GALVA, IL–JOHN F. JACO, 70, of Galva died at 11:25 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, 1998, at St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg.
Born Nov. 12, 1927, in Jackson, Mo., to Curtis and Sudy Jane Beri Jaco, he married Anna M. Bowman on May 2, 1953, in Lebanon, Ky. She died March 4, 1993. Two brothers also preceded him in death.
Surviving are five sons, Charlie, Dave and John, all of Galva, Dean of Michigan and Doug of Kewanee; three daughters, Mrs. Carl (Sandy) Staff of Muscatine, Iowa, and Mrs. Bruce (Vivian) Welch and Mrs. Mike (Jackie) Fjeld, both of Kewanee; one brother, Paul of Delta, Mo.; three sisters, Stella Brown and Hetti McClard, both of Delta, and Blanche Foster of California; and 13 grandchildren.
He was a Korean War Army veteran.
He was a welder at Hyster, IME and the Galva Foundry. He also owned a welding business in the Galva area.
He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Galva.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Rux Funeral Home in Galva, where visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Galva Cemetery, where military rites will be conducted by the Galva Fusiliers.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. --Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) - November 8, 1998.

Colorado Springs, CO--CUTIS LOYD JAMES, 73, of Colorado Springs died Wednesday at his home. He was a heavy equipment operator for a private contractor.
Visitation will be from 8 to 11:30 a.m. today at J.M. Antle Funeral Home, 325 E. Main St., Walsenburg. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home with the Rev. Mark Anderson officiating. Burial will be at the Upper Huerfano Cemetery, Gardner.
Mr. James was born June 27, 1916, in Millersville, Mo. He lived in Huerfano County before moving to Colorado Springs in 1988. Mr. James was a member of Operating Engineers Union Local 9.
He was married June 23, 1939, to Geraldine Nessen, who survives. Mr. James also is survived by two sons, Jeff and Jerry, both of Colorado Springs; a daughter, Judy Latham of Silt; a brother, Joseph of Pueblo; a sister, Mildred Tirey of Walsenburg; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Mr. James had a daughter, Susan, who died before him.
--Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO) - June 23, 1990


SCOTT CITY - MARIE F. GLASS JOHNSON, 93, died at 10:20 p.m. Nov. 5, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
Born Dec. 30, 1907, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of the late Charles D. and Bertha Dunnigan Frazier, she worked for Brown's Shoe Fit in Cape Girardeau for 20 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Scott City.
On July 8, 1925, she married Martin Glass who preceded her in death on Feb. 19, 1952.
She later married Harry "Jack" Johnson who also preceded her in death.
Survivors include: one son, Gawayne "Sonny" Glass of Cape Girardeau; two stepsons, Kenneth Johnson of Cape Girardeau and Jack Johnson of Frankfurt, Ky.; one daughter, Mary Ellen Dover of Cape Girardeau; and 18 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one son, one sister and one great-grandson.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City, where services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Terry Eads, officiating.
Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery at Cape Girardeau.
–Sikeston Standard Democrat, Wednesday, November 7, 2001

Cape Girardeau, MO--LLOYD ALVIN JONES, 80, Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, January 14, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, MO. No services are scheduled. His remains will be interred in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO.
Mr. Jones was born December 16, 1916, in Stillings, MO, the son of John Rufus and Hazel Irene Orendorff Jones. He married Myrtle McGinnis on October 24, 1936, in Liberty, MO. She preceded him in death on June 20, 1988. He later married Katrina Moffett Kesterson on January 3, 1974, in Cape Girardeau, MO. She preceded him in death on June 22, 1994.
Mr. Jones was a member of the First Baptist Church of Leeds, MO. He was also a member of V.F.W. Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau. He was a truck driver for Dealers Transport of Kansas City, MO, and Schwerman Trucking Company of Milwaukee, WI, retiring in 1978. He is survived by two sons, Kenneth A. Jones, Liberty, MO, and Gary Wayne Jones, London, England; one stepson, Alan Kesterson, St. Peter's, MO; one daughter, Debra Jean Jones, Englewood, CO; six grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren. (Arrangements: Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Cape Girardeau, MO)  --Kansas City Star, The (MO) - January 18, 1997