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ANNA A. SALZWEDEL
, 75, of Erie, died Sunday (16 Jun1977) in Morrison Community Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Schilling-Reedy Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Powell, pastor of the Erie United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Erie Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday (tonight) from 7-9 p.m at the funeral home. A memorial has been established to the Erie United Methodist Church. She was born Oct. 17, 1901 in Waterbug, Ill., the daughter of Rev. William S. and Amanda Budde Salzwedle. She was a bookkeeper for 21 years for the Rock Island Board of Education before retiring. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Floyd (Della) Adams of Erie. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.
JOSEPHINE (WALLACE) SAVAGE
, 87, of Sterling died Sunday, April 15, 2001, at Sterling Pavilion.
Mrs. Savage was born Dec. 30, 1913, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph Edward and Nellie (Hardell) Wallace. She married James Savage on Sept. 23, 1956. He died Sept. 28, 1970. She was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Sterling. She had a life long interest in art.
A Resurrection Eucharist will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Grace Episcopal Church, Sterling, with the Rev. Judith Jones, pastor, officiating.
Memorials have been established to Grace Episcopal Church, Sterling, and Hospice of the Rock River Valley.
WILLIAM SAYRES
, was born in Clyde Township, Whiteside County, Ill., July 9, 1867, and died March 3, 1923, aged 55 years, 9 months and 22 days at Danville, Ill. He leaves to mourn his death three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. W. E. Kennedy of Sterling, Mrs. Daniel Shaw and Mrs. Luke Monger of Sacramento City, Calif.; John W Sayres of Portland, Ore., and Luther Sayres of Tacoma, Wash.; three nieces, Mrs. Simon Mathew of this city, Mrs. William Beers of Marrilla, Mich., and Mrs. E. Y. Crom of Hampton, Ia. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church of this city and was of a kind and loving disposition.
CECELIA VICTORIA (MARTENSON) SCANLAN
, 83, l of 520 W. 10th St., Rock Falls, died Monday, Oct. 30, 1995 at CGH Medical Center.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Rock Falls, with the Pastor Robert C. Kinnear officiating. Burial will be at Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. today at Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home, Rock Falls. A memorial has been established.
Mrs. Scanlan was born Sept. 19, 1912, in Thomas, the daughter of Antone F. and Maria (Lovegren) Martenson. She married William Scnalan on Aug. 31, 1932, in Harmon. She was a member of the Immanual Lutheran Church of Rock Falls.
Survivors include her husband of Rock Falls; two sons, Norden (Mary Jane) Scanlan of Tampico, and Lawrence (Peggy Jo) Scanlan of Lyndon; three daughters, Amarylliss C. McNinch of Rock Falls, and Avalon (Clarence) Clayton and April (Michael) Ransom both of Lyndon; two sisters, Anne Crane of Chandler, Ariz., and Dorothy Von Holton of Rock Falls; 25 grandchildren; 53 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, Ronald; six brothers; one sister; one grandchild; one great grandchild; and one son-in-law, Carlos J. McNinch.
CORNELIUS SCANLAN
second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Scanlan, died at the residence on North Base street, Wednesday night, October 15, 1902 at 10:30 after a lingering illness of several months, which finally developed into consumption. He was born in Fulton, May 4, 1865. The funeral will be held in the Catholic church in Fulton, Saturday morning at ten o’clock, with a solemn high mass. The parents, one brother, T. S. Scanlan, bookkeeper for the Mississippi valley Stove Co., and one sister, Miss Mary E., are the surviving near relative, and they are tendered the sympathy of a large circle of friends.
MARGARET (CARNEY) SCANLAN
died yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock at her home on West Seventh street, after an illness of a complication of diseases lasting six months. Mrs. Scanlan’s condition has been serious for some time, though she was not confined to her bed until last Friday [02/19/1904]. Throughout her illness she suffered much but bore her suffering patiently and with Christian fortitude.
The funeral services will be held at the late home of the deceased tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, and at St. Mary’s church at 2 o’clock. The Rev. Father James J. Bennett will be the officiating clergyman and the interment will take place in Calvary cemetery. The pall bearers will be Thomas O’Connell, Thomas Long, John Ford, Thomas Egan, Daniel Morarity and John Kannally.
Margaret Carney was born in Jordan August 4, 1871. She was married Nov. 17, 1897 to James Scanlan, and since her marriage has made her home with her husband in Harmon, coming to Sterling to live last fall. The deceased is survived by her husband and two little children, James, six years old, and Gertrude, four years old. She leaves also her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. James Carney of this city, and two brothers, Thomas and John, and two sisters, Mary and Kate.
In the death of Mrs. Scanlan Sterling has lost a woman who lived a good and useful life and who was greatly admired and highly respected by a wide circle of friends. Her life was a splendid example of Christian piety and by her many good deeds she set an example which those whom she leaves behind her may follow with profit to themselves. Her death will be sincerely mourned by a wide circle of friends, and the members of her family have the deepest sympathy of everyone at this time.
(The Sterling Evening Gazette, February 22, 1904)
The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. James Scanlan were held this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the family residence and at 2 o’clock at St. Mary’s church, the Rev. Father James J. Bennett officiating. The services were attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends who had gathered to pay their last tribute to the one they had learned to love and respect. The floral offerings from relatives and friends were numerous and very beautiful. The remains were laid to rest in Calvary cemetery. The following were the pall bearers: Thomas O’Connell, Thomas Long, John Ford, Thomas Egan, Daniel Moriarity and John Kannally.
WALTER SCANLAN
a resident of Morrison, was drowned Saturday [03/12/1904] evening about 6:30 o’clock at the south approach of the wagon bridge across Rock River near Prophetstown, and the body was not found until Sunday morning, about fifteen hours afterwards. A great ice gorge in the river between the Prophetstown wagon bridge and the “Q” railroad bridge, one mile west, which caused the river to overflow its banks, was the cause of the accident.
Saturday afternoon Mr. Scanlan and Michael Keegan, the tax collector of Fenton township, left Morrison about 3 o’clock for Fenton. They stopped at Lyndon a short time and left there for Prophetstown about 6 o’clock and crossed the Prophetstown bridge.
On the south side of the structure the ice gorge had raised the river about ten feet, and the water was flowing like a torrent over the approach. The men guided the horse the best they could onto this approach but the animal veered to the right and slipped over the embankment into seven feet of water. The men immediately saw that they could not reach a place of safety. Mr. Keegan told Mr. Scanlan that they were in for it and that they might as well jump from the buggy. Both men left the buggy at the same time. Mr. Scanlan could not swim. He made a Herculean effort to get hold of the buggy, but was unsuccessful and in a few seconds he was beyond the help of man.
Mr. Keegan was more fortunate. He succeeded with great difficulty in getting to a near by telephone pole, and climbing to the cross arms, called for help. About an hour afterwards his cries were heard, and by the use of a boat he was rescued, after he had been on the pole for two hours. He was removed to the office of a physician, thoroughly chilled by the awful experience. The remains of Mr. Scanlan could not be found. Early Sunday morning a searching party was formed and with the use of nets, the remains were finally brought up from seven feet of water, close to where the victim went down. The body was entangled in a barb wire fence.
The remains were taken to the undertaking establishment, and Coroner Conger was notified. After hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict that “Mr. Scanlan came to his death by drowning about 6:30 o’clock Saturday evening near the south approach of the Prophetstown bridge.”
The body was taken to Fenton today, and the funeral services will be held tomorrow morning. Mr. Scanlan has been a resident of Morrison for five years, moving to that place from Lyndon. He leaves three brothers, James of Rock Falls, Thomas of Fenton and one brother in Erie. He was born in Indiana. His parents died a number of years ago.
JENNIE (JACKSON) SCHALLER
- After an illness extending over a period of the last nine months, Mrs. George N. Schaller of Prophetstown, aged 51, passed away at 4:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Jane Lamb Hospital in Clinton, Ia. Mrs. Schaller had been in the hospital most of the time since September of last year.
Jennie Jackson was born Sept. 11, 1878, at Delhi, near Morrison, and March 22, 1900 was married to George N. Schaller of Allentown, Pa. They moved to Prophetstown in 1904, which since had been their home.
The husband and seven children survive to mourn the loss of a loving wife and kind mother. The children are Mrs. Carrie Walters of Sterling, Mrs. Lillian Sutton of Kewanee, Mrs. Jennie Isenberg, Mamie, Granville, Lewis and George, all of Prophetstown. One son, Alfred preceded the mother in death in 1918. Three sisters and one brother also survive. They are Mrs. Dora Bonnerville of Erie, Mrs. Ida Keisel of Fenton, Mrs. Carrie Young of Augusta, Kansas, and John Jackson of Fenton.
Funeral services will be held from the Ott funeral parlors in Prophetstown at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev. W. E. Royston of the Prophetstown Methodist Church will conduct the rites. Burial will be in the Washington Cemetery, three miles south of Prophetstown
HAZEL SCHAMP
, 81, 703-1/2 Second Ave., Sterling, died Sunday afternoon at Sterling Care Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday with a 9 a.m. prayer service at Grennan Funeral Home and 9:30 a.m. Mass of the Resurrection at St. Mary's Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Grennan Funeral Home, with the rosary being recited at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Schamp was born in Eureka, Kan., in 1894. She married Harry L. Schamp and was a member of the St. Mary's Altar and Rosary Society. Survivors include one son, Phillip of Miami, Fla; one sister, Margurite Shaw of Cheyenne, Wyo.; one brother, Vernon J. Fowler of Hutchinson, Kan. She was preceded by her husband and one sister, Sister Mary Mercedes.
LEO ANTHONY SCULLY
, 62, died Wednesday (16 Jan 1963) at the Community General Hospital in Sterling. He was born in Ohio, Ill., June 13, 1900, the son of John and Jane Scully. He was educated in the Ohio schools and married Marguerite Dillon, April 14, 1926 at St. Mary's Church in Tampico. They resided in Tampico for 35 years. He was a member of St. Mary's Church and served on the school board for the Maple Hill School for several years. He farmed northeast of Tampico for 36 years.
Surviving are his widow, one son, Leo Thomas Scully at home and one daughter, Mrs. Willard (Marilyn) Monteith of Rock Falls, and one granddaughter, Lynda Diane; two brothers, Edward and George, both of Ohio and three sisters, Mrs. Mary O'Connor of Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Edward Egan, Deer Grove and Mrs. Harold Johnson, Wyanet.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Jack and Frank.
Funeral services will be held in St. Mary's Catholic Church at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with the Rosary at the Schmitt Funeral Home in Tampico Friday at 8 p.m Rev. A. M. Weitekamp will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Tampico. Friends may call at the Chapel after 2 p.m. Friday.
DORA CHRISTIANA (CLEMENTZ) SEYLLER
- 73, a native of the Yorktown vicinity and resident there all of her life, passed away at the farmstead southwest of Yorktown at 11 a.m. Saturday (02 March 1946) . She was stricken with a heart attack the day before.
The body was removed to the home Sunday from the Parent Funeral Home. The rosary will be recited at the home Monday night at 8 p.m. and the Altar and Rosary Society of St. Mary's Church will attend the requiem mass at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in a body. The Rev. T. O. Maguire pastor, will sing the mass. Committal will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Seyller was born at Yorktown, Feb. 7, 1873 the daughter of Xarier and Louise Grose Clementz. She was married to August Seyller Feb. 5, 1895 at Davenport, Ia. Mr. Seyller passed away Dec. 5, 1944. She was a member of St. Mary's Church.
Surviving are a son, Fred, Yorktown; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Castle, Savanna, Mrs. Catherine Moloney, Tampico, Mrs. Josi Mathis, Hooppole; two brothers, Frank Clementz, Sacramento, Calif., and Fred Clementz, Davenport, and several nieces and nephews.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Clarence, in infancy; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Bollenbech and Mrs. Anna Bollenbach; and two brother, William and John Clementz.
FERN SIEGLINGER
- Funeral services for Mrs. A. V. (Fern) Sieglinger were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Melvin Funeral Home, with the Rev. Lloyd O. Coleman, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Mrs. J. H. Linn was at the organ for the services. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery. The pallbearers were Glyn Hieb, Albert Jurkens, Russell Arthur, Kenneth W Miller, Emery J. McNeil and Russell Book. Flowers were cared for by Mrs. Glyn Hieb, Mrs. Albert Jurkens, Mrs. F. W. Hunsberger, Mrs. Russell Arthur, Mrs. Russell Book and Swartleys.
JOHN WILLIAM SELLS
was born in Marden, Kent, England, December 29, 1831; died at his home in Garden Plain February 28, 1914, at the age of eight two years and two months.
"Uncle John" as he was called by his friends, sailed from London May 27, 1851. He stayed in ripley, Chautauqua county, New York, until March 6, 1853, then came west by rail to Chicago and by stage from there to Garden Plain, Ill. March 14, 1853.
February 7, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss Adaline Short of Mt. Carroll and nine children were born to this union: Clara, who died in infancy; Mrs. Mary Tuttle of Ralston, Iowa; Mrs Jane Andrews of Clinton, Iowa; Mrs. Lucy Blaser of Maltland, Mo.; William of Grangeville, Idaho; George; Mrs. Mary Cormany at home, and Mrs. Blanche Burch of Helena Mont.
The wife and mother preceded him in death nineteen years ago. He leaves to mourn his death, the eight children, one nephew, Albert Sells of Garden Plain and fifteen grandchildren.
The funeral services were held March 3, 1914 at his home conducted by Rev. Voss of Woodhull, Illinois.
MRS. GEORGE SEYLLER
The funeral of Mrs. George Seyller was held Wednesday from St. Catherine's Church at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Father Keenan conducting the rites. The pallbearers were relatives -- Philip Mathis, Edward Schmitt, William Clementz, Edward and Fred Seyller, also Harold McNamara. Burial was in the Tampico Catholic Cemetery.
ELLSWORTH G. SHIRK
, 53, 512 E. Wall St., Morrison, a buyer in the purchasing department at General Electric, died Wednesday (23 Jun 1971) at 1:45 p.m. at Morrison Community Hospital after a three day illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church with a prayer service preceding the funeral at 1:45 p.m. Friends may visit the Tomlinson Funeral Home from 2-4 and 6-9 Thursday. A masonic service will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. Paul DeBeer will officiate at the service, and burial will be at Grove Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Shirk was born Sept. 27, 1917 in Morrison, the son of Grover and Myrtle Finnicum Shirk. He attended Morrison schools and Illinois Wesleyen University at Bloomington. He spent his entire life in Morrison. On April 13, 1941, he was married at Morrison to Lola May Twombly. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge, Moline Consistory, Tabala Shrine, Rockford; the VFW and the American Legion. During World War II he seved as supply sergeant of Company M in the 129th Infantry in the South Pacific.
He is survived by his widow; three daughters, Mrs. John (Betty Raye) Monnett Elgin; Mrs. Gary (Cynthia) Connelly and Jo Anne Shirk, both of Morrison; and one son, William, Morrison; his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Shirk, Morrison; and an aunt, Mrs. Blanche Thomas, Geneseo; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father and one brother, Raymond.
WILLIAM R. SHIRK
, age 78, one of the best known residents of Morrison, and for years prominent in the clothing business here, died at his home in East Morris Street, at 6:15 o'clock Saturday evening. (4 May 1930) He has been in failing health for a long time, but had been seriously ill but a few weeks. There will be a service of family prayers at the residence at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with the regular funeral from the Presbyterian Church at 2 o'clock. Rev. C. H. Becker will conduct the services. Knights of Pythias will attend in a body. The committal will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Shirk was born at Oil City, Franklin County, Pa., June 22, 1852, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shirk. When he was but a child he was brought by his parents in a covered wagon to this vicinity, where he lived all the remaining days of his life. He received his early education in the district schools, and later on studied at Oberlin College.
Fifty-three years ago, or in 1877, he married Miss Hattie Reynolds, at Spencer, O. Two children were born to the union, Charles Raymond Shirk of Aurora, and Miss Maude LaVerne Shirk of Chicago. Mrs. Shirk died in 1882. In 1885 Mr. Shirk married a second time, when he was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Matson, who with three children born to their union survive. These are Mrs. Carl Tein and Miss Ruth Shirk of Chicago, and Grover Shirk of near Morrison. He also leaves one grandson, Ellsworth Shirk, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Shafer of Chicago.
In his early years, Mr. Shirk was engaged in the clothing business in Morrison. He was a long time member of the Knights of Pythias, of which order he was very proud. He was a splendid character who will be greatly missed by the citizenship and a large circle of friends. Mr. Shirk always maintained a beautiful yard with flowers of various kinds, and was a good gardener. His kitchen garden was always a source of great pride to him and was admired by all who saw it.
CLEON CLYDE SNART
, 90, of 301 Ester St., Donna, Tex., who died Friday (14 Jun 1977) at his home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Behrens-Blair Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald Pritz, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday (tonight) from 7-9 p.m. with masonic services at 8 p.m. at the funeral home. He was born December 18, 1886 the son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Snart. He was a retired machinist and moved to Texas where he owned a citrus farm. He married Celia Bowen on October 19, 1910 in Sterling. He was a member of the Country Church in Alamo, Tex., and a member of the masonic lodge. Survivors include his widow and one grandson. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Robert Lockhart.
CLAUDE W. SOLLARS
, 75, died Saturday evening (22 Feb. 1975) at Community General Hospital after a lingering illness.
Visitation will be Monday at the Grennan Funeral Home. The family will be present from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and the rosary will be said at 8:30 p.m. Funeral services will be Tuesday Prayer services will be at 10 a.m. at the funeral home and Mass of the Resurrection will be at 10:30 a.m. at St. Andrew's Church in Rock Falls. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Prophetstown.
Claude Sollars was born May 7, 1899 in Prophetstown, the son of John and Emma Black Sollars. He married the former Marie Lindberg in 1920. He was a retired Lawrence Brothers employee and a member of St. Andrew's Church in Rock Falls.
Survivors include his widow, Marie; one son, Robert of Rock Falls; one brother, Leonard of Prophetstown; two grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
FLORENCE SOLLARS
, The funeral of Mrs. Leo Sollars which was held in the M.E. church Tampico, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock was attended by the following relatives from Prophetstown: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beebe, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sollars, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beebe and the children of the different families. These all went on the early morning train. Others might have made the trip by car.
This community was saddened last Saturday morning, February 24, 1923 by the news of the passing of Mrs. Leo N. Sollars, although her condition had been such as to give little hopes for her recovery.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the late residence and at 2:30 at the Methodist Church. Reverend George Gable officiating. L. E. Chapin, Wesley Goble, Richard Mitchell, Mack Pierce, L. E. Smith and Earl Darnell acted as pallbearers. The W.R.C. of which she was a member attended in a body, and the pupils of the 7th and 8th grades of the Tampico school were excused from school to attend the services. A profusion of beautiful flowers bore mute testimony to the esteem in which she was held, and a very large number of relatives and friends attended to pay the last tributes of respect to one whom they held in high esteem. (Burial: Tampico Cemetery)
LEO N. SOLLARS
, 83, of Tampico, died Sunday noon (10 November 1968) at Community General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr. Sollars was born in Prophetstown Township, February 12, 1885. He was the son of John Wesley and Lucinda Roberts Sollars. He was educated in the Prophetstown schools and was united in marriage to Florence McGrady, who preceded him in death in 1923. On January 14, 1925, Mr. Sollars married Arlen Erickson in Clinton, Iowa. He lived in Tampico most of his life, and was a member of the First United Methodist in Tampico.
Mr. Sollars farmed in Tampico vicinity for a number of years, operated a garage in Tampico, and later was employed at Geyer Manufacturing in Rock Falls until 1961 when he retired.
Mr. Sollars is survived by his widow who is residing in Tampico, one grandson, Ronald Rank, Wheeling, Two great granddaughters, Lorie and Sue; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Marjorie Sollars, Tampico; two brothers, Claude of Rock Falls, and Leonard of Prophetstown; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Beebe of Prophetstown and several nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, one daughter (in infancy) one son, Barney in 1963, and one sister, Viola.
Services will be held Tuesday, 2 p.m. at the Schmitt Chapel in Tampico. The Rev. Woods, pastor of the Lyndon Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in
Tampico Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call anytime at the Schmitt Chapel.
LILLIAN (BROOKS) STAGE
, 77, Erie, died Saturday afternoon (16 Mar 1974) at Morrison Community Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Schilling Funeral Home. The Rev. Ernest Lauff, pastor of the Erie Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in
Erie Cemetery. Friends may visit the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
The former Lillian Brooks was born in Erie on May 30, 1896, the daughter of Alphonse and Mahalia George Brooks. She married Harry Stage in 1910 in Davenport. He preceded her in death. She had been retired as a meat packer for Swifts and Co., Clinton, Iowa. She had been a member of the Erie Unit of World War II Mothers.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Ida Plumley, Mrs. Ross Packer, Mrs. Earl Adamson, Mrs. Merle Rundall, Mrs. Stanley Verkruysse and Mrs. Mabel Williams, all of Erie; three brothers, Raymond, Fulton; and Harold and William, both of Erie; 43 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and five children.
JOHN W. STAPLES
, 38, of 605 11th Ave., Rock Falls, was dead on arrival at Community General Hospital Wednesday evening. Funeral services will be held at the Wheelock-Allen Funeral home in Rock Falls on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Sampson Harris, pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church of Rock Falls, officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery in Rock Falls. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
John Staples was born June 11, 1937 in Mt. Vernon, Ill., the son of Virgil R. and Virginia M. Ray Staples. He was united in marriage to the former Helen M. Throne on June 24, 1971 at Rockford. He was employed at Northwestern Steel and Wire Co., as a Mill Builder.
He is survived by his widow, Helen, one daughter, Jayne at home, two step-daughters, Mrs. Vicki Myers of Rock Falls and Luva Watts of Rock Falls, three step-sons, Donald Gordon of Rock Falls, Greg Gordon of Rock Falls, and Mark Watts of Rock Falls, his mother, Mrs. Virginia Staples of Rock Falls, three step-grandchildren, eight sisters, Mrs. Virginia Jones of Mt. Vernon, Ill., Mrs. Howard (Dorothy) Dale of Aurora, Mrs. Linda Dalton of Rock Falls, Mrs. Michel (Shirley) Hoogerwerf of Dixon, Mrs. Peggy Henson, Mrs. Harold (Vickie) Simmons, Debra Staples and Mrs. Terry (Cheryl) Jones, all of Rock Falls, six brothers, LeRoy Staples of Liberal, Kan., Carl Staples and Virgil W. Staples of Aurora, Larry of Dixon, and Phillip and Ricky, both of Rock Falls. He was preceded in death by his father, Virgil R. Staples in march of 1974.
VIRGIL R. STAPLES
- Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home for Virgil R. Staples, 306 Thomas, Rock Falls, who died Wednesday. The Rev. Lowell Allen, the pastor of the Rock Falls United Methodist Church, officiated, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Mrs. Wayne E Larson was at the organ during the services playing "The Old Rugged Cross" among her selections. Pallbearers were Michael Hoogerwerf, Herb Hallen, Fred Payne, Howard Dale, Don Gordon and Don Reed. Flowers by Swartleys.
ANTIONETTE STARK
- Echo, Wis., died. Monday morning following a two-month illness. Mrs. Start was a former resident of the Sterling area. Funeral services and burial will be on Thursday morning in Green Bay, Wis. She is survived by her husband, Carl, one daughter, Mrs. Kathleeen Olson, Milwaukee, Wis., and four granddaughters. She is preceded by her parents.
WILLIAM STEARNS
- Funeral arrangements are complete at the Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home for William Stearns, 74, of 804 Garfield, Rock Falls, who died at noon Tuesday (25 Feb. 1975) at Community General Hospital.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. D. J. Kretzinger of the First Open Bible Church of Sterling, officiating. Burial will be in the Tampico Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday.
He was born on August 8, 1900 in Jackson County, Ill. the son of Robert and Sarah Palmer Stearns. He was united in marriage to the former Sarah Hatten on August 16, 1955 in Sterling. He had been a nail machine repair man at the Northwestern Steel & Wire Co. until his retirement in 1965.
He is survived by his wife, Sarah; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Frances) Berogan of Dixon and Mrs. Kelly (Mary) Chapman of Rockford; one son, William Eugene at home; four sisters, Mrs. Irvin (Sarah) Bair of New Baden, Il.; Josephine White of West Franklin, Ill.; Mrs. Gladys Gray of Carbondale and Mrs. Leonard (Mary) Busick of Staunton, Ill.; three brothers, Benjamin of Md., Charles of Miami, Fla., and Leo of Roxanna, Ill.; nine grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
He was preceded by his parents, two sisters and one brother.
ROBERT STEELE STETSON
- Funeral arrangements are complete at the Allen Funeral Home in Sterling for Robert Steele Stetson, 53, 309 W. 14th St., Sterling, who died Tuesday morning (3 Oct 1972) of an accidental death. Funeral services will be Thursday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at the Prophetstown Methodist Church, with Rev. Lowell E. Allen, pastor, officiating, with burial in Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling. Friends may call at the Allen Funeral Home in Sterling from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, and on Thursday morning until 11 a.m. when the body will be moved to the church to lie in state until time of services.
Robert Stetson, the son of Ezra and Lottie Steele Stetson, was born Jan. 27 (or s/be 22?) at Waukegan. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Cain January 15, 1960, Church in Prophetstown. He worked with DeKalb Feeds for twelve years as a plant manager and then for the past year he worked for Hanson Reality as an associate salesman. He attended school in Neponset. He was a member of the Rock Falls Rotary, past president of the Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Dixon Masonic Lodge AF and AM. He served in WW 2 Pacific Theater.
Survivors include his widow, one son, David, two step-sons, James and John Mosher, both students in Florida; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Stetson, one brother Don, all of Neponset; and four sisters, Mrs. Howard (Jane) Bennett, Neponset; Mrs. John (Carolyn) Bond, Acton, Mass.; Mrs. Luther (Helen) Smith, Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Bob (Susan) Smith, Omega, Oklahoma. Whiteside County Coroner, John Ardapple will conduct an inquest Thursday at 9 a.m.
HARRY STELTZER
- Funeral rites were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Melvin Funeral Home by the Rev. Luther H. Cooperrider of St. John's Lutheran Church. Mrs. J. H. Linn was organist. The burial was in Riverside Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Puckett, Oliver Anning, Nick McGrath, Russell Hicks, Clifford E. Bensinger and George M. Mellott. Lundstrom Florists were in charge of flowers.
WILLIAM H. STONESIFER
, 87, 802 W. 8th St., Sterling, died Tuesday evening (23 Apr 1974) at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Earl Saltzman in Hooppole.
The body was moved to the Melvin Funeral Home where friends may call from 7 to 9 Thursday evening. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Melvin Funeral Home with the Rev. Jean W. Saltzman, pastor of the Fourth Street United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will take place in Oak Knoll Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Stonesifer was born August 8, 1886 in Emden, Ill, the son of Daniel and Mary Clawson Stonesifer. He was educated in the Logan County and Sterling schools. For more than thirty years he was engaged in the sale and service of dairy equipment retiring in 1964. He was united in marriage to Edna G. Hettinger Jan. 25, 1911 in Harmon. Mrs. Stonesifer preceded in death Feb 6, 1974. Mr. Stonesifer was a member of the Fourth Street United Methodist Church of Sterling.
Survivors include two sons, William F. Stonesifer of Sterling and Wayne Stonesifer, Carson, Calif.; five daughters, Mrs. Patrick (Lola) McCormick of Van Nuys, Calif.; Mrs. Evelyn Dir of Sterling; Mrs. Earl (Lucille) Saltzman of Hooppole; Mrs. Edward (Madeline) Jansen of Viroqua, Wis. and Mrs. William (Jane) Lee of Pompano Beach Fla.; 21 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Two broyhers, four sisters and four grandchildren preceded in death. A memorial has been established to Fourth Street United Methodist Church.
ETHEL ANN SULLINS
,80, a former Tampico resident, died at the Homewood Care Center. She had resided at Spring Hill, Mo. Funeral services will be at the Ayre-Goodwin Funeral Chapel at Spring Hill. Persons may visit the funeral chapel Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Mrs. Sullins was born July 28, 1897 at Licking, Mo. She married Walter L. Sullins. Surviving of this area is one daughter, Mrs. Edward Eshelman, 206 Washington, Tampico.
MRS. CARL SWINKE
- The funeral of Mrs. Carl Swenke, who passed away suddenly at the family home here on Monday will be held at Tampico at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, with burial in that city.
Mrs. Swinke's lifeless body was found in a chair by the husband when he came home for dinner. Her death was a great shock to him, as she was in her usual good health when he left home in the morning.
Mrs. Swinke was a native of Germany, born August 24, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Swinke were married June 3, 1889 and to this union eight children were born, six of whom survive. The surviving children are Mrs. Bertha Currie, Prophetstown; George Swenke, Kayecee, Wyoming; Mrs. Ella Thompson, Peoria; Otto Swenke, Tampico; William Swenke, Kankakee; Henry Swenke, Prophetstown.
ANNA SZEWICK
, 86, mother of Mrs. Edwin Lesner, Rt. 2, Rock Falls, passed away at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday in Moline Hospital, following a lengthy illness. The body was brought to the Grennan and Son Funeral Home where friends may call at any time. Funeral services will be at 8:15 a.m. in the funeral home and at 8:45 a.m. in St. Andrew's Church in Rock Falls. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs. Szewick was a member of the Altar Rosary Society and members will recite the rosary at 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. She was also a member of the Third Order of St. Francis. She was born Aug. 15, 1874 in Poland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kelbasa. She came to the United States at an early age.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Edward Lesner, Rock Falls; Mrs. Marion Majewski, Mrs. Mabel Nevers, and Mrs. Julia Mack, all of Chicago; two sons, John, Burlington, Wis., and James, Euclid, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. She was preceded by her husband, parents, two sisters and one brother.
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