Obituaries - U
Glendon E. Ufer, 55, OF FIELDON WERE
CONDUCTED TUES AFT AT HANKS FUNERAL HOME IN HARDIN BY THE REV
CLYDE MEYERS. BURIAL WAS IN THE HARDIN CEMETERY. HE DIED AT 7:30
AM, NOV 8 AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE WW II VETERAN WAS BORN IN
CALHOUN CO, A SON OF THE LATE ARTHUR AND GLADYS (O'ROURKE) UFER.
HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, THE FORMER HELEN JOYCE KROESCHEL; 1
DAU, SUSAN UFER OF FIELDON; 6 SONS, JERRY OF HAMBURG, JEFFREY,
STEVEN, GLEN JR, DOUGLAS AND CHARLES ALL OF FIELDON; 2
GRANDCHILDREN; 1 SIS, EVELYN PRESLEY OF HARDIN AND SHIRLEY DALE
OF FIELDON; AND 2 BRO, LELAND OF ELDRED AND ARNOLD OF HARDIN.
THE LUNG ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN NAMED AS A MEMORIAL. [Nov 1981]
Pearl Elizabeth Umphress, 78, DIED OCT 8,
1982. BORN AUG 26, 1904 IN BLUFFS, DAU OF EDWARD AND BERTHA
(HOFNER) CHRISTIANER. SHE MARRIED THOMAS E UMPHRESS JULY 24,
1925. THEY OWNED AND OPERATED UMPHRESS PRINTING IN KANE.
SURVIVORS ARE HER HUSBAND, THOMAS, JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU ANNE
SIMEONE, OF WESTMONT, 1 SON HAROLD UMPHRESS OF GODFREY, 7
GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 G-GRANDCHILD. REV JOHN SIMS OFFICIATED AT
THE SERVICE, HELD FROM KANE METHODIST CHURCH. BURIAL WAS IN OAK
WOOD CEM IN GREENFIELD.
Mrs. Emma Updike, 78, WIDOW OF WESLEY
UPDIKE, DIED AT THE HOME OF HER DAU, MRS WILLIAM H CLARK, IN ST
LOUIS. SHE MOVED TO ST LOUIS 15 YRS AGO. SURVIVORS ARE: 3 DAU
MRS CLARK, AND MRS ALBERT THOMAS OF ST LOUIS AND MRS CLARENCE
UPDIKE OF TRENTON, NJ. LESTER GOODMAN OF KANE, IS A GRANDSON.
THE REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO THE HOME OF HER SISTER-IN-LAW, MRS W
D LANDON, IN JERSEYVILLE; REV JOSEPH JENKINS OFFICIATED. BURIAL
IN OAK GROVE CEM. [Nov 1918]
Myrna “Minnie” Urbany, 83, DIED AT 2:3O PM
TUES, JULY 4, 1989, AT GARNET'S CHATEAU, JERSEYVILLE, AFTER A
LENGTHY ILLNESS. SHE RETIRED IN 1973 AS A COOK AND JERSEYVILLE
RESTAURANT OPERATOR. BORN IN ROCKBRIDGE, HER PARENTS WERE THE
LATE ROY O AND IDONA OLIVE (STRINGER) BALLARD. ON AUG 4, 1926,
SHE MARRIED FRANK KRUEGER. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. SHE LATER
MARRIED URBAN URBANY, WHO DIED SEPT 17, 1973. SURVIVORS ARE A
SISTER, MARIE TODD OF JERSEYVILLE; AND A BRO, WILLIAM JAMES
BALLARD OF EAST ALTON. 2 SISTERS, MILDRED McELRATH AND MARY
MARGARET ISRINGHAUSEN, PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. VISITATION IS 10
AM FRI UNTIL SERVICE TIME AT 1 PM AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. BURIAL IS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY, JERSEYVILLE
MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE NURSING HOME.
George Utt, 50, FORMERLY OF JERSEYVILLE,
TOOK HIS LIFE AT HIS HOME IN ST LOUIS. HE WAS BORN AND REARED IN
JERSEY CO. AT ONE TIME HE OWNED TWO SALOONS, ONE IN CARROLLTON
AND ONE IN JERSEYVILLE. HE MOVED TO ST LOUIS AND FOLLOWED THE
BUSINESS OF HORSE TRADING. HE LEAVES HIS WIFE AND 2 SONS, AMOS
AND FRANK. BOTH SONS ARE SALESMEN FOR THE FAMOUS BARR STORE IN
ST LOUIS. [Oct 1888]
Miss Hattie Utt, FORMERLY OF JERSEYVILLE,
WHO FOR THE PAST 14 YRS. HAS MADE HER HOME WITH A NIECE, MRS
PAUL LOTHER ON RT. 3, GODFREY, DIED AT 10 PM WED MARCH 29, AT
THE CARLINVILLE AREA HOSP WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR A
DAY. SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN A PATIENT AT THE JERSEY COMM HOSP.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT 2 PM SAT AFT AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV LOUIS PURCELL OFFICIATING,
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. MISS UTT, BORN AND REARED IN
JERSEYVILLE, WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN AND MARY (MARSHALL)
UTT. HER AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH WAS 82 YRS, 1 MO, 24 DAYS. FOR
MANY YRS, MISS UTT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE JACOBS LUMBER CO IN
JERSEYVILLE. SURVIVING ARE 5 NIECES: MRS PAUL LOTHER, MRS RAY
CAMP OF PHOENIX, ARZ, MRS WILLIAM SMITH OF GRAFTON, MRS A E
HUDSON OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS, AND MRS WALTER FESSLER OF DOW, AND 1
NEPHEW CHARLES UTT OF ROODHOUSE. [Mar 1967]
