O B I T U A R I E S
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Whiteside County Illinois
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ELIZABETH (KLINE) MAJESKI
, 83, passed away Monday evening at the Colonial Acres Nursing Home, where she had been a resident for the past eleven months.
She was born March 17, 1882, in Cresswell, Pa., the daughter of Christian and Mary Hess Kline. She attended school in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. She married Arthur Majeski, June 19, 1900, in Sterling, and they moved to Prophetstown in 1917. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Prophetstown.
She is survived by five sons, Paul, Flint, Mich.; Harry, Lyndon; Charles, Arthur and Donald all of Prophetstown; two daughters, Mrs. James (Mary) Manspeaker, Sterling; Mrs. Clyde (Helen) Olsson, of Prophetstown; 10 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
She was preceded by her husband, one son Frank and five brothers, four sisters and one granddaughter. Funeral services will be held Thursday, 1:30 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Lawrence Anderson officiting.
Burial will be in Riverside. Friends may call Wednesday afternoon and evening at the Gardner Funeral Chapel.
CHARLES E. MANON
, 87, of RR 1, Dixon, died Monday morning (19 Apr 1976) at Community General Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Behrens-Blair Funeral Home. Dr. Alfred L. Grewe, pastor of West Jordan Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Charles Manon was born May 23, 1888 in Pennsylvania, the son of William and Margaret Burkholder Manon. He farmed in the Prairieville area most of his life. He married Florence Pittman on Feb. 19, 1913 at Sterling and she died Jan. 3, 1970. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church. Survivors include two sons, Harold of Sterling and Kenneth of Dixon; two daughters, Mrs. Glen (Ruth) Stern of Sterling, and Mrs. William R. (Lois) Maxey of Rockford; 10 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; one sister, Nellie Vallee of Rock Falls. He was preceded by his wife, three children, four brothers and three sisters.
FRANCES O. MANON
, 87, of Sterling, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2002, after an extended illness. Arrangements are pending at McDonald Funeral home, Rock Falls.
CHRISTEBELLE MATHIS
, 82, 3610 42nd Ave. North, St. Petersburg, Fla., died at the Metropolitan Hospital, Pinellas, Fla., Tuesday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mathis will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home with Rev. David Beebe, pastor of the First Christian Church of Rock Falls officiating. Burial will be in the Magnolia Cemetery at Magnolia. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home where the OES of Rock Falls 706 will have a service at 8 p.m. on Friday evening. A memorial has been established in her memory.
Mrs. Mathis was born on September 20, 1888, in Marshal County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Magus Rees. She was united in marriage to Ernest V. Mathis December 20 1906 at the brides home. They farmed for many years in Putnam County where they had the second largest chicken hatchery in the United States, hatching nearly 15 million chicks annually.
Mrs. Mathis is survived by two sons, James Mathis, Rock Falls, and Ernest, Kankakee; one daughter, Mrs. Rose Wolfe, St. Petersburg, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Also surviving are two half brothers, Marion Rees, Dixon and Theodore Rees of Minneapolis, Minn.; one half sister, Mrs. Wayne (Margaret) Wilson, Seatlle, Wash.
Oct 26 - Funeral: Pallbearers: James Mathis, LaVerne Wolfley, Robert Warner, Robert Oberg, Clifford Musselman and Dennis Peterson.
FLORENCE ARDELLA (MURPHY) MATHIS
, 80, a resident of Rock Falls the last 42 years, died suddenly Thursday morning (1 January 1953) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leo Royer, 1004 Fifth Avenue, Sterling. The body was removed to the Trouth Funeral Home where funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Rev. Harry Shiffer, of the Rock Falls Christian Church will conduct the services.
She was born Feb. 10, 1872, in Florid, Ill., the daughter of Harrison and Mary Murphy of Tampico. On April 22, 1891 she was married to Henry H. Mathis at Lacon, Ill., and they lived on a farm near Toluca, Illl., before coming to Rock Falls, making their home at 1011 West Second Street. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary April 22, 1941.
Four children were born to this union, Raymond L. Mathis, South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. Ethel Pearson, Rock Falls; Mrs. Guy (Lois) Goodman, Oak Park; and Mrs. Leo (Ruth) Royer, Sterling; also surviving are one brother, William Murphy, Olivet, Mich.; eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Mrs. Mathis was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers, four sisters and two grandchildren.
JERRY WESTON MATHIS
, 55, of 506 14th Ave., Sterling, died Monday, May 13, 1996 at CGH Medical Center following a brief illness. Memorial services will be a 7:30 p.m. Friday at Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon. Visitation will be from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday at the college. Arrangements were completed by McDonald Funeral home, Rock Falls. A memorial has been established for the teachers and students at Sauk Valley Community College. Mathis was born Aug. 4, 1940, in Peoria, the son of Wilbert and Elizabeth (Trudgen) Mathis. He was a graduate of Bradley University with a bachelor's degree in English and speech and a graduate of Northwestern University with a master's degree and doctor's degree. He taught at Leelanau Schools, Glen Arbor, Mich., Mount Morris High School and Sauk Valley Community College. He was a charter member of the Sauk Valley College staff, where he developed the speech curriculum and speech activities. He initiated the reader's theatre program and was named Director of Theatre. He was past president and negotiator of the Sauk Valley Community College Faculty Association. He received the Distinguished Service Award for exceptional service to the college. He was past governing board member of the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education, past president and awards committee member of the Illinois Speech and Theatre Association, the Speech Association of Ameerica, the Central States Speech Associaton, advisory council member and newsletter editor of the Speech Community Education Association, the Illinois Theatre Association, the Illinois Arts Alliance, the National Education Association, the Illinois Education Association, the American Association for Theatre in Higher Education. He was listed in Outstanding Educators in America. He was guest speaker at speech workshops, classes and seminars Northwestern Univerity, Loyola University, and Indiana State University. He received the Edith Harrod Award for distinguied service and achievement from the Illinois Speech and Theatre Association, the W.P. Sanford
award, and the Illinois alliance for Arts Education Service Recognition. He served as recording secretary at the Northwest Illinois Labor Alliance, the Fine Arts Committee, Sterling High School, and the First Reader, Christian Science Society, Mount Morris. He was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist of Boston, Mass. Survivors include one sister, Suzanne (Ronaldl) Cramer of Springfield; one brother, Dennis (Barbara Maki) Mathis of Thousasnd Oaks, Calif.; one niece; one nephew; two grandnephews; and many friends, colleages, and students. He was preceded in death by his parents.
HAZEL DELLA (PIERCE) MAYBERRY
- was born at Tampico, Ill., May 22, 1903, and died at her home on Griswold Avenue, Sterling, Ill., Thursday afternoon, about 2 o'clock, April 10, 1930, aged 26 years, 10 months, and 18 days. She was the second daughter of the twelve children of Frank and Bena Jensen Pierce, and attended the public schools of Tampico, graduated from the eight grade at the age of fourteen years. She was a member of the Methodist S.S. during her girlhood years.
On April 6, 1925, she was united in marriage to Robert B. Mayberry, the ceremony being performed at St. John's Lutheran parsonage, and one of her close friends, Miss Edna Coble, being an attending witness. To this couple two children were born, Robert R. Jr., aged three years, and John LeRoy, aged 18 months. Besides her parents, husband and children already mentioned, she leaves to mourn her loss the following brothers and sisters: Edward, Frank, Jr., and Donald R. of Tampico; Stella, wife of Carl Hasselman; Sarah, wife of Carl Scott, both living in Tampico; Lucille, wife of George Stellzer, Sterling; Bernadine K., Evelyn J., Vera M., Beverly J., and Marjorie O., at home.
Mrs. Mayberry had not enjoyed good health for some time, but she became seriously ill only two days before her death which was due to heart failure. She was conscious up to the very last and seemed to realize that she was nearing her journey's end. To our limited wisdom the journey of her life seems comparatively short, and the burden of sorrow is all the heavier because she, in the relationship of daughter, wife, mother, had so much to live for. She was very industrious and kind and these characteristics not only bound her to loved ones in the family circle, but won for her many friends, who regret that her life has ended so soon. The truth of the life immortal in our Lord Jesus Christ, is that which we need at a time like this to sustain us under the burden of sorrow. There was no word the Master Teacher ever spoke which has in it more promise and hope than that which He declared to His disciples, "Because I live, ye shall live also."
WILLIAM MAYBERRY
- A terrible accident which resulted in the death of William Mayberry of Sterling occurred in Rock Falls Saturday morning at about 9:30 o'clock. He was working in a ditch in front of Jennings' feed store making a sewer connection and the bank of the ditch caved in upon him and practically smothered the life out of him before his body could be gotten out. A large crowd of men gathered around the scene of the accident and great excitement prevailed for a few minutes. Mr. Mayberry was born in Pa. in September 1857 and came to this country with his parents about 1861. He was 47 years old at his death. He leaves a wife, four children and seven brothers to mourn the loss. Three of the brothers, Henry, Robert and Lehman live in Milledgeville, Nelson and Coleman at Lyndon, John at Rock Island and George south of Coleta. The funeral services were held at his home Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, Rev. C. A. Gage officiating. The remains were buried in Riverside cemetery. The pall bearers were six of his brothers, John, Coleman, Nelson, Robert, Lehman and Henry. The relatives have the sympathy of their many friends.
GEORGE MAYFIELD
- George Mayfield, 71, of 312 E. 4th Street in Rock Falls died Sunday at
the Swedish American Hospital in Rockford following a short illness.
Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Wheelock-Allen
Funeral Home in Reck Falls with Rev. Carl Zager, pastor of the Rock Falls
United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery in Rock
Palls. Visitation will be Wednesday after 3 p.m. at the funeral home with
the family present from 6-8 p.m. A memorial has been established in his memory.
Mrs. Mayfield was born on Oct. 3, 1915 in Vandalia, the son of William T.
and Ellen Potter Mayfield. On Nov. 23, 1939 he was united in marriage to
Charlotte L. Rumley in Rock Falls. He Mas superintendent for the E. A. Long
instruction, retiring after 30 years. The deceased was a member of the
flock Falls United Methodist Church, the IOOF Lodge of Rock Falls and the
Carpenters Union Local 790 in Dixon. Survivors include his wife, Charotte; two daughters, Ruth Stern of rock Falls and Mrs. Harold (Mary
Jo) Wagner of Rock Falls; four grand-children and three great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and three sisters.
JOHN McCABE
- Funeral services for the late John McCabe, 78, who passed away at Jane Lamb Hospital, Clinton, Ia., Monday evening, were held at St. Mary's Catholic Church Thursday morning with the Rev. Fr. T. O. Maguire officiating. Music was sung by Miss Genevieve Egan, Mrs. William Dawson and Mrs. Stephen Murphy with Mrs. Dawson, soloist, singing "Rosewig's Ave Maria," and "Hymn to the Sacred Heart." Mrs. William Adams was organist.
Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery. The pallbearers were William Burke, Frank Collins, Patrick Cooney, Robert Adams, William Adams and Martin Barrett.
Mr. McCabe was born March 8, 1865, three miles south of Tampico, son of Owen and Catherine McCabe. He lived in this vicinity all of his life. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Alice Graham of Rock Falls and a brother, James McCabe of Newton, Iowa. He was preceded in death by a brother, Peter, and two sisters, Mary and Julia.
CARL McCANN
- Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home for Carl L. McCann, 418 Haskell Avenue, Rock Falls, who died Thursday morning at Community General Hospital. The REv. David L. Beebe, pastor of the First Christian Church of Rock Falls, officiated. Burial was in IOOF Cemetery, Rock Falls. Mrs. Roscoe Eades was at the organ during the services. Pallbearers were Steven Hoagland, Garry Hasselbacher, Floyd Wellman Jr., Keith Jaquet, Maurice Triplett and Clarence Cole. Swartleys were in charge of the flowers.
JENNIE (ALLEN) McCARTHY
, sister of W.H. Allen and a former Sterling resident, passed away Sunday evening in the home of her son, Edmund A. McCarthy in Oak Park. She had been ill for some time. Funeral rites will be held Wednesday morning in St. Giles church, Oak Park, after which the body will be brought here for burial in Calvary cemetery. The one son and brother and one sister, Mrs. Mary Knowles of Chicago, survive Mrs. McCarthy. She was preceded in death by her husband and five children.
JENNIE (ALLEN) McCARTHY
, 1710 Ave. C., Sterling, died Friday at the Sterling Care Center after a lingering illness. Her age was withheld by request.
A prayer service will be held at the Grennan Funeral Home on Tuesday at 1 p.m. with Mass of the Resurrection at St. Mary's Church at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Geoffrey Wirth of St. Mary's will officiate.
Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. A memorial has been established to Newman High School.
W.J. McCARTHY
- Funeral services were held Saturday morning for W. J. McCarthy with a 10:30 prayer service in the Grennan Funeral Home and Mass of the Resurrection at 11 o'clock in St. Mary's Church. The Rev. Jerry Kobbeman of Rockford officiated and the Rev. William P. Knott was on the altar and served as lector. Mrs. Mary Fecht was organist and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klocke were vocalists. Ushers at the church were Hugh Hermes and Donald J. Gordorr. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jim and John Sibley, Marty Kobbeman, Clare Burke, Tom Hennessy, Marty Rosness and Tom Burke. Flowers were taken care of by Lee Razo.
LOREN McCRAY
- The uncertainties of life and the certainty of death was brought home to Huron people again this morning by the receipt of the sad news that Loren McCray, a conductor on the Chicago & North-Western, was killed in a wreck at Volga at five o'clock Friday morning. The accident which resulted in this sad and untimely death was cased by the breaking in two of a freight train east bound. Just as the train was pulling into Volga, it broke in two, and McCray, the conductor, who was on top of the train, was thrown to the ground when the two sections came together. In the fall he sustained injuries from which death resulted in about thirty minutes. Conductor McCray left home Thursday evening, happy, hopeful and ambitious, kissing his bride of a few months an affectionate farewell. He took his train at 9:45 and at 5:30 this morning he was called from earth to Heaven. Loren McCray had been railroading for the past six years, and had been promoted to conductor. He was a young man of promise and ambition. Six months ago the 22nd of this month he was married in this city at the Presbyterian church to Miss Bessie Ormonde, a very beautiful young lady of this city. The community mourns with the young wife the untimely death of her young husband. May her sorrows be assuaged by the Great Ruler of the Universe, in whose hands we are but humble instruments to His great purpose. The train binging his remains arrived from Volga about 1 o'clock. Loren A. McCray was born at Coleta, Whiteside county, Illinois, April 9th, 1875. He came to Dakota with his parents six years ago where he has since engaged in railroading. He is the eldest of a family of five. The deceased leaves a young wife, residing in this city; both parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter McCray, who live near Huron; two brothers, Harry, now residing in Chicago; Will, a resident of Denton, Texas, and two sisters, Grace and Myrtle,- Huron, South Dakota, Friday, October 23, 1903. Mr. McCray was a nephew of our esteemed citizen W. Wilfong. His mother was a sister to Mr. Wilfong.
MARIA ADELIA McHAFFEY
- Died, at her home in Miles, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 19, 1886, Mrs. Maria Adelia Mchaffey. The deceased......... missing end of obit.
JOHN McHAFFEY/MEHAFFEY
, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, died in Sterling Monday, at the age of 80 years. Mr. Mehaffey was married about sixty years ago, and about thirty years ago they came to the state and located near Lanark. About twenty-one years ago they moved to that city where they have since resided. Mr. Mehaffey is survived by his wife and the following children; George, of Sterling; John of Beaumont, Texas; Mrs. Mary Unger, of Seattle, Wash; Mrs. Sarah Brooks, Carroll County; Mrs. Lizzie Brooks, of Lanark; Mrs. Ella Edmonds, of Mt. Carroll, and Miss Annie, who resides at home.
ARTHUR McKENNEY
, 68-year-old resident of 807 6th Ave., Rock Falls, died at 9:30 a.m. Monday (4 March 1957) in his home following a lingering illness.
He was born July 19, 1888, in Butler County, Ky, the son of Frank and Mollie McKenney, moving to this community as a young boy.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, a sister, Mrs. Robert Evans, Kentucky, and two nephews. Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother.
Friends may call at the Grennan and Son Funeral Home after noon Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the funeral home with a requiem mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Rock Falls. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico. The Holy Name Society of St. Andrew's Church will recite the rosary Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the funeral home.
REMMER MEYERHOFF
, 80, a life-long resident of Whitesdie county, died at 10 p.m. Monday (10 Nov 1952) in the Morrison Community Hospital where he had been a patient since March 10 after he fell from a hay mow and fractured a hip. The body was taken to the Reynolds Funeral Home where friends may call. Services are tentatively scheduled for Thursday.
He made his home with two brothers, George and Fred, on a farm seven miles northwest of Morrison. He was born on Sept. 18, 1872, in Clyde township, the son of Jerden and Ollie Meyerhof. He was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran church of Hopkins.
Survivors include three brothers, A. Meyerhof of Morrison, and George and Fred at home; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Johnson and Mrs. Edward Dauen, both of Sterling; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.
DAVID LESLIE MICKLEY
, 38, of 905 Fifth Avenue, was fatally injured this morning shortly after 7, at Lawrence Bros. factory, when he was believed to have suffered a sudden heart attack while operating a freight elevator between the third and fifth floors. His body was crushed between the elevator and the fifth floor. It was relieved as quickly as possible and a physician was called and pronounced him dead. The body was removed to the Woods Funeral Home where Coroner C. M. Frye will conduct the inquest this afternoon. Funeral announcements will be announced later.
Mickley got onto the elevator at the third floor, and was going to the fifth floor for some packing boxes. No one saw the accident, but workmen discovered his lifeless body caught between the elevator platform and the fifth floor a few seconds after the elevator stopped. His body was lying on the platform of the elevator, and his head was beneath the fifth floor. He was badly crushed through the shoulders and upper part of his chest. Whether he tripped and fell forward, or was leaning outside of the moving elevator probably never will be learned. The unfortunate victim had been in the employ of the company for about 10 years. He was a capable and efficient workman and had many friends, besides his fellow workmen.
He is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Carlson of Tampico, who he married, August 15, 1925, and two children, Carl Le Roy, aged 13, and Darlene Frances, aged nine. He was born in Gettysburg, Pa., and came to Illinois in 1923.
August 25 - Friday, pg 3 - Obituary:
David Leslie Mickley was born September 1, 1990, youngest child of David and Sarah Mickley of Gettysburg, Pa. He grew up in the family home, being confirmed in the Lutheran Church at the age of about 14, and lived a consistent Christian life.
Mr. Mickley came to Illinois in 1923, and lived with his brother Roy, till after he was married. He was married to Miss Ruth Carlson of Tampico, August, 1925, to which union were born Carl LeRoy, now age 13, and Darlene Frances, now age nine.
Mr. Mickley united with the Tampico Baptist Church by baptism Feb. 14, 1926, and Mr. and Mrs. Mickley transferred their membership to the Sterling Baptist Church in March, 1934, where they have been regular and loyal supporters of the church. Truly, theirs has been a home where Christ was honored in spirit and in truth.
He met his untimely death by accident Monday morning, Aug. 21, at the Lawrence Brothers' factory, where he had been employed for the last 10 years. Besides the wife and children of the home, Mr. Mickley leaves to mourn their loss three brothers, John F., of Gettysburg, Pa.; Roy, of Tampico; and Lloyd of Hampstead, Md.; four sisters, Mrs. Cora Riegle of Gettysburg, Pa.; Mrs. Harry Cluck of Fairfield, Pa.; Mrs. Otha Carey of Arendtsville, Pa.; and Mrs. Clarence Weikert of Fairfield, Pg.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1912, his mother in 1925, and his sister, Mary, in 1904. Along with those of the immediate family of loved ones mentioned, a multitude of friends and neighbors bear sad hearts in this separation, and extend their heartfelt sympathy to the sorrowing wife and children and loved ones. Their prayer is that the grace of our Lord and the love of Jesus may sustain them now.
The funeral service was held at the Woods Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. J. S. Holcomb, pastor of the Sterling Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Rev. E. C. Ralston, pastor of the Tampico Baptist Church. Vocal duets were sung by Mrs. Harry Redin and Miss Hannah Omark of Kewanee, Ill., who are friends of the family. Interment was in the Tampico Cemetery.
ERNEST C. MINER
, of 404 Ave. B., Rock Falls, passed away suddenly this morning (Friday) in his home. Born May 11, 1910 in Calhoun County, Ill., he was the son of Hugh and Stella Ramsey Miner. He had resided in this area most of his life and graduated from Rock Falls High School in the class of 1929. He was united in marriage to Essie Olson, Sept. 16, 1938 and was employed by Morton Builders of Rochelle. Mr. Miner entered the service in 1943 and served overseas. He was in the U.S. Army from 1943 until 1964, when he retired as a mater sergeant. He was a member of the Christian Church.
During his career in the service, he received the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal with three knots, European-African-Middle East Theatre Ribbons with four bronze battle stars, three overseas battle bars, the Korean Service medal, the Far East Ribbon with four bronze battle stars, and the Army Commendation medal.
Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Carl E. Miner and John H. Miner, one daughter, Mrs. Donald (Donna) Thompson, all of Rock Falls, and one sister, Mrs. Hazel Harms of Waco, Texas. There are seven grandchildren. One daughter preceded in infancy.
The body was moved to the Melvin Funeral home where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Melvin Funeral Home . Burial and full military rites will be conducted in the National Cemetery at Rock Island.
JENNIE (HIRLEMAN) MINER
- Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie E. Miner, 92, Rt 3, Sterling, who died Thursday in Orchard Glen Nursing Home in Dixon following an extended illness, will be conducted Saturday. The body is at the Behrens Mortuary where friends may call anytime. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the mortuary, with the Rev. Ivan Obenshain, pastor of the Rock Falls Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mrs. Miner was born Sept. 7, 1873 in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hirleman. She came to this vicinity at an early age. She was married to Curtis L. Miner and he passed away in March of 1942. She was a member of the Rock Falls Methodist Church. She is survived by four sons, Ely, Como; Dewey, Sterling; Clarence, Rock Falls, and Willard, Nelson; three daughters, Mrs. John Dancey, Sterling; Mrs. Robert Ufkin, Rock Falls, and Mrs. George Hagburg, Nordge, Conn.; 12 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren; two brothers, Maurice Hirleman and Fay Hirleman, both of South Dakota; two sisters, Mrs. Thersa Corbin, Sterling, and Mrs. Rena Madlen of South Dakota. She was preceded by her husband, three daughters, one son and one granddaughter.
BETTY (HOLMES) WOOD MINSSEN
- Services for Betty J. Wood Minssen, Erie, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Erie Christian Church. Burial will be in Erie Cemetery. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. today at Gibson Funeral Home, Erie. She died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Illini Hospital, Silvis. She had been a floral designer for the Lemon Tree, Erie. She retired in 1984 from the U.S. Postal Service as a rural mail carrier in Prophetstown. She and her husband had owned and operated the Wood's Electric for many years. Betty Jane Holmes was born Nov. 10, 1924, in Wilmington, Del. She married Raymond Wood in 1944 in Erie. He died in 1978. She married Arthur Minssen in 1982 in Erie. He died in 1997. Memorials may be made to the Erie Christian Church Youth Mission Fund. Survivors include a daughter, Andree VenHuizen, Erie; sons, Bradley Wood, Houston, and Raymond "Chip" and Karna Wood, Erie; seven grandchildren; a sister, Jessie Knowles, Wilmington; and a brother, George Holmes, Wilmington.
JOHN C. MINSSEN
, a retired farmer, passed away suddenly early Wednesday morning at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Shultz, Rt. 1, Lyndon. Mr. Minssen, who had farmed near Bricelyn, Minn., for many years, recently retired and came to the Schultz home only five days ago to make his home. The body was removed to the Melvin Funeral Home in Sterling, where services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday, with Rev. J. F. Eshbaugh, pastor of the West Jordan Lutheran Church, officiating. The body will be taken to Rockford for cremation in Greenwood Crematorium, and later the ashes will be placed in Riverside Cemetery.
He was born Dec. 29, 1880, in Bassens, Germany, the son of Conrad Minssen and Sophie Rieken Minssen. At the age of 12 he came to the United States, and was engaged in farming practically all of his life. For many years he farmed in the Bricelyn area. He was a member of the Bricelyn Lutheran Church. Surviving are one brother, Carl G. Minssen, Sterling; two sisters; Miss Anna K. Minssen, Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. Ernest Shultz, Lyndon; and several nephews and nieces.
MARY ANNA (FRITSCH) MOLONEY
, of Tampico, widow of William Moloney, passed away Saturday evening (23 March 1946) at the Sterling Public Hospital where she had been a patient for six weeks. She would have been 87 years old Tuesday.
Funeral services will be at St. Mary's Catholic Church at Tampico Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. Fr. Ambrose W. Weitekamp of Prophetstown will officiate. Committal will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. The Altar and Rosary Society will attend the rites in a body.
Mrs. Moloney was born in Henry County, March 26, 1859, the daughter of Maurice and Catherine Sitler Fritsch. She married at Atkinson Jan. 23, 1883. Mr. Moloney passed away May 1, 1933. She had resided in Tampico 38 years.
Surviving are one son Raymond of Tampico; six grandchildren, Mrs. Dora Wright, Chicago, Mrs. Robert Meyers, Beverly Hills, Calif., Helen, Mary Margaret and Neil Moloney, Sterling, and Richard Moloney, Tampico and two great grandchildren, Richard and Bobbie Meyers, Beverly Hills.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs. Mae Brainerd, and two sons, Albert W. and John D. Moloney.
CHARLES F. MOON
, 79, Tucson, Ariz., a former Milledgeville resident, died Thursday morning (19 Dec 1975) in a Tucson hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks. Funeral services are tentatively set for Sunday afternoon. Burial will be in Shannon Cemetery. Woodin Funeral Home, Milledgeville is handling arrangements.
Charles Moon was born March 23, 1896 in New York, the son of Fred and Lottie Blackner Moon. He came to the Milledgeville area at the age of 10. He was a retired rural mail carrier and was married to the former Ruth Kreider. He was a member of the Milledgeville United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Edward (Virginia) Wright of Denver, Colo.; and two grandsons.
FAYE E. MORGAN
, 84, of Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Center, Prophetstown, IL, died Monday, March 3, 2008, at Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Center, Prophetstown, IL. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 7, 2008, at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. Brother Martin Stump, pastor of Erie Christian Church, Erie, IL, will be officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the funeral service Friday, March 7, 2008, at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. Interment will be in Fulton Township Cemetery, Fulton, IL.Memorials may be made to Erie Christian Church, Erie, IL, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
He was born December 21, 1923, in York Township (Thomson), IL, to Lee I. and Elizabeth (Miller) Morgan. He was educated in rural Whiteside County schools. He married Vernabelle J. Buikema on December 30, 1947, in Fulton, IL; she died July 16, 2003.
He was engaged in farming in the Fulton area for 7 years until moving to the Prophetstown area in 1955, where they farmed until retiring in 1994. While farming he was employed as a school bus driver for the Tampico School District for 18 years. He was a former member of the Tampico Church of Christ, Tampico, IL. He was a current member of Erie Christian Church, Erie, IL. He enjoyed camping and family vacations.
Survivors include two sons, Larry (Nancy) Morgan of Bloomington, IL, and Rick (Chris) Morgan of Prophetstown, IL; one granddaughter, Jennifer (Jared) Harrison; three great-grandchildren, Jake, Johny and Jorgia Harrison; and one brother, Ray F. (Dee) Morgan Sr. of Clinton, IA.
He was preceded in death by his wife; three brothers: in infancy.
JUDSON MORGAN
, was born in Whiteside Co., Ill. east of Milledgeville, Jan. 3rd, 1860 and died March 14th, 1890. He was 30 years 2 months and 11 days of age. The funeral services were held in the Brick church March 16th., conducted by Rev. Drew. A large audience gathered to pay their last tribute of regard to this young man who was cut off in the prime of life. The young as well as the old are crossing death's cold stream.
MAE (AKRIDGE) MORGAN
, 87, of 906 Route 30 West, Rock Falls, died Oct. 15, 1991 at CGH Medical Center, Sterling, following a long illness. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home, Rock Falls, with the Rev. Paul Ausherman, interim pastor of the First Baptist Church, Sterling. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. A memorial has been established.
Mrs. Morgan was born May 14, 1904, in Hodgenville, Ky., the daughter of Henry and Nan (Plouvier) Akridge. She married Lawrence L. Morgan Aug. 12, 1927 in Morrison. She was baptized in Knob Creek in White City, Ky., and was a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Albert (Marie) Sanborn, Denver, Colorado, one granddaughter, Mrs. Karyn Zimmerman of Littleton, Colorado, and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one brother, four sisters and three half brothers.
VERNABELLE (BUIKEMA) MORGAN
, 76, of 611 Rita Court.Prophetstown, died Wednesday. July 16, 2003, at CGH Medical Center. She and her husband farmed in the Fulton area for seven years and then in the Prophetstown area for 39 years. retiring in 1994.
Mrs. Morgan was born Sept. 3, 1926, in Fulton, the daughter of Roy J. and Elizabeth (Temple) Buikema. She was a graduate of Fulton High School. She married Fay E. Morgan on Dec. 30, 1947, in Fulton. She was a member of Erie Christian Church. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and camping.
Survivors include her husband: two sons, Larry (Nancy) Morgan of Bloomington and Rick (Chris) Morgan of Prophetstown: a granddaughter: and a great-grandson. She was preceded in death by a sister in infancy. The funeral is at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home, with Brother Martin Stump. pastor of Erie Christian Church, officiating. Burial is at Fulton Township Cemetery.
LUCILLE MORPHEW
- Funeral services for Mrs. Lucille M. Morphew, 75, who passed away Friday (13 May 1966) were held at the Gardner Chapel of Prophetstown Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Paul Olson of the First Methodist Church officaited for the services with Mrs. Leland Bierman serving as the organist and Cecil Olinger, as the soloist for the services.
Serving as pallbeareers were Glenn Schutt, Jr., Don Hand, John Wyckhuys, Milton Olsen, Lyle Brooks of Prophetstown, and Marvin Deets of Tampico. Interment was at the Riverside Cemetery of Prophetstown.
In charge of the lovely floral tributes were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Oetzel, Mrs. John Wyckhuys and the Hill Crest Greenhouse. A memorial for the Cancer Fund has also been established in Mrs. Morphew's name.
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