN KANE, WHERE SHE
WAS A MEMBER AND BOYD MEM HOSP. [1982]
Raymond T. Roady, 73, RR 1 BETHALTO, DIED AT
4 PM MARCH 28, AT SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE HOSP. ROADY WAS BORN SEPT
6, 1906 IN JERSEY CO, THE SON OF THE LATE SOLOMON & ROSE (FRANZ)
ROADY. HE MARRIED COROTHY (WILLIS) ROADY FEB 22, 1944 IN GRANITE
CITY. HE WAS A RETIRED MASTER SERGEANT IN THE US AIR FORCE,
HAVING SERVED IN WW II AND KOREA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, 1
BRO ROADY OF GRANITE CITY; AND 2 SIS, FLORENCE WATSON OF
BRIGHTON AND ROSETTA JACOBS, BUNKER HILL. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD MARCH 31 AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville
WITH REV GAROLD COOPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM.
Memorials may be given to CHARITY OF ONE'S CHOICE.
Mrs. Rebecca Roady, 86, DIED AT THE HOME OF
HER DAU, MRS WM MOORE IN FIDELITY. FUNERAL FROM METHODIST CHURCH
FIDELITY, REV DUFF OF ROCKBRIDGE OFFICIATING. REBECCA LONG WAS
BORN SEPT 13, IN WASH CO, TN, SHE MARRIED NATHANIEL ROADY JUNE
8, 1841. THEY WERE PARENTS OF 12 CHILDREN, 10 SURVIVE: (only 8
named) CHRISTIAN, OF CLINGON, MO, SARAH E MOORE OF FIDELITY,
ELIZA MOORE OF MICHMOND, MO, THOMAS J AND PETER OF SCRANTON,
KAN, HENRY OF DENVER, CO, FANNIE CLOWER OF KEMPER, IL, AND
ALFRED S OF ROCKBRIDGE, IL; 59 GRANDCHILDREN, 64
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2 BRO, JOHN LONG, OF STANDISH, MO AND COLUMBUS
LONG OF HONDEN, MO; AND 1 SIS MRS CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS OF KANE,
IL. SHE CAME TO ILL IN 1852 AND SETTLED ON A FARM NEAR FIDELITY
WHICH WAS HER HOME UNTIL THE LAST FEW DAYS. HER HUSBAND PRECEDED
HER IN DEATH 15 YRS AGO, AND SHE WAS BURIED BESIDE HIM IN OAK
GROVE CEM. PALL BEARERS WERE HER 6 SONS. [Feb 1905]
John L. Robb, 74, DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS
NIECE, MISS ELIZABETH McKABNEY SW OF JERSEYVILLE. FUNERAL WAS
FROM McKABNEY HOME. DR C NASH OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN KANE
CEM. [Nov 1904]
Randall Andrew Robeen, 18, SON OF MRS
PHYLLIS MEDLING OF FIELDON AND THE LATE MARK ROBEEN, DIED MARCH
15. HE WAS FOUND IN THE SPANKY TAVERN OWNED BY HIS MOTHER AND
STEP-FATHER SHORTLY AFTER 6 PM MARCH 15 AND WAS PRONOUNCED DOA
AT BOYD MEM HOSP IN CARROLLTON. AN INQUEST IS PENDING. A FUNERAL
MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 9:30 AM MARCH 18, AT HOLY GHOST
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE WITH REV ROBERT L HEINTZ,
CELEBRANT. INTERMENT WILL BE IN ST FRANCIS XAVIER CEM. HIS
SURVIVORS ARE HIS MOTHER; 2 BRO, AARON K AND TONY D ROBEEN; 1
SIS, MRS JAMES (LINDA) LYLES OF JERSEYVILLE; GRANDPARENTS, MR &
MRS KEITH GILLELAND OF ELDRED AND MR & MRS ANDREW ROBEEN OF
HARDIN; STEP-FATHER, J W MEDLING, SR, AND STEP-BRO, J W MEDLING,
JR, FIELDON. [Mar 1976]
Carl Richard Roberts, 38, FATHER OF 8
CHILDREN, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY SUN AT HIS HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS
BORN NOV 11, 1921, A SON OF MR & MRS ERNEST ROBERTS OF
CARROLLTON. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, DOROTHY (MCGOWIN) ROBERTS; 4
SONS, RICHARE LEON, TERRY JOE, MICHAEL D AND ERIC DAVID; 4 DAU,
KARLA KAY, PAMELA JANE, SUSAN LAVADA, AND SANDRA; 1 STEPSON
ALBERT HAGEN OF ALTON, AND 1 STEPDAUGHTER, BARBARA HAGEN,
JERSEYVILLE, HIS PARENTS; 4 SIS, MRS VENETA TRIBBLE AND JOAN
ROBERTS, CARROLLTON; MRS HILDA CARTER, JERSEYVILLE AND MRS LOLA
PEARL ELMORE, GREENFIELD; AND 2 BRO, ERNEST, CARROLLTON AND EARL
WILLIAM, WHIET HALL. FUNERAL RITES WERE CONDUCTED WED AT 2 PM IN
GOSPEL TABERNACLE BY REV LOUIS KAPPLER. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE
CEM.
David H. Roberts, 66, DIED AT HIS HOME, 306
FRANKLIN. A NATIVE OF MORSEVILLE NY. HIS PARENTS WERE HUGH &
GAYNER LEWIS ROBERTS. FUNERAL AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV T J ROADY OF KANE OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN
OAK GROVE. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIDOW, NELLIE; 3 SONS, EDWARD AND
HUGH OF JERSEYVILLE AND LESTER ROBERTS OF KANSAS CITY; 2 DAU,
MYRTLE FLOCHE OF MILWAUKEE, WI, AND DOROTHY ROBERTS AT HOME; 7
GRANDCHILDREN. [Aug 1928]
Lorin L. Roberts, 41, OF RR 4 JERSEYVILLE,
PRINCIPAL OF KANE & FIELDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, DIED AT 3:35 PM
OCT 1, AT MT ST ROSE HOSP, ST LOUIS, MO. ROBERTS SUFFERED A
CEREBRAL ANEURYSM FEB 15, AND HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED SINCE. HE
WAS BORN JUNE 18, 1935 IN LOUISIANA, MO, THE SON OF THE LATE
RUSSELL B ROBERTS & MINERVA (GILBERT) ROBERTS WHO RESIDES IN
PLEASANT HILL. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY COMM UNIT 100 IN 1958 AT
JERSEY COMM HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A TEACHER AND FOOTBALL
COACH. HE WAS LATER PRINCIPAL AT KANE AND FIELDON. HE WAS A
MEMBER OF THE ILL PRINCIPAL'S ASSN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE ELKS LODGE 954. HE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER; HIS WIFE LINDA, WHOM HE MARRIED ON JAN
25, 1969 IN DOWNERS GROVE; 1 DAU, MINDI, 4; 1 SON, MICHAEL, 1;
AND 1 SISTER, MRS RAY (WYLVIA) MILLER OF GLENWOOD. PRIVATE
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT 11 AM OCT 3 AT Gubser Funeral Home
in Jerseyville. [remainder unavailable]
Mabel Roberts, 85, A JERSEYVILLE RESIDENT,
DIED MON, 2:50 AM DEC 9, AT GARNET'S CHATEAU WHERE SHE HAD
RESIDED IN RECENT WEEKS. SHE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR
SOMETIME. SHE WAS A DAU OF THE LATE TERRY & MARGARET (FALWELL)
BURCH AND WAS BORN IN FORT SCOTT, KS, ON MARCH 24, 1883. SHE HAD
RESIDED IN JERSEYVILLE AND THE KANE AREA SINCE SHE WAS 11 YRS
OLD. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD WED AT 2 PM AT FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH OF JERSEYVILLE, WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A MEMBER. REV CARLTON
G CHRISTENSON, OFFICIATED AT THE SERVICES AND INTERMENT WAS IN
OAK GROVE CEM. VISITATION WAS HELD AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville AND THE CHURCH. MRS ROBERTS, WIDOW OF F HOMER
ROBERTS, IS SURVIVED BY 3 DAU, MRS REBA KANALLAKAN OF
JERSEYVILLE, MRS GLADYS NICKENS OF GODFREY AND MRS AUDREY KUNZ
OF FOSTERBURG, 2 SONS, ROW ROBERTS AND REUEL ROBERTS OF
JERSEYVILLE; 16 GRANDCHILDREN; 19 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO,
WILLARD BURCH OF ALTON; AND 4 SIS, MRS HOWARD STAMPE OF SHIPMAN,
MRS FLOYD RICHEY OF HARTFORD, MRS MAE NAUGLE OF AVA, MO, AND MRS
GRACE PEDIGO OF SALEM, OR. MRS ROBERTS WAS A 50 YR MEMBER OF
JERSEYVILLE CHAPT NO 656 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, AND HELD
MEMBERSHIPS IN THE ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA AND WOMAN'S RELIEF
CORPS.
Squire F. M. Roberts, FATHER OF HOMER
ROBERTS OF JERSEYVILLE, AND A WELL-KNOWN CARROLLTON RESIDENT,
DIED AT HIS HOME IN CARROLLTON ON TUES. MR ROBERTS HAD BEEN IN
APPARENTLY GOOD HEALTH AND HIS DEATH CAME SUDDENLY. [Apr 1927]
Authur Marwood Robinson, 12, SON OF MR & MRS
THOMAS M ROBINSON, DIED AT HIS HOME 4 MILES NORTH EAST OF
JERSEYVILLE ON NOV 12, 1901. FUNERAL WAS FROM HOME WITH REV U G
JOHNSON OF KANE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN KELLER CEM.
Thomas Marwood Robinson, 42, WAS BORN IN
SOMMERSEY CO, NJ, DEC 4, SON OF WILLIAM & ANN ROBINSON. HE DIED
AT HIS HOME 4 MILES WEST OF MEDORA AS THE RESULT OF AN ILLNESS
OF SEVERAL WEEKS. HE DIED AT HIS HOME 4 MI WEST OF MEDORA ON
JUNE 7. HE WAS ONE OF 10 CHILDREN WHO AT THE AGE OF 8, IN THE
COMPANY OF HIS PARENTS, MOVED TO ILL. THEY LIVED 1 YR IN PEKIN,
THEN MOVED TO JERSEY CO WHERE HE HAS SINCE RESIDED WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF 5 YRS IN GREENE CO. HE MARRIED DELLA FITZGERALD ON
NOV 25, 1886. A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE FATHER, LOVING BROTHER,
AND GOOD NEIGHBOR, HE LEAVES HIS WIFE, 1 SON AND 2 DAU,
(CHILDREN BEING: MELVINC, ARTHUR M, FAYE B, AND VIVIAN J.), 3
BRO, 3 SIS, AND A HOST OF FRIENDS. 1 SON PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
Thelbert G. “Ted” Rodell, 76, OF FIDELITY
WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT HIS HOME AT 9:30 AM NOV 22 BY DEPUTY
CORONER JOHN FICKER. HE WAS FOUND BY A COUSIN JOHN RODELL. AN
INQUIRY WILL BE CONDUCTED. RODELL, WHO LIVED ALONE, WAS THOUGHT
TO HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR 3-4 DAYS. HE WAS BORN JULY 23, 1905 IN
JERSEY CO THE SON OF THE LATE GEORGE & LAURA (RENO) RODELL. HE
WAS A TEAMSTER (TRUCKER). HE IS SURVIVED BY 3 COUSINS, VERNA
DAVENPORT OF CARROLLTON, MILDRED RODELL OF ALTON AND JOHN RODELL
OF FIDELITY. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville AT 130 WED, NOV 25, REV WILLIAM
WEBBER OF GREENFIELD, OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS AT MAPLE LAWN CEM
IN FIDELITY TWSP.
Mary Elizabeth Roewe, 88, OF KANE, DIED AT
2:05 AM ON APR 19 AT BOYD MEM HOSP IN CARROLLTON AFTER AN
EXTENDED ILLNESS. FUNERAL MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED FRI AT 10 AM
AT ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE; FATHER R T SHEA
CELEBRANT. INTERMENT WILL BE IN ST FRANCIS XAVIER CEM.
VISITATION WILL BE HELD AFTER 3 PM THURS AT MEHL FUNERAL HOME IN
CARROLLTON WHERE THE ROSARY WILL BE RECITED THIS EVE. SHE WAS
BORN IN ST CLEMENS, (ST CLEMENT?), MO, SEPT 5, 1883 THE DAU OF
ANTONE & CAROLINE (THYEN) SCHROEDER. HER HUSBAND HARRY HERMAN
ROEWE, DIED IN 1945. MRS ROEWE WAS A MEMBER OF ST FRANCIS
CHURCH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 4 DAU, MRS AGNES GREENWOOD OF EAST
ALTON, MARIE ROEWE OF KANE, MRS HELEN COX OF WHITE HALL, MRS
DOROTHY DeSHASIER OF KANE; 15 GRANDCHILDREN; 14 G-GRANDCHILDREN;
1 BRO, GEORGE SCHROEDER OF BOWLING GREEN; 5 SIS, MRS LOUISE
BOSCHERT AND MRS CLARA PLUMLEE OF ST LOUIS, MRS GESINA MEUTH OF
SILEX, MO, MRS ROSE JENKINS AND MRS THERESA BUSE OF ST CHARLES,
MO. 4 BRO, 1 SIS, 1 SON, ANTHONY, AND 1 DAU, MRS ALBERT KALLAL,
PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. [1972]
Edwin H. Rohlfing, 88, OF EAST ALTON
FORMERLY OF JERSEYVILLE DIED AT 2:30 PM JULY 29 AT VIP MANOR
NURSING HOME AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. ROHLFING WAS AN ENGINEER
FOR THE ILL TERMINAS RAILROAD FOR 47 YRS. HE WAS BORN FEB 7,
1896 IN ST LOUIS, MO, THE SON OF THE LATE FRED & BERTHA (KLINK)
ROHLFING. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JERSEYVILLE MASONIC LODGE AND
THE VAUGHN HILL CHURCH OF CHRIST, EAST ALTON. HE IS SURVIVED BY
HIS WIFE THE FORMER MARIE (DUNHAM) ROHLFING, WHOM HE MARRIED APR
18, 1922 IN KANE; 1 DAU, BETTY LEE ROESCH OF FENTON, MO; 1 SON,
EDWIN, OF GODFR3Y, 6 GRANDCHILDREN AND 12 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4-9 PM TODAY, JULY 31. FUNERAL SERVICES
WILL BE HELD AT THE GRAY FUNERAL HOME IN [remainder unavailable]
Mrs. Rollings DIED AT HER HOME IN KANE. SHE
WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND THE DAY BEFORE. A DOUBLE
FUNERAL WAS HELD AT KANE METHODIST CHURCH WITH REV RAVENCROFT
OFFICIATING. BURIAL IN KANE CEM. [Jan 1905]
Frank Rollings, 71, DIED AT HOME IN KANE.
WIFE DIED FOLLOWING DAY AND DOUBLE FUNERAL WAS HELD AT METHODIST
CHURCH IN KANE. REV RAVENCROFT OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN KANE
CEM. [Jan 1905]
David S. Ross, 52, BORN AT BOUND BROOK, NJ,
CAME WEST WITH PARENTS IN 1839. HE MARRIED ELIZA (McBRIDE) ROSS
IN 1885 AT CARROLLTON. THEIR FAMILY CONTAINED 7 CHILDREN.
FUNERAL BY REV TYSON AND REV MOSCRIP. THOUGHT TO BE DESPONDENT
BECAUSE OF A LAND SALE THAT DID NOT TURN OUT RIGHT, HE DIED BY
HIS OWN HAND.
Eliza Ross, 70, DIED AT THE HOME OF HER DAU,
MRS WM FLINDALL IN DALLARD, WASH. THE BODY WAS RETURNED HERE AND
WAS BURIED FROM THE HOME OF J E BOYNTON. REV S CATT OFFICIATED
WITH BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM. MRS ROSS HAD BEEN AWAY FROM
JERSEYVILLE FOR 20 YRS. SHE WAS BORN IN NY CITY IN 1834, AND
MOVED TO ILL IN THE 1850'S. SHE MARRIED DAVID ROSS IN CARROLLTON
IN 1855. THEY WERE PARENTS OF 7 CHILDREN, 6 DAU AND 1 SON. 3 DAU
DIED IN INFANCY, AND HATTIE DIED IN YOUNG WOMANHOOD. HER
HUSBAND, DAVID, DIED 22 YRS AGO. SURVIVING ARE MRS FRANK POST OF
BENTON, MO; MRS WM FLINDALL OF BALLARD, WASH, AND CHARLES D ROSS
OF SEATTLE, WASH; MRS JOHN E BOYNTON, HER STEP-SISTER. BURIAL IN
OAK GROVE CEM.
Maud Delane Ross, 74, D WED AT 10 PM IN
GARNET WATSON NURSING. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED SAT AT
2 PM IN Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV EARL
DICKEY WILL OFFICIATE AND BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEM. MRS
ROSS, WHO WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND AND 1 DAU,
NELLIE; AND 1 HALF-SIS, MRS BLANCHE LONG. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 6
DAU, MRS EDWARD HEYING, GREENFIELD, MRS IRENE APRATO, SANTA
SUSANA, CA, MRS CHARLES DALTON, JERSEYVILLE, MRS MARY HILL,
HARDIN, MRS LLOYD JOHNSON, ST LOUIS, AND MRS PEARL MORRISON,
CHERITON, IOWA; AND 1 SON, CURTIS OF GREENFIELD.
Richard Manford Ross, 88, A NATIVE OF GREENE
CO, WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED AT 10:10 SUN, JUNE 30, AT WATSON
NURSING HOME WHERE HE HAD RESIDED THE PAST 10 MO. FUNERAL
SERVICES WERE HELD AT 3:30 PM WED, JULY 3, AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV EARL DICKEY, PASTOR OF FIRST
METHODIST CHURCH, OFFICIATED AT THE SERVICES AND BURIAL WAS IN
KANE CEM. MR ROSS, SON OF THE LATE MR & MRS ANDREW J ROSS,
MARKED HIS 88th BIRTHDAY ON JUNE 7. HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE 1 SON,
HARVEY ROSS OF CARROLLTON; 4 DAU, MRS FRANCES BLACKORBY OF
BEVIER, MO, MRS IONA CLOSE OF EAST ALTON, MISS GERTRUDES ROSS OF
ST LOUIS AND MRS BESSIE McGUIRE OF EXCELLO, MO; 17 GRANDCHILDREN
& 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
Michael Allen Roth, 15, SON OF MR & MRS
ALBERT ROTH OF RR 1 JERSEYVILLE, WAS KILLED MON NIGHT WHEN THE
MOTORCYCLE HE WAS RIDING RAN INTO A TRUCK ON WASHINGTON ROAD,
SOUTHEAST OF ROCKBRIDGE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ONLY 1 MILE FROM
HIS HOME. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AT 8:30 PM.
FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED THURS AM AT ST MICHAEL CATHOLIC
CHURCH, GREENFIELD WITH REV VICTOR KALTENBACH AS CELEBRANT.
BURIAL WAS IN WITT CEM NEAR ROCKBRIDGE. BORN IN JERSEYVILLE, HE
WAS A SOPHOMORE AT GREENFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL. HIS MOTHER WAS
THE FORMER SHIRLEY TUCKER. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS PARENTS, 1 BRO,
RODNEY OF CHARLESTON AND MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, OLIVER AND RUBY
TUCKER OF JERSEYVILLE. 1 SISTER PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. Memorials
may be given to THE 4-H FOUNDATION AND THE CHURCH TO WHICH HE
BELONGED. [1979]
Shirley Roth, 51, OF ROCKBRIDGE DIED AT
10:45 AM MAY 2 AT BOYD MEM HOSP IN CARROLLTON AFTER A LONG
ILLNESS. FATHER ROBERT BECKER CELEBRATED A FUNERAL MASS SAT AM
AT ST MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREENFIELD. SHE WAS BORN IN
JERSEY CO, DAUGHTER OF RUBY (FREELS) TUCKER OF JERSEYVILLE AND
THE LATE OLIVER TUCKER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, ALBERT A
ROTH WHOM SHE MARRIED ON DEC 6, 1952 IN JERSEYVILLE; 1 SON,
RODNEY OF BLOOMINGTON AND HER MOTHER. BURIAL WAS IN WITT CEM,
ROCKBRIDGE. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN CANCER SOC AND ST
MICHAEL’S BUILDING FUND.
John H. “Bud” Rothe, 69, DIED AT 6:40 PM FRI, SEPT 21,
1990, AT HOME AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. HE RETIRED IN 1981 AS A CARPENTER FROM
AMCO OIL CO IN WOOD RIVER AFTER 38 YRS OF SERVICE. BORN IN JERSEY CO, HE WAS
THE SON OF THE LATE OTTO F & LILLIE (DOWN) ROTHE. HE MARRIED THE FORMER
CHARLOTTE KIRCHNER ON JUNE 14, 1941, IN ST CHARLES, MO. SURVIVING ARE HIS
WIFE; 3 DAU, CAROL NICHOL OF ST CLOUD, MIN, SHARON KNEPPER OF OXFORD, MAXX,
AND LINDA BISHOP OF MADISON, WIS; 6 GRANDCHILDREN; 6 SIS, EILEEN VOORHEES
AND DELLA FREEMAN, BOTH OF BRIGHTON, EVELYN MUNDY AND VERNA HEWITT, BOTH OF
GODFREY, AND INA LOWIS AND NINA DARR, BOTH OF PIASA; AND 5 BRO, MELVIN AND
FRANK ROTHE, BOTH OF BIRGHTON, CHARLES AND WILBUR ROTHE, BOTH OF
JERSEYVILLE, AND ROBERT ROTHE OF KANE. VISITATION IS FROM K4-8 PM TODAY AT
TARGHETTA FUNERAL HOME IN BRIGHTON, AND WILL CONTINUE FROM 8:30 AM MON UNTIL
SERVICE TIME AT 10:30 AM AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BRIGHTON. REV DAVE
DENNIS WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL IS IN BRIGHTON CEM. Memorials may be given to
THE CHURCH, WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER, OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
Otto F. Rothe, RETIRED FARMER OF RR 1,
JERSEYVILLE, DIED WED, JAN 19, AT ST LUKE HOSP IN ST LOUIS, THE
DAY BEFORE HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY. HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT AT THE
HOSPITAL FOR A WEEK. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE WARNER FUNERAL HOME
IN BRIGHTON AFTER 3 PM THURS. AT NOON FRI THE BODY WILL BE MOVED
TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT BRIGHTON WHERE SERVICES WILL BE
HELD AT 2 PM WITH REV BOB BRANIN OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE
IN BRIGHTON CEM. MR ROTHE, A SON OF THE LATE HERMAN & KATHERINE
(WEBER) ROTHE, WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO JAN 20, 1891. HE WAS
MARRIED IN 1916 TO LILLIE M DOWNS. HER DEATH OCCURRED IN 1964.
HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE 6 SONS, MELVIN, FRANK, AND WILBUR ROTHE OF
BRIGHTON, JOHN AND CHARLES OF JERSEYVILLE, AND ROBERT ROTHE OF
KANE; 6 DAU, MRS DON VOORHEES AND MRS HOWARD FREEMAN OF
BRIGHTON, MRS JESSE HEWITT OF GODFREY, MRS WILLIAM MUNDY OF
ALTON, MRS WILLIAM LEWIS OF PIASA, AND MRS DALE DARR OF MEDORA;
2 SIS, LYDIA ROBERTS OF ALASKA AND ELLEN CLIFTON OF FLA, AND 1
BRO, HERMAN ROTHE OF ST CHARLES; 48 GRANDCHILDREN AND 14
G-GRANDCHILDREN. [1972]
Mrs. Bessie Lee Rowden, 86, DIED AT 5 PM SAT
AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. A DAU OF THE LATE JEROME & ELIZABETH
(CYTER) MILLER, MRS ROWDEN WAS BORN IN ILL, JAN 14, 1882. SHE
WAS THE WIDOW OF CHARLES ROWDEN, AND FORMERLY LIVED IN NORTH
EAST PART OF JERSEY TWSP. SHE HAD BEEN RESIDING IN A NURSING
HOME IN WHITE HALL PRIOR TO HER ADMITTANCE TO THE HOSP, 8 DAYS
BEFORE HER DEATH. HER SURVIVORS ARE 1 SON, PAUL ROWDEN, OF
REDWOOD CITY, CA; 1 BRO, CHARLES MILLER OF WICHITA, KS; 2 SIS,
MRS EDNA MATHEW OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS GERTRUDE RYAN OF WHITE
HALL, AND 1 GRANDCHILD.
Charles Rowden, 51 YRS, 4 MO, DIED AT HIS
HOME IN KANE, SAT APR 3, 1908 [? CARD SAYS 1917, TEXT 1908]. THE
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM KANE BAPTIST CHURCH AT 2 PM MON,
REV T J ROADY OFFICIATING. MR ROWDEN WAS A BRO OF GEORGE ROWDEN
OF THIS CITY.
Mrs. Edith Rowden, 84, DIED JULY 6, 1976, AT
HER HOME. SHE WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO DEC 24, 1891, THE DAU OF
HUGH H & MARY (KIRPATRICK) SNELL. SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF WILBUR
ROWDEN, WHO DIED IN DEC OF 1974. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT 2
PM FRI, JULY 9 AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE, THE REV
EVERETT CHAMBERS OFFICIATING, WITH BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM. SHE
WAS A MEMBER OF THE KANE EASTERN STAR, CHARTER MEMBER AND PAST
PRES OF JERSEY CO HOMEMAKERS EXT ASS., A MEMBER OF THE
JERSEYVILLE RUBY REBEKAH LODGE AND A MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE FOR OVER 60 YRS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 1 SON,
HUGH H ROWDEN OF DECATUR; 2 DAU, MRS CLARENCE (MARY) ARNOLD AND
MRS DALE (BETTY) FOX, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE; 8 GRANDCHILDREN; 5
G-GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT Gubser Funeral Home
in Jerseyville, AFTER 4 PM THURS UNTIL 11 AM FRI AND THEN AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Memorials may be given to FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH.
Hugh “Henry” Rowden, Sr., 70, OF DECATUR,
DIED OCT 29 AT DECATUR MEM HOSP. HE WAS BORN OCT 1, 1915, IN
MONROE, LA, TO THE LATE WILBUR F & EDITH (SNELL) ROWDEN. HE WAS
A RETIRED GENERAL AGENT FOR TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INS CO;
A MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN DECATUR, MACON NO. 8 MASONIC
LODGE, AF& AM, SPRINGFIELD CONSISTORY, SPRINGFIELD ANSAR SHRINE
TEMPLE AND GOLDEN K KIWANIS CLUB OF DECATUR. HE WAS A PAST
PRESIDENT OF DECATUR LIFE UNDERWRITERS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS
WIFE, ELIZABETH; 1 SON HUGH H ROWDEN JR OF DECATUR; 2 SIS, MRS
MARY ARNOLD OF KANE AND MRS BETTY FOX OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 4
GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION WAS OCT 31 AT BRENTLINGER PERSHING
FUNERAL HOME IN DECATUR. THE FUNERAL WAS NOV 1 AT FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH IN DECATUR. BURIAL FOLLOWED A FAMILY GRAVESIDE SERVICE IN
FAIRLAWN CEM IN DECATUR. Memorials may be given to THE CHURCH
AND SHRINERS CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S HOSP.
Mary Rowden, 70, DAU OF GEORGE & CHRISTIANA
HUNTER, DIED OCT 1822, AT THE HOME OF HER DAU, MRS WM LOVELL IN
JERSEYVILLE. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO JERSEY CO AND SETTLED
NEAR FIELDON. SHE MARRIED H B ROWDEN IN 1839. THEY MOVED TO ST
LOUIS, MO AND THEN TO NAUVOO, ILL BECAUSE OF MORMON TROUBLE THEY
THEN MOVED ACROSS THE RIVER TO MONTROSE, IA WHERE THEY LIVED 14
YRS. THEN THEY MOVED TO CROTON, IA, WHERE JULY 15, 1858, HER
HUSBAND DIED LEAVING HER WITH 6 CHILDREN. SHE THEN MOVED TO
SPRINGFIELD, IL, WHERE HER BRO LIVED AND HAS LIVED WITH HER
CHILDREN IN SAGAMON AND JERSEY CO. HER DAU MRS MARY CAMPBELL IS
DECEASED. FUNERAL FROM THE HOME OF HER DAU MRS LOVELL.
Paul Rowden, 65, FORMER JERSEY CO RESIDENT,
DIED TUES MAY 4, AT HIS WORK IN LIVE OAK, MENLO PARK, CA. MR
ROWDEN, WAS ENGAGED IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS, SUFFERED A
HEART ATTACK. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FRI IN CA AND BURIAL
WAS THERE. MR ROWDEN WAS A SON OF THE LATE CHARLES & BESSIE
(MILLER) ROWDEN, AND WAS BORN AND REARED IN JERSEY CO. RR ROWDEN
HAD RESIDED IN THE WEST FOR SEVERAL YRS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, CLAIRE, AND 1 DAU, CAROL OF CA. HE WAS A NEPHEW OF MRS
EDNA MATHEW OF JERSEYVILLE, WILBUR POWDEN OF KANE AND MRS
GERTRUDE RYAN OF QUINCY. [May 1971]
Wilbur F. Rowden, 88, A RETIRED FARMER OF
THE KANE VICINITY FOR 55 YRS, DIED AT 4:35 PM DEC 15, AT JERSEY
COMM HOSP. BORN IN JERSEY CO DEC 6, 1886, HE WAS A SON OF THE
LATE HENRY JAMES ROWDEN & SARAH ADALINE (BRADSHAW) ROWDEN. AT
ONE TIME HE WAS A TEACHER IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS IN THE CO. MR
ROWDEN WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FOR 69 YRS AND
HAD BELONGED TO THE KANE MASONIC LODGE AND FARM BUREAU. HE WAS A
PAST BOARD MEMBER OF JERSEY CO HIA, COUNTY MUTUAL INS CO AND
FARM BUREAU. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE OF 61 YRS, THE FORMER
EDITH A SNELL; 1 SON, HUGH H ROWDEN OF DECATUR; AND 2 DAU, MRS
CLARENCE (MARY) ARNOLD OF RR 1, JERSEYVILLE AND MRS DALE (BETTY)
FOX OF RR 2, JERSEYVILLE, 8 GRANDCHILDREN; 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED BY [remainder unavailable]
Marcille Rowe, 28, WIFE OF MASON ROWE OF
JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT ST LUKE HOSP, IN ST LOUIS, FOLLOWING THE
BIRTH OF A SON, MASON MARWOOD ROWE. SHE HAD LIVED IN
SPRINGFIELD, IL BEFORE COMING TO JERSEYVILLE SEVERAL MO AGO. HER
HUSBAND HAD TAKEN A POSITION WITH SHEPPARD GARAGE IN
JERSEYVILLE. REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO CARROLLTON TO THE HOME OF HER
PARENTS, MR & MRS FRANK DOWDALL. REV MUNDELL OFFICIATED AT
SERVICE. SHE LEAVES HER HUSBAND AND SON, PARENTS, 3 BRO, ALBERT,
LEYEN, AND WILLIAM AND 1 SIS, MISS JUNE DOWDALL. SHE WAS A NIECE
OF MRS DELLA ROBINSON, MRS ADA ROBINSON, MR & MRS A F ROBINSON
OF JERSEYVILLE AND A COUSIN OF THE WYLDER AND MAINS FAMILIES.
[Sep 1918]
Charles A. Rue, Sr., 74, WAS KILLED AND HIS
WIFE INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED AT A ROAD
INTERSECTION IN MICHAEL, IL. ALSO INJURED WAS PETER TRAUFLER OF
MICHAEL. ALL WERE BROUGHT TO JERSEY COMM HOSP WHERE THE LATTER
REMAINS A PATIENT FOR TREATMENT OF SERIOUS INJURIES. MRS RUE
REMAINED OVERNIGHT AS A PATIENT AT THE HOSP. THE BODY OF MR RUE
WAS BROUGHT TO Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville WHERE
VISITATION HRS WERE HELD UNTIL TH HR OF THE FUNERAL. SERVICES
WERE HELD AT THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE MON AFT
OCT 28, AT 2 PM. REV FRAND GOSS PASTOR, OFFICIATED AND BURIAL
WAS IN OAK GROVE. MR RUE WAS BORN IN DELHI, OCT 30, 1888, A SON
OF THE LATE JOHN & ROLANDA (BROOKS) RUE. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 75
ON WED OF THIS WK. IN ADDITION TO HIS WIFE, THE DECEDENT IN
SURVIVED BY 2 SONS, ROBERT RUE OF GODFREY, AND ALLEN RUE OF
JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, MRS WINFRED (HELEN) BAUGH OF JERSEYVILLE; 1
SIS, MRS MARY E GREENE OF KANE; 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 14
G-GRANDCHILDREN.
Lora Mae Rue, 92, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED AT
GREENWOOD NURSING HOME, NOV 1 AT 9:50. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS
HELD FRI AFT AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV WAYNE
PENDLETON OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN GRIMES-NEELY CEM. WEST OF
JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS BORN MAY 27, 1891 IN PITTSFIELD, PIKE CO,
DAU OF THE LATE SAMUEL T AND ARTIE (EMMERT) REEVES AND WAS A
MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH. HER FIRST HUSBAND, AUGUST
E MILLER, DIED FEB, 1950 AND SHE LATER MARRIED CHARLES RUE WHO
DIED IN OCT 1963. HER SURVIVORS ARE 1 SON, HARRY MILLER OF KANE;
1 DAU, LILLIAN HUNTSMAN OF SPRING VALLEY, CA AND A NUMBER OF
GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDING 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS SHE REARED, ESTHERMAE
WEBSTER OF ALTON AND DOLORES SITZE OF PHOENIX, ARIZ; AND 1 SIS.
OLLIE McGUIGG OF ALTON. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 SON
AND 2 BRO.
Katherine Louise Rulo, 46, GRAFTON DIED AT
10:40 AM AUG 27 AT ST ANTHONY HOSP ALTON. SHE WAS BORN SEPT 25,
1940 IN BRIGHTON, THE DAU OF WILLIAM VANOVER & AMELAIA (GEISLER)
VANOVER. SHE MARRIED ROLLA RULO ON MAY 25, 1982 IN PEORIA. SHE
IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, ROLLA RULO OF GRAFTON; HER PARENTS,
WILLIAM VANOVER OF MILSTADT AND BERNICE WEST OF PIASA; 1 SON,
JOHN W LYNCH OF BRIGHTON; 1 DAU, SHANNON RULO OF GRAFTON,
NUMEROUS STEP-CHILDREN; PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, BESSIE WEST OF
ALTON; 2 SIS, SUE FULLER AND DONNA CARTWRIGHT, BOTH OF KANE; 4
BRO, BOB RHOADES OF MEDORA, ALLAN WEST OF PIASA, DON WEST OF
CARROLLTON AND DICK WEST OF SHIPMAN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH
BY 1 BRO, DENNIS WEST OF SHIPMAN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1
BROTHER DENNIS WEST. A FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD AT 10 AM AUG 29, AT
ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE WITH BURIAL IN BRIGHTON
CEM. Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville WAS IN CHARGE
OF ARRANGEMENTS. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
Rachel Rush, 71 YRS, 2 MO, 21 DAYS, OF
ROCKBRIDGE DIED SAT AM, OCT 31, AT 11:45 AT BOYD MEM HOSP IN
CARROLLTON WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR 6 WKS. SHE WAS THE
WIDOW OF JOHN RUSH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD TUES AFT, NOV 3,
AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV LEONARD TODD
OF ALTON, FORMER PASTOR OF CHRIST EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED
CHURCH IN FIRLDON, OFFICIATED AT THE SERVICES AND BURIAL WAS IN
THE FIELDON CEM. MRS RUS WAS A DAU OF THE LATE JOHN & ROSE
(WEEKS) COOPER, AND WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO ON AUG 10, 1888.
SURVIVING HER ARE 1 SON EVERETT RUSH OF ROCKBRIDGE; 1 BRO,
ROBERT COOPER OF JERSEYVILLE, AND 3 SIS, MISS BERTHA COOPER, MRS
ANNA MEDFORD AND MRS ALMA GERSON OF FIELDON.
Mrs. Alice Mae Russell, 62, WIFE OF JUSTUS
RUSSELL, DIED AUG 9 IN NUTWOOD. THE DAU OF BENJAMIN & SUSAN
(DAVENPORT) KIRCHNER AND BORN IN JERSEY CO, AUG 16, 1889. SHE
LEAVES HER HUSBAND, 2 SONS, EVERETT AND EARL RUSSELL OF FIELDON,
1 DAU, MRS HAZEL AYERS OF FIELDON, 5 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 BRO, ED
KIRCHNER OF JERSEYVILLE, ELMER KIRCHNER OF KANE, GEORGE KIRCHNER
OF FIELDON, 2 SIS, MRS ADOLPH WAHL AND MRS PARKER COLLINS
PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. RITES FROM NUTWOOD CHURCH WITH REV THOMAS
JOLLY OF ELDARADO. BURIAL WAS IN FIELDON CEM.
Anna Marie Russell, 71, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED
FRI AM AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. REV RONALD HASTIE OF JERSEYVILLE
OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. BORN OCT 1, 1898
AT FIELDON, SHE WAS THE DAU OF JAMES & ELIZABETH (BOOMER)
MINARD. HER HUSBAND, CHARLES W RUSSELL PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
HER SURVIVORS ARE 2 DAU, MRS LEONA ROE OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS
ESTHER BRANHAM OF DELHI; 5 SONS, JOHN RUSSELL OF HETTICK,
ALFRED, CHARLES AND DONALD OF JERSEYVILLE AND CLARENCE (PAT) OF
KANE; 24 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 BRO, CURTIS MINARD OF WARREN, MICH,
AND WILLIAM MINARD OF JERSEYVILLE. HER HUSBAND, 2 SONS, 2 BRO
AND 2 SIS, PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
Charles William Russell, 80, OF JERSEYVILLE
DIED JAN 21, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SERVICES WERE HELD SAT AFT AT
1:30 PM AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville, WHERE
VISITATION WAS HELD FRI PM. REV ROY HILL OF GILLESPIE OFFICIATED
AT THE RITES. A RETIRED FARMER, HE WAS BORN JULY 5, 1889 IN
OSWEGO, KS, THE SON OF REUBEN & MARTHA (HAND) RUSSELL. HE IS
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ANNA (MINARD?) RUSSELL; 5 SONS, JOHN OF
HETTICK, CLARENCE OF KANE, ALFRED, CHARLES AND DONALD OF
JERSEYVILLE; 2 DAU, MRS LEONA STREBEL OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS
ESTHER BRANHAM OF DELHI; 24 GRANDCHILDREN; 7 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2
BRO, PAUL RUSSELL OF CARROLLTON AND HAROLD RUSSELL OF
JERSEYVILLE; AND 1 SIS, MRS PEARL McGOWEN, ALSO OF JERSEYVILLE.
2 SONS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
George “Bud” Russell, 71, DIED AT 1:14 PM
FRI, MAY 1, 1987, AT ST LUKE HOSP WEST IN CHESTERFIELD, MO. BORN
IN JERSEY CO, SON OF THE LATE GEORGE L & MAGGIE (WELCH) RUSSELL,
HE MARRIED DOROTHY FOSTER ON JUNE 27, 1934, IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE
SURVIVES. HE WAS A CO-OWNER OF BUD RUSSELL & SON CONTRACTORS IN
JERSEYVILLE FOR 50 YRS AND ALSO PART OWNER OF BUSCH BOWLING
ALLEY IN JERSEYVILLE. BESIDES HIS WIFE, THE WW II ARMY VETERAN
IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS, RALPH EUGENE, ROBERT JOSEPH AND ROGER
WILLIAM, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, PRISCILLA ANN PROUGH OF
KANE; 10 GRANDCHILDREN; 12 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 SIS, MILDRED
RUSSELL OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 2 BRO, HERSCHEL AND CARL RUSSELL
BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4-9 PM SUN AT
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. MASONIC SERVICES
WILL BE HELD AT 6:30 PM. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 1
PM MON AT THE FUNERAL HOME. BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEM,
WITH FULL MILITARY RITES CONDUCTED BY AMERICAN LEGION POST 492
OF JERSEYVILLE. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
George L. Russell, Sr., 74 YRS, 10 MO, AND 3
DAYS, DIED FRI AT 5:55 AM AT HIS HOME ON LOCKE ST, JERSEYVILLE.
ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR SOME TIME HIS DEATH WAS
UNEXPECTED. SERVICES WERE HELD SUN AFT AT 1:30 AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville, WHERE VISITATION WAS HELD.
REV BEKMAN DAY OF DEXTER, MO, OFFICIATED WITH INTERMENT IN OAK
GROVE CEM. MR RUSSELL WAS A SON OF THE LATE RUEBEN & MARTHA
(HAND) RUSSELL, AND WAS BORN MAY 11, 1894, AT OSWEGO, KS. HE HAD
RESIDED IN JERSEYVILLE 39 YRS AND WAS A MEMBER OF WESLEYAN
CHURCH ON SHORT ST. SURVIVING MR RUSSELL ARE HIS WIFE, MRS NORA
RUSSELL OF JERSEYVILLE, 4 SONS, GEORGE E (BUD) RUSSELL, JR,
RALPH RUSSELL, HERSCHEL RUSSELL AND CARL RUSSELL, ALL OF
JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, MISS MILDRED RUSSELL OF JERSEYVILLE; 3
STEP-SONS, JAKE DEAN OF JERSEYVILLE, TOM DEAN OF ELDRED AND
JAMES DEAN OF CARROLLTON; 3 STEP DAU, MRS IRWIN HAMILTON OF
FIELDON, MRS EVERETT JOHNSON OF KANE AND MRS BUTKOVICH OF WOOD
RIVER; 12 GRANDCHILDREN; 24 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 3 BRO, CHARLES AND
HAROLD RUSSELL OF JERSEYVILLE AND PAUL RUSSELL OF CARROLLTON;
AND 1 SIS MRS PEARL McGOWEN OF JERSEYVILLE.
Justus Russell, 77 YRS, 4 MO, 10 DAYS, OF
2146 STATE ST, GRANITE CITY, DIED AT 8:45 PM FRI AT ALTON MEM HOSP,
WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR 2 WKS. THE FORMER WESTERN JERSEY
CO FARMER WAS THE SON OF THE LATE REUBEN & MARTHA (HAND)
RUSSELL. HE WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, JUNE 21, 1891 AND WAS A
MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH HERE. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS
WIFE, REV OLIVIA Y RUSSELL; 1 DAU, MRS RALPH (HAZEL) AYRES,
FIELDON; 1 SON, EARL RUSSELL; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; 11
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 4 BRO, CHARLES, GEORGE, AND HAROLD RUSSELL OF
JERSEYVILLE, AND PAUL RUSSELL OF CARROLLTON; 1 SIS, MRS PEARL
McGOWEN OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 STEP-SON, JACK HOUS OF KEOKUK, IA, AND
1 STEP-DAU, MRS ROBERT HAYNES OF GRANITE CITY.
Kathryn “Katie” Russell, 63, 302 E MILLER
DRIVE, JERSEYVILLE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT 11:58 PM JUNE 13 AT JERSEY
COMM HOSP FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. SERVICES WERE HELD
THURS AFT AT PEACE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST WITH REV HENRY
LIPPERT OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. BORN MAY 29,
1920 AT ELDRED IN GREENE CO TO THE LATE GEORGE & LETTIE
(WINCHELL) McADAMS, SHE WAS A COOK AT THE DONUT KITCHEN
RESTAURANT. MRS RUSSELL WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE WOMEN OF THE
MOOSE AND WOMEN OF THE ELKS. HER HUSBAND, RALPH L RUSSELL WHOM
SHE MARRIED ON FEB 5, 1938 AT ST CHARLES, MO, DIED FEB 27 THIS YR.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 DAU, FRAN FOSHA AND SHARON LOOPER OF
JERSEYVILLE AND GLORIA McCLARY OF BRIGHTON; 1 BRO, PAUL McADAMS
OF ST JOSEPH, MICH AND 1 SIS, DORIS ARTER OF JERSEYVILLE; 8
GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN. Memorials may be given to
THE CHURCH BUILDING FUND AND THE HEART FUND.
Lela Elizabeth Russell, 75 OF 1106 LOCKE ST
JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT 6:15 PM JUNE 26 AT GREENWOOD MANOR.
VISITATION WAS HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. SERVICES WERE HELD THERE SAT AFT, JUNE 29, WITH
INTERMENT IN McDOW CEM. BORN SEPT 2, 1898 IN OTTER CREEK TWSP,
SHE WAS THE DAU OF GEORGE PARIS GOWIN & LIBBY ELIZABETH
(SCHAFER) GOWIN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 DAU, MRS JAMES (HELEN)
BURELL OF SEATTLE, WASH, MRS EDWARED (MARY) CANNON OF
JERSEYVILLE AND MRS KATHRYN JOHNSON OF JERSEYVILLE; 14
GRANDCHILDREN; 8 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 3 BRO, LESLIE AND MINOR GOWIN
OF KANE AND GEORGE GOWIN OF GRANITE CITY; 1 SIS, MRS STELLA
KIRCHNER OF FIELDON. HER PARENTS, 1 BRO AND 2 GRANDCHILDREN
PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
Nora B. Russell, 85, OF LOCKE ST,
JERSEYVILLE DIED AT 5:20 AM JAN 6 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SHE WAS
BORN AUG 30, 1892 IN SCOTT CO, THE DAU OF EDWARD & EMMA (POWELL)
MEPPIN. SHE MARRIED GEORGE L RUSSELL SR, IN 1957 AND HE DIED
MARCH 14, 1969. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 1 SON, JACOB DEAN OF
JERSEYVILLE; 2 DAU, MRS ALICE HAMILTON OF FIELDON AND MRS BETTY
JOHNSON OF KANE, 21 GRANDCHILDREN AND 33 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville, AT 1:30 PM JAN 8, BRO. JOE ROWLETT OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
Ruben Harold Russell, 65 YRS, 5 MO, AND 3
DAYS, A RETIRED CARPENTER OF JERSEYVILLE DIED WED AM. SERVICES
WERE HELD AT 1:30 PM FRI AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV ORLEN LANE AND REV LOUIS KAPPLER OFFICIATED AND
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. VISITATION WAS HELD THURS AFT. MR
RUSSELL, A SON OF THE LATE REUBEN & MARTHA (HAND) RUSSELL, WAS
BORN IN KS. HIS HEALTH HAD BEEN IMPAIRED SINCE INCURRING
INJURIES IN A TRUCK ACCIDENT SEVERAL YRS AGO. SURVIVING ARE HIS
WIFE, MRS LILLIAN RUSSELL; 1 BRO, PAUL OF CARROLLTON, AND 1 SIS,
MRS PEARL McGOWEN OF JERSEYVILLE. 1 SON, RICHARD HAROLD, 3 BRO
AND 1 SIS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
Lloyd Amos Ruyle, 69, DIED OCT 19, 1978 AT 5:15
PM AT BOYD MEM HOSP, CARROLLTON. THE FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED
SAT AM AT ST MICHAEL CHURCH IN GREENFIELD WITH FATHER VIC
KALTENBACH CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN OAKWOOD CEM, GREENFIELD. HE
WAS BORN IN KEMPER, A SON OF THE LATE GEORGE & CATHERINE
mCaLINEY RUYLE AND WAS A FARMER. HE MARRIED TERESA (CONNOLLY)
RUYLE SEPT 14, 1940 IN MURRAYVILLE. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE,
TERESA; 1 DAU, CHARLENE, SPRINGFIELD; 2 SONS, MICHAEL AT HOME,
AND PATRICK OF SPRINGFIELD; AND 1 BRO WALTER, OF KEMPER. HE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SISTER AND A BROTHER. Memorials may be
given to ST MICHAEL CHURCH IN GREENFIELD OR THE AMERICAN CANCER
SOC.
Mary Ruyle, 77, MOTHER OF SUPT THOMAS B
RUYLE OF THE CO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DIED AT HER HOME NEAR KEMPER,
WED JAN 17, 1906. SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF THOMAS B RUYLE. SHE WAS
THE DAU OF AMOS & ELIZA PRUITT, AND WAS BORN 3 MILES NORTH OF
CARROLLTON, IN GREENE CO, FEB 13, 1828. THOMAS WAS A NATIVE OF
TENN AND CAME TO MORGAN CO ILL WHEN 7 YRS OLD, HE MOVED TO
JERSEY CO IN 1832. MARY AND THOMAS SETTLED, AFTER THEIR
MARRIAGE, IN RUYLE TWSP WHERE THEY LIVED THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES. THEY WERE THE PARENTS OF 12 CHILDREN: AMOS L, CHARLES,
DECEASED, LUCINDA J, ELIZA E, MARY, CELIA, THOMAS B, GEORGE W,
HENRY, DECEASED, ANNIE AND 2 SONS WHO DIED IN INFANCY. THEY WERE OF
THAT CLASS OF EARLY INFLUENTIAL SETTLERS WHOSE PERSISTENT
PATIENCE, TRUE STURDY MANHOOD AND WOMANHOOD AND FRUITFUL AND
SUBSTANTIAL CITIZENSHIP HAVE CONTRIBUTED GENEROUSLY TO THE
PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF JERSEY CO AND RUYLE TWSP. THE DEMISE
OF THOMAS B RUYLE SR WAS KEENLY FELT AS IS THE DEATH NOW OF MRS
RUYLE, BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. A FAITHFUL WIFE, A GOOD MOTHER,
A TRUE HIGHLY ESTEEMED CITIZEN AND A CHARITABLE AND LOYAL
CHRISTIAN, HAS ENDED HER LIFE WORK AND PASSED OVER THE RIVER
WHILE HER LOVED ONES MOURN HER GOING. SHE LEAVES TO MOURN THEIR
LOSS 8 CHILDREN, 22 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 G-GRANDCHILDREN AND MANY
OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. ALL HER CHILDREN WERE AT HER
BEDSIDE AT THE TIME OF DEATH. MRS RUYLE WAS FAMILIARLY KNOWN AS
"GRANDMA RUYLE" AND HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF KEMPER BAPTIST CHURCH
EVER SINCE IT WAS ORGANIZED IN 1876. "GRANDMA" IN HER HAS
SICKNESS SAID: "I AM PREPARED AND READY TO GO AND MEET THOSE WHO
HAVE GONE BEFORE." FUNERAL SERVICES CONDUCTED BY REV WM GAITHER,
WERE HELD AT KEMPER BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT WAS IN DELAWARE
CEM.
Henry Ryan, 62, WAS BORN IN CARROLLTON,
MARCH 28, 1831. HE MARRIED ALMIRA E THOMAS SEPT 26, 1861.
Henry T. Ryan, 82, DIED AT 7:29 PM WED, NOV
19, 1986, AT REISCH MEM NURSING HOME IN CARROLLTON. HE WAS A
FARMER, BORN IN RUYLE TWSP, SON OF THE LATE GEORGE & LENA
(MORRIS) RYAN. ON NOV 6, 1926, IN JERSEYVILLE, HE MARRIED THE
FORMER MABEL BURGER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE; 2 DAU, MARJORIE
YOUNG OF SHIPMAN AND RUTH FARLEY OF CARROLLTON; 1 SON, THOMAS
RYAN OF PIASA; 12 GRANDCHILDREN; 19 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 SIS,
ADA WIEGAND OF ALTON AND HELEN BURGER OF WHITEHALL. VISITATION
WILL BE FROM 4-9 PM TODAY AT WARNER-TARGHETTA FUNERAL HOME IN
MEDORA. VISITATION CONTINUES, AT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH (NEAR
MEDORA), FROM 10 AM SAT UNTIL TIME OF SERVICE AT 1 PM. REV EARL
CLAGG WILL OFFICIATE, WITH BURIAL IN MEDORA CEM. Memorials may
be given to THE CHURCH, WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER.
Mrs. Mary G. Ryan DIED IN ST PETERS, MINN,
JAN 6, 1924. SHE WAS BORN AT KANE ON APR 26, 1872 THE DAU OF
PATRICK & SARAH (FLOOD) GAVIN. FUNERAL FROM ST FRANCIS CHURCH
WITH REV J J CLANCY OFFICIATING. INTERMENT IN ST FRANCIS CEM.
