Obituaries - T
GEORGE LODRICK TALLEY, 76 YRS, 3 MO, 23
DAYS, A RETIRED FARMER WHO RESIDED ON RR1, FIELDON, DIED WED AFT,
JULY 25, AT 1 PM AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR
24 DAYS, AND IN FAILING HEALTE FOR ABOUT 5 YRS. FUNERAL SERVICES
WRE HELD SSAT AFT AT 1:30 PM AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV A J MAGGOS OF ALTON OFFICIATED AND INTERNMENT
WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. VISITATION HRS WERE HELD AT THE FUNERLA
HOME. MR TALLEY WAS A SON OF THE LATE JOHN THOMAS & CLARA ELLEN
(HARDWICK) TALLEY AND WAS BORN IN GREENE CO MARCH 31, 1892.
SURVIVING HIM ARE HIS WIFE, MRS GERTRUDE E TALLEY OF FIELDON; 9
DAU, GERTRUDE MARVELLE BROOKS OF KANE, MAUDE ELLEN ARMEDA
DUNHAM, LOLA MAE DUNHAM, VIVIAN PAULINE AKERS AND WILMA IRENE
GRIFFIN OF JERSEYVILLE, LINDEL EILEEN MOORE OF EDWARDSVILLE,
BEULAH DELORIS WESTFALL OF FIELDON, ETHEL FRANCES WESTFALL OF
ALTON AND BEATRICE MAE WHITE OF ELSAH; 2 SON, GEORGE J TALLEY OF
JERSEYVILLE AND CHARLES ELDON TALLEY OF FIELDON; 2 BRO, CLEM
TALLEY OF JERSEYVILLE AND THOMAS C TALLEY OF ALTON. HE ALSO
LEAVES SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN AND G-GRANDCHILDREN.
THE FUNERAL OF GERTRUDE ELIZABETH TALLEY, 88, WHO RESIDED AT
GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME, WAS CONDUCTED TUES AFT AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REVS WILBRU CAIN & GLENN
CAIN OFFICIATING, BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM. HER DEATH OCCURRED AT
9 PM OCT 12 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. OCT 14, 1895 IN ELDRED, SHE WAS
A DAU OF THE LATE JOHN AND MARY FRANCES (MEADOWS) PARKER AND WAS
A MEMBER OF THE OPEN DOOR FELLOWSHIP CH. HER SURVIVORS ARE 2 SONS, GEORGE
TALLEY OF FIELDON AND CHARLES TALLEY OF ALTON; 9 DAU, MARVELL
BROOKS, KANE, ARMEDA DUNHAM, LOLA MAE DUNHAM, VIVIAN AKERS,
DELORIS WESTFALL AND BEATRICE WHITE, ALL OF JERSEYVIILLE, ELENE
MOORE, GRANITE CITY, WILMA GRIFFIN, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, AND
FRANCES CRUMLEY OF ALTON; 54 GRANDCHILDREN, 111 G-GRANDCHILDREN
AND 42 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER
HUSBAND, GEORGE TALLEY ON JUN 24, 1968; 1 BRO, 2 SIS, 5
GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN. THE OPEN DOOR FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH HAS BEEN NAMED AS A MEMORIAL.
FINAL SERVICES WERE HELD FRI AFT AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home in Jerseyville, FOR THOMAS CHRIS TALLEY,
83, OF ALTON, A RETIRED FARMER, WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED ON OCT 4,
AT ST JOSEPH'S HOSP AFTER A MONTH OF ILLNESS. REV A J MAGGOS
OFFICIATED AT THE RITES AND BURIAL WAS IN FIELDON CEM. HE WAS
BORN SEPT 5, 1889 IN ELDRED THE SON
OF THE LATE JOHN AND ELLEN (HARDWICK) TALLEY AND ATTENDED
SCHOOLS IN ELDRED. MR TALLEY WAS A MEMBER OF THE PENTECOSTAL CH
AT NUTWOOD. SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, MILDRED ROBERTS TALLEY; 3
SONS, THOMAS W OF MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO, HAROLD OF JERSEYVILLE
AND ARNOLD; 2 DAU, MRS GENEVA LEWIS AND MRS MILDRED FROMMEE OF
ST CHARLES, MO; 16 GRANDCHILDREN; 22 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2
STEPSONS, DONALD DOUGLAS
MUSIC OF VALLEY PARK, MO AND CURTIS RAY MUSIC OF VALLEAR, KN.
HIS FIRST WIFE, STELLA MARIE SHAW, D IN 1940.
FORMER GILLESPIE RESIDENT, ALTHEA TATMAN,
92, DIED AT 9:10 THURS, JUNE 1, 1989, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. BORN IN
WRIGHTS, SHE WAS A DAU OF THE LATE BUEL AND AMY (MITCHELL)
STONE. A RETIRED COOK, SHE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AT LACLEDE STEEL.
SHE WAS FIRST MARRIED TO HARVEY FORD, HE DIED, AND THEN SHE
MARRIED JOHN TATMAN. HE ALSO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. SURVIVING
ARE: 2 SONS, FERRIS FORD OF BRIGHTON, AND WARREN FORD OF
GREENFIELD; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 9 G-GRANDCHILDREN. THERE WILL
BE NO VISITATION. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 1 PM
MON IN GILLESPIE CITY CEM. WITH PAT GREEN OFFICIATION. KRAVANYA
FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
ALVIN LEROY "ROY" TAYLOR, 86, DIED AT 1:45 AM
FRI, MARCH 11, 1988 AT ST JOSEPH'S HOSP IN ALTON. TAYLOR HAD
BEEN A FARMER AND WORKED AS A MECHANIC AT SEVERAL AUTO SHOPS IN
JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS BORN IN GREENE CO SON OF THE LATE GEORGE E
AND JESSE (HODGERSON) TAYLOR. ON OCT 6, 1928, IN JACKSONVILLE,
HE MARRIED THE FORMER GOLDIE COATS, AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO
SURVIVING, ARE 2 GRANDCHILDREN; 4 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2
SISTERS, ADA SMITH OF DOW AND HAZEL RALSTON OF ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, LEE TAYLOR; AND A SISTER
EDITH JOHNESSE. VISITATION WILL BE 4-9 PM SUN AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES WILL BE AT FUNERAL HOME AT
1:30 PM MON WITH THE REV RAY ROBINSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL
BE IN OAK GROVE CEM. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO A CHARITY OF
ONE'S CHOICE.
WALTER R TAYLOR, 85, D AT 4:20 PM TUES, DEC
1, 1987 AT ST MARY'S HOSP IN CLAYTON, MO. TAYLOR WORKED AS A
FARMER FOR 32 YRS BEFORE RETIRING IN 1971. HE WAS BORN IN
PRINCETON, KY, SON OF THE LATE ALEX AND MYRTLE (REED) SCOTT
TAYLOR. ON JUNE 5, 1927, HE MARRIED THE FORMER VERA JOSEPHINE
NEIL, AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 2 DAU, MYRTLE
ELIZABETH POINTER AND BETTY CONRAD, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 SONS,
WALTER FRANKLIN TAYLOR OF SHELBYVILLE, TN, AND EUGENE TAYLOR OF
SAYARE, OK; 13 GRANDCHILDREN; 8 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 (1/2)
SISTERS, ERMA PHELPS AND MARY BELLE NEWSOM, BOTH OF PRINCETON,
KY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 (1/2) BRO, EDWARD SCOTT.
VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4-9 PM THURS AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THERE AT 2 PM
FRI WITH THE REVS. JAMES THORGMORTON & L E HUTCHINSON
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN KANE CEM. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN
TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CH OF FIELDON.
REV J W TEANEY, 79, DIED AT HIS HOME IN
OTTERVILLE JAN 10, 1912. FUNERAL WAS HELD FROM BAPTIST CHURCH IN
OTTERVILLE, REV W W HICKS OFFICIATING. HE WAS BORN IN ELIZABETH,
KY AND MOVED TO ILL WHEN SMALL. HE LIVED AT FAYETTE, GREENE CO
WHERE HE WAS A PASTOR, POSTMASTER, AND IN THE MERCHANTILE
BUSINESS, FOR 18 YRS. HE LIVED IN OTTERVILLE FOR 23 YRS, SERVING
4 YRS AS POSTMASTER THERE. HE ALSO HAD A STORE. HE LEAVES HIS
WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN. MRS L T WAGGONER, MRS LETTA FINLEY AND
BESSIE HOWARD OF ST LOUIS. BURIAL WAS IN KELLAR CEMETERY AT
CHESTERFIELD.
EUGENE EVERETT TEDROW, 1 YR OLD SON OF MR
AND MRS H H TEDROW. THE FUNERAL WAS BY REV W L NEELY, WITH
BURIAL AT CARROLLTON. HE LEAVES HIS FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER
VIVIAN, AND BRO RALPH. (1918)
DELMER P TEPEN, 32, OF 3rd ST, CARROLLTON D
AT 1 PM TUES, MAY 21, AT HIS HOME. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIDOW,
THE FORMER JO ANN CLENDENNY; HIS PARENTS, MR & MRS JOHN B TEPEN
OF CARROLLTON; 3 SONS, CHRISTOPHER, TIMOTHY AND JAMES, ALL AT
HOME; 2 SISTERS, MRS BERNADINE HILLEN OF MEPPEN AND MRS MARY ANN
RITTER OF CARROLLTON, 4 BRO, NORMAN J AND EUGENE F OF
CARROLLTON, JEROME B OF JERSEYVILLE AND JOSEPH B OF FRANKLIN.
FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED FRI AM, MAY 24, AT ST JOHN'S
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CARROLLTON WITH, REV ROBERT MORRIS WAS
CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN ST JOHN'S CEM.
THE FUNERAL OF IRMA TERPENING, 78, OF KANE
WAS CONDUCTED FRI AFT AT THE KANE BAPTIST CHURCH BY REV PETER
ELY WITH BURIAL IN KANE CEM. SHE DIED AT 3:25 PM NOV 13 AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP. SHE WAS BORN APR 5, 1906 IN KANE, DAU OF JAMES
AND GRACE (WHEELER) MUNDY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE PANHANDLE HOME
BUREAU AND KANE BAPTIST CHURCH. HER HUSBAND, ROY TERPENING WHOM
SHE MARRIED JULY 4, 1925 IN CARROLLTON, D SEPT 13, 1981. SHE IS
SURVIVED BY 2 DAU, EMMA PROUGH OF JERSEYVILLE AND MARILYN SPARGO
OF JACKSONVILLE; 1 SON, JAMES TERPENING OF CARROLLTON; 7
GRANDCHILDREN AND 8 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, LOUIS "OLE" MUNDY OF
EAST ALTON. 1 BRO AND 1 SISTER ALSO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. THE
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF JERSEY COMM HOSP AND KANE BAPTIST CHURCH
HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS MEMORIALS. ARRANGEMENTS WERE BY Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
ROY TERPENING, 76, A GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK
FARMER OF RR1 KANE, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIS HOME AT 9 AM SEPT
13 FROM A HEART CONDITION. BORN SEPT 18, 1904 IN GREENE CO, HE
WAS A SON OF WILLIAM AND EMMA (VARBLE) TERPENING. HIS SURVIVORS
ARE: HIS WIFE, THE FORMER IRMA MUNDY; 2 DAU EMMA PROUGH OF
JERSEYVILLE AND MARILYN SPARGO OF JACKSONVILE; 1 SON, JAMES OF
CARROLLTON; 7 GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 G-GRANDCHILDREN. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE 1 BRO, HARRY TERPENING OF ALTON; 2 SIS, ELMA HUFF
OF EAST ALTON AND FAYE JOCKISCH OF GODFREY; 1 HALF BRO, BILLY
TERPENING OF CARROLLTON AND 3 HALF SISTERS, BETTY SHORT AND
EDITH WHEELER, CARROLLTON, AND DOROTHY FORD, EAST ALTON; 1
STEP-BRO, FAY "JACK" BAKER, JERSEYVILLLE; 2 STEP-SISTERS, LELA
SMITH OF MEDORA AND MARY MOWREY OF EAST ALTON. HE WAS PRECEDED
IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, 1 BRO AND AN INFANT SON. SERVICES WERE
CONDUCTED AT THE KANE BAPTIST CHURCH BY THE REVS PETER ELY AND
GAROLD COOPER. BURIAL WAS IN THE KANE CEM. THE KANE BAPTIST
CHURCH HAS BEEN NAMED AS A MEMORIAL.
ON OCT 21, JASPER M TERRY, ONE OF OUR OLDEST
AND MOST RESPECTED CITIZENS, BREATHER HIS LAST. MR TERRY HAD
BEEN FOR SOME MONTHS PAST IN FEEBLE HEALTH. IN HIS DEATH JERSEY
CO LOSES ONE OF HER BEST AND MOST HONORED CITIZENS, A MAN OF
STERLING INTEGRITY, FINE INTELLIGENCE, AND GREAT USEFULNESS IN
THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS A NATIVE OF HARDIN CO, KY, AND CAME TO ILL
IN 1828. HE MARRIED MARY ANN WAGNER ON SEPT 20, 1833. SHE WAS
THE DAU OF JOHN & MARY WAGNER, WHO RESIDED SOUTHEAST OF
CARROLLTON. THEY HAD 12 CHILDREN--9 SONS AND 3 DAU--3 OF WHOM D
IN INFANCY. MR TERRY, SOON AFTER HIS MARRIAGE, SETTLED ON THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWN 7 RANGE 12, (OTTERCREEK,
TWP), WHERE HE RESIDED UP TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HIS FARM IS
ONE OF THE BEST IN THE TOWNSHIP; AND ALTHOUGH HE BEGAN LIFE
WITHOUT CAPITAL, HE HAD, BY DINT OF GREAT INDUSTRY AND STRICT
INTEGRITY AMASSED A LARGE FORTUNE AND BECAME A MOST SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS MAN. ELECTED ASSOCIATE JUDGE IN JERSEY CO IN 1850,
WHICH POSITION HE HELD UNTIL 1857, WITH CREDIT TO HIMSELF AND
SATISFACTION TO HIS FELLOW CITIZENS. FUNERAL FROM OTTERVILLE
BAPTIST CHURCH, REV M DODGE OF ALTON OFFICIATING.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS MARY G TERRY, 86,
WERE HELD FRI AFT AT 1:30 PM, AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN
JERSEYVILLE WITH THE REV W LOUIS PURCELL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS
IN OAK GROVE CEM. VISITATION HRS WERE HELD AT THE Gubser Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. MRS TERRY, WHOSE HOME WAS AT 515 W PEARL
ST, D WED AFT, APR 17, AT 3:10 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP WHERE SHE HAD
BEEN A PATIENT 10 DAYS. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN H &
MARIA (POPE) GREENE AND WAS BORN SEPT 15, 1881, IN GREENE CO.
HER AGE AT DEATH WAS 86 YRS, 7 MOS, AND 2 DAYS. HER HUSBAND,
CHARLES H TERRY, WHO WAS COUNTY CLERK IN JERSEY CO FOR SEVERAL
YRS, D IN 1947. MRS TERRY IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, J DONALD
TERRY, OF THIS CITY AND 3 GRANDCHILDREN.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR LULA MAE TERRY,
68, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK AT 8:41 PM
MAY 20, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SHE HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR ONE
WEEK. MRS TERRY WAS BORN DEC 1, 1915 IN KANE, THE DAUGHTER OF
THE LATE IRA W & GRACE (TOMPKINS) RENO. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER
HUSBAND, J DONALD TERRY, WHO SHE MARRIED JULY 23, 1937 IN ST
CHARLES MO. 1 SON, DONALD GORDON TERRY, CHICAGO; 1 DAU, PATRICIA
SUE TERRY, PLAINS, TX; 1 GRANDSON; AND 1 SISTER, DOROTHEA
TAYLOR, OF ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER
PARENTS AND 1 GRANDDAUGHTER.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED FRI AT ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH
FOR JANE B THATCHER, 70, OF FLORISSANT, MO,
WIFE OF THE LATE JOHN S THATCHER, FORMERLY OF JERSEYVILLE.
FATHER PATRICK MORROW WAS CELEBRANT. SHE D AT 6:55 AM MAY 7 AT
THE CARROLLTON MANOR IN BREDGETON, MO. SHE WAS BORN MAY 3, 1915
IN SAND POINT, IDAHO TO THE LATE DAVID & BLANCHE (HILL) SWENSON.
SHE WAS A SECRETARY FOR 10 YRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. HER
HUSBAND D OCT 24, 1967. HER SURVIVORS ARE 2 SONS, JOHN OF
FLORISSANT, MO AND DAVID OF SNELLVILLE, GA; 1 DAU, SANDRA JANE
SMITH OF FLORISSANT; 1 BRO, DAVID SWENSON, PORT LUDLOW, WASH; 2
SIS, BETTY HAY, SUN CITY, ARIZ AND MARY ANN SWITZER, LINCOLN
CITY, ORE; 14 GRNDCHILDREN; 1 G-GRANDCHILD. BURIAL WAS AT ST
FRANCIS CEM HERE. Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville
WAS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO ONE'S
OF YOUR CHOICE.
PAUL M THATCHER, 74, KANE, D AT 10:25 AM APR
18 AT BARNES HOSP, ST LOUIS. HE WAS A LIFETIME FARMER, RETIRING
IN 1978. HE WAS BORN NOV 22, 1914, IN JERSEYVILLE, TO ETHA
(MANNING) THATCHER & THE LATE AUTHUR THATCHER OF JERSEYVILLE.
HIS MOTHER SURVIVES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH, JERSEYVILLE. ALSO SURVIVING ARE: HIS WIFE, ESTHER (HYDE)
THATCHER; 1 SON ERIC M THATCHER, CARROLLTON; 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS; 1
BRO, WILLIAM B OF PHOENIX, ARIZ; 1 SISTER, MARTHA T BENTLEY, OF
SPRINGFIELD, MO. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FRI, APR 21, AT
10:30 AM AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. BURIAL WAS IN
KANE CEM, REV CHARLES EPPERLY AND REV JOHN WILSON OFFICIATED.
MEMORIAL GIFTS MAY BE MADE TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOC. OR THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, JERSEYVILLE.
ADA L THIEL, 86, D AUG 4 AT JERSEY COMM
HOSP. FUNERAL WAS FROM Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville, WITH
REV JAMES PEPPER SERVING AND BURIAL IN KANE CEM. SHE WAS BORN
JUNE 16, 1896 IN GREENE CO, NEAR KANE, DAU OF WM C & SUSAN I
RENO. SHE MARRIED RAYMOND O THIEL WHO D MARCH 14, 1981. SHE
LEAVES 1 SON, ORNAN THIEL OF JERSEYVILLE, 1 DAU, BETTY JOHNSON
OF ROCKBRIDGE, 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 7 G-GRANDCHILDREN. 2 BRO AND
3 SISTERS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
SERVICES FOR FRED B THIEL SR, 90, A RETIRED
FARMER OF RR2, JERSEYVILLE, WERE CONDUCTED MON AFT FROM Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV WILLIAM ELDER AND REV JAMES
PEPPER OFFICIATED, WITH BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM. HIS DEATH
OCCURRED AT 1:50 AM APR 17 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. HE WAS BORN JAN
26, 1891 IN GREENE CO, A SON OF THE LATE NICHOLAS & ANNA (MANTZ)
THIEL. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, THE FORMER ALICE HAYNES WHOM
HE MARRIED AUG 27, 1931 IN CARROLLTON; 2 SONS, FRED B THIEL JR
OF JERSEYVILLE AND HENRY R THIEL OF SAN ANTONIO, TX; 1 DAU,
FRANCES BROCK OF KIRKWOOD, MO, 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, WALTER OF ROCKBRIDGE AND 1 SISTER, ROSA
A WHITLOCK OF CARROLLTON. FIVE (5) SISTERS AND 5 BROS ALSO
PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. THE BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH OF WHICH HE WAS
A MEMBER WAS NAMED AS A MEMORIAL.
THE FUNERAL OF LILLIE M THIEL, 72, OF 618
SHEPPARD ST, ALTON, A FORMER JERSEYVILLE RESIDENT, WAS CONDUCTED
SUN AFT AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV MIKE ADAMS
OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM. SHE D AT 1:30 PM FEB 21
AT BARNES HOSP QUEENIE TOWERS. SHE WAS BORN DEC 1, 1907 IN
CRESENT, TX AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE HENRY & MINNIE
(CHRISTIAN) JONES. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND, ORVILLE THIEL WHOM
SHE MARRIED JAN 2, 1926; 1 DAU, JANIE POLLARD OF ALTON; 5
GRANDCHILDREN; 4 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SISTERS, CLARA PAYNE AND
GERTRUDE SAUNDERS, BOTH OF TUCSON, AZ. THREE BRO PRECEDED HER IN
DEATH. THE AMERICAN CANCER SOC. HAS BEEN NAMED AS A MEMORIAL.
SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MON AM AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville FOR ORVILLE T THIEL, 76, 618
SHEPPARD ST, ALTON, WHO D AT 8:15 PM FEB 25 AT D'ADRIAN
CONVALESCENT CENTER, ALTON. THE REV MIKE ADAMS OFFICIATED. HE
WAS BORN SEPT 27, 1906 IN ALTON, A SON OF THE LATE GEORGE & DORA
(STONE) THIEL AND WAS A WW II ARMY VETERAN. HE RETIRED IN 1970
AFTER 30 YRS SERVICE AS A MACHINIST AT OLIN BRASS. HE IS
SURVIVED BY 1 DAU, JANIE POLLARD OF ALTON; 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 8
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, GEORGE THIEL OF CALUMET, OK, 1 SISTER,
EDITH SCOGGINS OF JERSEYVILLE. HIS WIFE, THE FORMER LILLIE JONES
WHOM HE MARRIED JAN 2, 1926 IN DUNCAN, OK, D FEB 21, 1980. HE
WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 SISTER AND 2 BROTHERS. BURIAL
WAS IN KANE CEM. THE AMERICAN CANCER SOC HAS BEEN NAMED AS A
MEMORIAL
SERVICES FOR RAYMOND O THIEL, 84, OF 412 E
EXCHANGE ST JERSEYVILLE, A RETIRED FARMER, WILL BE CONDUCTED AT
2 PM TUES FROM Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville, BY REV JAMES
PEPPER. BURIAL WILL BE IN KANE CEM. HE D AT 7:44 AM MARCH 14 AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP. BORN IN GREENE CO NOV 2, 1896, HE WAS A SON OF
THE LATE NICHOLAS & ANNA (MANTZ) THIEL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, THE FORMER ADA RENO, WHOM HE MARRIED OCT 9, 1925 IN KANE;
1 SON, ORNAN THIEL OF JERSEYVILLE AND 1 DAU, BETTY JOHNSON OF
ROCKBRIDGE; 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2 BRO, WALTER
OF ROCKBRIDGE AND FRED OF JERSEYVLILLE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH
BY 5 SISTERS & 4 BROTHERS. VISITATION FROM 4-9 PM MON AT Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOC HAS
BEEN NAMED AS A MEMORIAL.
SERVICES FOR WALTER IRA THIEL, 91, OF
ROCKBRIDGE, WERE CONDUCTED SAT AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home
in Jerseyville, BY REV WILLIAM SCHMIDT. HIS DEATH OCCURRED AT
5:55 AM JAN 3 AT BOYD MEMORIAL HOSP, CARROLLTON. A FARMER, HE
WAS BORN SEPT 5, 1893 TO THE LATE NICHOLAS & ANNA (MANTZ) THIEL
AND WAS A WW I VETERAN. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, THE FORMER
ESTELLA (BUDT) WHOM HE MARRIED AUG 25, 1925 IN CARLINVILLE; 2
SONS WILLIAM OF CARROLLTON AND ROBERT OF ROCKBRIDGE; 1
GRANDCHILD; AND 1 G-GRANDCHILD. HIS PARENTS, 12 BROS AND SISTERS
PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. THE JERSEYVILLE AMERICAN LEGION CONDUCTED
GRAVESIDE SERVICES AT OAK GROVE CEM, JERSEYVILLE. MEMORIALS OF
ONE'S CHOICE.
HERBERT R THOMAS, 79, D UNEXPECTEDLY AT 5:46
PM SUN IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. EMPLOYED BY
GM&O RAILROAD, HE RETIRED IN 1968 AFTER S40 YRS OF SERVICE. BORN
IN JERSEY CO, A SON OF THE LATE MARSHALL & LENA (SCHMIDT)
THOMAS, HE MARRIED THE FORMER JUANITA LANE ON JUNE 23, 1956, IN
CARROLLTON. IN ADDITION TO HIS WIFE, SURVIVING ARE 2
STEPCHILDREN, DICK BOWERS OF SPRINGFIELD AND JACKIE RINGHAUSEN
OF WOOD RIVER; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 SISTER, FRANCES WESTFALL
OF TAMPA FLA. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4-9 PM TUES AT Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES WILL BE HELD THERE AT 2 PM
WED WITH THE REV R E GEORGE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK
GROVE CEM. THE HEART FUND HAS BEEN NAMED AS A MEMORIAL.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JOHN THOMAS, WHO D TUES
AT BOYD MEMORIAL HOSP WERE HELD WED AFT AT SIMPSON'S FUNERAL
HOME WITH DR JOHN W CROUCH, PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH,
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ROCKBRIDGE CEMRTERY. MR THOMAS AND
FAMILY RESIDED ON A FARM NEAR ROCKBRIDGE BEFORE MOVING TO
CARROLLTON. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, 4 SONS, JOE OF KANSAS
CITY, OLIN THOMAS, OF OMAHA AND ROY & RAY OF CARROLLTON; 1 DAU,
EDITH OF KANSAS CITY.
MRS LENA SARAH THOMAS, 94, WIDOW OF MARSHALL
THOMAS D AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. BORN NOV 18, 1874 IN FIELDON.
LEAVES 152 DESCENDANTS IN CLUDINE 1 SON HERBERT R THOMAS OF
JERSEYVILLE, 3 DAU, WILMA SCHAAF OF CHESTERFIELD, MARTHA
SPROWELL OF CARROLLTON, AND FRANCES WESTFALL OF SPRINGFIELD; 18
GRANDCHILDREN, 58, G-GRANDCHILDREN, AND 76 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN.
THE FUNERAL WAS HELD FROM Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville, REV JAMES PEPPER OFFICIATING WITH BURIAL IN OAK
GROVE CEM.
HAZEL M THOMASSON, 64, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD
AT 12:08 PM TUES, OCT 1, 1991, AT HER HOME. SHE WORKED AT
GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME IN JERSEYVILLE FOR 13 YRS, RETIRING
IN 1988. BORN ON DEC 12, 1926, IN FIELDON, SHE WAS A DAU OF THE
LATE ROBERT & MYRTLE (TURNER) REYNOLDS. SHE MARRIED DON
THOMASSON ON NOV 4, 1945, IN LAS VEGAS, NEV. HE SURVIVES. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE 4 DAU, MARILYN WOOLSEY AND CONNIE COOPER, BOTH OF
KANE, DONNA WINTERS OF CARROLLTON AND JUDY RITCHEY OF MEDORA; 10
GRANDCHILDREN; 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 BRO, WILLIAM REYNOLDS OF
SHOW LOW, ARIZ. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 BRO, PAUL M
REYNOLDS; AND 1 SIS, ROBERTA M HENDY. VISITATION IS FROM 5-8 PM
FRI AT AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME IN CARROLLTON. EASTERN STAR
RITES ARE AT 7 PM. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE AT 2 PM SAT AT THE
FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV DOROTHY FELLHAUER OFFICIATING. BURIAL
IS IN MOUNT GILEAD CEM NEAR CARROLLTON. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO
THE ELIZABETH CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF KANE,
OF WHICH SHE WAS A PAST MATRON, OR TO KANE METHODIST CHURCH,
WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER.
FINAL SERVICES FOR NORMAN EARL THOMASSON,
73, A KANE RESIDENT MOST OF HIS LIFE, WERE HELD DEC 10 AT HIRES
FUNERAL HOME IN CARROLLTON WITH REV JOHN SIMS OF DOW, PASTOR OF
KANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OFFICIATING. HE D AT 11:45 AM ON
DEC 8 AT BOYD MEMORIAL HOSP AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. THOMASSON HAD
RESIDED AT THE MT GILEAD NURSING HOME.
MRS ELIZABETH (GREER) THOMPSON, 88, A FORMER
RESIDENT OF JERSEY CO, D WED, AUG 26, AT ST JOSEPH HOSP IN ALTON
WHERE SHE HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS THAT
DEVELOPED FOLLOWING A HIP FRACTURE. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD
SAT, AUG 29, AT 2 PM AT THE STREEPER FUNERAL HOME IN WOOD RIVER.
MRS THOMPSON, WIDOW OF COLUMBUS K THOMPSON, WAS BORN IN ATHENS,
ILL, MARCH 15, 1865. HER HUSBAND AND 6 CHILDREN PRECEDED HER IN
DEATH. SURVIVING MRS THOMPSON ARE 3 DAU, MRS W HENDRICKSON, OF
ELDRED, MRS ELLA BORMAN OF PASADENA, TX, AND MRS GEORGE FORSTING
OF HARTFORD; AND 7 SONS, MARSHALL OF VERSAILLES, WILLIAM OF
OLIVE BRANCH, LOGAN OF GODFREY, LAWRENCE OF ALTON, CLARENCE OF
HARTFORD, ROY OF WOOD RIVER, AND RUSSELL OF EDWARDSVILLE. SHE
ALSO LEAVES 67 GRANDCHILDREN, 48 G-GRANDCHILDREN AND 3
G-G-GRANDCHILDREN.
RAYMOND C THOMPSON, 65, DIED AT 6:20 AM
TUES, NOV 29, 1988, AT ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER,
FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. THE US ARMY WW II VETERAN WAS A
PAINTER AT PRINCIPIA COLLEGE IN ELSAH 31 YRS, RETIRING IN 1986.
BORN IN GREENE CO, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE LOGAN & VIOLA
(BOWERS) THOMPSON. HE MARRIED THE FORMER ROSE IRENE SCOGGINS
JULY 20, 1946, IN KANE, AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 4
DAU, BETTY CUMMINGS OF JERSEYVILLE, HAZEL JUNE TURNER OF DOW,
JOYCE BEAVERS OF MEDORA AND JANET VANMETER OF JERSEYVILLE; 11
GRANDCHILDREN; 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SISTERS, MARY BROWN OF CAL
AND CECILE RUSSELL OF BRIGHTON; 5 BRO, TRUMAN THOMPSON OF
GODFREY, RUSSELL THOMPSON OF KANE, HERMAN "PETE" THOMPSON OF
TACOMA, WA, DONALD THOMPSON OF GRANITE CITY AND JAMES THOMPSON
OF DOW. PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH WERE 2 BRO, CHARLES WILLIAM AND
LOGAN THOMPSON JR; AND 1 SISTER, HAZEL MAE THOMPSON. THERE WILL
BE NO VISITATION. PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT Gubser
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV WILLIAM TURNER WILL OFFICIATE,
WITH BURIAL IN MOUNT GILEAD CEM NEAR CARROLLTON. MEMORIALS MAY
BE GIVEN TO NEWBERN AS EMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, WHERE THOMPSON HAD
BEEN A MEMBER.
SERVICES FOR WILLIAM "BILL" THOMPSON, 89, OF
KANE WERE HELD SAT AM AT AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME IN
CARROLLTON WITH REVS.JACK BROWN AND PETER ELY OFFICIATING BURIAL
WAS IN KANE CEM. HE DIED AT 5:40 AM JULY 16 AT HIS RESIDENCE.
BORN IN GREENE CO, HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE C K & ELIZABETH
THOMPSON AND WAS A RETIRED EMPLOYEE FROM THE FORMER
INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO PLANT IN JERSEYVILLE. HIS SURVIVORS ARE
HIS WIFE, THE FORMER MARGUERITE (KROHN) WHOM HE MARRIED DEC 11,
1970, IN KANE; 3 DAU, DOROTHY LONG OF EDWARDSVILLE, GRACE BOND
OF BUNKERHILL AND OPAL ROBINSON OF ALTON; 10 GRANDCHILDREN; 18
G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 SISTER, IDA NELSON OF HARTFORD. THE KANE
BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER HAS BEEN NAMED AS A
MEMORIAL.
SERVICES FOR ORON LEE (JACK) THORNTON, 70,
OF 408 N GIDDINGS ST JERSEYVILLE, WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM AUG 12 AT
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville, WITH THE REV EUGENE
COPE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN JALAPPA CEM. HE D AT 10 PM,
AUG 9 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. HE WAS BORN DEC 16, 1906, IN
ILLINOIS, A SON OF HOLLY & LULA (DEEDS) THORNTON AND WAS A FARM
LABORER. THORNTON WAS A MEMBER OF THE HAYPRESS BAPTIST CHURCH,
ELDRED. HIS SURVIVORS ARE A SON, RODGER THORNTON OF JERSEYVILLE;
2 DAU, MRS VICTOR (GENEVIEVE) TEPEN OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS
CURTIS (JANET) HILL OF BATCHTOWN; 11 GRANDCHILDREN; 1 SISTER,
MRS MORRIS (OLLIE) FELL OF CHICAGO; 2 BRO, ARTHUR THORNTON OF
GREENFIELD AND LOUIS THORNTON OF JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN
DEATH BY 1 BRO AND 2 DAU. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville FROM 4-9 PM THURS. THE FAMILY HAS
DESIGNATED THE RIGHT TO LIFE AS A MEMORIAL.
CLESSIE M THURSTON, 61, D UNEXPECTEDLY AT
9:30 AM TUES, AUG 16, 1988, AT CHRISTIAN HOSP NORTHEAST IN
FLORISSANT, MO OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. BORN IN KANE, SHE
WAS THE DAU OF PAULINE (ABBOT) TURNER OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE
LATE WILLIAM TURNER. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM THURSTON OCT 9, 1948,
AND HE SURVIVES. IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND AND MOTHER,
SURVIVING ARE 3 DAU, JEAN SIMPSON AND JILL THURSTON, BOTH OF
JERSEYVILLE, KANE, JANE RUNKEL OF SPRINGFIEDD; 1 SON, WILLIAM
THURSTON II OF SUMPTER, S C, 6 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SISTERS, BONNIE
HETZEL OF KANE AND SHERRY KOUPAL OF LOMA LINDA, CAL; AND 1 BRO
REV WILLIAM TURNER OF GODFREY. A SON PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
VISITATION WILL BE 4-9 PM THURS AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home
in Jerseyville, WHERE A PRAYER SERVICE WILL BE READ AT 7 PM. A
FUNERAL MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 10 AM FRI AT ST FRANCIS
XAVIER CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE, WITH THE REV HENRY SCHMIDT AS
CELEBRANT. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST FRANCIS XAVIER CEM IN
JERSEYVILLE. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO MASSES OR ST FRANCIS
CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN JERSEYVILLE.
JAMES LOUIS THURSTON, 56, FORMERLY OF
JERSEYVILLE, D AT 1:30 AM MON, FEB 1, 1988, IN PHOENIX, AR,
FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS. THURSTON WAS BORN IN JERSEYVILLE, A
SON OF THELMA (BROWN) THURSTON OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE LATE
WILLIAM H THURSTON. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE KOREAN CONFLICT AND
A CREW LEADER AT OWEN-ILLIOIS GLASS CO. IN ALTON. SURVIVING IN
ADDITION TO HIS MOTHER ARE 2 DAU, JAMIE SNYDER OF ARVADA, CO,
AND KAREN SCASTANEDA OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH; 1 SISTER, BETTY
CROTCHETT OF KANE; 3 BRO, JOHN, RICHARD AND WILLIAM THURSTON; 6
GRANDCHILDREN; AND 16 NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD FRI AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville, WITH
REV RICK FRANCIS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST FRANCIS CEM IN
JERSEYVILLE WITH GRAVESIDE RITES BY THE JERSEYVILLE AMERICAN
LEGION POST NO 492. MEMORIALS WERE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
THELMA FAYE THURSTON, 83, OF JERSEYVILLE,
DIED DEC 16 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SHE WAS BORN AUG 25, 1905, IN
KANE TO THE LATE GEORGE BROWN AND MAE (ALLEN) BROWN. SHE MARRIED
WILLIAM HENRY THURSTON WHO DIED JUNE 3, 1957. SHE WAS AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO FOR 10 YRS AND A NURSE'S
AIDE AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SURVIVORS INCLUDE 3 SONS, JOHN,
WILLIAM, AND RICHARD THURSTON, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, BETTY
CROTCHETT OF KANE; 4 SIS, ROSE LUMAN OF E ALTON, RUTH MALONE OF
OAJI, CAL, ETHEL WADE OF ALTON AND JACKIE KRAUSE OF WOOD RIVER;
2 BRO, BOB OF NORWALD, CAL, AND LEE BROWN OF HARTFORD; 19
GRANDCHILDREN, AND 32 G-GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN
DEATH BY 1 SON, JIM THURSTON AND 1 SISTER, IDELLA LEVINE.
FUNERAL SERVICE WAS DEC 19 AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville, WITH THE REV SIMON A SIMON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS
IN ST FRANCIS CEM. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO JERSEY COMM HOSP.
DAYTON TILLERY, 70, DIED SUDDENLY AT 4:35 PM
TUES FEB 10 AT HIS HOME IN JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS A RETIRED
CARPENTER. BORN IN GREENE CO, JUNE 25, 1888, HE WAS A SON OF THE
LATE MR & MRS THEODORE TILLERY. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, THE
FORMER GERTRUDE CUMMINGS, 1 DAUGHTER, MRS LUCILLE LANGLEY OF
COTTAGE HILLS; 1 BRO, ARTHUR TILLERY OF ALA; 2 SISTERS, MRS
PLEASANT SHORT, WHITE HALL AND MRS OSCAR CRANE, CARROLLTON, AND
2 GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER, JOHN IN
1953 AND A SISTER, MRS ORSON MARTIN IN 1957. FUNERAL SERVICES
WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM TODAY AT MEHL'S FUNERAL HOME, REV ARTHUR
CORCORAN OF COTTAGE HILLS OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE IN MT
GILEAD CEM.
JOHN TILLERY, 83, OF WOODVILLE TOWNSHIP IN
GREENE CO, BROTHER OF DAYTON AND ARTHUR TILLERY OF JERSEYVILLE,
D AUG 11 AT BOYD MEMORIAL HOSP IN CARROLLTON. HE HAD BEEN IN ILL
HEALTH FOR SOME TIME. A NATIVE OF GREENE CO, MR TILLERY HAD
SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE ENGAGED IN FARMING, BLACKSMITHING AND
CARPENTERING. HIS WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. THE
DECEASED IS SURVIVED BY 1 DAU, MRS LENA VARBLE OF WOODVILLE; 1
SON, IVAN TILLERY OF ARCADIA, KS; 17 GRANDCHILDREN; 10
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 3 SISTERS AND 2 BROTHERS. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD AT THE MEHL FUNERAL HOME IN CARROLLTON FRI, AUG 14, UNDER
THE AUSPICES OF THE ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. INTERMENT WAS IN MT
GILEAD CEM.
MAMIE TIMPE, 82, D AT JERSEY CARE CENTER,
MAY 29. BORN IN FIELDON, THE DAUGHTER OF THOMAS & ANNIE (WARNER)
WOLLENWEBER. SHE WAS A COOK FOR 14 YRS AT JACKSONVILLE SHCOOL
FOR THE DEAF. SHE MARRIED LIONEL TIMPE WHO D IN 1968. SHE LEAVES
2 DAUS, IMOGENE THEOBALD OF GILLESPIE , EDITY SCHOFIELD OF
CARROLLTON; 1 SON, ARNOLD FREER OF GODFREY; 5 GRANDCHILDREN, 13
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2 G-G- GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SISTERS, FLORENCE
WAGNER OF CAROLLTON AND TILLIE CAMERER OF ELDRED; 1 BROTHER, TOM
WOLLENWEBER OF ELDRED. REV WM SCHMIDT OFFICIATED AT SERVICES AND
BURIAL WAS IN CITY CEMETERY.
THE FUNERAL OF MAMIE TIMPE, 82, WHO D AT
12:25 PM MAY 29 AT JERSEY CARE CENTER, WAS CONDUCTED AT THE
AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME IN CARROLLTON. BORN IN FIELDON, SHE
WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE THOMAS & ANNIE (WARNER) WOLLENWEBER. SHE
WAS A COOK FOR 14 YRS AT THE ILLINOIS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN
JACKSONVILLE, RETIRING IN 1968. SHE MARRIED LIONEL TIMPE WHO D
IN 1969. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAU, IMOGENE THEOBALD OF GILLESPIE
AND EDITH SCHOFIELD OF CARROLLTON; 1 SON, ARNOLD FREER OF
GODFREY; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; 13 G-GRANDCHILDREN, 2
G-G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SISTERS, FLORENCE WAGNER OF CARROLLTON AND
TILLIE CAMERER OF ELDRED; AND 1 BRO, TOM WOLLENWEBER OF ELDRED.
THE REV WILLIAM SCHMIDT OFFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN CARROLLTON
CITY CEM. OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CARROLLTON HAS BEEN
NAMED AS A MEMORIAL.
A FUNERAL MASS FOR WILHELMINA "MINNIE" TIMPE,
79, WAS CELEBRATED SAT AM AT HOLY GHOST CHURCH WITH FATHER
WILLIAM HEMBROW AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. SHE D
AT 6:45 PM JUNE 13 AT ST ANTHONY'S HOSP IN ALTON. SHE WAS BORN
NOV 1, 1906 IN JERSEY CO TO THE LATE JOHN & KATHERINE (MURPHY)
FLAMM AND MARRIED CLEVE TIMPE APR 28, 1955; HE D APR 5, 1980.
MRS TIMPE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOLY GHOST CHURCH. SHE IS SURVIVED
BY 1 BRO, ROBERT FLAMM OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 3 SIS, TERESA SEARS
OF JERSEYVILLE, MARGARET STITES, ALTON, AND AGNES HARMON, KANE,
NIECES AND NEPHEWS. THE HOLY GHOST SCHOOL HAS BEEN NAMED AS A
MEMORIAL.
LEWIS R TOLBERT, 99, BELEIVED TO BE THE LAST
CIVIL WAR VETERAN IN JERSEY, GREENE, CALHOUN, AND PIKE COUNTIES,
D APR 21, AT THE HOME OF HIS SON, EMIL TOLBERT, IN CALHOUN CO.
JOSEPH A TONSOR, 60, WELL-KNOWN FARMER
RESIDING WEST OF JERSEYVILLE, D SUDDENLY FRI EVE, JUNE 24, AT
8:30 WHILE WATCHING TELEVISION AT HIS HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND
THEIR DAU, JANET. ALTHOUGH MR TONSOR HAD BEEN UNDER THE CARE OF
A PHYSICIAN FOR SOME TIME HIS DEATH CAME AS A SHOCK TO MEMBERS
OF HIS FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY. MR TONSOR WAS A SON OF THE LATE
JOHN & ELIZABETH (ERIG) TONSOR, NATIVES OF GERMANY. HE WAS BORN
IN JERSEY CO JULY 1, 1894, AND HIS AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH WAS
60 YRS, 11 MO, AND 23 DAYS. IN ADDITION TO HIS FARMING
INTERESTS, MR TONSOR WAS PROMINENT IN CHURCH AND FRATERNAL
ORGANIZATIONS. HE WAS A VETERAN OF WW I, AND HAD BEEN AN ACTIVE
MEMBER OF ST MARY'S CHURCH, WESTWOODS, AND WAS A TRUSTEE OF ST
MARY'S CEM. FRATERNALLY HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JERSEYVILLE
COUNCIL, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, OF WHICH HE WAS A PAST GRAND
KNIGHT, MEMBER OF THE 4th DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, WORTHEY
POST, AMERICAN LEGION OF WHICH HE WAS PAST COMMANDER, THE 40 &
8, JERSEYVILLE ELKS AND MOOSE LODGES. MR TONSOR WAS ALSO A
FORMER MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF JERSEY COMM HOSP
DISTRICT. SURVIVING ARE: HIS WIFE, MRS CECELIA TONSOR, 4 DAU,
MRS ERNEST POHLMAN, MRS JAMES THAMBLEN, MRS TRUMAN GARLAND AND
MISS JANET TONSOR; 2 SONS ROBERT AND JOE TONSOR, JR, 2 BRO,
HENRY AND ANTHONY TONSOR, AND 3 SIS, MISS ELIZABETH TONSOR, MRS
MINNIE TITTLE AND MRS JOSEPHINE KALLAL, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE. HE
ALSO LEAVES 12 GRANDCHILDREN. FRIENDS CALLED AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville AFTER 7 PM SAT.
JERSEYVILLE-CARROLLTON ASSEMBLY FOURTH DEGREE KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS STOOD GUARD AT THE FUNERAL HOME. LARGELY ATTENDED RITES
WERE HELD MON AM, JUNE 27, AT 9:30 AT ST MARY'S CHURCH,
WESTWOODS. SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS WAS CELEBRATED BY REV FATHER
LEONARD RATHGEB, PASTOR OF ST MARY'S CHURCH. REV FATHER JUSTIN
SCHMEIDER OF LINCOLN, NE, BROTHER-IN-LAW OF MR TONSOR, WAS
DEACON OF THE MASS, AND REV FATHER PAUL P HEINEN, PASTOR OF THE
HOLY GHOST CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLLE, WAS SUB DEACON. BURIAL WAS IN
ST MARY'S CEM.
ANNA MAE TRIMBLE, 90, OF OCEANSIDE, CA, DIED
ON FEB 3, FROM A HEART ATTACK. SHE WAS BORN ON OCT 23, 1899 IN
GREENE CO. SHE RESIDED IN ALTON AND B3GAN A NURSING CAREER AT
BARNES HOSP. LATER SHE DECIDED TO PURSUE A SECRETARIAL CAREER AS
AN EMPLOYEE OF THE US ARMY ENGINEERS. IN 1940 SHE AND HER MOTHER
MOVED TO WASHINGTON, D C. DURING WW II, SHE TRAVELED TO HAWAII
IN THE COURSE OF HER EMPLOYMENT. SHE RETIRED AFTER WW II AND
SETTLED IN CA. SHE WAS THE DAU OF HARVEY TRIMBLE & SUSAN
(JOHNSON) TRIMBLE, AND WAS A STEP-SISTER OF ANNA BURCH GILBERT
OF GRANITE CITY, AND THE LATE CLARA BURCH BERRY, ANDY BURCH AND
LUELLA RAYFIELD COPE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER STEP-SIS, MRS
GILBERT, AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS INCLUDING GENEVA BERRY
BARNETT OF GRANITE CITY AND ALLIE BERRY OF GODFREY. SERVICES
WERE CONDUCTED BY PASTOR VANDERVEUR, CHURCH OF GOD, IN
OCEANSIDE. HER ASHES HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO ILLINOIS AND DWILL BE
PLACED IN LAX CEM NEAR JERSEYVILLE. Memorials may be given to
THE CORONARY HEART DISEASE RESEARCH PROJECT, C/O NATIONAL
SAVINGS & TRUST CO PO BOX 83, BENFRANKLIN STATION, WASHINGTON, D
C 20044; OF LAX CEM, CO KENNETH RICE, CARETAKER, RR4,
JERSEYVILLE, ILL. ANY DONATIONS TO THE CEMETERY WILL BE USED TO
MAINTAIN THE GROUNDS.
CHARLES FRANCIS TUCKER, 81, RETIRED FARMER
WHOSE HOME WAS ON E PRAIRIE ST JERSEYVILLE, D AT 3:30 PM SUN AT
GREEN LAWN NURSING HOME WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR SOME
TIME. FRIENDS CALLED AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville, WHERE SERVICES WERE HELD AT 3:30 PM TUES. REV FRANK
C GOSS, PASTOR OF ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH OFFICIATED AND BURIAL
WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. MR TUCKER, SON OF THE LATE FRANK & SIDNEY
(MILLER) TUCKER, WAS BORN IN GRAFTON, ON AUG 24, 1880. HIS
SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, MRS EMMA W TUCKER; 4 SONS, ARMOLD TUCKER
OF NEBO, NORMAN TUCKER OF ELDRED, CHARLES F TUCKER JR OF
JERSEYVILLE AND FRANCIS TUCKER OF CARROLLTON; 2 DAU, MRS RICHARD
(AGLENDA) PROUGH OF KANE AND MRS TED (AUREALIA) TAME OF
WOODDALE; 21 GRANDCHILDREN; 11 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2 BRO, WILLIAM
AND JAMES TUCKER OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 2 SIS, MRS LLOYD PERDUN OF
JERSEYVILLE AND MRS LORA GUNTERMAN OF FIELDON.
FUNERAL RITES FOR CHARLES L (TEED) TUCKER,
63, OF AVONDALE, COLO, FORMERLY OF JRSEY CO, WILL BE HELD AT 2
PM TODAY, MARCH 14, AT THE STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. HIS
DEATH OCCURRED AT AVONDALE ON MARCH 9. REV FRANCIS VARBLE WILL
CONDUCT THE SERVICES AND BURIAL WILL BE IN VALHALLA MEMORIAL
PARK. VISITATION WAS HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. MASONIC SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY CALHOUN LODGE.
HE WAS BORN DEC 19, 1911, IN JERSEY CO, A SON OF CHARLES & EMMA
TUCKER AND HAD BEEN A CARPENTER. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIDOW, MRS EV
TUCKER, AND 1 DAU, SUSAN TUCKER, OF AVONDALE; 2 SIS, MRS AGLENDA
PROUGH OF KANE AND MRS AURELIA TAME OF CHICAGO; AND 3 BRO,
ARNOLD ON STORM LAKE, IOWA, NORMAN OF CARROLLTON AND FRANCIS OF
KANE. HIS PARENTS AND 1 SON PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
ETHEL TUCKER, 92, OF MEDORA, D APR 28, 1988,
AT BLU FOUNTAIN MANOR IN GODFREY. SHE WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO THE
DAU OF THE LATE GEORGE & ZANA (REDDISH) FRITZ. ON MAY 20, 1914,
SHE MARRIED CLEVELAND TUCKER. HE D JUNE 16, 1914. SHE OPERATED A
BEAUTY SHOP IN MEDORA FOR MANY YRS, WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF
JERSEY CO HOME EXTENSION AND WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A 50 YR PIN.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE, 1 DAU, DOROTHYT BECKNER OF CARROLLTON; 2
SONS, HAROLD TUCKER OF ALTON AND MELVIN BRIDGES OF BETHALTO, WHO
WAS REARED IN THEIR HOME; 1 SIS HELEN SMITH OF ATHENS; 1 BRO,
HERSCHEL FRITZ OF JERSEYVILLE; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; 10
G-GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 3 BRO AND 3 SIS.
THE FUNERAL WAS APR 30 AT TARGHETTA FUNERAL HOME IN MEDORA WITH
REV JAMES O BAKER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN MEDORA CEM.
Memorials may be given to MEDORA UNIT AMBULANCE SERVICE OR
CHARITY OF ONE'S CHOICE.
MARTHA M (MAY) TUCKER, 86, OF KANE D AT 6:30
AM MAY 25 AT GARNET'S CHATEAU WHERE SHE HAD RESIDED FOR 4 YRS.
SHE WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO APR 4, 1892, A DAU OF JOSEPH &
ELIZABETH RACHEL (SWEENEY) COPE. SURVIVING ARE 1 SIS, MRS NEAL
(RUBY) HAWKINS OF ALTON; 1 NEPHEW, EDWARD G CLARK OF JERSEYVILLE
AND NIECES, MRS ROBERT (THAUS) YOCOM OF KANE AND RMS ROBERT
(AUDREY) RUST OF ALTON. 1 SON LESLIE JOE TUCKER, D IN 1944.
VISITATION WILL BE HELD AFTER 4 PM FRI AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville, WHERE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM MAY 27 BY
REV GAROLD COOPER OF KANE BAPTIST CHURCH. BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK
GROVE CEM.
VIRGIL TUCKER, 86, DIED AT 4:30 AM TODAY AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP. A RETIRED FARMER AND WW II VETERAN, TUCKER WAS
BORN IN ROCKBRIDGE, A SON OF THE LATE JOSIAH & MARY (BAUER)
TUCKER. ON JAN 16, 1918, SHE MARRIED MARY (FITZSIMMONS) TUCKER
IN GREENFIELD, AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 1 SON, PAUL
OF JERSEYVILLE; 9 GRANDCHILDREN; 4 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 SIS,
MAUDE BOWMAN OF GREENFIELD AND MABLE CROTCHETT OF KANE.
VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4-9 PM TUES AT SHIELDS MEMORIAL HOME,
WHERE A PRAYER SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 7 PM. A FUNERAL MASS WILL
BE CELEBRATED AT 10:30 AM WED AT ST MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH
REV PATRICK MORROW AS CELEBRANT, AND BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK WOOD
CEM. Memorials may be given to THE CHURCH BUILDING FUND.
THOMAS A TUCKER, 87 YRS, 4 MO, 10 DAYS, ON
OF THE OLDER RESIDENT OF JERSEYVILLE, D AT HIS HOME AT 500 E
EXCHANGE ST, SUN DEC 22 AT 6 AM. THE DECEASED WAS THE SON KOF
THE LATE DAVID & RHODA (WHITLOCK) TUCKER AND WAS BORN IN GREENE
CO, AUG 12, 1859. HE HAD WORKED AS A CARPENTER FOR 30 YRS BUT
HAS BEEN RETIRED FOR SOME TIME. THE DECEDEDT IS SURVIVED BY 3
DAU, MRS RUDOLPH GREEN AND MRS GEORGE FARMER OF JERSEYVILLE AND
MRS SHERMAN FERGUSON OF SANTA CRUZ, CA; 4 GRANDCHILDREN; 9
G-GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 G-G-GRANDDAUGHTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville, THURS, DEC
26, AT 2 PM. REV ARTHUR A VINZ OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN
OAK GROVE CEM.
ALFRED EUGENE "BUD" TURNER, 63, D AT 1:25 AM
TUES, MARCH 27, 1990, AT BARNES HOSP, ST LOUIS, MO, FOLLOWING AN
ILLNESS. BORN IN GREENE CO, HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JAMES
EMERY & MILDRED (RENO) TURNER. A US ARMY VETERAN OF WW II AND
THE KOREAN WAR, TURNER RETIRED IN 1981 AS A FOREMAN FROM THE
JERSEY COMM HIGHWAY DEPT, AFTER 25 YRS OF SERVICE. ON AUG 5,
1950, IN JERSEYVILLE, HE MARRIED ANN E (SHAW) TURNER AND SHE
SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 1 SON REV TERRY TURNER OF WOODHULL;
2 DAU, ELAINE TURNER OF CARLINVILLE AND TAMMY TURNER AT HOME; 2
FOSTER SONS ROBERT DOUGOLAS OF ST LOUIS AND JOSEPH NANCE OF
CARLINVILLE; 2 GRANDCHILDREN; 4 SIS, HAZEL BYLAND, ALBERTA
FLOWERS AND BETTY WOOLSEY, ALL OF CARROLLTON AND LOU STALCUP OF
NAPERVILLE. 2 BRO, GILBERT AND RUPERD(T?) TURNER, PRECEDED HIM
IN DEATH. VISITATION KIS FROM 5-9 PM TODAY AT Jacoby-SCHROEDER
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. JERSEYVILLE MASONIC LODGE WILL
CONDUCT SERVICES AT 7:30 PM. VISITATION KCONTINUES FROM NOON
THURS UNTIL SERVICE TIME AT 1 PM AT FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
IN JERSEYVILLE. REV LARRY HAYES WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL IS IN
KKANE CEM. Memorials may be given to THE CHURCH, WHERE HE WAS A
MEMBER.
GILBERT P TURNER, 48, OF RURAL JERSEYVILLE D
UNEXPECTEDLY AT 12:50 PM SEPT 7 IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT JERSEY
COMM HOSP FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. HE WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED
FARMER AND TRUCKING CONTRACTOR. BORN JULY 8, 1936 IN GREENE CO,
HE WAS THE SON OF MILDRED (RENO) TURNER OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE
LATE EMERY TURNER WHO D IN NOV 1974. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE,
BETTY (MUNDY) TURNER, WHOM HE MARRIED JUNE 18, 1955 IN
JERSEYVILLE; 3 DAU, RHONDA ABBOTT OF KANE, PENNY HOFFMAN OF DOW
AND DENA TURNER, AT HOME; 1 GRANDSON, JEREMY ABBOTT; HIS MOTHER;
1 BRO, ALFRED "BUD" TURNER OF JERSEYVILLE; 4 SIS, HAZEL BYLAND,
BERTIE FLOWERS AND BETTY WOOLSEY OF CARROLLTON AND LULA BELLE
STALCUP OF NAPERVILLE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1 BRO.
SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MON AFT AT FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
WITH REV WAYNE PENDLETON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM.
Memorials may be given to THE BUILDING FUND OF THE CHURCH WHERE
HE ATTENDED. Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville WAS IN CHARGE OF
ARRANGEMENTS.
IDA B TURNER, 97, A RESIDENT OF GREENLAWN
NURSING HOME, D FEB 24, AT 1:50 AM. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE
CONDUCTED AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV W J TURNER
OF ELSAH OFFICIATING AND INTERMENT WAS IN KANE CEM. SHE WAS BORN
OCT 11, 1877 IN KENTUCKY, THE DAU OF JOHN & NELLIE TURNER.
MILDRED P TURNER, 85, D AT 8:15 AM TUES, FEB
17, 1987, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. BORN
IN KANE, A DAU OF THE LATE SANFORD & GEORGIA (FERGUSON) RENO,
HER HUSBAND JAMES EMERY TURNER PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ON NOV 5,
1974. THEY WERE MARRIED ON OCT 1, 1921 IN KANE. SURVIVING ARE 4
DAU, HAZEL BYLAND, ALBERTA FLOWERS AND BETTY WOOLSEY, ALL OF
CARROLLTON AND LULA STALCUP OF NAPERVILLE; 1 SON, ALFRED TURNER
OF JERSEYVILLE; 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 14 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION WILL BE FROM 5-9 PM TODAY AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. THE FUNERAL WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM THURS AT THE
FUNERAL HOME. THE SERVICES WILL BE OFFICIATED BY HER GRANDSON,
TERRY TURNER. BURIAL WILL BE IN KANE CEM. Memorials may be given
to BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH, OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER.
TURP TURNER, 79, D THURS, APR 26, AT 12:45
PM AT HIS HOME WEST OF KANE WHERER HE HAD RESIDED FOR THE PAST
44 YRS. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE MR & MRS WILLIAM TURNER AND WAS
BORN IN DULUTH, KY. THE DECEDENT IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE,
MARGARET (ALLEN) TURNER, 4 DAU, MRS ELIZABETH BURCH, MRS LUCY
PROUGH AND MRS ETHEL ROSS OF CARROLLTON AND MRS CHRISTINA CARR
OF KANE; AND 3 SONS, EVERETT CLARENCE AND JACK KTURNER OF KA
NE. HE ALSO LEAVES 22 GRANDCHILDREN, 11 G-GRANDCHILDREN, 1
SIS, MRS DOLLIE WILLIS OF KANE, AND 2 BRO, MACK TURNER OF KANE
AND ELMER TURNER OF DULUTH, KY. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SUN
AFT, APR 29, AT 2 PM AT MEHL FUNERAL HOME IN CARROLLTON. BURIAL
WAS IN KANE CEM.
WILLIAM TURNER, 64, OF 407 E PRAIRIE ST, D
MAY 21 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. FUNERAL RITES WERE HILD WED AFT, REV
THURMAN STRANGE CONDUCTING AND WHICH WERE HELD AT ASSEMBLY OF
GOD CHURCH. INTERMENT WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. HE WAS BORN AUG 15,
1908 IN TALLULA, A SON OF MACK & AMELIA (BENGE) TURNER AND WAS A
SHEAR OPERATOR AT OLIN CORP. MR TURNER WAS A MEMBER OF THE
EAGLES LODGE, JERSEYVILLE. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, PAULINE
(ABBOT) TURNER; 1 SON, REV WILLIAM J TURNER, PASTOR OF NEWBERN
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH; 3 DAU, MRS WILLIAM (CLESSIE) THURSTON OF
JERSEYVILLE, MRS PAUL (BONNIE) HETZEL OF KANE AND MRS CHARLES
(SHERYL) KASSING [remainder unavailable]
GASTON D TWITCHELL, 72, BORN IN NEW HAVEN,
ADDISON CO, VERMONT, JAN 1, 1819 D AT SANTA ROSA, CA, NOV 24,
1891. OLDEST SON OF JOHN & ANNA T BOTH NATIVES OF VERMONT, WHOSE
UNION RESULTED IN A FAMILY OF 8 CHILDREN; GASTON D, MARY ANN
WIFE OF AUGUST STEARNS, OF LITCHFIELD, IL, LYDIA LIVING WITH
DECEASED, JENNETTE, DECEASED IN YOUTH, LOTTIE DECEASED WIFE OF
JOHN RYAN, DECEASED, NEAR VIRDEN, IL, SIDNEY L OF VIRDEN, IL
LORRAINE, DECEASED. GASTON MOVED TO IL WITH PARENTS IN 1831 TO
GREENE CO NEAR WHITE HALL, THEN TO JERSEY CO IN 1833 AND SETTLED
ON SEC 13, TWN 9 RANGE 10. HIS FATHER D AUG 10, 1833, HIS DEATH
BEING FIRST TIN TWN. THIS LEFT GASTON WITH CARE OF FAMILY
CONSISTING OF A WIDOWED MOTHER, 5 SIS AND 1 BRO. HE IDENTIFIED
WITH RUYLE TOWNSHIP FOR OVER HALF A CETHURY. HE CARRIED THE
FIRST MAIL THROUGH FROM ALTON TO JACKSONVILLE OVER THE
JACKSONVILLE AND ALTON ROAD SHORTLY AFTER THE ROAD WAS LAID OUT.
HE ACTED AS MAIL CARRIER ONE WINTER, MAKING ONE ROUND TRIP PER
WEEK, OCCUPYING 2 DAYS IN GOING IN EACH WAY. HE TRAVELED ON
HORSEBACK AND WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CONTRACTOR WHOSE NAME WAS
STRONG. IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE POET, "HIS LIVE WAS GENTLE AND
THE ELEMENTS SO MIXED IN HIM, THAT NATURE MIGHT STAND UP AND SAY
TO ALL THE WORLD, "THIS WAS A MAN." FUNERAL WAS FROM KEMPER
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. REV J W BATH OF ST LOUIS AND REV W N
RHODES OF UPPER ALTON. BURIAL WAS IN DELEWARE CEM NEAR HIS OLD
HOME. PALL BEARERS: HENRY RYAN, W LRUYLE, LAWRENCE JOHNSON, ORIN
PALMER, ISAAC McCOLLISTER AND JOHN V RHODES.
