Boone county, Illinois obituaries

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Boone County, Illinois Obituaries

Oscar F. Anderson
Belvidere: - Oscar F. Anderson, 89, 1003 Columbia Ave., a retired real estate broker, died Wednesday morning in his home after a month-long illness. Anderson went into the real estate business after retiring from farming. Survivors include: his widow, Olive; two sons, Aaron Richard, Rockford, and Floyd, Belvidere; three daughters, Mrs. Lucille Larson, Belvidere, Mrs. Doris Exner, Tampico and Mrs. Helen Hartman, Freeport, a brother, Frank A., Rt. 5, Rockford; 18 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 pm. Friday in the Witbeck-Wheeler Sabien Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Garden of Memories. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today in the funeral home. [The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois December 23, 1965 - Thursday, pg 2 col 2 - submitted by Melva Taylor]

James L. Loop - died, Belvidere, Ill., February 8, 1865, aged 49 [Listed in the 1843 Chicago City Directory; reprinted in 1896 with death info; submitted by K. Torp]

Killed His Wife at Belvidere
Mrs. Edward SHANNON, who recently secured a divorce from her husband, was murdered by him at Belvidere Friday, Sept. 18, as she was sitting in a car bound for Chicago. He narrowly escaped being lynched by infuriated citizens, and there is yet so much talk of meteing out mob violence to him that the officials have taken extra precautions to protect him. For years SHANNON has treated his wife in a cruel and brutal manner, and about five years ago she left him, and at the present term of the Boone County court she was granted a divorce on the grounds of drunkenness and extreme cruelty. This enraged SHANNON more than ever, and it seems he determined to take her life. Her home had been in Chicago, where she had several children living, and this morning she decided to return home, and boarded the 11:32 train for that city. She had hardly taken a seat when SHANNON followed her onto the car, and standing close to her began talking in a low tone. She shook her head, apparently refusing some request that he had made.
He cast a quick look over his shoulder, and his arm moved nervously to his packet. Again he appeared to make a request, and again she seemed to refuse. Before the onlookers could move a muscle SHANNON thrust a revolver against the head of the helpless victim and fired. There was a scream of agony and as the stricken woman fell against the seat the ruffian sent another bullet into her bosom. [Batavia Herald, 23 September 1896, submitted by K. Torp]