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The following text is transcribed to
the best of my ability from an old, poor-quality photocopy of a newspaper or
magazine obituary, no date or source listed. . I received the photocopy at
lest 20 years ago from my mother, Mary Jean Weber Eggett Thomas (granddaughter
of Mary Sanders; ggranddaughter of D.R.S.). There is a very blurry photo in
the upper left corner appears to be head and shoulders of a man in a suit. He
appears to have hair parted on the left side, prominent eyebrows or eyebrow
ridges, and a long beard coming from the front of the face only. The photo is
captioned "The Late D. R. Sanders." - Chris Burgoyne
Text
follows:
Dr. D. R. Sanders Historical Career
A Man Among Men in
the Pulpit in the Army and in the Medical Profession
To the
Republican-Era.
Dr. David Riley Sanders dies at his home at the Southern
Illinois Hospital Annex at four o'clock a.m., Monday, July 22, 1907. He was
born in Benton county [sic], Tenn., July 26, 1844, being 62 years 11 months
and 26 days old.
For a year past Dr. Sanders has suffered more or less at
intervals with some kind of stomach trouble which the doctors have diagnosed
as gastrites [sic].
When only a small boy he came to Illinois with his
parents, Abram and Jerusha (Hopkins)Sanders, and settled in Williamson county
[sic] where he worked on his father's farm during the summers and attended the
district schools of the neighborhood during the winters. Thus he worked and
studied and grew to young manhood.
At the age of 18, the Civil war [sic]
between the states having been declared, he joined the army, casting his
military lot with the 81st Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into
the service as second lieutenant of Company E August 26, 1862, and was
promoted to first lieutenant February 6, 1863. He served to the end of the war
and took part in numerous engagements with his regiment. The war was well
under way [sic] and there was immediate demand for the regiment at the front.
He took part in the battles at Port Gibson May 1st, Raymond May 12th, in the
capture of Jackson the capital of Mississippi, May 14th, May 16 in the battle
of Champion Hill and at Black River Bridge May 17th, 1863. These constituted a
part of campaign against Vicksburg.
The active work of the siege of
Vicksburg began May 19th and on the 20th the 81st took position south of the
Jackson road and participated in the general assault May 22nd. In this assault
the 81st was badly cut to pieces. Its loss of officers was appalling. The
brave and chivalrous Col. J. J. Dollins, Capts. C. S. Ward and Zebedee Hammock
and Lieuts. Hugh Warnock and James M. Farmer. After the capitulation of
Vicksburg he participated in the Washita campaign and in the Red River
expedition and was in the battle of Brownsville, Mass., and assisted in the
capture of Forts De Russey and Alexandria. At Guntown, June 10th, 1864 the
81st was the first to open fire. The regiment then moved to Duvalls Bluff,
Ark, and after many skirmishes and expeditions went in pursuit of General
Price in his raid through Missouri. First to Cape Girardeau, then to St.
Louis, Jefferson City and to Warrensburg. Price having escaped into Arkansas,
the regiment returned in time to participate in the great battle of Nashville,
December 15th and 16th, 1864. The regiment then moved to Eastport and then to
Mobile, where it held the advance on Spanish Fort and opened the fight March
27, 1865, and in the charge on the fort Lieut. Sanders had his company and has
always maintained that his right was the first inside the enemy's work.
The
war over, the regiment was mustered out of the service at Chicago August 5,
1865, and Lieut. D. R. Sanders, like tens of thousands of other brave young
men, returned to the farm and the home of his boyhood and resumed the
cultivation of the soil, whose peaceful pursuits he had abandoned for only a
brief period to respond to his country's call. Having given three years of his
life to military service, having served his country honorably through the
greatest civil war of any age or time, he was prepared to appreciate home and
its blessings.
He taught school several terms, joined the church and was
soon after ordained to the ministry and was pastor successively of Pleasant
Hill, Jonesboro and Anna Baptist churches. He studied medicine under Dr. F. M.
Agnew, of Makanda, graduated from a medical college at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
began the practice of his profession at his old homestead in Williamson county
[sic].
Dr. Sanders was not a man who delighted in telling his troubles to
others, therefore his true reason for changing his profession will probably
never be known. There is no doubt that he originally intended that his life
should be devoted to the ministry. Early in his career as a minister a throat
trouble developed which made public speaking very painful and aggravating and
this may have been a determining factor in his change of professions. For the
past twenty years he has refrained from public speaking, expect on rare and
important occasions.
In addition to his professional duties he found time
for much church work. He was a deeply religious nature and his loving devotion
for the church continued to the end. He was a noted politician and had a very
strong following. He was for several years chairman of the Republican central
committee of Union county. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic
and was chaplain of his post at the time of his death. As an orator he had no
equal in this part of the state whether the subject be religious or
political.
He was appointed to the Illinois Southern Hospital for the
Insane by Gov. Richard Yates in 1901, in charge of the annex, and was
continued in that position by Governor Deneen.
He was married twice. His
first wife was Miss Delphina Galleghy. His only child by his first wife is now
Dr. Minnie J. Armstrong, wife of H. Clay Armstrong, capitalist, of Texarkana,
Texas. His second wife was Miss Lydia E. Rauch. To this union were born five
children - Mrs. Will Anderson, of Jonesboro; Mrs. Claud Henson, of
Murphysboro, and Clydeine Dugusta, single, and Karl, medical student,
single.
In the death of Dr. D. R. Sanders his family has sustained an
irreparable loss, the church a faithful and devoted member, the institution
with which he was connected on e of its ablest physicians, the state one of
its foremost citizens. In the language of Governor Deneen to the widow, "He
served his country and state long, faithfully and conscientiously." He was
loved by all who enjoyed the pleasure of his acquaintance. - Frank
Hopkins
END
Jerry Mullins <jmullins@leo.net>
- Wednesday, June
16, 1999 at 09:04:05 (PDT)
Pittsburg, Williamson
Co., IL
Died 5 Mar 1950
Pittsburg Man Died Sunday Morning at Age of 78. William
Schroeder died at his home at Pittsburg at 9:45 a.m. Sunday. Deceased was
born at Pinckneyville 15Dec 1871, and was the son of Henry and Maria B.
Hettinger Schroeder. He was married first to Amanda M. Jones who died in 1920
and was later married to Ellen Rude. Surviving are three sons, John C.
Schroeder, Energy, William J. Schroeder and Thomas V. Jones of Pittsburg and
one daughter, Mrs. Dan Kobler, Pittsburg. He also leaves two brothers
(grandsons) Charles and George Schroeder, Pittsubrg. A former coal miner, he
was employed for many years by the Cosgrove-Mehan Coal Co. He was a memebre of
the Lutheran Church. Burial in Union Grove Cemetery. The body is at the home
of his son, William J. Schroeder, Pittsburg.
Charla Schroeder Murphy <charla@shawneelink.net>
-
Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 22:58:11 (PDT)
Dixon, Lee County,
IL
27 March 1970
William Schroeder, 59, formerly of Pittsburg, but
recently a resident of Dixon, died at 2:30 a.m. today in the hospital in
Dixon. He was born 31 Jul 1910 to William and Amanda Jones Schroeder in
Marion. He married Helen Cochran, 16 Jul 1932, who survives in Dixon. Other
survivers include two sons, Charles Schroeder, Pittsurg, and George Schroeder
of Dixon; four grandchildren and a half-sister, Mrs. Jesse Kobler, Marion.
Three half-brothers and one half-sister also preceded him in death. Interment
in the Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Dixon, Il.
Charla Schroeder Murphy
<charla@shawneelink.net>
-
Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 22:47:03
(PDT)
Dixon, Lee Co., IL
9 Apr 1977
Mrs. Helen Schroeder, 63, 1722 Factory St. died
Saturday in KSB Hospital. She was born 7 Sep 1913 in Crab Orchard, the
daughter of E. Charles and Fannie Bogard Cochran. She was married to William
Schroeder, 16 Jul 1932 in Marion. Mrs. Schroeder was preceded in death by her
husband. She is survived by two sons, Georgie, Dixon and Charles, Pittsburg,
Ill, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. The funeral will be Tuesday
at 1:30 in Chapel Hill Funeral Home and burial will be in Chapel Hill
Cemetery.
Charla Schroeder Murphy <charla@shawneelink.net>
Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 22:43:07 (PDT)
Pittsburg,
Williamson Co., IL
10 Nov 1920
Well known woman of Pittsburg passed away following
illness with Bright's Disease. Mrs. Amanda M. Schroeder, wife of
William Schroeder of Pittsburg, died at the family home here at 9:45 a.m.
Tuesday November 9, 1920 following a prolonged sickness with Bright's disease.
Decendent was born in Washington County, Indiana (should say IL.) on 14 Apr
1872 and was aged 48yrs 6m 25ds at the time of death. She was the daughter of
W.B. & Mary Ann Morris Jones. Decedent was twice married. Her first
husband was Theo (Thomas) Jones, deceased. She was married the second time to
William Schroeder, who survives. She is also survived by the following
children: Mrs. Dan Kobler, George Jones, Thomas Jones, and William Schroeder
Jr. all of Pittsburg. One daughter, Mrs. Dillie Fowler died six years ago.
There are also survivning three brothers and one sister: Jess Jones of
Pinkneyville, H.C. Jones of Rice, IL and Mr. Elvinis Jones of Nashville, and
Mrs. Nettie Glasford of Belleville. Mrs. Schroeder was a member of the Baptist
church and of the Royal Neighbors. The funeral Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Burial in
Union Grove Cemetery.
Charla Schroeder Murphy <charla@shawneelink.net>
-
Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 22:09:03 (PDT)
Georgie T. Schroeder, 52, 619
Logan Ave., died Tuesday Nov. 13, 1990 in his home after a long illness. He
was an employee of the Central Telephone Company of Dixon.
He was born June
27, 1938 in Pittsburg (IL), the son of William and Helen (Cochran) Schroeder
and married Dorothy Newberry on Nov. 27, 1957 in Dixon.
He was a member of
St. Patrick's Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy of
Dixon; daughters, Mrs. Kerry (Suzanne) Enlow and Sandra Belman, both of Dixon;
brother, Charles (Sue) Schroeder of Pittsburg; grandchildren, Benjamin and
Megan Enlow and Blake Belman, all of Dixon.
Funeral is at 9 a.m. Thursday
in St. Patrick's, with Rev. John Stringini, pastor, officiating. Internment
will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. Visitation is from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday in
Chapel Hill Funeral Home, with an 8 p.m. prayer service.
A memorial has
been established to the Sauk Valley Hospice.
(From The Telegraph, Dixon,
IL, Nov. 14, 1990)
Suzanne Schroeder Enlow <kdesme@essex1.com>
- Saturday,
November 20, 1999 at 22:29:57 (PST)
December 10,
1934
Mrs. Shaller Died Sunday
Mrs. Ida Shaller, widow of
Louie N. Shaller,
who died just one week ago, passed away at
noon
Sunday at the family home at 718 North Logan Street,
after an extended
illness.
She was a native of Williamson County and was born here July 10,
1870 to Henry and Nancy Franklin Boles.
She was 64 years 4 months and 24
days of age at the time of her demise.
She grew up in Marion and in
September 1897, was united in marriage to L.N. Shaller.
One daughter, Mrs.
Raff Odum and a grandaughter Virgina Lee Odum of Harrisburg survive.
Her
parents, her husband, four brothers and two sisters all preceded Mrs. Shaller
in death.
She was member of the Christian Church of this city and services
will be held from the church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with pastor
Warner Muir officiating.
Interment will be made at the I.O.O.F cemetery
beside the body of her husband which has been sleeping there only a
week.
Walter Fly <wbfly@midwest.net>
- Saturday, June
05, 1999 at 10:19:31 (PDT)
May 1869 - May 1945
Amanda Shanks first saw light of day 75 yrs, 11 months, 15 days ago in
Williamson County near the place where she finished her work here on earth.
She was married to the Rev. Melvin Shanks Aug 28, 1918. She professed faith in
Christ about 40 years ago and united with Somers Methodist Church and remained
a faithful member until her death. Hers was a quiet life, she enjoyed most her
family, her church and close friends. She was the daughter of the late Orlando
Bridges & Louisa Somers. She is survived by her husband, the Rev. Melvin
Shanks, one bro., Chas. Bridges, one nice, Mrs. Gladys Bridges, two step-sons,
Jesse Shanks of Harrisburg and Walter Shanks of this community.
Charla Schroeder Murphy <charla@shawneelink.net>
Marion Daily Republican
July 10, 1943
WOMAN DIES ON VISIT HERE
Mrs. Cornelia
Simmons, Native of Chamnesstown, Succumbs at Sister's Home
Mrs.
Cornelia Chamness Simmons of Austell Ga. , died at 4:10 p.m. Monday at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Joel Norris, 1609 West Main Street, where she had
been visiting.
Mrs. Simmons arrived in Marion last Wednesday and became ill
Saturday. Death was due to heart disease.
Deceased was born at
Chamnesstown, Williamson County Feb. 19, 1878. She was married in 1900 to W.F.
Simmons. One son Max and one daughter, Mrs. Opal survive, in addition to one
sister Mrs. Lydia Norris and one brother, Lum Chamness of Jacksonville,
Fla.
Mrs. Simmons was the daughter of J.M. and Elizabeth Cooksey
Chamness.
The body will remain at the Hudgens Funeral Home awaiting funeral
arrangements pending arrival of the daughter from Georgia.
Mary Jo Moore
<mjmoore@hcis.net>
- Tuesday,
August 10, 1999 at 19:23:13 (PDT)
Southern Illinoisan
30 June
1988
Pittsburg - Nellie Smiley, 81,
died at 11:16 a.m. Tuesday June 28, 1988 in St. Louis University Medical
Center.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Sloan Funeral Home in
Galatia with burial in Bethel Cemetery, west of Harco.
Visitation will
be from 5 to 9 pm today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Smiley was a
homemaker.
She was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church.
She
was born Oct. 27, 1906 in Williamson County to James and Amanda (Milligan)
Smith. She married Oral Smiley in 1930. He died in
1981.
Survivors include two sons, Oral Smiley of Thompsonville and
Robert Wootton of Berwyn, one daughter, Mildred Martez of Chicago; 17
grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
Two infant daughters and one
half sister preceded her in death.
8/22/2000
Candyce
Little < candyce_l@yahoo.com >
Obituary: Name of
Newpaper unknown: Colp, Illinois, November, 1938
FORMER COLP POSTMISTRESS
DIED SUNDAY
Mrs. Cora Snyder wife of Tobe Snyder, who served as
postmistress in Colp for Eight years from 1912 to 1920,died at her home at
Colp Sunday night at 8:15 o'clock. Death was due to a five year illness during
which she suffered of diabetes.
The daughter of the late John Kirk,
Mrs. Snyder was born in Willaimson county, October 18, 1872. At death she was
66 years, 1 month and 9 days of age. She had lived at Colp or in the vicinity
of Colp practically all her life. She was a member of the Colp Methodist
Church. Besides her husband, Mrs. Snyder leaves the following children: Carl
Snyder, Little Rock, Ark.; Earl Snyder, Herrin; Mrs. Enoc Franklin of Colp.
Sod Snyder, Franklin, Penn.; Mike Snyder of South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. John
Koulinous in New York City and Fritz Snyder at home. She also leaves one
sister, Mrs. Thomas Waldron at Cambria.
Funeral services are to be
conducted, Wednesday, November 30th, at the Colp M.E. church, at 2 P.M. Rev.
John Paine will officiate and interment will be at the Carterville
Cemetery.
Jacqueline Snyder King <jkingga@aol.com>
- Sunday, August 01,
1999 at 16:32:38 (PDT)
Johnston City
Progress, December 1, 1927
James Willis
Stricklin, 50 years old, was killed instantly
at 1:30 yesterday
afternoon at Lake Creek mines when he was crushed
under a fall of rock
weighing two tons. He was working extra, loading
with a gang of seven men,
when he was killed.
Stricklin was born November 9,
1877. He has lived in this city for
several years and was proprieter of the
Johnston City hotel on East Broadway
for some time. He leaves a wife, three
daughters, Mrs. Mary Mosely, Genevieve
Ferguson and Connie Stricklin and a
son Marquis.
Funeral services will be held at 11
o'clock Saturday morning at the First
M.E. church, by the Rev. J.H.
Davis. Interment will be held at the I.O.O.F.
cemetary at
Benton.
FUNERAL NOTICE:
Born November 9,
1877 Died November 30,
1927
Aged 50 years and 21
days
James Willis Stricklin
Funeral services conducted at the First M. E.
church
Johnston City, Ill, Saturday, December 3, 1927, at
11 o'clock a.m., by Rev. J. H. Davis.
Interment
at the I.O.O.F. cemetary, Benton,
Ill.
All Friends of the Family are
Invited
S. Peffer < speffer@midwest.net >
Marion Daliy
Republican
Friday, March 15, 1935
ALLEN SURRATT PASSED AWAY
Well Known Williamson County Resident Succumbed to Brief
Illness, Thursday Night
Death at 10:45pm Thursday claimed Allen Surratt, well
known Williamson county resident, at his home, 908 North Johnson street, after
an illness of less than two days. Death which was attributed to heart disease
followed by an attack of bleeding at the nose with which he was stricken
Wednesday night. At 2pm Thursday he lapsed into unconsciousness, and never
revived.
Allen Sylvester Surratt was born at Jerseyville, Feb 7, 1863, and
was the son of John and Julia Crain Surratt. He was 72 years 1 month and 7
days of age. At the age of three years he was left an orphan by the death of
his parents, and was brot to Williamson County where he was reared in the home
of his Aunt Polly Crain. A sister, Mrs. Melvin Bean was reared near
Jerseyville, and the brother and sister who were separated in their childhood
never saw each other again until they were past middle age. Twenty-five years
ago, the sister undertook a search for a brother which resulted in their
reunion, and they visited regularly until her death four years ago. There were
no other members of their family.
Mr. Surratt was married in 1887 to Miss
Julia Chamness, who survives his death. Eleven children were born to that
union. Three died in infancy. Clore died at the age of 18, John at the age of
26 and Lawrence at the age of 23. Those surviving are Mrs. L. N. McGowan,
Marion, Mrs. Roger Tippy, Carterville, Mrs. Lloyd Russell, Carterville,
R.F.D.3, Mrs Arthur McInturff, Marion and William Surratt, Sterling,
lll.
There are 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Since the year
of his marriage until nine months ago, Mr. Surratt lived in Southern township.
There he engaged in farming and for many years was a saw mill and threshing
machine operator. Altho a Republican in a predominately Democratic township,
he served his community at one time as a member of the county board of
supervisors. He moved to Marion nine months ago.
The funeral Sunday at 2
o'clock from the First Baptist church with Rev. Arthur Travesland and Rev.
Arthur Doarr officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
James Allen Surratt <jsurratt@clear.lakes.com>
-
Saturday, August 14, 1999 at 11:56:31 (PDT)
Marion Daily
Republican
October 8, 1938
MRS. SURRATT PASSED AWAY
Widow
of Allen Surratt succumbed to Illness Early Saturday Morning
Mrs. Julia
Ann Surratt of West Main Street, died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Russell, three miles west of Carterville on Route
13.
Mrs. Surratt is the widow of the late Allen Surratt. Is survuved by
four daughters and one son as follows:
Mrs. Lloyd Russell, Mrs. Louis N.
McGowan, Marion. Mrs. Roger Tippy, Carterville. Mrs. Aileen McInturff and
William Surratt of Sterling, Ill.
Funeral services will be held Monday at
the First Baptist church at 2 p.m. with interment in Rose Hill cemetery. The
body will lie in state at the home at 1205 West Main St. until the hour of the
funeral.
Mary Jo Moore <mjmoore@hcis.net>
- Tuesday, August
10, 1999 at 20:10:28 (PDT)
Marion (Illinois) Daily
Republican
Thursday, August 10, 1939
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
STARRICK
Mrs. Minnie Starrick, of 402 south Van Buren Street Passed
Away Early Thursday Morning.
Death at 5:15 A. M. Thursday claimed Mrs.
Minnie Martha Starrick, widow of A. J. Starrick, at her home at 402 Van Buren
street.
Mrs. Starrick was the daughter of John and Sarah E. Cooksey
Chamness , and was born at Carbondale, Dec. 31, 1873. She is survived by four
sons Lee and Frank Starrick of Marion, John of Decatur, and Sid of Herrin,
three daughters Mrs. Leslie Kelly of West Frankfort, Mrs. Jesse James of
Marion R. F. D. and Mrs. J. W. Dungey, Marion, a grandaughter Verda Starrick,
who she also reared, and two sisters, Mrs. Joe Norris of Marion and Mrs. Neila
Simmons, Miami, Fla. and one brother, Lum Chamness, also of Miami.
Mrs.
Starrick was a member of Freedom Church.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed Thursday afternoon.
Steve Willson <sswillson@keynet.net>
- Friday,
August 13, 1999 at 19:41:29 (PDT)
Born October 29, 1898
Saline County, Illionois
Passed Away At
Her Residence
Marion, Illinois
Saturday, August 2, 1986
Aged 87 years, 9 months, 3 days
Services Held At
Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home
Monday, August 4, 1986
2:00 P.M.
Clergymen
Rev. Vernell Clark
Rev. Frank Trotter
Interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, Illinois
Cheryl
snickers20@alltel.net
William M., oldest son of S.J. [Samuel Jefferson] and Mary S. Taylor [Mary
Susan Bloodworth] was born near Big Sandy, Benton County, Tennessee on April
27, 1868. Soon after came with his parents to Williamson County, Southern
Illinois where he grew to manhood and has lived practically all his life,
near where he was reared. He claimed Hope in Christ on the evening of the
26th of March 1883 and united sometime later with the Grassy Creek
Missionary Baptist Church, then later by letter was received into the
fellowship of Pigeon Creek Baptist Church. Though the swift and many
changes of life has, like many others, often abused his hope. Yet amidst
the straits and adversities in life clung to the Hope in Christ that he
obtained in early life often saying when ensnared by Satan that the way of
the transgressor was hard. He was married to Mary Phemister about the year
1885. To this marriage 2 daughters were born, one of them Carry Mae passing
away at the age of 12 and in Feb 1917 his wife was taken from him.
Afterward he was married to Elizabeth Samuel, who also preceded him in
death. He was seized and stricken with affliction on the evening of the
27th of March and after 8 days of illness passed away in the home of his
daughter on April 4, 1935 at the age of 66 years, 11 months, y days.
Leaving his daughter, Mrs. [Emma] Sandy Chamness, 6 grandchildren, 4
great-grandchildren, two brothers T.J. [Thomas Jefferson] and Chas. B.
Taylor of Carterville and one sister, Ella Henderson of Carbondale, R.F.D.,
also many relatives and friends. Thus ends the pilgrimage of a rough and
weary life. We hope one day when the storms are all over to meet again.
Goodbye father and grandfather, brother and friend till we meet again.
Charla Schroeder Murphy <charla@shawneelink.net>
Nora Edna Tippy, daughter of Joseph and Melvina Ballard, was born October
27, 1877 near Carterville and departed this life Saturday, March 30, 1940 at
the age of 62 years, 5 months and 3 days.
At an early age she professed faith in Christ and was united with the
Crainville Baptist Church. In the year 1903 she was united in marriage to
James Tippy, who preceeded her in death a few years ago. To this union was
born four sons, namely: Armon [or Irwin?], Loyce, Joe and Oren, all of
Carterville.
There are three half brothers and two half sisters who survive. They are:
J.C. Crain, and William Crain of Carterville, Mit Crain of Marion. Mrs.
Ellen McKean of Taylorville and Mrs. Amos Barth of St. Louis.
Charla Schroeder Murphy <charla@shawneelink.net>
Sister Lena TRAMMEL was born March the 7, 1865 and departed this life April
18, 1909, age 44 years, 1 month and 11 days. She professed faith in Christ
some ten years ago and united with the Anna Baptist Church, Anna, Illinois
and remained a member with this church till death came and took her home.
She was married to Isiah McNEIL and to this union 2 children were born, 1 of
which still remains to feel her loss. She was married to Philip LOYD
November 30, 1890 and to this union were born 9 children, 5 having died in
infancy, 4 still remain to grieve their loss.
Charla Schroeder Murphy <charla@shawneelink.net>
Born: August 3, 1902, Marion, Illinois
Passed Away At: Marion Memorial Hospital
Marion, Illinois
Thursday, August 30, 1984
Aged 82 years and 27 days
Services Held At Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home
Sunday, September 2, 1984 1:30 P.M.
Clergyman: Rev. Kenneth McNeely
Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, Illinois
Cheryl
snickers20@alltel.net
Clarence Raymond Travelstead, 74, 904 E. Reeves, Marion, died Sunday at 9:45
p.m. in Marion Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Harrisburg Feb. 23, 1905 to John O. and Mary Sheer Travelstead.
He was married to Iva M. Lollar in Marion on Sept. 24, 1921.
Mr. Travlestead was a retired coal miner, having worked in the mines for
nearly 50 years, and was a member of the UMWA.
Survivors include his wife, Iva; two daughters, Mrs. Stanton (Juanita) Farhing
of Marion and Mrs. Don (Donna) Nolan of Portland, Ore.; two sons, Robert C.
Travelstead of Carrier Mills and William Raymond Travelstead of Coosbay, Ore.;
eight grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren; one brother, Glen Travelstead of
Marion; and two sisters, Mrs. Verla Nelson, Johnston City and Mrs. Bonnie
Johnson of Marion. He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Mitchell Funeral
Home with Rev. Arthur Joplin and Rev. Waldo Richey officiating. Burial will be
in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at Poordo. Visitation will be held after 4 p.m.
on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Cheryl
snickers20@alltel.net
Born: October 30, 1914
Williamson County, Illinois
Passed away at: Tazewell County, Illinois
Saturday, December 8, 1984
Aged 70 years, 1 month, 8 days
Services Held At: Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home
Tuesday, December 11, 1984 11;00 a.m.
Clergyman: Rev. James Slone
Interment: New Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, Illinois
Cheryl
snickers20@alltel.net
Clarence Travis, 85, of Johnston City, died at 10:10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7,
1995 at Herrin Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10 at Murman and Wilson
Funeral Home in Johnston City with the Revs. Dannie Odle and Danny Campbell
officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at the funeral home.
He was a retired auto mechanic, and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He
was a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Johnston City.
He was born March 16, 1910 in Dunmore, KY to John and Minnie (Bivens) Travis.
He married Freda Oliver, who died on March 12, 1984. He then married Nellie
King on July 4, 1985. She survives.
Other survivors include, one daughter, Barbara Odle of Stockton, Cali.; one
son, Ladell Travis of West Frankfort; one step daughter, Brenda Horn of
Johnston City; two step sons, Danny and Vernon Campbell of Johston City; four
grandchildren, four great grandchildren, six step grandchildren and one step
great grandchild.
He was preceeded in death by his parents, one wife, three sisters and two
brothers.
Cheryl Haight
snickers20@alltel.net
Marion (Illinois) Daily Republican
Saturday August 11,
1923
Woman Buried At Carterville
Funeral services were
conducted Friday at 10:00 a. m. at Carterville for Mrs. Gertie CHAMNESS
WALLACE who died there August 6. Burial was made in Oakwood Cemetery. Rev.
M. M. WHITESIDE of Marion of Marion officiated. Mrs. WALLACE died at the home
of her brother Hug CHAMNESS, of Carterville. She was born February 18, 1877,
and at the time of her death was 36 years, 5 months, and 28 days of
age.
Steve Willson <sswillson@keynet.net>
Thursday,
December 23, 1999 at 17:28:36 (PST)
Mrs. William H. Warder, wife of the Marion attorney, who is
rated as the "Dean" of the Williamson County Bar Association, passed away at
her home at 502 South Market St. at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning.
Meta
Goodall Warder was born in Marion, Illinois, on June 16, 1864, and died at her
home on South Market Street, on March 22, 1935, at 8:30 o'clock A.M. Mrs.
Warder was the daughter of Hardin and Harriet A. Goodall, both of who preceded
her in death. She was married on the 26th day of April, 1882, at Marion,
Illinois, to Attorney William H. Warder, who survives her. They celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary at their home, on April 26,
1932.
Daily Rep.
March 25, 1935
Mary Jo Moore <mjmoore@hcis.net>
Wednesday, July
14, 1999 at 17:46:28 (PDT)
Date of death May 4, 1961
Christina Whittington Powers <cdpowers@ptialaska.net>
April 7, 1915 July 7, 2002
Joh Wisek, age 87 of Marion, passed away at 5:10 p.m., Sunday, July 7, 2002,
in Herrin Hospital. John was born, April 7, 1915, in Williamson County, the
son of Louis and Anna Mary (Issler) Wisek.
John was united in marriage to Margaret Norman, December 24, 1938 in
Charleston, Missouri and they shared over sixty-two years of marriage
together. Margaret passed away, December 11, 2001.
John was a member of Marion Church of God. In his early working years John was
a truck driver, later he was employed by J.C. Ford in Marion and for many
years he was a coal miner, he later worked and retired from Norge in Herrin,
where he worked as a mechanic in the machine shop.
John loved carpentry work and did much of the work on his own home and did
much of his own mechanic work. He wa an avid baseball player and at one time
qualified as a semi-pro. He also loved basketball and even in his later years
he loved to play catch or shoot baskets with his neighbors.
John is survived by one brother, Edwin Nagel of Benton, Illinois; three
sisters and two brothers-in-law, Eula Nagel of Benton, Illinois, Sarah and
Sherman Cardin of Logan, Illinois and Ann and Jesse Newbury of Steger,
Illinois; nine nieces, Roberta Blankenship, Delores Griffin, Elizabeth
Chesley, Margaret Balota, Sharon Thomas, Linda Smith, Lisa Weston, Michelle
Pierce, Brenda Cross, four nephews, Robert Winemiller, Floyd Norman, Gary
Newbury and David Newbury.
He was proceeded in death by his parents; his wife, Margaret Wisek; two
sisters, Hannah Wisek Mayer and Bertha Nagel Norman; two brothers, Joseph
Nagel and Ervin Nagel.
The funeral services for John E. Wisek will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday,
July 11, 2002 at the Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home in Marion, Illinois with
Pastor Arthur Joplin officiating. Burial will follow in Old Rose Hill Cemetery
in Marion.
The visitation for the family and friends will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at the Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home, P.O. Box 370,
Marion,IL 62959.
Cheryl
snickers20@alltel.net
August 1, 1909 December 11, 2001
Age: 92 years 4 months and 10 days
Margaret Wisek, age 92, of Marion, passed away at 11:40 p.m., on Tuesday,
December 11, 2001, in Marion Memorial Hospital.
She was born on August 1, 1909, just north of Marion, near Spillertown, the
daughter of Herny and Josie (Travelstead) Norman.
Margaret was united in marriage to John Wisek on December 24, 1938, at
Charleston, Missouri. Together they have enjoyed nearly sixty-three years of
marriage.
She wa a long-time member of the Church of God of Marion.
Margaret was a devoted wife to her busband, John. She spent much of her time
seeing to his needs and taking career of her home. Seeing that everything was
in its place and well kept, brought her much satisfaction.
She leaves behind her husband, John of Marion, several nieces, nephews,
cousins, other family members and many friends.
All who knew her will miss her gentle smile and pleasant attitude.
She was preceded in death by her parents, sister, half-sister and
half-brother.
The funeral service for Margaret Wisek will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
December 15th, 2001, at Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home of Marion, with Rev.
Arthur Joplin officiating.
Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery of Marion.
A time of visitation for family and friends will be held on Friday evening the
14th of December, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Cheryl
snickers20@alltel.net
Monday October 6,
1924
Marion Daily Republican, page 3
Herrin Man was Electrocuted
Harry S. Woolsey of the Herrin Ice and Cold Storage
Company was electrocuted Sunday morning about 10 minutes before 5 o’clock
while working on the electric crane at that place.
Mr. Woolsey went to O.V.
Naumer, manager of the plant early in the morning and told him the hoist was
down. Two cans of ice were stalled in a diptank. Inspection revealed that a
rubber was burnt out of one the tubes on the machine and dropped down. Mr.
Woolsey took hold of the rod to reverse the motor and a little plunger on the
end of the coil dropped down and his body made the ground.
The manager run
and pulled the switch off and Mr. Woolsey fell into the tank nearby. He was
carried to a platform where two doctors, Dr. Kane and Dr. Wallman both of
Herrin were called. The mine rescue team was unable to help him.
Mr.
Woolsey was 37 years of age. He was married and had four children. He was an
engineer for the Ice Plant at the time of his death.
The coroner was called
and a jury composed of Fred Stimon; foreman, M.W. Snyder, Geo. Hamilton, Tom
Howell, Virgil Owen and James Bratcher returned the following verdict; We the
undersigned jurors sworn to inquire into the death of Harry L. Woolsey, on
oath do find the he came to his death by being electrocuted while handling
electreic crane at the plant of the Herrin Ice and Cold Storage Company while
in the discharge of his duty.
Bailey Williams <baileywilliams@home.com>
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