Kankakee County Obits

Mrs. David Greenawalt
Mother of Ray Greenawalt Dies in Illinois; Was 93
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Greenawalt were grieved Saturday evening when they received a message telling of the death of the former's mother, Mrs. David Greenawalt which occurred that evening at her home southeast of Momence, Ill., following an illness of only about an hour. She was 93 years old. She is survived by six children, three having preceded her in death. Also twenty-one grandchildren and twenty great - grandchildren. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church in Momence, of which she was a member and was attended by many sorrowing relatives and friends. Those attending from Monon were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Greenawalt and daughter, Margery, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Legan, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Lamport and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gross. [The Monon News December 19, 2009 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

Rev. John T. Smith
(Buried in Manteno - Kankakee County)
Funeral Rites Held For Rev. Smith Wednesday
Funeral services for The Rev. John T. Smith, administrator of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, who died suddenly, was conducted Wednesday, with a solemn mass in Sacred Heart Church, with The Most Rev. L. T. Lane, bishop of the Rockford diocese, the celebrant. The body had been taken to the church Monday afternoon from the Grennan and Son Funeral Home to lie in state until the hour of the services. Later the body was taken overland to Manteno, Ill., where burial services were conducted Thursday morning in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Bishop Lane was assisted at the requiem mass by the Rev. Frank Bonnike, St. Mary Church, as deacon; Rev. Michael Shanahan, director of the diocesan Catholic Charities, subdeacon; Rev. Edward Coakley, St. Patrick's Church, McKenry, and Rev. Raymond Gordon, St. Bridget's Love's Park, deacons of honor; Rev. Donald Shuler, Rockford, master of ceremonies, assisted by Rev. John Moroney, St. Mary Church, Sterling; Rev. Walter Roberts Immaculate Conception Church, Fulton, preacher.
Others assisting were Rev. Daniel Geohagan, chaplain of St. Anthony's Hospital, Rockford; Rev. William Boland, St. Mary's, Morrison; Rev. Paul Kimkel, Byron; Rev. Lawrence London, assistant pastor of St. Andrew's, Rock Falls; Rev Thomas Green, St. Patrick's, Dixon. The mass was sung by the Priests' Choir of the Rockford Diocese. There were about 100 clergy in attendance, as well as a large number of nuns from St. Mary parish and from the surrounding community. The active pallbearers were Paul Loos, Jr., Carl Gartner, Donald Hutten, Chester Anning, John Barthelme, and Al Dieterle. Honorary pallbearers were Roland Devine, John McDonnell, B. E. Austin, William Doyle, Edward Mee and Dr. F. L. Rubright.
The Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illiinoi May 31, 1957 - Friday, pg 6 - Submitted by Melva L. Taylor

Mary E. Porter
DIES IN ILLINOIS -- Ray Greenawalt, daughter Margery and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Legan went to Kankakee. Ill. Wednesday morning of last week and in the afternoon attended funeral services for Mrs. Greenawalt's mother, Mrs. Mary E. Porter, at the First Baptist church in Momence, Ill. Mrs. Porter passed away November 3rd at St. Mary's hospital in Kankakee at the age of 81 years. Mrs. Greenawalt, who had been at Kankakee two weeks, returned home with her family Wednesday evening. [Monon, Indiana - Friday, November 14, 1941 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]