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PAGE. Mrs. Bertha Page, 55, widow of W. F. Page of Kansas City, Missouri,
formerly of Alton, died Sunday at 4 am in general hospital, Kansas City following an illness of several months.
The body will be brought to the home of Mr. page's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Boyd, in Godfrey,
to remain until time of the funeral. Rites will be conducted at 3 pm Thursday in Evangelical church, Jerseyville.
Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery, Jerseyville. Mrs. Page was a member of Eastern Star lodge and the burial
ritual of the Lodge will be carried out at the church and at the grave. Friends may call at the Boyd residence
after 4 pm Tuesday. Mrs. Page was born in Calhoun County, a daughter of the late Adolph Ufer, and Mrs. Ufer. She
was married in 1920 to Fred E. Page and following his death in 1935, she was married to W. F. Page, a brother of
her former husband. During her marriage to Fred Page, she and her husband operated a grocery store in Grafton.
Before moving to Kansas City she had resided in Alton. Surviving in addition to her husband and mother, are a sister,
Mrs. Clara Walsh of Peoria, and two brothers, Arthur Ufer, Batchtown, Calhoun County, and Herman of Portland, Ore.
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PENCE, LENA C. DEGERLIA
Lena C. Pence, 79, of Mozier, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006 at Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis , Mo. She was a homemaker.
Born May 1, 1927 in Hamburg , she was the daughter of the late Charles and Carrie (Smith) DeGerlia. She married
David H. Pence Aug. 20, 1945 in Hamburg and he died Aug. 13, 2004. Surviving are a son, David A. Pence of Mozier;
two daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn S. and Keith Allen of Hamburg and Vicki L. and Doug Angel of Mozier; two
brothers, Gerald DeGerlia of Godfrey and Gilbert DeGerlia of Hamburg; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four sisters, Lillian Willman, Minnie Charlton, Alberta Webb and an infant, Betty
and four brothers, Charles "Dudge" DeGerlia, Clyde DeGerlia and infants, William Claud and Luther. Visitation
will be held Wednesday (today), Dec. 27, 2006 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Hanks-Gress Funeral Home in Hardin. The funeral
will be conducted Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 at 10 a.m. at Hanks-Gress Funeral Home in Hardin. Burial will be in Summit
Grove Cemetery in Kampsville. Memorials may be made to the Summit Grove and Hamburg city cemeteries. [Submitted
by Christine Walters]
Richard Russell Puterbaugh
Richard Russell Puterbaugh, 77, of 527 Broadway, died Monday (March 8, 2010) in Blessing Hospital.
He was born Dec. 5, 1932, in Kampsville, a son of Russell Puterbaugh and Lora Weir Puterbaugh. On Feb. 6,
1954, he married Connie Louise Johnson in Louisiana, Mo. She died on Dec. 1, 2000.
He graduated from Pleasant Hill High School and later graduated from diesel mechanic school in St. Louis. He had
many occupations including farming, gas station owner/operator, construction worker and equipment operator.
He was baptized in the RLDS church.
In his spare time, he enjoyed shooting pool and watching football and basketball, especially the Pleasant
Hill Wolves.
He will forever be remembered as the man who shot a cannon, every time the Wolves scored a touchdown. Survivors
include three sons, Gary Puterbaugh of Springfield, Lewis Puterbaugh and his partner, Janet, of Longmont, Colo.,
and Edwin Puterbaugh of Longmont; a brother, Lynold Puterbaugh of Pleasant Hill; and a niece and nephew. In addition
to his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son; and a nephew.
SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday in Methodist Church in Pleasant Hill. Arrangements: Hansen-Spear Funeral Home, Quincy
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PLUMB.
Nov 1986: Jerseyville - Pearl E. "Peck" Plumb, 62, a resident of Calhoun County Care Center, died at
12:55 am today, 29 November 1986, at Jersey Community Hospital. The son of the late Edward and Albertha (Andrews)
Plumb, he was a World War II veteran and a construction welder and machinist. Surviving are two Daughters, Deborah
Plumb of Edwardsville and Keetra Holiday of Granite City; two Sons, Greg Plumb of West Virginia and Dennis Plumb
of Tulsa, Okla; seven grandchildren; and two Sisters, Helen Murray of Otterville and Opal Gresham of Jerseyville.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9 pm Sunday at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where services will be
at 3 pm Monday. Graveside rites will be conducted by the Jerseyville American Legion at Oak Grove cemetery in Jerseyville
and memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society. (Unknown
contributor - THANK YOU!)
PLUMMER. 17 December 1979: Ruby
Ellen Plummer, 89, of 419 E. Exchange St., Jerseyville, the last of the 10 children of George and Praziddie Edwards
Kress, died at 11:15 pm 16 December at St. Anthony's hospital in Alton. She was born 8 April, 1890 in Calhoun County.
On 19 November 1912, she married Carl Plummer and he died 26 March of this year. She is survived by one son, Carl
C. Plummer, Jr. Jerseyville; two Daughters, Violet Bartlett of Brighton and Dorothy Bartlett of Jerseyville; nine
grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 pm Tuesday, 18 December at Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday, 19 December at the Funeral Home, Rev. M.
Edwards Breed officiating. Burial will be at Oak Grove cemetery. The First Presbyterian church in Jerseyville has
been named as a memorial. (Unknown contributor - THANK YOU!)
PLUMMER. 1 February 1973: Final
rites were held Sunday afternoon at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home for Maurice B. Plummer, 71, of Jerseyville whose
death occurred on 26 January at Blu Fountain Nursing Home in Godfrey. Burial was in the Plummer cemetery in Calhoun
County. He was born 15 October 1901 in Calhoun County the son of George and Bessie Bassett Plummer. He had engaged
in farming. Mr. Plummer had resided at Morgan Hotel. His parents preceded him in death. (Unknown
contributor - THANK YOU!)
PLUMMER. 19 October 1951: Clarence
O. Plummer of Grafton died suddenly Saturday Morning, 13 October at nine-fifteen o'clock while at his work at the
Illinois Powder Manufacturing Company at Grafton. Plummer had been talking to a co-worker, Burl Hill, and had not
complained of feeling ill. He was found dead a short time later by Frederick Miller, another employee of the company.
A brother, Thomas, died a few days ago in Detroit. An inquest was conducted by Coroner Rodney C. Jacoby of Jerseyville
and death was attributed to natural causes. Mr. Plummer was a son of the late John and Laura Carrico Plummer and
was born in Calhoun County on 11 October 1895. His death occurred two days after his fifty-sixth birthday anniversary.
The decedent had been a resident of Grafton for the past thirty-five years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith
Arnold Plummer; two daughters, Mrs. Forrest Duncan of Grafton and Mrs. James Creech of Alton; three sons, Stanley
Plummer of the US Navy stationed in Japan, Larry and Tommie Plummer of Grafton; four sisters, Mrs. Lillian Eastman
of Grafton, Mrs. Lela Keller of St. Louis, Mrs. Cora Schoetker of Monon, Indiana, and Mrs. Ruby Waggoner of Vancouver,
Washington. He also leaves seven grandchildren. He was a member of the Grafton City Council serving as alderman,
and of the Modern Woodman of America. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon 16 October at two o'clock at
St. Patrick's church with Rev. Father Michael Sheehy officiating. Interment was in Scenic Hill cemetery. (Unknown contributor - THANK YOU!)
PLUMMER. Jerseyville Republican
17 January 1924: Mrs. Laura Plummer died 11 January at home of her son, Clarence Plummer of Grafton. 63 years old.
Funeral from home. Buried in Deer Plain cemetery, Calhoun County, Illinois. Married John Plummer at Calhoun County
3 January 1881. He died March, 1906. Eleven children: five died in infancy and two daughters, Mrs. Nona Weighard
and Miss Ethel Plummer. Those surviving are: Mrs. Cora Schoetker of Jerseyville, Mrs. Lelia Keller of St. Louis,
Clarence Plummer of Grafton and Ruby Waggoner of Wood River. Four step-children, Wm. Plummer of Jersey, Mrs. Ida
Douglas of Portland, Ore., Thomas Plummer of Nokimis and Miss Lillie Eastman of Grafton; one sister and one brother,
Mrs. Sarah Godfrey and James Carrico of Everet, Wash. and one brother, George Carrico of Twin Falls, Idaho, seven
grandchildren and ten step grandchildren. (Unknown contributor -
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PLUMMER. 21 March 1968: Oscar
Cleveland (Cleve) Plummer, retired carpenter of Grafton, died at twelve-five o'clock pm Monday at St. Anthony hospital
in Alton where he had been a patient the past eight weeks. Visitation hours were held at Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home where services were held at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon.. Rev. Randy Morris of Grafton officiated and
burial was in Hardin cemetery. Mr. Plummer, a son of the late William and Sarah Ramsey Plummer, was born in Calhoun
County. His age at the time of death was eighty-three years, eight months, and four days. His survivors are one
daughter, Ida M. Plummer of Alton; one son, Robert Ralph Plummer of Galveston, Texas, two grandchildren and three
great grandchildren. (Unknown contributor - THANK YOU!)
PLUMMER. 30 January 1975: The
funeral of Paul Plummer, 67, of R. R. 1 Grafton, formerly of Hartford, was conducted Wednesday afternoon, 29 January
at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home with the Rev. William Bohannon of the Church of the Nazarene, Rosewood Heights
officiating. His death occurred at 6:30 pm on 26 January at the Christian hospital, nw, St. Louis. Interment was
in the Fieldon cemetery. He was born 31 January 1907 in Calhoun County, a son of Joshua and Hattie Blackorby Plummer.
He was a color matcher at the Hartford Tannery. His survivors are his widow, the former Alice Vinson; two Sons,
Paul W. Plummer of Grafton and Norman D. of Clarksville, Tenn.; a daughter Mrs. Gene (Phyllis) Daughhette, Edwardsville;
nine grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two brothers, Emuel Plummer of Grafton and Cecil Plummer of Jerseyville;
and three sisters, Mrs. Gladys Stemmler of Fieldon, Mrs. Viola Stock of East Alton and Esther Belle Dabbs of Jerseyville;
and his stepmother, Mrs. Melvin Plummer of Jerseyville. The family designated the American Cancer Society as a
memorial. (Unknown contributor - THANK YOU!)
PLUMMER. Undated:
Funeral rites for Thomas G. Plummer were held Tuesday, November 30, at the Grafton Methodist church for Thomas
G. Plummer, whose death occurred at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, city clerk and Mrs. Benjamin Carey.
Rev. Edgar Purdy, pastor of the church, officiated at the service and sang "Face to Face" and "
the Lights of Home" accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Purdy. This was the first time in the history of Grafton
that anyone can remember that the minister delivered both the sermon and sang the solos. Interment was in the American
Legion cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased and were Frank, Tom and Jerome Plummer, Vincent and
Roland Carey and Lavern Freeman. The flower bearers were granddaughters of Mr. Plummer and were Misses Ida and
Ernestine Plummer, Mary Jane Dille and Ida Mae Church. Mr. Plummer, who was eighty-four years old, was the son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. John F. Plummer, natives of Calhoun County. (Unknown
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POORE
John R.W. Poore, 83, of Belleview, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, at the Pittsfield
Manor in Pittsfield.
A U.S. Korean Army veteran, he retired in 1990 as an Iron Worker with Local 46 in Springfield. He was a member
of the Church of Christ in Pleasant Hill, Kampsville American Legion, and a life member of the NRA. He toured the
Midwest in his hot air balloon and was known as "Jonny Swaypole" in the 1960s.
Born Oct. 28, 1927, in Alton, he was the son of the late James Dewey and Rita M. (Murphy) Poore. He married Letha
L. Gresham July 8, 1950 in Hamburg and she survives.
Also surviving are two sisters, Patricia Ann Lammy and Genevieve (Jerry) Tinkey, all of Godfrey.
He was' preceded in death by two brothers, James Ivan and Robert Weston Poore.
Visitation was held Tuesday at Hanks-Gress Funeral Home in Hardin.
The funeral will be held Wednesday (today) Nov. 10, 2010, at Hanks-Gress Funeral Home in Ilardin with Jim Chambers
officiating. Burial will be in Hamburg City Cemetery with full military rites.
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PRATHER
Wanda Lee Prather, 74 of Pittsfield, IL and formerly of Kampsville, IL passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at
Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. Wanda was born on June 27, 1936 in Jacksonville, IL, a daughter to Edward and
Velma Mae Reveal Hazelwood. She married James Elliott Prather on June 27, 1952 in Manchester, IL and he preceded
her in death in 2006.
Wanda was a cashier at the Kampsville Inn Restaurant in Kampsville, IL. She enjoyed reading, crocheting, cooking
and baking, raising potted flowers and cake decorating.
She is survived by a son, Larry (Amy) Prather of Phoenix, Arizona and a daughter, Mary (Charles) Freeman of Pittsfield,
six grandchildren and a brother, Louie Hazelwood and companion, Betty Kuhlman of Jerseyville, IL.
Per Wanda’s wishes her remains have been donated to medical science at Washington University. There will be no
service or visitation. Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield is handling the arrangements. [Pike
Press, Submitted by Bill Browning]
PRESLEY. 1951: Grafton - Funeral
rites for Henry Presley, 73, were held Tuesday afternoon, 25 November at 2 o'clock in the Assembly of God church
with the Rev. Melvin McClain of Jerseyville officiating. Interment was in Meadow Branch cemetery. The pallbearers
were nephews of the deceased and were Ferman, George, Tudor, Jack, Bruce and Frank Presley of Hardin. Mr.
Presley, a native of Calhoun County, died suddenly at the Memorial hospital in Alton, Friday, 21 November at 9:20
am. where he had been a patient since Thursday. He is survived by three sons, Arthur and Hubert of Grafton and
Pvt. Marion Presley of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; three daughters, Mrs. Clara Ennis and Mrs. Lula Lester of Grafton
and Mrs. Linda Blasa of Fieldon; two brothers, Samuel of Hardin and George of Otterville; one half brother and
one half sister, William Swan and Anna Neikirk of Jerseyville, and thirteen grandchildren. (Unknown contributor - THANK YOU!)
PRESLEY. 6 July 1967: Arthur Mclean
Presley, a retired fisherman of Grafton, died at three-thirty o'clock Fri. afternoon at his home. Though his health
had been impaired his death was unexpected. Visitation hours were held at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home until eleven-thirty
o'clock Monday morning when the body was moved to the Assembly of God church where services were held at one-thirty
o'clock. Rev. William sipes officiated and burial was in Meadow Branch cemetery. Committal rites were under the
auspices of Whalen Hill Post, American Legion, No. 648, Grafton. Mr. Presley was born in Calhoun County, 26 October
1912, a son of the late William Henry and Lula Frances Flory Presley. He was in military service during World War
II. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Banfield Presley; three Daughters, Sheila, Kay, and Carol, and two sons,
Michael and Bradley, all at home; three sisters, Mrs. Clara Talbert and Mrs. Lula Lester of Grafton and Mrs. Linda
Blasa of Jerseyville; and one brother, Hubert Presley of Grafton. His parents, two sisters, Pearl and Amanda, and
one brother, Marion, preceded him in death. (Unknown contributor
- THANK YOU!)
PRESSLEY. 23 May 1974: Everett
Leroy Pressley, 67, of 702 E. Prairie st, Jerseyville was found dead at 4:30 pm on 16 May at his clubhouse west
of Otterville by Morris Dabbs. A laborer, he was born 28 August 1906 in Calhoun County, a son of George and Clara
McDonald Pressley. He is survived by his wife, Mary Maltimore Pressley; two sons, Roy of Alexis and Gary, who is
serving in the Navy at Kingsville, Tex., two daughters, Josephine and Marilyn Pressley of Jerseyville; one grandchild;
stepsons, Earl Maltimore of Alton, Jim Snider and Kenneth Snider of Jerseyville, and a brother, George, of Jerseyville.
Final services were conducted Saturday, 18 May from Jacoby Funeral Home with the Rev. Vale Walkington officiating.
Interment was in the Fieldon cemetery. (Unknown contributor - THANK
YOU!)
PRUITT. Died 05-09-1984. Calhoun
Herald 13 September 1984: Funeral of Fannie L. Pruitt, 96 years old, held at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home with
Rev. R. E. George serving. Burial in Fieldon cemetery. Born 19 June 1888 in Fieldon to late Albert and Ruth Watson
Skiff. Married Kersey H. Pruitt in June 1910. He died 23 July 1957. Leaves two sons, Kersey H. Pruitt and Leo of
Fieldon; five daughters, Norma Cates, Ruth Devening and Goldie Pruitt of Fieldon and Blanche Herring and Beatrice
Wadlow of Jerseyville. 32 grandchildren, 83 great grandchildren and 25 great-great grandchildren. (Unknown contributor - THANK YOU!)
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