Bureau County, IL Obituaries and Death Notices
CLARENCE R. JACOBS
From Melva L. Taylor
Sterling Gazette
April 3, 1957 - Wednesday, pg 2
CLARENCE R. JACOBS - of Princeton, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at his farm home north of Princeton. He was born June 15, 1902 in Montmorency Township, the son of Frank H. and Sophie Ditz Jacobs. He graduated from Sterling High School with the class of 1920 and attended Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where he received recognition for his research in accoustics.
For many years he was an accoustical engineer for the Columbia Broadcasting System, New York, leaving there seven years ago because of impaired health. He married to Margaret Gibson who survives him, together with his son, Terry, a freshman at the University of Illinois.
He also leaves two sisters, Misses Cora and Lula Jacobs and a brother, Dr. H. M. Jacobs. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 4, in the Rock Island Whelan Funeral Home, with burial in Rock Island.
Aaron Jeffers
Taken From the Henry Republican
March 4, 1880
Whitefield Corners
Aaron Jeffers died of lung fever last Friday. He had been sick but a short time; was buried the Sunday following in the village graveyard. He was one of our best men. He leaves a wife and one child in comfortable circumstances.
KEVIN F. JENSEN
From Melva L. Taylor
The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
September 17, 1973 - Monday, pg 2
KEVIN F. JENSEN - Princeton: Kevin Jensen Dies In Accident - Kevin F. Jensen, 21, RR4, Princeton, who was injured in an auto accident Saturday, died at St. Anthony's Hospital in Rockford, Saturday. Funeral services will be held at St. Louis Catholic Church with the Mass of the Resurrection at 11 a.m. Tuesday with his uncle, the Rev. Robert F. Devine, officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Sterling. Friends may call at the Norberg Memorial Home from 2-9 p.m. Monday. A scipture wake will be held at 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Kevin Jensen was born June 14, 1952 at Prineton, the son of Mary E. Devine Jensen and the late William P. Jensen. He attended Princeton schools and was a student at Northern Illinois University. He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church, Princeton.
Survivors include his mother, and nine brothers, William, Atkinson; Robert, Rockford; John, Princeton; James, Tiskilwa; Gary, Angola, Ind.; Greg, Princeton; Lawrence, Princeton; Thomas, student at Knox College, Galesburg; and Steven, at home. He was preceded in death by his father in 1961.
PATARICIA M. (Kennedy) JIRIK
Contributed by Melva L. Taylor
The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois May 29, 1996 - Wednesday, pg A2
Ohio: - Patricia M. Jirik, 65, of Ohio, died Tuesday, May 28, 1996, at Perry Memorial Hospital, Princeton. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Garland Funeral Home, Walnut, with the Rev. Gordon Grant, pastor of Hampshire Colony Congregational Church, Princeton, officiating. Burial will be at Union Cemetery, Ohio. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Jirik was born March 15, 1931, in Chicago, the daughter of Joseph Francis and Eugenia (MontMarquette) Kennedy. She married Ronald E. Jirik on June 24, 1950, in Berwyn. He died on June 19, 1993. She operated a ceramic shop and was a bookkepper for her husband's contracting business. Survivors include two daughter, Pam (Charles) Gonigam--, and Susan (Ernest) Joa----, Kasson, Minn., five grandchildren, one sister, Valarie Calu---- of Buffalo Grove; one brother, Thomas Kennedy of Atkin--- and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.
HJALMAR JOHNSON
Contributed by Melva L. Taylor
Sterling Gazette March 21, 1957 - Thursday, pg 2
Walnut: - Hjalmar Johnson, 81, died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday at the Rest Haven Nursing Home at Dixon following an illness of two years. The body was removed to the Ross Funeral Home where friends may call Friday evening. Services will be conducted at the funeral home Saturday at 2:30 p.m., the Rev. E. V. Hallock, pstor of the Walnut Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Walnut Cemetery.
Mr.Johnson was born Sept. 23, 1875, in Sweden. He came to the United States in 1891 and was married to Alma Stromberg in St. Louis, Mo., in 1897. They came to Walnut to live 10 years ago. Mrs. Johnson died in 1950.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Howard Jaquet, Mrs. Philip Magnuson, both of Walnut; four granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Amanda Lindquist, San Franciso, Calif., and two brothers, Emil Johnson, St. Louis, Mo.; and Herman Johnson, in Sweden
Contributed by Melva L. Taylor
The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
August 26, 1977 - Friday, pg 10
Manlius: - Nels August Johnson, 95, Manlius, retired farmer and maintenance man at Manlius schools died Thursday at Colonial Acres Rest Home, Rock Falls.
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Trinity Lutheran Church at Manlius. Burial will be in Manlius Cemetery. No formal visitation will be observed. However, persons may call at the Howard Johnson Funeral Home Saturday evening from 7-9 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the church or to the Manlius Rescue Unit.
Nels Johnson was born Sept. 13, 1882 in Fairfield Township, Bureau County, the son of Lewis and Melinda Swanson Johnson. He married Blanche Stenros in 1911 and she died in 1925. He married Mary Whetstone May 15, 1926 at Dixon. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church and had taught a Sunday School class for 37 years. He had graduated from an engineering school.
Survivors include his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Floyd (Helen) Woodin, Polo; two sons, Arthur Champaign and Eldon, Buda, seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Orville, one grandchild, two brothers and six sisters.
RICHARD LEROY JOHNSON
Contributed by Melva L. Taylor
The Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illiniois June 20, 1957 - Thursday, pg 2
Richard L. Johnson, Wyanet, Dies Suddenly
Manlius: - Richard Leroy Johnson, Wyanet, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Johnson, died suddenly at his home Wednesday. The body was removed to the Howard Johnson Funeral home where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. It will be taken to the family home east of Manlius at 10 a.m. Friday, to remain until noon. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. (CST) at the Manlius Baptist Church, the Rev. Norman officiating. Burial will be in the Manlius Cemetery.
Richard Johnson was born Sept. 22, 1945 at Princeton, the son of Everett and Dorothy Spratt Johnson.
Survivors are his parents, one sister, Darlene; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spratt, Princeton; and his paternal grandfather, Peter Johnson.
William O.Jones
From Melva L. Taylor
Sterling Gazette
April 3, 1957 - Wednesday, pg 2
Manlius: - William O.Jones, 99, retired businessman and oldest resident of the Manlius area, died Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bert B. Miller, after an extended illness. The body was removed to the Howard Johnson Funeral Home where friends may call Friday evening from 7 to 9. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Manlius Cemetery.
Mr. Jones was born July 1, 1857, at Malden, the son of William and Lucinda Jones. He was married to Ella Pope on Feb. 15, 1883, at DePue. He was engaged in various businesses in the Manlius community for a number of years.
Survivors, in addition to his daughter, Mrs. Miller, with whom he made his home, are Mrs. Cora Scholle, San Gabriel, Calif.; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, two sons and one daughter.
Mrs. Ortha Jorgensen (nee Hartz)
Dec 26, 1974 Sterling Gazette - Donated by Margaret Mangers
Ortha Jorgensen Dies Wednesday
Manlius – Mrs. Lester (Ortha) Elizabeth Jorgensen, 61, rural Sheffield, died Wednesday at her home.
Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Denby Cain officiating. a memorial has been established to the Trinity Lutheran Church Fund Manlius. Burial will be in the Manlius Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Howard-Johnson Funeral Home Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Ortha E. Jorgensen was born Aug. 4, 1913, to George and Priscilla Dale Hartz in Manlius Township. She married Lester Jorgensen, June 9, 1937 in Manlius township. She was a retired grade school teacher. Survivors include her husband, one daughter, Mrs. William (Ila Dale) Pavesic, Elk Grove; one grandson, two sisters, Mrs. Chalmer (Mary) Alters and Mrs. William (Nellie) House, both of Princeton; one brother, James Hartz, Manlius. She was preceded by her parents, four brothers, one sister.