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]

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