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RALPH CARTIN
, 31, private at the Savanna Ordnance Depot, was instantly killed about 9 o’clock Saturday night [3-13-1937] when his auto crashed into a tree after skidding on the icy pavement in East Savanna. He was returning home from Mt. Carroll where he had exchanged cars with his brother-in-law, Floyd Dittmar. He had been in the U.S. Army nearly 10 years. Mr. Cartin was the husband of the former Miss Opal Dittmar whose father, Albert Dittmar, was proprietor of the meat market in Thomson for some time. She has many friends here who are saddened by the news of her husband’s death. Mr. and Mrs. Cartin were married February 19, 1931 in Mt. Carroll and are the parents of a daughter, Donna Lee. Surviving besides the wife and daughter are his parents, two brothers and two sisters of Swansea, S.C. Military funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in the Fuller funeral home in Savanna with Rev. F.A. Sword, Lanark, officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery, Mt. Carroll
CLIFTON CARTWRIGHT
, 61, a farmer of the Chadwick area, passed away at his home at 4:30 a.m. Monday, after a short illness. The body was removed to the Frank Funeral Home in Chadwick where arrangements are being completed.
Mr. Cartwright was born Dec. 22, 1894 at Parksville, Ohio, son of Lorenzo and Maggie C. Cartwright. He was married to Barbara Heide of Coleta at Morrison on April 3, 1920. He was a veteran of World War I.
Survivors are his widow, one daughter, Mrs. James Van Kampen, Sterling; two sons, James, Oregon; and Lyle, at home; two sisters, Mrs. John Hulse, Circleville, Ohio, and Mrs. Robert Pfeiffer, Waverly, Ohio; and one brother Millard of Parksville, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son Robert and two grandchildren.
J. RUSSELL CLIFT
- The body of J. Russell Clift, a well known Savanna man was found early Wednesday morning in Plum River, Savanna, with a gaping bullet wound through the scalp. It was first thought a murder was committed, but the coroner’s inquest developed the fact that Clift had evidently attempted to take his life by shooting and having made a failure of this jumped into the river and this ended his earthly existence. He was a man who had been in good circumstances at one time, but owing to his habits his family had left him and his money dwindled away until he had become tired of life and had several times intimated that he would some day end it all. The deceased was 66 years old and is survived by a wife and three grown children. The funeral was held at Savanna.
FRED EDWARD COLEMAN
, 60, veteran of World War I, died in the Veterans Hospital at Iowa City, Iowa Tuesday, May 25, 1954. He had been ill for some time. He was born September 4, 1893 at Mount Carroll. Survivors include his widow, Lila; two sons, Fred Jr. and Theodore of Mount Carroll; five sisters, Mrs. Ray Margileth, Mrs. Clarence E. Renner, and Mrs. Webster Wagner, all of Mount Carroll, Mrs. David Crawford of Dixon, and Mrs. Earl Ross of Savanna; two brothers, Carl of Edwardsville and John of Smithboro. Funeral arrangements are pending. (Alice Horner’s note: He married Lila E. Messinger.)
(Freeport Journal Standard, Freeport, Illinois May 26, 1954)
MARY M. COLEMAN
, died Wednesday morning, October 23, 1963 at a Freeport hospital where she had been a patient for 12 days. She was born February 24, 1870, in Cairo, a daughter of Fred and Sarah (Castor) Strautz. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Grace Crawford of Clearwater, Florida, and Mrs. Alice Renner and Mrs. Alma Ross, both of Savanna; two sons, Carl of Edwardsville and John of Smithboro; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Her husband, three daughters and a son preceded her in death.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Frank Funeral Home with Rev. James McFarlane of Savanna Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight.
GEORGE H. COTTRAL
- Funeral rites for Dr. George H. Cottral, 73, were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday March 18, 1949 in the Cottral home in Savanna. The Rev. Benjamin Heideman officiated, and burial was in Savanna Cemetery.
Dr. Cottral died at 6:20 a.m. March 16, 1949 in a Rochester, Minnesota hospital where he had submitted to surgery about three weeks before. Dr. Cottral was born October 27, 1875 in Sabula, Iowa, son of William T. and Louisa (Hoffman) Cottral. In 1881 he came with his parents to Savanna. He graduated from Savanna High School and Marion Simms Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri. After practicing in Hanover and in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for a time he came to Savanna in 1912. He served in World War I as a captain in the Army Medical Corps.
Surviving are his widow, the former Frances Kearney, a brother William T. Cottral; a sister, Mrs. Fred Jenks, all of Savanna, and other relatives.
HOMER B. CROUCH
, 93, of Milledgeville died Tuesday. June 3, 2003, at Pinecrest Community, Mount Morris. Funeral services will take place Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. at United Methodist Church. Milledgeville, with the Rev. Mary Flatness officiating Visitation will be Saturday, June 7, 2003, from 6 until 8 p.m. at Allen-Grennan Funeral Home, Milledgeville Chapel. Burial will conclude the services at South Elkhorn Cemetery Milledgeville. Memorials have been estabilished to United Methodist Church, Milledgeville, and Ogle County Hospice Association.
Mr. Crouch was born July 11, 1909, in Champaign, the son of William Walker and Flora (Glenn) Crouch, He graduated from Donaldson School and Polo High School. He attended Mount Morris College in 1930-1931 where he played right end on the college's undefeated varsity football team. He worked as a farmer. He married Alice Mildred Weatherwax on Sept. 19, 1937, in Milledgeville. She died on Nov. 5, 1991. He lived in the Polo, Milledgeville and Hazelhurst area from 1921 until he moved to Pinecrest Village in 1992. He was a member of United Methodist Church, Milledgeville, and belonged to Ogle County Farm Bureau.
Survivors include one son, Wayne (Joyce) Crouch of Amherst, Mass.; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one niece. He was preceded in death by his wife, and two sisters; Madgelene Eykamp of Polo and Ella Kiapprod of Phoenix.
LUCY ANN LEONARD CROUCH died at the home of her son in Holton, Kansas APril 4, 1899, aged eighty-seven years, nine months and twenty days. Mrs. Crouch was born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, New York, June 14, 1811. At the age of twenty, she was married to W.A. Leonard. To them were born three children, only one of whom survives, Mrs. L.M. Deihl of Gettysburg, PA. After her husbands death, she moved to Troy, NY, at which place she was converted and united with the M.E. church, of which she was a consistent member until her death. In 1841 she was again joined in marriage to Mr. Stephen Crouch, of West Junius, Senecca county, NY. To this union were born five children, the only survivors being Mrs. Mary S. Millard of this place, Mrs. Lucy A. Battis of Denver and E.S. Crouch, at whose home she died. Her husband preceded her in 1879 (28 May) at Friend, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Crouch came to Illinois in 1850 and settled at Milledgeville when the country was new. They raised and educated their family under many hardships and disadvantages, and will be remembered by many in this community. They were among those of the early settlers who struggled so manfully to help build the old M.E. church and parsonage at this place, and also at Coleta, and were always ready and willing to give liberally of their means for all of the Lords work. They were strong believers in the beauty of holiness in the the Christian's life and manifested it in their daily walk and conversation before the world. Mrs. Crouch, at the death of her husband, moved to Holton, Kansas, to live with her son, E.S. Crouch, where she died. her sufferings were great for the last four years,yet through it all she was very patient and gentle. To her family and those who were privileged to know her most intimately, she showed forth her Savior's meek and gentle spirit. Her last days and months were spent in many pleasant and profitable talks or letters to loved ones. As she said to me last summer while visiting her, her hopes were built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. MARTHA (VAN DUSEN) CROUCH
, was born March 8, 1854. Her death occurred May 25, 1891. She was married to Elliot G. Crouch, Oct. 9, 1874. Two children now mourn the loss of mother; three brothers and four sisters, weep because of a sister gone. The husband is sad and lonely, because companionless. Deceased was a devoted wife, an affectionate mother and was highly esteemed by all who knew her at her home, Conrad, Iowa. She had been identified with the M. E. Church, at her former home in Iowa. Services from M. E. church, Milledgeville May 26, conducted by the pastor, A. C. Gruber.
SAMUEL B. CROUCH was born in Saratoga county, N.Y., Feb. 25, 1813, and died March 12, 1890, being 77 years and 17 days of age. He was united in marriage with Sarah A. Baker, Jan. 14, 1841, making 49 years of married life. In May 1847, he moved to Carroll county, Ill. Mr. Crouch was the father of eight children, three of whom died in childhood, five remain, four sons and one daughter. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Drew, the U. B. pasator in the Christian church, after which his ramains were interred in the Milledgeville cemetery. Thus another landmark is gone. STEPHEN CROUCH died in Friend, Neb., May 28, 1878 in his seventy-sixth year. He was born in Saratoga county, NY; converted and joined the M.E. church in Seneca county in his forty-fifth year. Here, on Milledgeville and Coleta charges, he was a leading and official member for twenty-four years, assisting in the erection of four houses of worship and as many parsonages. His Christian life was of the highest character. In 1875 he moved to Saline county, Neb., where he closed a long and useful life. Bro. Crouch was a patient sufferer for some months previous to his death. During his last days the sounds of the builders at work on the new chapel fell upon his ears and cheered him, as he saw in this the success of our church. To the last his great desire was the conversion of sinners and the sanctification of believers. "Old and full of years," he came to the grave "like a shock of corn fully ripe." LLOYD E. CURBOY
, 76, of Mount Carroll, passed away Thursday (11 Apr 1968) in the Savanna Hospital following a long illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Christian Funeral Chapel, Mount Carroll, the Rev. David E. Ellis of the Church of God officiating, with burial in
Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today (Friday) at the funeral home.
Lloyd Curboy was born Sept. 26, 1891 in Savanna, the son of Thomas and Anna Zink Curboy. He was educated in the Polsgrove Rural Schools, Woodland Township. He married Florence Louise Cluck on Jan. 3, 1912 in Clinton, Iowa.
He is survived by his widow, one son Owen of Stockton; two daughters, Mrs. Simon (Myrtle) Jensen of Rural Mount Carroll; Mrs. Edward (Betty) Grenoble of Woodland Township; 16 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
CHARLES CUTTER - Funeral services for Charles Carter, 73, who died Thursday August 3, 1939 in a Freeport hospital, were held this afternoon (August 5, 1939) at 2 o’clock from the First Brethren Church with the Rev. G. T. Ronk, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Lanark Cemetery. Mr. Carter, son of Sherwood and Mary (Collins) Carter, was born October 29, 1866 and had spent his entire life in Carroll County. He was a member of the former Abrahamic church here. Surviving are his widow; one son, Donald, and two daughters, Mrs. Luella Mielke and Mrs. Clara Rahn. Two sons, Sherman and Theodore, preceded him in death |
