1997
Wayne County Press Obituary Summaries
Originally saved and organized by Verla Morris & Bettie Wheat
Transcribed
with permission from above October, 2008 by Michael J. Von Gebel in conjunction
with Laurie Selpien, if you would like an actual copy of the obituary you can
email me at vongoebel@hotmail.com
Michael Josef Von Gebel
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Name |
Birthdate |
Death Date |
Married |
Buried |
Date of Obit |
Father/Mother |
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Adams, Duane T. |
Aug. 8, 1918, Wayne Co. |
Aug. 24, 1997, Greenwood, IN |
Helen Louise Shepherd, Aug. 8, 1939, Golden Gate |
Bethel Cem., nr. Ellery |
Aug. 26, 1997, WCP |
Thomas & Elsie Bailey Adams |
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Adams, Forrest A. |
Jan. 9, 1916, Chicago |
Apr. 12, 1997, Jonesboro, AR |
Sonya Novak |
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Apr. 21, 1997, WCP |
Henry T. & Evelyn Emer Newby Adams |
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Alexander, Opal M. |
Mar. 4, 1914, Flora, IL |
Sep. 4, 1997, Flora, IL |
Orville Alexander, Aug. 2, 1948, Robinson, died Oct. 20, 1974 |
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Sep. 8, 1997, WCP |
Fred & Bertha Valbert Gibson |
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Allan, Marjorie Opal |
Sep. 26, 1911, Golden Gate |
Mar. 21, 1997, Clinton, IL |
Andrew Allan, Aug. 31, 1935 |
DeWitt Cem., nr. Clinton |
Mar. 24, 1997, WCP |
Charles & Mary Jane Tackett Headley |
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Allardin, Guy P. |
Mar. 25, 1917, Hamilton Co. |
Apr. 4, 1997, McLeansboro |
Ava Knight, Dec. 9, 1937 |
Mt. Olivet Cem, McLeansboro |
Apr. 7, 1997, WCP |
Charles H. & Mary Frances Dugan Allardin |
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Allen, Bob Eugene |
Aug. 2, 1927, Johnsonville |
Aug. 12, 1997, DuQuoin, IL |
Hilda Mangin, May 5, 1967, Nashville, IL |
Sunset Memorial Park, DuQuoin, IL |
Aug. 14, 1997, WCP |
Theron & Laura Richardson Allen; WWII |
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Allen, James Austin |
Sep. 10, 1913, Akin, IL |
Aug. 4, 1997, DuQuoin, IL |
Ida Marie Robinson, Sep. 16, 1935, died April 19,1997 |
Maple Hill Cem., Sesser, IL |
Aug. 4, 1997, WCP |
Everett & Minnie Davis, Allen |
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Allen, Virginia |
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Mar. 23, 1997, Bowling Green, KY |
Wendell L. Allen, dec'd |
Clifton General Baptist Ch. Cem. In Kentucky |
Mar. 24, 1997, WCP |
Ewing & Artie Beatrice Cooksey Pruitt |
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Aman, Garvis |
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Aug. 19, 1997, Teague, TX |
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Texas |
Feb. 21, 1997, WCP |
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Amerman, Elsie M. |
Mar. 29, 1930, Wayne Co. |
Aug. 6, 1997, Olney, IL |
Sam G. Amerman, Jan. 29, 1947, died Oct. 28, 1979 |
Haven Hill Cem, Olney |
Aug. 11, 1997, WCP |
P.J. & Hattie Gardner Brummit |
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Anderson, Edna L. |
Dec. 22, 1905, Wayne Co. |
Jan. 14, 1997, Mendota |
Russell Anderson, Mar. 28, 1924, died Dec. 31, 1982 |
Restland Cem., Mendota |
Jan. 20, 1997, WCP |
Sheridan B. & Emma Good Thomason |
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Anselment, Florence Tina |
Mar. 22, 1917, Hamilton Co. |
Apr. 1, 1997, Jerseyville |
Martin J. Anselment, Sep. 7, 1937, Piopolis, died 1967 |
St. Johns Cem., McLeansboro |
Apr. 3, 1997, WCP |
George & Katherine Rubenacker Roesch |
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Armstrong, Otis Lee |
Oct. 16, 1943, Fairfield |
Aug. 22, 1997, Tyler, TX |
Joyce Hildenbrand, Jun. 6, 1965 |
Pleasant Hill Cem., Overton, TX |
Aug. 26, 1997, WCP |
Otis & Sylvia Jackson Armstrong |
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Atherton, Emily E. |
Dec. 29, 1919, Ballard Co. , KY |
May 11, 1997, Paducah, KY |
R. Perkins Atherton |
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May 12, 1997, WCP |
Thomas Buckner & Birdie Fisher Myers |
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Austin, Jack E. |
Oct. 27, 1928, Wayne Co. |
Mar. 7, 1997, Wayne City |
Mary Hilliegist |
Thomason Cem. |
Mar. 10, 1997, WCP |
Roe & Lula Linder Austin |
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Aydt, Elizabeth |
Sep. 26, 1929, Chicago |
Dec. 10, 1997, Palos Heights, IL |
Robert Aydt |
St. John's Cem., nr. Dahlgren |
Dec. 15, 1997, WCP |
Herman & Loretta Markatak Fechtner |
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Ayers, Jesse L. |
Jul 26, 1909, Orchardville |
Jan. 20, 1997, Fairfield |
Lillian Lambrich Daubs, abt 1965 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Feb 23, 1997, WCP |
James Logan & Laura Wolf Ayers |
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Ayers, Leslie |
Aug. 16, 1907, Wayne Co. |
Aug. 27, 1997, Salem, IL |
Marie H. Lowns, Nov. 12, 1927, Streator, IL, died Jan. 13, 1993 |
Bethel Memorial Cem., Mt. Vernon |
Sep. 1, 1997, WCP |
John C. & Ellen Duncan Ayers |
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Bailey, Carl |
Oct. 8, 1899, Edwards Co. |
Jul. 7, 1997, Fairfield |
M1- Ina Mae St. Ledger, Feb. 1, 1922, died Aug. 9, 1976; M2- Edna Ruth Hill |
Graceland Cem., Albion |
Jul. 10, 1997, WCP |
Eugene & Ellen Snidel Bailey |
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Bailey, Floyd |
Dec. 2, 1901, Edwards Co. |
Aug. 14, 1997, Fairfield |
Emily Ile, 1921, died Jun. 18, 1995 |
West Village Cem. Nr. Albion, IL |
Aug. 18, 1997, WCP |
Eugene & Ellen Snidel Bailey |
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Baker, Caroll Ray |
|
Sep. 7, 1997, Mahtomedi, MN |
Judy Renee |
Lakeview Cem., Mahtomedi, MN |
Sep. 15, 1997, WCP |
Charles & Mildred Eickleberry Baker |
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Baker, Harol L. |
|
Nov. 30, 1997, Waterford, MI |
Wanda (????), dec'd |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Dec. 4, 1997, WCP |
US Army Veteran |
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Baker, Hattie E. |
Sep. 12, 1911, Grover Twp. |
Dec. 19, 1997, Fairfield |
Everett Baker, died Feb. 10, 1994 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Dec. 22, 1997, WCP |
Sam & Grace McRill Mercer |
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Baker, Jesse |
Sep. 1, 1909, Sims, IL |
Sep. 27, 1997, Fairfield |
Mary Lou Curry, Dec. 24, 1934 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Sep. 29, 1997, WCP |
Loren E. & Laura Jones Baker |
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Baker, William |
Nov. 24, 1951, McLeansboro |
Nov. 11, 1997, St. Louis, MO |
Sherry Keyser, Dec. 9, 1983, Wayne Co. |
Brush Harbor Cem. |
Nov. 13, 1997, WCP |
Clyde M. & Joie Greene Baker |
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Balding, Anna |
Apr. 25, 1901, Wayne Co. |
Jul. 18, 1997, Albion |
Alva Balding, Sep. 29, 1924, Eldorado, died Feb. 27, 1963 |
Graceland Cem., Albion |
Jul. 21, 1997, WCP |
John & Alice Nicholson Ramsey |
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Balding, Eloise |
Feb. 13, 1918, McLeansboro |
Mar. 12, 1997, Mt. Carmel |
Raymond Balding, Oct. 30, 1934, Edwards Co., died Jun 11, 1975 |
Oak Grove Cem., Grayville |
Mar. 13, 1997, WCP |
David C. & Grace Porterfield Berg |
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Bannon, Willard |
Jan. 21, 1906 |
Mar. 20, 1997, Grayville |
Mildred L. Pfeiger, 1935, died Sep. 5, 1995 |
Oak Grove Cem., Grayville |
Mar. 24,1 997, WCP |
George W. & Sarah McIntyre Bannon |
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Barbre, John Jr. |
Nov. 15, 1929, Nr. Centerville, IL |
Oct. 16, 1997, St. Louis, MO |
Donna C. Brown, Oct. 2, 1954 |
White County Memorial Gardens, Carmi, IL |
Oct. 20, 1997, WCP |
John E. & Mary Winters Barbre; Korean War |
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Bare, George William |
Nov. 28, 1927, Bennington |
May 21, 1997, Evansville, IN |
Ruth Nettleton, Aug., 1947 |
Graceland Cem., Albion |
May 22, 1997, WCP |
Roy & Lillie Morris Bare |
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Barlow, Kenneth |
Oct. 31, 1929, Carmi |
May 20, 1997, McLeansboro |
Dottie Trout, Dec. 14, 1968, died Jan. 20, 1989 |
Bruce Chapel Cem., Carmi, IL |
May 22, 1997, WCP |
William Howard & Elizabeth Hertlein Barlow; Korean War |
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Barnett, Ernest Martin |
|
Apr. 25, 1997, Evansville, IN |
Ellen (????) |
Maple Grove Cem., Boonville |
May 1, 1997, WCP |
Koren War Vet |
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Barnfield, Marie |
Jun. 4, 1930, Van, TX |
Oct. 9, 1997, Mich. |
Gene Barnfield, Mar. 4, 1951, Cisne |
Cisne Cem. |
Oct. 13, 1997, WCP |
Columbus & Nellie Mae Ribble Morris |
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Barth, Ronald P. |
Feb. 16, 1944, Washington, IN |
Dec. 27, 1996, Lexington, KY |
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Jan. 20, 1997, WCP |
Reuben Jr. & Doris Backes Barth |
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Bashore, Eva Mae |
Jan. 18, 1924, Wayne Co. |
Apr. 17, 1997, Evansville, IN |
Don Bashore, Jul. 27, 1946 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Apr. 21, 1997, WCP |
Kelly & Hazel Gregg Dawson |
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Bassett, Delmar Warren |
Dec. 3, 1921, Louisville |
Sep. 25, 1997, Flora, IL |
Melva Rose Hammond, 1946; |
Oskaloose Cem., Nr. Xenia, IL |
Sep. 24, 1997, WCP |
Albert & Estella Wiseman Bassett; Veteran |
|
Bassett, Larry George |
Jan. 16, 1944, Fairfield |
May 17, 1997, Joliet, IL |
|
Joliet, IL |
May 19, 1997, WCP |
Floyd & Catherine Hatlett Bassett |
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Bassett, Norman |
Jun. 27, 1920, Mill Shoals |
Aug. 26, 1997, Evansville, IN |
M1- Bertha Bloodworth, died 1980; M2-Wilma Smith, Dec. 16, 1984 |
Enfield Cem. |
Aug. 28, 1997, WCP |
Alfred & Alta Files Bassett; WWII |
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Beal, Mildred |
Nov. 30, 1915, Wayne Co. |
Jul. 17, 1997, Flora, IL |
Glen Beal, Apr. 21, 1934, died Jan. 15, 1992 |
Elmwood Cem., Flora |
Jul. 21, 1997, WCP |
Jonas W. Jr. & Sarah Patterson Zimmerman |
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Bean, Harold A. |
Jun. 15, 1913, Wayne Co. |
Nov. 8, 1997, Fairfield |
Pauline Miller, Dec. 18, 1965 |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Nov. 10, 1997, WCP |
Ralph W. & Elsie Worley Bean |
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Bennett, Allen |
Oct. 11, 1919, Edwards Co., IL |
Sep., 1997, Newburgh, IN |
Wilma Walker, Mar. 16, 1939, died Jan. 6, 1981 |
Little Wabash Cem., West Salem, IL |
Sep. 29, 1997, WCP |
Ellis & Amy Guyot Bennett; WWII |
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Bennett, Amy |
May 2, 1901, Edwards Co. |
Jun. 26, 1997, Grayville |
Ellis Bennett, Apr. 16, 1919, Edwards Co., died Jun. 26, 1982 |
Little Wabash Cem., West Salem, IL |
Jun. 30, 1997, WCP |
Wiley & Luella Voight Guyot |
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Bennett, Gaylon |
Apr. 12, 1914, Wayne Co. |
Jul. 9, 1997, St. Charles, MO |
Juanita Brockfeld, 1956 |
Jefferson Barracks National Cem. |
Jul. 10, 1997, WCP |
Doc P. & Lulu Boyle Bennett; WWII |
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Bennett, Mortie A. |
Feb. 8, 1909, Xenia, IL |
Mar. 23, 1997, Homosassa Springs, FL |
Mary E. Sandborn |
cremated |
Mar. 24, 1997, WCP |
John A. & Lela Scott Bennett; WWII US Army |
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Berg, Doris L. |
Oct. 17, 1930, Campbell, MO |
Aug. 29, 1997, Rockford |
Carroll O. Berg Sr., Jun. 3, 1948, Albion, died May 13, 1988 |
Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling, IL |
Sep. 8, 1997, WCP |
Lemuel A. & Alma E. Ashworth Masterson |
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Bible, Alice V. |
Apr. 11, 1911, Clay County |
Mar. 26, 1997, Flora, IL |
Deon Bible, died Apr. 10, 1977 |
Orchard Hill Cem., nr. Louisville |
Mar. 27, 1997, WCP |
Fred & Mary Williams VanHouten |
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Bilski, John A. |
Oct. 1, 1922, Norway, MI |
Jun. 24, 1997, Nashville, TN |
Naoma McKneelen |
Middle Tennessee Veterans Cem. |
Jul. 10, 1997, WCP |
Andrew & Victoria Bilski; WWII |
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Birk, Gladys Savage |
Sep. 27, 1917, Enfield, IL |
Dec. 26, 1997, Carmi, IL |
Charles L. Birk, Aug. 20, 1949, died Jul. 28, 1971 |
St. Patrick's Cem., Enfield |
Dec. 29, 1997, WCP |
Frank A. & Harriet E. Lockwood Savage |
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Bishop, John D. |
Jun. 25, 1964, Fairfield |
Nov. 20, 1997, Wayne City |
never married |
Maple Hill Cem. |
Nov. 24, 1997, WCP |