 MARY OBER
, aged 76 years and 3 days, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Samuel Herrington, near Milledgeville, Illinois, Monday morning, June 21, 1897. She was born and raised in Somerset county, Pennsylvania and was the daughter of Jacob Lichty. She was united in marriage to Samuel Ober in 1839, and as a result of this union two children were born to them, a son and daughter. In 1858 the daughter was married to Cyrus Miller, and to them four children were born, Samuel, Joseph, Mary and Anna, who with the six great grand children were all present at the funeral, being the only living descendants. In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. Ober with their children and grandchildren moved to Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois, where they made their home for many years. The son died in 1871, and the daughter, Mrs. Cyrus Miller, died the same year. Mr. Ober after a short illness died in 1883. From that time Mrs. Ober has been making her home with her grandchildren whom she looked upon as her own children. She was a lady loved by all who knew her, and was a faithful Christian to the end, having been in attendance at church the day before the morning of her death. The service was conducted by Elder J. H. Moore, of Mt. Morris, Wednesday, June 23, at eleven o'clock. She was laid to rest beside her husband, son and daughter in the Dutchtown cemetery.
DANIEL OBERHEIM
, sheriff of Carroll County, died in the sheriff's department of the court house last Thursday morning.
Mr. Oberheim has been ailing for over a year and several months ago it was thought his life was but a few hours longer,
but he became better and recovery seemed favorable for awhile but a relapse occurred the fore part of last week and
Thursday his earthly career ended. Mr. Oberheim was elected sheriff four years ago and has tried to do his duty
honestly and faithfully as he knew how. He was a good Christian man, a good neighbor and citizen and a faithful
official.
Mr. Oberheim was born in Pennsylvania in 1843, but has lived in Carroll county 31 years. The funeral services were
held at Mt. Carroll, Saturday, after which the remains were interred at the Center Hill cemetery.
EVALINE (SCHULTZ) O'BRIEN
, 98, died at her home here yesterday following an illness of about one year. (Alice Horner’s note: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 shows she died December 21, 1933. It gives her date of birth as January 6, 1836 in Fonda, Montgomery County, New York, and her parents names as Cornelius and Susan Shultz.) Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the Frank Brother Funeral Home and burial will be made in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. O’Brien had been active in the Mystic Workers and had attended the lodge dances until she was 95 years old.
INEZ OCHES
- Mrs. Jerome (Inez) Oches, of Benton Harbor, Mich., formerly of Mount Carroll, passed away Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Miss Mildred Oches. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Benton Harbor, with burial in Keota, Iowa. The former Inez Grove, was a sister of the late Mrs. Ernie Kneale. She is survived by her daughter, Mildred, a sister Mrs. Fay C (Ethyl) Van of Laguna Beach, Calif., and a brother, Harold Grove of Florida.
CORNELIUS O'HERON , age 93, of Savanna, Illinois, passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at the Eagle Point Nursing Facility in Clinton, Iowa. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2007 at the Savanna Township Cemetery in Savanna, Illinois. Military Rites will be accorded by the Savanna Veterans of Foreign Wars Post# 2223 and the Savanna American Legion Post# 148. A memorial fund has been established in Cornelius’ memory. Cornelius was born on March 3, 1914, the son of James and Myrtle (Wanke) O’Heron in Savanna, Illinois. He attended Savanna area schools and graduated from Savanna High School with the class of 1932. He married Monna M. Hungerford on December 7, 1941 in Savanna. Cornelius, better known as “The Colonel” by his military buddies, served in the United States Army “European Theatre” with the 744th Railway Operating Battalion from 1943-1946. During his enlistment he was stationed in France, Belgium and Germany. Cornelius was employed by the Burlington Northern Railroad as a Switchman in Savanna for 38 years. He was a lifetime member of the Savanna Veterans of Foreign Wars Post# 2223 and the Savanna American Legion Post# 148. He was also active on the Savanna City Council for 12 years. Cornelius enjoyed traveling, spending time with his friends and rooting for the Chicago Cubs. Cornelius will be dearly missed by his wife, Monna of Savanna and one brother, Robert O’Heron of Peoria, Illinois. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Carlyle and Philip. JAMES O'KANE
was born in Franklin county, Indiana, December 29, 1834 and died at Burbank, California, Sunday, February 10, 1907, aged 72 years, 1 month and 11 days. He was a son of Daniel and Lucinda Johnson O'Kane and was the eldest of fifteen children. When five years of age Mr. O'Kane came with his parents to Illinois and he was reared on a farm in Elkhorn Gove Township. Mr. O'Kane was twice married. For several years he was in business in Oregon, Illinois, but about thirty-five years ago he went to Kearney, Nebraska, where he was a successful business man for many years. A few years ago he went to California. The remains were brought to Kearney, Nebraska, and interred at that place. Mr. O'Kane leaves to mourn his death, one son, Walter, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Several children are buried in the cemetery at the Brick church and one child is buried in Kearney, Nebraska. He also leaves three brothers and two sisters, Aaron A., of University Place, Nebraska, Mrs. George W. Kingery of Polo, John W., of Ithaca, Nebraska, Byron and Mrs. Caroline Hadsell of Lincoln, Nebraska.
JOSEPH O'KANE
, a veteran of the civil war, an old settler of Ogle county and one of the best known of Polo's citizens passed away suddenly last Saturday afternoon, at the age of 68 years, 9 months, and 28 days, the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain, causing his death. The deceased was born in Franklin county, Ind., Dec. 23, 1836. He was a son of Daniel O'Kane, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and Lucinda (Johnson) O'Kane. He was the second child in a family of fifteen. When Joseph was only 3 years old, he came with his parents to Ogle county, Ill., where his father bought a tract of land which he worked in the summer months and during the winter was employed at the cooper's trade. The deceased was reared on the home farm at Elkhorn Grove, attending the district schools during the winter months and working on the farm during the summer. In 1859, he went to California, going by way of New York and the Isthmus of Panama and spending thirty days on the way. After two years in California, most of which time he was employed on a ranch, he returned to Ogle county, When the civil war broke out, Mr. O'Kane felt that his country needed him and on Sept. 5, 1861 he enlisted in Company H, Seventh Illinois Cavalry and was mustered in at Springfield ten days later. His regiment spent some time scouting in Missouri, their first engagement being at Corinth; this was followed by Grierson's raid, On Nov. 3, 1863, Mr. O'Kane was captured at Coldwater, Miss., and spent sixteen months in confinement at Cahaba, Ala., Columbus, N. C., and Charleston and Columbia, S. C. The suffering which was endured in those southern prisons is almost beyond belief and it was only those who were physically strong that withstood the terrible experience. Many starved to death. At one time, Mr. O'Kane with fifteen comrades dug a tunnel 80 feet length and escaped from Cahaba prison. They traveled 80 miles by night and when within a night's journey of the Union lines they were tracked by bloodhounds and recaptured. Mr. O'Kane was finally
exchanged March 1, 1865, and was mustered out, a physical wreck. September 17, 1865, he was married in the M. E. church in Polo to Miss Jenette Rowand, a daughter of Andrew Rowand, who was a native of Scotland and a pioneer settler of Ogle county. While Mr. O'Kane was in the army, he sent home his wages which his father invested for him, in land and after his marriage he began the life of a farmer and continued in agricultural pursuits in a .......skip in obit......Besides his wife and an aged stepmother, Mr. O'Kane leaves four brothers and two sisters to mourn his death. They are Aaron A. and Mrs. Geo. Kingery of Polo, Jas. of Los Angeles, Cal., John W. of Ithaca, Neb., S. Byron and Mrs. Caroline Hadsel of Lincoln, Neb. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the M. E. church, Rev. C. K. Carpenter officiating. The members of the G. A. R. post conducted the services. Interment was made in Fairmount cemetery. The pall bearers were Patrick Kenyon, Johnson Lawrence, Jos. Snook, J. L. Reed, A. Wright and E. S. Waterbury. Those from out of town who came to attend the funeral were John O'Kane of Ithaca, Neb., Edward Foster and son, Joe, of Chicago, Mrs. W. W. O'Kane and granddaughter, Edna O'Kane of Sterling, Mrs. Nettie Hedrick of Algona, Ia.
CARRIE MAY OLIN
daughter of James and Sophia Olin, was born in Carroll Co., Ill. on August 13th 1885 (s/b 1875).
She died at the home of her parents on July 14th, 1901, aged 25 years, 11 months and 1 day. On Jan. 1st, 1896 she
was united in marriage to Mr. Samuel Yeakel. She then went with her husband to Calhorm Co., Iowa, where she made her home until realizing the hopelessness of her condition she came to the home of her parents about ten days before her death. In Feb. of 1894 she gave her heart to God and united with the Brethren church of Milledgeville. On the morning of her departure as she realized her time was short she said she was ready and willing to go. She leaves to mourn her death, a husband, a little child, a father and mother, three sisters and one brother and numerous other relatives and friends., yet they mourn not as those who have no hope for her hope was in God.
WILLIAM H. OLTMANS , 79, of Sterling, died Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at his home. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sterling. Private burial is in South Elkhorn Cemetery, Milledgeville. Visitation is 2-4 p.m. Sunday at McDonald Funeral Home, Rock Falls. He was born Nov. 8, 1927, in Sterling, the son of Edward and Ruth Oltmanns. He married Doris Sucher June 25, 1949. She died Feb. 16, 2004. Survivors (and spouses) are son, Dwight (Nancy) Oltmanns, Sterling; daughter, Nancy (Jerry) Crow, Rock Falls; sisters, Verna (Charles) Eads, Prophetstown, Janet (Edward) Carl, Sterling; granddaughter, Alyssa Oltmanns; stepgrandchildren, Jerry Crow Jr., Tina Parker and Amanda Adams. MRS. NELS OVERBOE
, 76, Savanna, died at 10:30 a.m. Monday [3-6-1967] in Savanna City Hospital. Surviving are her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Raymond (Jenny) Vesely and Mrs. Robert (Lorraine) Demeester, both of Savanna, and Mrs. Lawrence (Viola) Loechler, Wabasha, Minn.; nine grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Taylor, Marion, Iowa; and two brothers, Louis Fosdick of Mesa, Ariz., and Charles Fosdick, Savanna. Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, with burial in Savanna Township Cemetery. Visitation, will be tonight at the funeral home.
ELIZABETH C. (WALKEY) OVERFIELD
, daughter of Jacob and Mary Walkey and wife of Dr. F. Overfield, was born March 16, 1839, in Clintondale, Pennsylvania, and died at Brookville, Illinois on Sunday March 20, at six o'clock a. m. About forty-six years ago at the age of nineteen under the labors of the now sainted Rev. H. Rohland, she was converted to God and became a faithful member of the church until she was summoned to come up higher, On March 20, 1860, she was married to her bereft husband, Dr. F. Overfield, then a practicing physician of this place, to whom she proved a loving, devoted companion. Her birth, marriage and death occurred the same month of the year. On Sunday September 28, 1890, at six o'clock a.m. - the same hour of the day on which she died - she was stricken with paralysis which left her an invalid. In her affliction of thirteen and one-half years she was deprived of attending the public means of grace, yet she born wall with a true christian submission and patience. Her faith in God was unwavering and as the end drew near she longed to depart and be at home. The immediate cause of her death was peritonitis. She greatly appreciated the visits of her friends and neighbors. In her Bible was found a complete record of visiting clergymen of her own and sister denominations. Sister Overfield was a faithful wife, a kind and loving mother and an exemplary christian. A husband, three sons, Dr. Joseph Overfield of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Dr Walter Overfield of Forreston and Lee who lived with his parents, one grandchild, two brothers and three sisters besides a wide circle of friends remain to mourn. "We sorrow not as those who have no hope." Funeral at the home of Rev. J. G. Eller.
F.S. OVERFIELD
, a respected citizen, a successful physician and an old settler of Brookville township, passed away at his home last Wednesday, August 16, 1905, aged 76 years, 5 months and 2 days. The deceased was born in Hesse, Germany, March 14, 1829. He was educated in music and medicine in the University of Heidelberg, Germany. His father was a surgeon in the Prussian army. Dr. Overfield came to America about 1855, stopping for a short time in Pennsylvania. The next year he came to Forreston where he remained a year going from there to Brookville. March 8, 1860, he was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Walkey, who preceded him in death. Three sons were born to them, all of whom survive to mourn the death of their parents. They are Dr. J. W. Overfield of Elizabethtown, Pa., Dr. W> W. Overfield of FOrreston and L. B. Overfield of Brookville. The deceased had been failing for some time and had not practiced his profession for several years. He was a skillful and successful physician and a man much respected by his neighbors and his patrons. Dr. J. H. More conducted the funeral services at his late home in Brookville, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock A large concourse of sorrowing friends and neighbors were present to pay their last respects to the deceased.
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