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 Webb, Richard Golden
CHENOA - Richard Golden Webb, 78, of Chenoa died at 2:35 a.m. Sunday (Sept. 25, 1994) at his home.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Chenoa, the Rev. Robert Adelsperger officiating. Burial will be in Chenoa Cemetery, with full military rites accorded by the Chenoa Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8350. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today at the memorial home. He was born Feb. 29, 1916, at Campbellsville, Ky., the son of Thomas Franklin and Mary Elizzie Willis Webb. He married Annie R. Rice on Nov. 21, 1945, in Lebanon, Ky. She survives. Also surviving are three sons, Richard R. Webb, Gridley; T. Mark Webb, Campbellsville, Ky.; and Timothy M. Webb, Bloomington; two daughters, Wanda M. Martin and Ritta G. Tungate, both of Chenoa; two brothers, Cecil Webb and Marshall Webb, both of Campbellsville, Ky.; three sisters, Justeen Judd and Ruby Heisten, both of Campbellsville, Ky.; and Maxine Lyons, Mannsville, Ky.; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. After moving from Campbellsville to Chenoa in 1950, he farmed in the Chenoa area for 23 years. He also worked as a custodian at Chenoa Grade School and later at Chenoa High School, retiring in 1980. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Chenoa.
A member of Chenoa VFW Post 8350, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a private first class in the 124th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Memorials may be made to the Richard Golden Webb Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home.
[The Daily Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois] (Moncelle Family Records)
Whitwood, Raymond E
HUDSON - The memorial service for Raymond E. Whitwood, 87, of Sorento, Fla., formerly of Hudson, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Froelich Memorial Home, El Paso, the Rev. Richard Riley officiating. Inurnment will be at Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso. There will be no visitation. He died Saturday (May 9, 1998) at Central Park Village, Orlando, Fla. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Mr. Whitwood was born Dec. 2, 1910, in Hudson, a son of Edward and Ella Olson Whitwood. He married Josephine Gildersleeve on Sept. 18, 1942. She survives. He is also survived by three daughters, Juanita Causey of Iowa City, Iowa; Peggy Morgan of Millersville, Md.; and Susan Bird of Letts, Iowa; one sister, Juanita Schwartz, Bloomington; one brother, Donald Whitwood, Hudson; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters. Mr. Whitwood was a member of Avid Gardener and Iowa Beekeepers Association.
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Whitwood, Josephine Gildersleeve
EL PASO - Josephine Whitwood, 88, of Muscatine, Iowa, formerly of El Paso, died at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at the Bickford Cottage in Muscatine. Born Aug. 1, 1914, in Normal to Joseph and Bertha Starkey Gildersleeve, she married Raymond Whitwood on Sept. 18, 1942. He died May 8, 1998. She also was preceded in death by an infant daughter. Survivors include three daughters, Juanita Causey of Iowa City, Iowa, Peggy Morgan of Millersville, Md., and Susan Bird of Letts, Iowa; seven grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; one stepgreatgrandchild; and two sisters, Dorothy Stotler of Hudson and Louise Huizenga of Danforth. She was a member of Wesleyan United Methodist Church in Muscatine. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at RuestmanHarris Funeral Home. Inurnment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
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William, Edward
COLFAX - (PNS) - Edward Williams, 67, a rural Colfax farmer, died of a heart condition at 7:25 a.m. Sunday at Gibson Community Hospital at Gibson City. He had been ill six days. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Harper Funeral Home, with the Rev. Malcom Norment officiating. Burial will be in Wiley Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. He was born near Lexington, Feb. 20, 1891, a son of John and Elizabeth Williams. He married Mattie Harms in November of 1911 at Bloomington. Surviving are his wife; two sons, John E., Lane; Wane B., Colfax; two brothers, Richard A., Danvers; Roland, Fort Dodge, Iowa; a sister, Mwynen Crippes, Fort Dodge, Iowa, and three grandchildren.
[25 Jan 1959 - The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois - Moncelle Family Records]
Winter, B B "Bill"
B.B. "Bill" Winter, 78, of 504 Patterson Drive, Bloomington, a retired farmer and insurance/investing agent, died at 12:03 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 16, 1994) at BroMenn Lifecare Center, Bloomington. His graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Smith Grove Cemetery, Towanda, the Revs. Blake Duncan and Donald Nester officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Beck Memorial Home, Bloomington, where the Towanda Masonic Lodge will conduct Masonic services at 7 p.m. Mr. Winter was born Feb. 5, 1916, at Bloomington, a son of Albert and Ethel Rhodes Winter. He married Elizabeth Jones April 12, 1939, at Bloomington. She died Nov. 4, 1983. He married Nola Purkey Smith June 30, 1984, at Bloomington. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, David, San Diego, and Roger, Dallas; one brother, Roger Winter, Houston; one stepdaughter, Robin Wilmeth, Columbia, S.C.; one stepson, David Smith, 7 Pembrook Circle, Bloomington; six grandchildren; and three stepgrandchildren. Mr. Winter was an Illinois Wesleyan University graduate in 1938 and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity at IWU. He was a farmer, retiring in 1956, and an insurance and investing agent for Great West Life Insurance Co. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Bloomington Consistory and the Mohammed Temple Shrine, Peoria. Mr. Winter was an avid golfer and fisherman and a member of Bloomington Country Club and Ducks Unlimited. He also was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Bloomington; McLean County Farm Bureau; and the Corn Belt Council of Boy Scouts. On May 8, 1968, Mr. Winter received the Silver Beaver, Boy Scouting's most distinguished adult award. Memorials may be made to his church or to a Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.
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