Obituaries - V
Blanche Antionette Vahle, 67 YRS, 10 MO, 11
DAYS, WAS DOA AT JERSEY COMM HOSP ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. SHE WAS THE
WIDOW OF LOUIS H VAHLE. MRS VAHLE WAS STRICKEN ILL AT THE HOME
OF MRS CLYDA DANIELS OF E ARCH ST WHERE SHE HAD GONE TO ATTEND A
POTLUCK SUP AND CARD PARTY. AFTER BECOMING ILL SHE WAS MOVED BY
AMBULANCE TO THE HOSP. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV H O RENKEN,
PASTOR OF PEACE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, OFFICIATED AND BURIAL
WAS IN FIELDON CEM. SHE WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE OSCAR & EMALINE
(GOSHORN) WILLIAMS AND WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, FEB 20, 1899. SHE
WAS A MEMBER OF EVANGELICAL CHURCH, WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS, EAGLES
AUX, WW I AUX, ROYAL NEIGHBORS AND SENIOR CITIZENS. SURVIVING
ARE 1 SON, LOUIS O VAHLE, JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, MRS ARTHUR D
POWERS, GRAFTON; HER MOTHER, MRS OSCAR WILLIAMS, JERSEYVILLE; 1
SIS, BERTHA; 3 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN. HER FATHER
AND 1 SIS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
Louis O. “Louie” Vahle, 67, OF RURAL
JERSEYVILLE, DIED MARCH 10, 1987 AT JOHN COCHRAN VETERANS' HOSP,
ST LOUIS. HE WAS BORN DEC 10, 1919 IN FIELDON TO THE LATE LOUIS
H & BLANCHE A (WILLIAMS) VAHLE. HE SERVED IN THE ARMY IN WW II
AND FOR THE PAST 13 YRS HAD BEEN SUPERVISOR OF THE ILL VALLEY
WORK PROJECT AT THE SUSNIG CENTER IN JERSEYVILLE. HE MARRIED
ILDA MARIE (CUNNINGHAM) VAHLE, JULY 6, 1941, IN JERSEYVILLE. HE
WAS A MEMBER OF MOOSE LODGE, AMERICAN LEGION POST #492, VFW POST
#4528 AND FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, JERSEYVILLE. SURVIVING
ARE HIS WIFE, ILDA; 3 SONS, ROGER, KANE, RONALD OF NAPLES, FL
AND RODNEY OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 SIS EMMA POWERS, GRAFTON; 7
GRANDCHILDREN; AND 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN. THE FUNERAL WAS MARCH 14,
AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH REV MIKE MICHELS
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN FIELDON CEM, WITH GRAVESIDE MILITARY
RITES BY AMERICAN LEGION POST #492 AND VFW POST #4528O.
Memorials may be given to FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, KIDNEY
RESEARCH AND THE HEART ASSOC.
TIMOTHY MARTIN VALSTAD, 22, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
VALSTAD QUARRY, FIELDON, ON JULY 3 [1990]. HE WAS BORN IN CASPER, WY, SON OF
HAROLD VALSTAD OF FIELDON AND MARY (HAASS) VALSTAD OF CASPER. ALSO SURVIVING
ARE 2 BRO, KRISTIN J AND JUDSON D VALSTAD, BOTH OF FIELDON; AND HIS
GRANDPARENTS, AGNES VALSTAD OF CARROLLTON AND JOHN & CHARLOTTE HAASS OF
CASPER. VISITATION AND ROSARY WERE HELD AT AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME,
CARROLLTON. FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD AT HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC CHURCH, JERSEYVILLE
WITH REV WILLIAM HEMBROW CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN CARROLLTON CITY CEM. A
CORONER'S INQUEST PENDING.
Everett Charles VanAusdoll, 65, DIED NOV 2,
1953. HE RESIDED SEVERAL MILES NE OF JERSEYVILLE, AND WAS
FATALLY STRICKEN WITH A HEART ATTACK WHILE WORKING IN A FIELD AT
HIS FARM. OTHERS IN THE FIELD, AT A DISTANCE, INCLUDING MRS
VANAUSDOLL, SAW HIM LYING ON THE GROUND AND DEATH OCCURRED
BEFORE MEDICAL AID COULD BE SUMMONED. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE
CHARLES & RENA (GOWINS) VANAUSDOLL AND WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO,
SEPT 18, 1888. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, MARY V VANAUSDOLL; 2 DAU,
MRS PAULINE ABBOTT OF ZION, IL AND MISS MARLENE VANAUSDOLL,
KANE; 5 SONS, CHARLES A, JERSEYVILLE, TRUMAN OF RIVER ROUGE, MI,
WILLIE W, FIFELDON; A1/C DONALD L VANAUSDOLL, STATIONED AT CRAIG
AIR FORCE BASE, SELMA, ALA, AND DARRELL D, KANE; 3
GRANDCHILDREN; 1 BRO, OTIS VANAUSDOLL OF GRAFTON AND 1 SIS, MRS
ADA HOOPER OF JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MODERN WOODMAN
OF AMERICA LODGE IN GRAFTON.
Lee VanFossen, 85, FORMERLY OF PIASA, DIED
MAY 6, 1985, AT HIS HOME IN GREENFIELD. SERVICES WERE HELD AT
WARNER-TARGHETTA FUNERAL HOME IN MEDORA WITH HARRIET WAINRIGHT
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST FRANCIS CEM, JERSEYVILLE. THE
FARMER WAS BORN IN HARVEL, SON OF THE LATE ROBERT & LUCRETIA
(MATTHEWS) VANFOSSEN. HE HAD SERVED ON THE JERSEY CO BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AT ONE TIME. HE MARRIED KATHRYN (MOORE) VANFOSSEN ON
MAY 10, 1926; SHE D OCT 27, 1938. SURVIVING ARE 2 DAU, MARY
BOND, MILWAUKEE, WIS AND MARGARET HERNDERSON, CHESTERFIELD, MO;
1 SON, ROBERT OF GREENFIELD; 3 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 2 BRO, D F OF
E ALTON AND MARION OF ALTON. Memorials may be given to THE PIASA
METHODIST CHURCH.
Mrs. Sarah Cummings VanHorne, WIFE OF GEORGE
H VAN HORNE, SR., DIED AT HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, DEC 30, 1919 AT
AGE 52. FUNERAL WAS HELD AT HOME, REV JAMES A SAGER OF
EDWARDSVILLE AND REV F O WILSON OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEM. SHE LEAVES HER HUSBAND, 1 SON, GEORGE H VAN HORNE,
JR.; A STEP-SON, COLUMBUS VAN HORNE, FORT WORTH, TX.; A DAU,
MISS PHOEBE VAN HORNE, 3 BRO, FRANK AND HARRY CUMMINGS,
JERSEYVILLE, AND THOMAS H CUMMINGS, ROODHOUSE. THE MOTHER, MRS
PHOEBE CUMMINGS, DIED DEC 12th.
Catherine VanLieu, 71, DIED AT HOME. MISS
VAN LIEU WAS THE LAST MEMBER OF THE JEREMIAN VAN LIEU FAMILY
LIVING. HER NEAREST RELATIVE SURVIVING, BEING THE FAMILY OF HER
BRO FRED VAN LIEU IN BEATRICE, NEB. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD IN THE
HOME BY REV J G KLENE(?). SHE WAS THE DAU OF JEREMIAH VAN LIEU
WHO DIED IN 1876 AND MARGARET VAN LIEU WHO DIED IN 1877. SHE WAS
BORN IN NJ, MARCH 20, 1832 AND CAME TO JERSEY CO WHEN 6 YRS OLD.
FUNERAL JAN 1, 1904. PALL BEARERS: JUDGE WHITE, E B SHAFTER,
GEORGE VAN HORNE, JOHN KEEHNER, A H COCHRAN, JOEL E CORY, WALTER
CORY AND ED CROSS. OUT OF TOWN PERSONS, WHO ATTENDED THE FUNERAL
WERE: MRS MARY VAN LIEU , JOHN VAN LIEU AND MRS JOHN SMITH ALL
OF BEATRICE, NEB. MR AND MRS R F MILLS OF KANSAS CITY. MRS HENRY
CARKHUFF AND MISS ELLA OF ROODHOUSE, AND MRS E A COOK OF UPPER
ALTON.
Russell Leroy VanMeter, 68, OF RR1,
JERSEYVILLE WAS PRONOUNCED DOA AT 8:25 PM NOV 30, 1973 AT JERSEY
COMM HOSP AFTER SUFFERING AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. A DAIRYMAN
AND JERSEY BREEDER, HE WAS BORN AUG 17, 1905 A SON OF MARK AND
MAUDE (HANDLIN) VAN METER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MRS EDITH
(LIFFETS) VAN METER; 2 SONS, RUSSELL LEROY OF FRORISANT, MO, AND
RICHARD OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 DAU, MRS GEORGE (MARGARET) BOPP OF
HOLIDAY, FLA; HIS MOTHER MRS MAUDE VAN METER OF ALTON; 10
GRANDCHILDREN; 2 BROS, RAYMOND OF ALTON AND RALPH OF WHITE HALL;
AND 1 SIS, MRS TED WINSLOW OF JERSEYVILLE. FINAL SERVICES WERE
HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville, MON AFT DEC
3, WITH THE REV A A LEDEBUHR OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEM. VISITATION WAS HELD AT JACOBY FUNERAL HOME.
Elmer P. “Huck” Varble, 61, OF JERSEYVILLE,
DIED JAN 7, 1986 IN AN ALTON HOSP. HE WAS BORN JULY 27, 1924, IN
CALHOUN CO TO GEORGE AND IONA (WILKINS) VARBLE. HE MARRIED HIS
WIFE, BETTY, ON JUNE 22, 1952. HE WAS A CARPENTER AND FISHERMAN.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HIS WIFE BETTY OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 SONS ELMER
EUGENE VARBLE OF FIELDON AND FRANK VARBLE OF WEST HARRISON, IND;
4 DAU, GLENDA FINDLEY AND BECKY VARBLE, BOTH OF EAST ALTON,
JANET WELLER OF JERSEYVILLE AND NANCY VARBLE AT HOME; 2 BRO
FRANK VARBLE OF EAST HARDIN AND MELVIN VARBLE OF WILLIAMSBURG,
VA; 4 SIS, THELMA SPRONG, OF HAMBURG, HELEN SWISHER AND MARGIE
WARREN BOTH OF SHIPMAN, AND VELMA VARBLE OF WHITE HALL; AND 13
GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION WAS JAN 19, AT Gubser Funeral Home in
Jerseyville, AND THE FUNERAL WAS THERE JAN 10, WITH THE REV R E
GEORGE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE HARDIN CEM. A MEMORIAL HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED TO THE AMERICAN SOC.
FLOSSIE VARBLE, 63, D AT 4:16 PM SUN AUG 11, 1991 AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS BORN IN GREENE CO ON FEB 16, 1928,
A DAU OF EDITH (BELL) HANELINE OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE LATE OSCAR HANELINE.
ON SEPT 20, 1947, IN CARROLLTON, SHE MARRIED THE LATE MARION S VARBLE. HE D
MAY 19, 1983. SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO HER MOTHER ARE 3 DAU, JOYCE VAUGHN OF
FLORISSANT, MO, BRENDA GRESS OF HARDIN AND LAURA CRONE OF JERSEYVILLE; AND
LAURA CRONE OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 6 GRANDCHILDREN. 3 BRO VIRGIL, RUSSELL, AND
OSCAR "JUNIOR" HANELINE, PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. VISITATION IS FROM 4-8 TODAY
AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. THE REV FREDRICK A FRANCIS WILL
OFFICIATE. BURIAL IS IN OAK GROVE CEM. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE
BUILDING FUND OF THE CHURCH, WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER.
Lewis Varble, DIED AT A HOSP IN LANCASTER,
CA, AUG 18. THE REMAINS WILL BE BROUGHT TO JERSEYVILLE FOR
VISITATION AND SERVICES AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV GAROLD COPPER OFFICIATED AT GRAVESIDE RITES.
VARBLE WAS BORN AT KANE, JUNE 27, 1916, THE SON OF GEORGE H &
SALEMMA (LEWIS) VARBLE. HE WAS A FORMER MERCHANT IN KANE AND WAS
EMPLOYED AS AN AUTO SALESMAN IN CALIFORNIA. SURVIVING ARE HIS
WIFE, RACHAEL (WITT) VARBLE; HIS MOTHER; 2 SONS, WILLIAM VARBLE,
ALTON AND ROBERT VARBLE OF LANCASTER, CA; 2 DAU, MRS LYLE
(BARBRA) GWYTHER, SACRAMENTO, CA, AND MISS BEVERLY VARBLE, SAN
DIEGO, CA; 1 SIS, OLETA JOHNSTON, LAPUENTE, CA AND 2
GRANDCHILDREN. Memorials may be given to LANCASTER COMM HOSP
CARDIAC UNIT AS MEMORIAL.
Marlon S. Varble, 72, OF JERSEYVILLE WERE
CONDUCTED SUN AFT AT THE PEACE UNITED CHURCH BY THE REV ROBERT
BROEDER WITH BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM. HE DIED AT 5:30 PM MAY 19,
1983, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP AFTER ABOUT 6 MO ON ILLNESS. HE WAS
BORN NOV 3, 1910 IN GREENE CO, SON OF THE LATE CHARLES PRESTON
AND ANNA CATHERINE (TUEY) VARBLE. VARBLE RETIRED IN 1975 AS A
RAILROAD MAINTENANCE WORKER FOR THE ILL CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD
AFT 29 YRS SERVICE. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, THE FORMER
FLOSSIE HANELINE; 3 DAU, JOYCE VAUGHN, FLORISSANT, MO, BRENDA
GRESS AND LAURA CRONE OF JERSEYVILLE; 4 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1
BRO, ORAN VARBLE OF CARROLLTON. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS
PARENTS AND 3 BRO. THE BUILDING FUND OF THE PEACE UNITED CHURCH
OF WHICH HE WAS A MEMBER WAS NAMED AS A MEMORIAL. ARRANGEMENTS
WERE FROM Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
SERVICES FOR Paul E. Varble, 43, 1I56 DOLAN
LANE, JERSEYVILLE WERE CONDUCTED SAT AFT AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville, BY THE REV WILLIAM ELDER WITH
BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM. HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT 2:09 AM APR 20,
1982, AT CHRISTIAN HOSP NORTHEAST, ST LOUIS. HE WAS BORN JUNE 9,
1939, IN EAST HARDIN, THE SON OF THE LATE GEORGE AND IONE
(WILKENS) VARBLE AND WAS A CONSTRUCTION LABORER. HIS SURVIVORS
ARE HIS WIFE, THE FORMER CAROL WILINZIG WHOM HE MARRIED JULY 15,
1967 IN JERSEYVILLE; 2 SONS AND 2 DAUGH. WILLIAM, MICHAEL, PAULA
AND RUTH ANN VABLE, ALL AT HOME; 3 BRO, ELMER VARBLE OF
JERSEYVILLE. FRANK OF EAST HARDIN AND MELVIN OF WILLIAMSBURG VA;
4 SIS HELEN SWISHER AND MARGIE WARREN OF SHIPMAN. THELMA SPRONG
OF HAMBURG AND VELMA RAY OF CARROLLTON. THE BUILDING FUND OF THE
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH OF WHICH HE WAS A MEMBER WAS DESIGNATED AS
A MEMORIAL.
Phyllis Ann Varbel, 50, OF RR3, JERSEYVILLE,
FORMERLY OF THE ELDRED AND CARROLLTON AREA, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT
3:15 PM MARCH 14, 1981, AT CHRISTIAN NORTH EAST HOSP, ST LOUIS
WHERE SHE WAS TAKEN AFTER BECOMING ILL WHILE ATTENDING A SHOWER
FRI EVE. MRS VARBLE WAS A BOOKKEEPER AND SEC AT JERSEY COMM HIGH
SCHOOL, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN
JERSEYVILLE. BORN JUNE 6, 1930 IN GREENE CO SHE WAS A DAU OF THE
LATE FRANK AND VELMA (STANDRIDGE) MELOW. SHE MARRIED WALTER
VARBLE DEC 10, 1949; HE D OCT 23, 1979. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 4
DAU, SHARON POWERS, CAROL SMITH, BARBARA SCHMIEDER AND NANCY
VARBLE, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE; 4 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SIS, BONNIE
McGLASSON OF ELDRED AND PATRICIA ERLINGER OF CARLYLE. VISITATION
WILL BE FROM 4-9 PM MON AT AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME IN
CARROLLTON AND UNTIL 11:30 AM TUES. THE BODY WILL LIE IN STATE
FROM 1 PM TUES AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE
UNTIL TIME OF SERVICES AT 2 PM. REV R E GEORGE WILL OFFICIATE
AND BURIAL WILL BE IN THE MT GILEAD CEM SOUTHWEST OF CARROLLTON.
THE CANTON NURSING CENTER AT CANTON HAS BEEN NAMED AS A
MEMORIAL.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD IN KAMPSVILLE FOR Harry J.
Vetter, 23, WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DOA AT THE CALHOUN
MEDICAL CENTER IN HARDIN FOLLOWING A CAR ACCIDENT AT 12:30 AM,
TUES ABOUT 1 1/4 MILES WEST OF RT 100 NEAR THE JOE SEVIER HOME.
DENNIS R HULL, 26 OF KAMPSVILLE, WHO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, WAS
TAKEN TO ALTON. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE REPORT THE CAR WENT
OUT OF CONTROL ON A CURVE, OVERTURNED AND BURNED BOTH OCCUPANTS
WERE THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE. HE WAS BORN IN CARROLLTON ON DEC
24, 1949 THE SON OF BERNARD H AND EVELYN (BECKER) VETTER. A
VETERAN OF VIETNAM, MR VETTER WAS EMPLOYED BY ROSE BARGE LINES.
SURVIVING ARE HIS PARENTS; 4 BRO, ALL OF KAMPSVILLE; AND 6
SISTERS, INCLUDING MRS FRED GILMAN OF FIELDON. [May 1973]
Olin J. “Pappy” Vetter, 72, OF ALTON, DIED
AT 1:20 THURS, OCT 9, 1986, AT HIS RESIDENCE, AFTER A SHORT
ILLNESS. HE WAS BORN IN CALHOUN CO, A SON OF THE LATE JOHN AND
ROSE (CURTISS) VETTER. HE WAS AN OPERATOR IN THE BRASS MILL AT
OLIN CORP. FOR 34 YRS, RETIRING IN 1973. SURVIVING, ARE HIS
WIFE, THE FORMER LOUISE KRUEGER; 4 DAU, JOANN COLE AND DIXIE
HAMMOCK, BOTH OF ALTON, OLINDA FRIEMAN OF MEADOWBROOK AND
ROLLYNDA FREEMAN OF ZEIGLER, ILL; 8 GRANDCHILDREN; 10
G-GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SISTERS RUBY KREMER OF MILTON AND JUNE SQUIER
OF CARTHAGE; AND 4 BRO, SEIBERT VETTER OF EAST ALTON, AUDREY AND
FLOYD VETTER, BOTH OF CARROLLTON, AND TUNNEY VETTER OF PLEASANT
HILL. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 5-9 PM MON AT GRAY FUNERAL HOME IN
WOOD RIVER, WHERE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM TUES WITH REV
WAYNE R VINSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT SUMMIT GROVE CEM.
IN KAMPSVILLE. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE EVANGEL ASSEMBLY OF
GOD CHURCH IN ALTON.
J. W. Vinson, 78, LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF
JERSEY CO AND PROMINENT PIONEERS OF LITTLE JERSEY DIED AT HOME
ON PLEASANT ST. BORN APR 22, 1839 ON A FARM IN THAT PART OF
GREENE CO. THAT NOW IS JERSEY CO. AT THE AGE OF 12, HE WAS
THROWN UPON HIS OWN RESOURCES FOR A LIVELIHOOD. HIS
OPPORTUNITIES WERE LIMITED, BUT HE SET BRAVELY TO WORK,
RECOGNIZING THAT THE FIRST DUTY HE OWED TO HIMSELF WAS TO SECURE
AN EDUCATION. HE ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND AT 16 OBTAINED A
FIRST GRADE TEACHER'S CERTIFICATE. FROM THIS TIME UNTIL HE WAS
24 HE TAUGHT IN COUNTRY SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY. AT THE SAME TIME
HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES, PRINCIPALLY IN PRIVATE BUT AT
INTERVALS HE ATTENDED SHURTLEFF COLLEGE. OWING TO HIS THOROUGH
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE MR VINSON BECAME A FIRM FRIEND OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. FOR 14 CONSECUTIVE YRS HE WAS A MEMBER OF
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF JERSEYVILLE, AND IT WAS IN PART
THROUGH HIS INFLUENCE THAT THE SCHOOLS OF THAT PLACE HAVE BEEN
ADVANCED TO THEIR PRESENT HIGH POSITION. FOR 20 CONSECUTIVE YRS
HE WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS, SERVING AS A
MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, AT TIMES BEING THE PRESIDENT OF
SAME. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CITY SCHOOL BOARD THAT
EMPLOYED THE LATE PROF J PIKE AND ORGANIZED OUR SYSTEM. IN 1864
HE WAS HEAD OF JERSEYVILLE FLOURING MILLS, AGENT OF SEVERAL
INSURANCE COMPANIES, SPECIAL AGENT AND ADJUSTER FOR LANCASHIRE
INSURANCE CO, FROM 1884-1892. SINCE 1892 HE HAS BEEN WITH THE
TRADER'S INS CO. OF CHICAGO, HIS FIELD BEING MO AND SOUTHERN
ILL. HE WAS A MASON FOR 30 YRS. MARRIED IN SPRINGFIELD, SEPT 12,
1861 TO MARY STARKWEATHER. LEAVES WIDOW AND 4 DAU: MRS LULU
VINSON FRAZIER OF VENICE, CALIF, MRS WEBSTER ALDERSON OF LOS
ANGELES, CALIF, MRS GEORGE D POGUE OF ST LOUIS, MO AND MRS
BRANCH STATION OF ASHLAND, KY. FUNERAL FROM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BY REV NEELEY. MASONIC SERVICES CONDUCTED AT CHURCH, BY
JERSEYVILLE LODGE NO 394 AF & AM. BURIAL IN OAK GROVE CEM.
THE FUNERAL OF Leonard F. Vinyard, 50, OF
409 McGILL ST, JERSEYVILLE WILL BE HELD AT 1:30 PM TUES AT THE
CHURCH OF CHRIST WITH THE REV BOYD GOODSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL
WILL BE IN THE CARROLLTON CITY CEMETERY. HE DIED AT 2:33 PM JAN
25, 1981, AT GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME. BORN IN CARROLLTON,
HE WAS A SON OF ARCHIE AND NORA (KANE) VINYARD. HIS SURVIVORS
ARE HIS WIFE, THE FORMER MARY STOCKS; FATHER; 4 BRO, WILLIAM,
INDEPENDENCE, MO, THOMAS, CARROLLTON, EARL, ELDRED AND MIKE,
HOGANSVILLE, GA; 2 SIS ROSELLA KRAUSHAAR AND MELBA ISRINGHAUSEN
OF JERSEYVILLE. VISITATION FROM 4-9 PM MON AT JACOBY FUNERAL
HOME.
Mary F. Vinyard, 70, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED
MARCH 7, 1986, AT ST LUKE'S WEST IN ST LOUIS CO. SHE WAS BORN
NOV 15, 1915, TO THE LATE ROBERT AND ANNA (WHITLOCK) STOCKS. SHE
MARRIED LEONARD F VINYARD, AND HE DIED JAN 25, 1981. SURVIVORS
INCLUDE HER BROTHER, ROBERT STOCKS OF JERSEYVILLE. VISITATION
WAS MARCH 10 AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. THE
FUNERAL WAS MARCH 10 AT THE FUNERAL HOME WITH CHARLES REISER
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CARROLLTON CITY CEM.
William G. Voiles, 79, DIED HERE THIS AM AT
THE HOME OF HIS SON, FLORUS VOILES, FOLLOWING A LONG PERIOD OF
ILL HEALTH. HE HAD BEEN BED FAST FOR ABOUT 2 WKS. THE FUNERAL
WILL BE HELD SUN AFT AT 2 PM AT SIMPSON FUNERAL HOME, THE REV
REISS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE RUSSELL CEM NORTH OF
ELDRED. VOILES WAS BORN JAN 1, 1862 IN GREENE CO TENN, THE SON
OF PHILIP AND CHARITY VOILES. HE CAME TO GREENE CO AT AGE OF 7,
AND SPENT MANY YRS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CO. HE AND MISS
GUSSIE SPENCER WERE MARRIED JAN 1 1885. SHE DIED IN DEC 1913.
THE FAMILY MOVED TO WYANDOTTE, OKLA IN 1907. SURVIVING HIM ARE 4
CHILDREN, FLORUS OF THIS CITY ; LYNN, MISS LEOLINE, MRS LEONICE
MORGAN, WYANDOTTE, OKLA, ALSO A TWIN BRO, JOHN OF GUYMAN OKLA.,
9 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN. [19 Apr 1941]
FORMER JERSEYVILLE RESIDENT Clara E. Voorhees, 98, DIED
AT 10:52 PM TUES, APR 7, 1992, AT CHAMPAIGN CO NURSING HOME IN URBANA. SHE
WAS A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE, TAUGHT SCHOOL IN JERSEY CO AND WAS THE
OWNER/OPERATOR OF A STUDENT ROOMING HOUSE IN URBANA. BORN IN GREENE CO MAR
18, 1893, SHE WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE WILLIAM J AND MARIA (REYNOLDS)
ARMSTRONG. SHE MARRIED OTIS C VOORHEES ON JAN 27, 1917, IN JERSEYVILLE, AND
HE DIED IN JAN 1938. SURVIVING ARE 3 CHILDREN, JANE GOTHARD OF DAHINDA,
ABBIE OLSON OF MINNETONKA, MINN, AND PERRY VOORHEES OF VAIDEN, MISS; 12
GRANDCHILDREN; 12 G-GRANDCHILDREN; AND 1 G-G-GRANDCHILD. PRECEDING HER IN
DEATH WERE A SON, 2 BRO AND 3 SISTERS. GRAVESIDE SERVICES ARE AT 4 PM FRI AT
OAK GROVE CEMETERY IN JERSEYVILLE WITH THE REV BRUCE OLSON OFFICIATING.
RENNER-WIKOFF CHAPEL OF URBANA IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
