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| 1 | Leo H. 'Bo' Hibbs BIRTH 12 Apr 1907 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA DEATH 17 Nov 1993 (aged 86) Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA MEMORIAL ID 20304813 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 1 Leo H. "Bo" Hibbs, 86, of Danville, passed away at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 17, 1993) at USMC, Logan campus. Born April 12, 1907, in Danville, the son of Elmer and Alice (Long) Hibbs. He married Dolorous Wilborn Oct. 14, 1982, in New Port Ritchie, Fla. She survives. Also surviving: two stepsons, Rodney (Margaret) Wonderlin and Robert (Dorothy) Wonderlin, both of Danville; a daughter Mary Alice (James) Campbell of Green Acres, Fla,; a sister, Grace McGilvrey of Fort Myers, Fla.; a granddaughter, Dianna Merritt; a grandson, Michael (Michelle) Campbell; six great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; seven stepgrandchildren, 11 stepgreat-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Myrtle B. Hibbs in 1980, and a brother. He retired from the C&EI Railroad in 1970 after 40 years. He was a member of Batestown United Methodist Church and Danville Elks Lodge 332. He enjoyed bowling and baseball. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday Nov. 20 at Sunset Funeral Home; Officiating: Pastor Dale Ferrell; Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery; Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home; Memorials: Batestown United Methodist Church. The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, Nov. 20, 1993. | HIBBS, Leo H (I614)
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| 2 | Perry S Costantino Birth 13 Nov 1951 Death 28 Jan 2008 (aged 56) Burial Fairview Memorial Park Northlake, Cook County, Illinois, USA Memorial ID 102062981 · View Source Memorial Photos 1 Flowers 0 Death Notice: PERRY S. COSTANTINO: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice Chicago Tribune (IL) - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Deceased Name: Death Notice: PERRY S. COSTANTINO Perry S. Costantino, age 56, of Northlake, loving husband of Sue, nee Sourek; beloved father of Jason (Suzzi), Melissa (Jason) Pounders, Denise (Brian) Tipton and Sandra (Thomas) Ferris; dear papa of Morgan, Alexis, Gracie, Sophie, Jake, Nicolas, Emma, Aiden and baby to be Ferris; fond son of Darlene and the late Silvio; brother and uncle to many. Visitation Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, from 3 to 9 p.m. at Cuneo-Columbian Funeral Home, 10300 W. Grand Ave. (one block East of Mannheim Rd.), Franklin Park. Prayers Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. from Cuneo-Columbian Funeral Home to St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Bensenville, for Mass at 10:30 a.m. Interment Fairview Memorial Park, Northlake, IL. 847-455-1200. | COSTANTINO, Perry H (I751)
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| 3 | RICHARD J MODELL FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES/HOMER GLEN Michael G. O'Gradney ( November 08, 1943 - November 01, 2018 ) Michael G. O'Gradney, Air Force Vietnam War Veteran, age 74, of Homer Glen, formerly of Chicago. Beloved husband of Carol nee Bulicek, (former Will County Board member). Loving father of Michael David (Jenny) and Dr. Daniel Vincent (Kelly). Devoted grandfather of Michael Joseph, Ryan J., Colin D. and Kaylie A. Cherished son of the late Michael S. and Marie (nee Mikulec). Dear brother of Kenneth A. (Krystyna) and Gary J. (Norma). Also many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and cousins. Funeral Tuesday 10:30am from RICHARD J MODELL FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, 12641 W. 143rd St., Homer Glen. Interment Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Visitation Monday 3pm to 8pm. Member of Parkview Christian Church, Homer Glen. In lieu of flowers donations to The O'Gradney Family appreciated. 708-301-3595 | O`GRADNEY, Michael Gene (I32)
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| 4 | "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-29959-12725-71?cc=1804002 : accessed 09 Aug 2014), 005698934 > image 573 of 3146. | Family: Edmund S J PATTERSON / Adah GUNN (F153)
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| 5 | "Family changed spelling from Lindsley to Lindley," according to an uncited family tree on ancestry.com. Alternate names are listed. | LINDLEY, Phebe Margaret (I857)
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| 6 | "He was a giant in size and strength, and if a person wanted to fight him he did not have to coax him, and if he did have a fight with him he never wanted to fight him again." He and Arthur Van Dyke Pierson so severely thrashed some bullies at the ferry across the Ohio river, at Wheeling, VA that they promised to let people alone after that. Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia, United States The bullies had been a terror to people crossing the river until then. | CARMICHAEL, Stephan (I850)
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| 7 | "Jacob cook was a slaveholder till he left N.J. when he freed his slaves" Reason This Information Is Correct: One of his slaves, Rachel by name, refused to accept her freedom but stayed with him 35 years till his death, for which service he willed her $30." --I am actually not sure how much of that is correct in looking at a transcript of the will a few pages further, it appear that maybe the author got confused? Rachel cook was his son Abel cook's daughter and received $30 in the will. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 C Cooke The genealogy of Francis Cooke and other families: together with a list of the Mayflower passenger --written by Joseph Herman Simpson, son of Matilda Hubbard Cook and Jabez Simpson the records Mary Jane Brown (5 September 1834 ? 19 December 1914 ? KH16-JB3) sent him were much more complete than any others he had received. She sent him as much as she could about her grandmother Brown's descendants, as well as a vast amount of far back Cook records. as well as much other cook and Brown records, the editors note at the beginning says the information the 1st 4 generations is less reliable, but it is a treasure trove of information regarding people who were contemporaries of the author. http://interactive.ancestry.com/61157/46155_b289981-00101?pid=1559646&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com//cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D61157%26h%3D1559646%26tid%3D69757956%26pid%3D80026071981%26hid%3D84656330974%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DPDs561%26_phstart%3Ddefault%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue&treeid=69757956&personid=80026071981&hintid=84656330974&usePUB=true&_phsrc=PDs561&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=46155_b289981-00213 | COOKE, Jacob (I856)
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| 8 | "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSHQ-9XQ : accessed 09 Aug 2014), Roy N Adams in household of Jane Adams, Ullin Precinct Ullin village, Pulaski, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240336. | ADAMS, Roy N (I490)
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| 9 | (Great Great paternal grandparents of Joseph N. Fisher) Michael and Catherine McMullen were the great grandparents of Catherine Goodwin Fisher who was the grandmother of Joseph N. Fisher. Michael was born (date unknown) in Ballymena, Parish of Loughguile, Country Antrim in Northern Ireland. He died in Scotland (Wishaw, Lanarkshire County, Scotland) but the date of his death is not known. His wife Catherine Dougherty was born in the same area of Northern Ireland in 1808. She was 81 years old when she died on September 28, 1889. Michael and Catherine raised 17 children, one of whom was Marjorie McMullen Goodwin, the mother of Catherine Goodwin Fisher (Joseph N. Fisher's paternal grandmother). | MCMULLEN, Michael (I51)
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| 10 | (Great Great paternal grandparents of Joseph N. Fisher) Michael and Catherine McMullen were the great grandparents of Catherine Goodwin Fisher who was the grandmother of Joseph N. Fisher. Michael was born (date unknown) in Ballymena, Parish of Loughguile, Country Antrim in Northern Ireland. He died in Scotland (Wishaw, Lanarkshire County, Scotland) but the date of his death is not known. His wife Catherine Dougherty was born in the same area of Northern Ireland in 1808. She was 81 years old when she died on September 28, 1889. Michael and Catherine raised 17 children, one of whom was Marjorie McMullen Goodwin, the mother of Catherine Goodwin Fisher (Joseph N. Fisher's paternal grandmother). | DOUGHERTY, Catherine (I52)
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| 11 | 06673 Block 15 Cemetery Name: Springhill Cemetery Also Known As : Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Location: Both Danville & Newell Townships, within Danville GPS Location: 40.14507 -87.62554 (link to Google Map) Description: Springhill Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Vermilion County, and still active. In 1864 a new cemetery was needed in Danville, and Springhill cemetery was incorporated. Up until this time, the Old Williams Burying Ground (Old Danville Cemetery) was the main cemetery used. Mr. J.C. Short, Mr. English, mr. leSeure, Dr. Woodbury, and Mr. A.S. Williams formed an association and bought 50 acres of land for $2,000. Later as the Old Williams Burying Ground was being closed, many graves were moved to Springhill Cemetery. | MAUCK, Ernest Vincent (I151)
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| 12 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I107)
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| 13 | 900 N. Wolf Rd Northlake, Cook County, Illinois, 60164 USA Coordinates: 41.92330, -87.90670 This cemetery opened in 1925 and operated under the name Memorial Estates Cemetery until 1990. In 1990, the name was changed to Fairview Memorial Park. | COSTANTINO, Silvio F (I749)
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| 14 | As Remembered by Joseph N Fisher Ida was always Grandma Bowerize to me although I never met her second husband, Charley Bowerize because he died in 1924 the year I was born. I remember Grandma Bowerize very well because she lived with our family for many years. She was a small woman, never weighing more than 80 or 90 pounds. She was an avid reader and when she lived with us in Oak Park, she walked to the library every Saturday, then had a hot dog lunch at Kresges five and ten cent store. The walk was several miles round trip and her pace was one I found hard to keep up with. Grandma only had an eighth grade education but she was proud of her excellent spelling and she wrote fascinating letters to us when she went back to Ohio for the summer. Her epistles were newsy and perfectly spelled but she never used punctuation; no periods, commas or semi colons. She had other talents. She could cure many ailments and she kept a supply of herbs and other mysterious medicinal pills stashed in her secret hiding places. One of her greatest joys was ministering a mustard plaster to a member of the family who had "chest congestion". Grandma "Bow" was always busy cooking or gardening, reading, knitting or baby-sitting for neighbors. She collected old stockings and made hooked rugs out of them, some of which are probably still in existence. | DETROW, Ida (I34)
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| 15 | Aberdeen American News (SD) - Wednesday, May 2, 2001 Aberdeen --- Mass of Christian burial for Valentine "Val" Kiefer, 74, of 7 Linda Lane will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in St. Mary's Catholic Church, 215 N. Arch St. The Rev. Doug Binsfeld will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery with military rites by Sidney L. Smith American Legion Post No. 24 of Aberdeen. Schriver's Memorial Mortuary, 414 Fifth Ave. N.W., is in charge of arrangements. A liturgical wake service will be at 7 tonight at the mortuary. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, all at the mortuary. He died Monday, April 30, 2001, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital. Valentine Kiefer was born Sept. 7, 1926, to Peter and Amelia (Zahn) Kiefer on the family farm 10 miles north of Hague, N.D., in Odesssa Township. He was raised and attended rural schools there. He entered the U.S. Army on Jan. 24, 1945. He served with occupational forces in Japan during his tour of duty. He received his honorable discharge on July 6, 1946. He married Frances Schneider on Oct. 14, 1947, in Linton, N.D. They moved to Aberdeen and he was employed with Sheldon Reese Elevator for three years. In 1950, he started working for the Brown County Highway Department, where he was employed for 38 1/2 years before retiring Oct. 1, 1988. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and was a church usher for many years. Survivors include his wife of Aberdeen; two daughters, Linda (Thomas) Mines of Hot Springs and Jenny (Gene) Larson of Chapman, Kan.; two sons, Leroy Kiefer of Goose Creek, S.C., and Gene (Kathy) Kiefer of Milbank; five sisters, Rose Holzer of Kellogg, Idaho, Katie Glatt of Phoenix, Helen Frank of Hague, Bernice Nagel of Strasburg, N.D., and Alvina Baumgartner of Aberdeen; four brothers, Frank Kiefer of Faulkton, Joe Kiefer of Theresa, Wis., Peter Kiefer of Oconto, Wis., and Anton Kiefer of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and six stepgreat-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother. Casketbearers will be Adam Mines, Brad Kiefer, Troy Allen, Brian Baumgartner, Wally Schneider and Ronnie Reis. Edition: AN Page: 2B Copyright (c) 2001 Aberdeen American News | KIEFER, Valentine Val (I337)
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| 16 | Age 52y 9mo. He married Phebe Carmichael 1786-1870. She remarried Anthony Fosdick 1799-1862. There is no record of her in Mt. Bloom. They had the following children: Rhoda 1824-1894; John 1826-1902; James H 1828-1911; Joseph Addison 1830-1911; Elmira 1834-1903; William Harvey 1839-1908. Taken from Hennepin Herald & Advertisement Aug 23, 1945: On Friday evening, at his residence near Indiantown, Bureau County, of consumption, Mr. Joseph Robertson, about 50 yrs of age. | ROBERTSON, Joseph (I487)
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| 17 | Alexander Thompson Holden was born July 4, 1823 in Jefferson Co. Indiana, Republican Twp. near Madison, Indiana. He was the son of John and Mary Polly (Thompson) Holden. He was raised on a farm, along with his brother Robert Elder Holden and five sisters, Isabella, Esther, Eleanor, Mary, and Eliza Jane. Alexander was only twelve years old and the oldest in the young family of seven children at the time of his father's death and was raised by his widowed mother on the farm. On March 9, 1847, Alexander married Jane Bain, whose father Samuel Bain, was the executor in his father's will. Of this union were born five sons and one daughter. They were John Robert Holden, born in 1848,died in the Civil War and was buried in a National Cemetery near St. Louis. Samuel Wilson Holden born 1850, died in infancy. Thomas Alison Holden born 1851, also died in infancy. Elizabeth Jane Holden born in 1853, never married and died in 1877. It was told she died on her wedding day. She is buried in Oakhill Cemetery, near Danville. Edward Wallace Holden was born 1855, died in 1928 and is also buried in Oakhill Cemetery. He was a life long resident of the Potomac Ill. area. It is believed that shortly after the birth of Edward in 1855, Alexander and Jane left Jefferson Co. In. and came to Rossville, in Vermilion Co. Il. In May 1857, Jane gave birth to William Hood Holden and shortly afterward she died, leaving Alexander with an infant son. Unable to properly care for the young son, Alexander allowed William Hood to be adopted by Alvan Gilbert, a well known and prominent farmer in the Rossville area. On January 12, 1861 Alexander met and after a short courtship he married Sarah Andrews. She came to Rossville area in July 1860 from Hamilton Ontario, Canada. Alexander and Sarah lived in the Rossville and Potomac area on the famous eight mile prairie until around 1870. They later moved to Oakwood Twp. in Vermilion Co. Ill. and settled on a farm in the Batestown area with Alexander's son Edward Wallace Holden and their four sons, Charles Henry Holden born in 1862, Oscar Vincent Holden born in 1864, Logan Tincher Holden born in 1866, and Alvan Gilbert Holden born in 1868. They later had three daughters and another son, they being Esther Ann Holden (Eve) born in 1872, Cora Ellen Holden(Mauck) born in 1873, Mary Isabel Holden (Wonderlin) born in 1877, and Alexander Thompson Holden Jr. born in 1881. All of the above family were buried in Oakhill Cemetery in Batestown. DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN February 8,1894 Alexander T. Holden, one of the oldest citizens of the county, died yesterday morning at his residence 6 miles west of the city. Mr. Holden was very well and favorably known, and he leaves a large circle of friends to mourn his death. The funeral services will be held at the Batestown Church, Wednesday February 10, at 2 o'clock, Rev. Parker Shields officiating. Burial will be at the Chester Cemetery. (aka Oakhill Cemetery) | HOLDEN, Alexander T (I145)
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| 18 | Alexander Thompson Holden was born July 4, 1823 in Jefferson Co. Indiana, Republican Twp. near Madison, Indiana. He was the son of John and Mary Polly (Thompson) Holden. He was raised on a farm, along with his brother Robert Elder Holden and five sisters, Isabella, Esther, Eleanor, Mary, and Eliza Jane. Alexander was only twelve years old and the oldest in the young family of seven children at the time of his father's death and was raised by his widowed mother on the farm. On March 9, 1847, Alexander married Jane Bain, whose father Samuel Bain, was the executor in his father's will. Of this union were born five sons and one daughter. They were John Robert Holden, born in 1848,died in the Civil War and was buried in a National Cemetery near St. Louis. Samuel Wilson Holden born 1850, died in infancy. Thomas Alison Holden born 1851, also died in infancy. Elizabeth Jane Holden born in 1853, never married and died in 1877. It was told she died on her wedding day. She is buried in Oakhill Cemetery, near Danville. Edward Wallace Holden was born 1855, died in 1928 and is also buried in Oakhill Cemetery. He was a life long resident of the Potomac Ill. area. It is believed that shortly after the birth of Edward in 1855, Alexander and Jane left Jefferson Co. In. and came to Rossville, in Vermilion Co. Il. In May 1857, Jane gave birth to William Hood Holden and shortly afterward she died, leaving Alexander with an infant son. Unable to properly care for the young son, Alexander allowed William Hood to be adopted by Alvan Gilbert, a well known and prominent farmer in the Rossville area. On January 12, 1861 Alexander met and after a short courtship he married Sarah Andrews. She came to Rossville area in July 1860 from Hamilton Ontario, Canada. Alexander and Sarah lived in the Rossville and Potomac area on the famous eight mile prairie until around 1870. They later moved to Oakwood Twp. in Vermilion Co. Ill. and settled on a farm in the Batestown area with Alexander's son Edward Wallace Holden and their four sons, Charles Henry Holden born in 1862, Oscar Vincent Holden born in 1864, Logan Tincher Holden born in 1866, and Alvan Gilbert Holden born in 1868. They later had three daughters and another son, they being Esther Ann Holden (Eve) born in 1872, Cora Ellen Holden(Mauck) born in 1873, Mary Isabel Holden (Wonderlin) born in 1877, and Alexander Thompson Holden Jr. born in 1881. All of the above family were buried in Oakhill Cemetery in Batestown. DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN February 8,1894 Alexander T. Holden, one of the oldest citizens of the county, died yesterday morning at his residence 6 miles west of the city. Mr. Holden was very well and favorably known, and he leaves a large circle of friends to mourn his death. The funeral services will be held at the Batestown Church, Wednesday February 10, at 2 o'clock, Rev. Parker Shields officiating. Burial will be at the Chester Cemetery. (aka Oakhill Cemetery) | HOLDEN, Alexander T (I145)
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| 19 | Alvin Gilbert HOLDEN This was found in the diary of Charles Holden about the death of Alvan Gilbert Holden, his brother. Partly cloudy most of day. On school job. Sent for to come to home of brother Alvan in evening. Alvan passed away at 5:40 in evening. Most of his brothers and sisters being at his bedside with his wife and two sons. April 10, 1940 Obituary of Alvin Gilbert Holden Danville Commercial April 11, 1940 A life resident of the Batestown community, Alvin Gilbert Holden, 71, died at 5:30 pm, Wednesday, April 10, 1940, at his home in Batestown following an illness of three years. For the past 23 years, Mr. Holden had been employed with Webster Grocery Company. He was born January 20, 1869, just west of Batestown, a son of Alexander T. and Sarah Andrews Holden. He was a member of Batestown Methodist Church and loyal order of moose. Besides his widow, Mrs. Marie Holden, he is survived by two sons, Gordon, Tuscola, and Melvin at home; the brothers, A.T. Holden Jr., Batestown, and Charles Sr., Hillery, and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Wonderlin, Danville Route 1; Mrs. Esther Eve, Vermilion Heights, and Mrs. Cora Mauck, Danville. The body is at Edmund & Dickson Funeral Home and will be returned to the family residence. Funeral services will be at Batestown Methodist Church at 2pm, Saturday. The Rev. Henry Davies, Pastor. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. | HOLDEN, Alvin Gilbert (I591)
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| 20 | Alvin Holden was a life resident of the Batestown community. He died at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 1940, at his home in Batestown following an illness of three years. He was born January 20, 1869, just west of Batestown, a son of Alexander T. and Sarah Andrews Holden. For the past 23 years, Mr. Holden had been employed with Webster Grocery Company. He was a member of Batestown Methodist church and Loyal Order of Moose. He is survived by his wife, Marie Holden, two sons, Gordon, and Melvin, his brothers, Alexander T. Holden, Jr.and Charles Sr. and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Wonderlin, Mrs. Esther Eve and Mrs. Cora Mauck. Commercial News, Danville, IL, April 11, 1940 | HOLDEN, Alvin Gilbert (I591)
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| 21 | As rembered by Judith Hoyne Pelz I was very young when Grandma and Grandpa Herrick moved to Milwaukee where I spent some of my summer vacation. I especially remember the apartment at 2137 Michigan .It was across the street from the Eagles Club and Ballroom where we would run in during the day to get a drink of water from the drinking fountains. Grandpa and uncle Joe worked at Millprint and I remember watching them print bread wrappers. Grandma and I took sandwiches to Grandpa and Joe when they were on the picket line. They were instrumental in bringing the union to Millprint. Grandma and Grandpa loved to go to softball and baseball games where Grandpa either kept score or "umped" . He knew Pat Piper, the field announcer at Wrigley Field when when he used only a small loudspeaker with a hand-held microphone. Christine and Joseph Herrick produced four children : Grace Pearl Herrick Bunt, Joseph, Lorraine, and George . In the latter part of their lives, Christine and Joe lived with my parents, Grace and Julius in Hillside . Joseph Herrick died at the age of 67 in 1958. | HERRICK, Joseph (I284)
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| 22 | As remembered by Barbara Meister Nelson Grandma Sophie Zoeller Meister was born in 1879, the year Thomas Alva Edison invented the incandescent light bulb. She entered this world 47 years before Grandma Nadine Gunn Fisher was born but they shared the same date, September 10 under the Zodiac sign of Virgo. Barbara Meister Nelson describes Grandma Sophie as a fanatic about cleaning and maintaining an orderly house so evidently both Grandma Sophie and Grandma Nadine from different generations carried on the tradition of the true Virgo? i.e. "Cleanliness and Godliness go hand in hand." Since Barbara and her parents lived with Sophie and Frank in Chicago for many years, Barbara recalls continuous house cleaning, dusting, washing, scrubbing, and polishing. Grandma Sophie was high spirited, a feisty woman with an independent will of iron. She was ejected from three nursing homes in her later years when she was confined to a wheel chair. On one occasion she and a friend at the Nursing Home celebrated life over whiskey and fried chicken. When Sophie left her friend's room she banged into several people in the hallway with her wheel chair. Sophie Meister died on February 21, 1971 at the age of 92 after a full life and a legacy of 21 descendants. | ZOELLER, Sophie (I218)
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| 23 | as remembered by Edwin Pelz Jr Edwin was an only child. After completing high school, he worked for the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company in their Chicago office where he became a claims adjuster. Edwin was mild-mannered, easy going and he enjoyed fishing, playing pinochle with his brothers-in-law, and drinking beer with friends. When I was very young, my parents (Edwin and Estelle). bought an eight cylinder 1933 or 1934 Nash car with running boards and a big rectangular trunk. My dad was very proud of that car and we took many enjoyable trips to the Chain of Lakes and Diamond Lake. One of my favorite memories of my father is when I was in sixth or seventh grade and taking accordion lessons. He would lie on the couch and listen to me play. He enjoyed it whether I was playing the scales or his favorite song . Not until many years later while listening to my own children did I fully understand his happiness. Dad spent his last years in a tuberculosis sanitarium and died when he was 57 years old. | PELZ, Edwin Paul Sr (I276)
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| 24 | As remembered by James W Nelson Grandma Meister always invited me to stay with her on Friday nights because my grandfather had to sleep at the fire house. I was about six or seven years old. The routine never changed but I always looked forward to it. Friday night we ate ice cream (my grandmother's favorite) and every Saturday morning we went shopping and she always bought me a plastic model. After the shopping we came home and ate Derby's hot tamales for lunch. Florence Meister was the most even tempered person I ever knew, always happy with a constant smile on her face. She worked at a beauty parlor in Downers Grove when she was in her seventies and one day while walking to work, Grandma suffered a stroke. She died in a nursing home on July 4, 1980 at the age of 75. | BANE, Florence (I216)
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| 25 | As remembered by James W. Nelson My grandfather lived every boy's dream. He was a fireman! Grandpa Meister was a jovial, fun loving, and practical joker. You knew he was around because wherever he was, he was surrounded by laughter. The stories of fishing trips with Grandpa Meister are legendary because he was known for his practical jokes, one of which almost backfired. One time when he was on a fishing trip with his buddies in the north woods, he was almost shot. One of his friends was so afraid of bears that he brought a 45 caliber pistol with him which nobody knew he carried. When he left the lodge for his cabin late at night, Grandpa decided to surprise his friend. So he wrapped himself in a bear rug and went to the cabin pretending to be a real bear. Fortunately his frightened friend did not shoot the gun because Grandpa's loud laughter gave him away. Frank Meister, Jr. was also a craftsman and he made his own fishing rods and flies. I was fortunate to have known my grandfather who died in 1968 when I was 17 years old. | MEISTER, Frank Jr (I215)
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| 26 | As Remembered by Joseph N. Fisher My father was born in 1892, the only son of four children in the family of Joseph Edward and Catherine Fisher. Dad was born in Newark, Ohio and after graduating from high school, he attended secretarial school then worked as a stenographer skilled in short hand and typing. My mother was born on October 26, 1890 on a farm in Mahoning county, Ohio. The population of the United States was 63 million people and it was the year that Henry Ford first experimented with his horseless carriage. Eight years later Ford introduced the Model T, an automobile that had a profound influence on the urbanization of rural America including Columbiana county where my mother was born. She was the daughter of Ida and Enos Feicht the oldest of two children.  Mom and Dad were married in 1914, the year Germany declared war on France, the Panama Canal was opened, and transcontinental telephone. service began between New York and San Francisco. Joseph Mathias was 22 years old and Myrtle May was 24 when they were married on November 25 in Akron, Ohio. There were four children from this marriage: Robert Joseph, Donald Jefferson, Bonita Marie, and Joseph Norman. When he was a young man, my father hoped for a career in South America. Because of this interest, he learned Spanish through the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania. I can see and hear him now, reading aloud from his Spanish books practicing his pronunciation. He recorded his lessons on wax cylinders (tape recorders were unheard of) and sent them by mail to the school in Pennsylvania. The instructors then returned another wax cylinder with their comments, suggestions, or test grades. Dad wrote letters to me in Spanish when I was in Europe during World War II. Fortunately I had a Spanish-English dictionary that helped me know what was going on at home. My father had many hobbies, one of which was writing. He submitted stories to various magazines when he was young but there are no copies of his work in existence today. Joseph Mathias also liked to argue. He argued with his father, his sons, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president of the United States. When Roosevelt delivered radio speeches called "Fireside Chats", Dad listened, interrupted and profanely disagreed with every point Roosevelt made, interjecting many of his own comments that profanely pointed out the errors of the President's thinking. Dad was a self-taught artist and painted with oil and water color and also did needlepoint. A framed piece of his work hangs in the home of his granddaughter, Janice Bertena Nelson. Joseph Mathias Fisher was a traveling salesman most of his life and sold grave vaults, textiles for the interiors of caskets, tires, school text books, and gum balls. When we were kids, my mother often had to manage the family by herself because Dad traveled so much. When he went on West Coast trips, he was freguently gone for as long as a month. We had a coal furnace when we lived on Alvord Street in Springfield, Massachusetts and in the winter Mom was either shoveling coal or snow during the New England blizzards. Because of Dad's changes in jobs and transfers, the family lived in many places: Ashland Ohio, Akron Ohio, Kirkwood, Missouri, Toledo Ohio, Springfield Massachusetts, and Oak Park, Illinois. During various "poor me" phases in my life, I have been known to complain that I was deprived because I never owned a bicycle. However my parents gave me something much better than a two-wheeler when they bought my trumpet at the Carl Fischer Music Store on Wabash Avenue in Chicago. It cost $110.00, a lot of money in 1939 and they made monthly payments until it was completely paid for. Mom was always in pretty good health although she often complained about various ailments. She was 83 years old when she died on January 4, 1973. It was only three months after the sudden death of her oldest son, Robert Joseph who died at the age of 57. We went to Birmingham, Michigan for Bob's funeral in October and Mom died three months later. Joseph Mathias Fisher died in a Beaverville, Illinois nursing home in 1966 at the age of 74 and Mom and Dad are buried in Chapel Hill Gardens, Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois. | FISHER, Joseph Mathias (I14)
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| 27 | As Remembered by Joseph N. Fisher My grandfather was the first of four Joseph Fishers. He was Joseph Edward, my father was Joseph Mathias, I am Joseph Norman, and Doug Fisher's son is Joseph Richard. Joseph Edward was born February 26, 1869 in Newark, Ohio, the fourth child of Mathias and Catherine Bentz Fisher. Catherine Goodwin was born in Wishaw Scotland, the daughter of Irish parents, James and Marjorie Goodwin. Catherine was the third child in a family of ten children and emigrated to the United States when she was three years old. Catherine and Joseph Edward were married on November 24, 1891 in New Straightsville, Ohio. He was 22 years old and Catherine was 21. They lived most of their lives in Toledo, Ohio where he was a tool and die maker. Joseph Edward and Catherine had four children, three girls and one boy (actually five; one died as an infant). The children were Joseph Mathias, Marjorie, Ellen, and Dorothy. We lived with my grandparents for about a year during the Depression in 1930. There were ten of us living in the house on 9 Hyde Place; my parents and their four children, Grandpa and Grandma Fisher and their daughters Marjorie and Ellen. I was six years old and I have only happy memories of that period in my life. If there was tension caused by the intrusion of our family in their lives, I wasn't aware of it. The peace and tranquility that I remember was largely due to the great capacity for love that was Catherine Goodwin's strength. Kate, as Grandpa called her also had a humorous side to her personality. For instance if she didn't remember a neighbor's name she used her own shorthand and would refer to "Mrs. Across the Street" or "Mrs. Behindus." I only saw Grandpa Fisher angry when he and my Dad argued politics. Grandpa was a dedicated, straight ticket Democrat and Dad was a staunch Republican. Grandpa Fisher was a tall, slender man. He wore a straw hat in the summer, drove a Model A Ford, and smoked a pipe. I see him now holding a match over the pipe bowl and repeatedly sucking on the stem to be sure the tobacco was fully lit. The ritual seemed endless as I watched, fascinated by the intensity of his concentration. His memory lingers in the silent echoes of my past as I hear his reedy voice: "Blessed, Oh Lord for these thy gifts", a prayer of thanks he said before every meal. The Toledo Fishers were Catholic but my father left the church because he and the priest had an argument about my mother being Protestant, or so I have been told. Joseph Edward and Catherine were married for 58 years and during that time saw the United States grow from a nation of 42 to 50 states; they lived under 12 presidents, two world wars, the Spanish American War, Korean War, and Viet Nam war. The benefits of modern electricity were unheard of when they were married and they lived to enjoy all its marvels from radio to television, refrigeration, and washing machines. They saw transportation grow from the horse and buggy, to automobiles to jet airplanes and were alive when the Russian space ship "Sputnik" was launched in 1957. They raised four children and left 65 descendants. Grandpa was 90 years old when he died and Grandma was 92. | FISHER, Joseph Edward (I46)
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| 28 | As remembered by Judy Hoyne Pelz My dad worked at many dif f erent jobs during his lif e including stints as a cab driver, truck driver, tavern owner, and cook . When he drove a truck , the garage was near a tavern he 1iked to f requent . It was here that he bought most of the animated toys that kept Linda and Eddie amused when they were little. Terri , Brian, and Dennis also enjoyed his generosity with such joyous gifts as a swing set, sleds, a red wagon, and bicycles. When Wor ld War II began, Julius thought he would be draf ted so he bought a tavern for my mother to run . However he did not enter the service due to a perforated ear drum so together my mother and he managed the Happy Village Tavern throughout the war. Julius also cooked lunches for the tavern patrons and he concocted many dishes during this culinary period. I remember going into the kitchen and seeing huge roasters of Au Gratin potatoes, rice pudding and big pots of chop suey. After my mother and father sold the tavern, Dad drove a delivery truck and later made deliveries in Chicago's loop from a station wagon . My father was 51 years old when he died on February 18 1960. | HOYNE, Julius Bruno (I280)
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| 29 | As remembered by Judy Hoyne Pelz My mother worked most of her life. When I was little I helped her do "home work". This consisted of folding cards, pasting decorations, and adding ribbons. She also worked the night shift at Farm Crest Bakeries. During world War II, Grace and Julius bought Happy Village Tavern . This tavern, later named Jolly Joe's is where I met Ed at a St.Valentine's dance. Grace was an Air Raid Warden and secretary of the block. In a two or three year period she wrote to hundreds of servicemen, not only from our block but to many other servicemen who came into the tavern. She also managed the block and bingo parties which raised money for the servicemen. After they sold the tavern, Grace worked as a bartender in several different taverns. She later worked at Tile Master, and A-1 Plastic Molders where we worked together for several years. Later Grace managed a Tilemaster outlet in Broadview . She loved crafts and crocheting and made sweaters, afghans, dresses, hats, and scarves. As a very young girl I remember her making wood-fiber and chenille flowers that were absolutely beautiful. After a short retirement she worked at the First National Bank of Maywood but illness forced her to quit. Grace and Julius produced three children : Judith Christine, Thomas Julius, and James Bruno . After Julius died, Grace met and married Bruce Bunt. Mother died of heart failure at the age of 72 on January 31, 1988, five months after the birth of Bradley Asa Pelz, her great grandson. | HERRICK, Grace (I281)
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| 30 | As remembered by Marjorie Mauck Kowal When we lived in Danville, William Raymond Mauck (everyone called him Ray) worked in the office of the mine owned by my grandfather Joseph Mauck. Although I am not sure of this, I think he started out working in the mines as did most of Grandpa Joe`s children. When my Dad and Mother moved to Chicago with their five children, he had no job and no place to live. My mother wanted to move to Chicago because her brothers were there, and the plan was to have one of my uncles live with us and help with the expenses. It was not an easy time. My Dad did a lot of things during the depression. He worked for the New World Catholic (a newspaper), and sold insurance. He later went to work in the purchasing department of U.S. Steel at their Carnegie Works. My mother, Katherine Walsh Mauck was born in Chicago. She later lived with her uncle who was a chaplain in a Soldier`s Home in Danville. | WALSH, Catherine Jerome (I25)
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| 31 | As remembered by Shirley Klaus Lardizabal My Grandfather Victor Frentzel was a farmer. He was a very stern man and unlike my grandmother Pauline, I have no loving memories of him. I don`t recall ever sitting on his lap and as I look back I suppose I was afraid of this austere man who seldom smiled. He was probably cold and unloving by virtue of his background and heritage where the man of the family was looked upon as the lord and master. Women weren`t permitted to speak to a man unless they were spoken to first. At dinner, for instance, the men were always seated first and when they finished the women and girls got what was left. People were not as demonstrative in those days. Even in church the men and the boys sat on different sides of the sanctuary from the girls and women. The whole town was like an old time German community; very strict and very sexist. If a girl became pregnant before marriage, she had to stand in front of the entire congregation and confess her sin. On his last day on earth Grandfather Victor was chopping wood for the posts of a fence he was building. He didn`t come home that evening and my brothers found him dead in the hot sun in a kneeling position with the axe in his hand. My grandparents lived about a mile away from us and grandma stayed in the same house after Victor died. School was across the road from grandma`s house so it was real convenient because Quentin and I used to stay there for weeks on end. I loved that house except for one thing. It didn`t have a bath room or indoor plumbing and I hated it when I had to go out to the outhouse in the back. Grandma didn`t speak English so it was a good thing that I could speak both English and German. | FRENTZEL, Victor Seraphin (I169)
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| 32 | Beloved wife of Silvio F Costantino. Father of Perry (Sue), Dan (Kathy), Dale (Carol), & Kathleen Costantino. Dear Grandmother of Jason, Melissa Denise, Sandra, Danielle, Michael, Billy, Tommy, & Sarah, plus 17 Great Grandchildren. Service will be Tuesday November 16th at 10am at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church 145 E Grand Ave, Bensenville, IL 60106. Cemetery is Fairview Memorial Park, 900 N Wolf Rd, Northlake, IL immediately after Mass. Donations send to: Hospice of the Valley 16177 N 76th St. Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Published by Chicago Tribune from Oct. 30 to Oct. 31, 2021. | PREPEJCHAL, Darlene H (I750)
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| 33 | Bonnie was born Bonita Marie Fisher on July 14, 1921, the only daughter of Joseph and Myrtle Fisher. Bonnie had three brothers —Robert, Donald and Joseph Jr. While the Bible didn't necessarily refer to Bonnie’s Dad...â€In my Father’s house, there are many mansions... †the Fisher family did live in many different houses. Bonnie was born in Ashland, Ohio and later lived in Akron; Kirkwood, Missouri; Toledo, Ohio; and Springfield, Massachusetts finally discovering Illinois when the family moved to Oak Park in 1938. During one period of her life in Oak Park, Bonnie worked as the “candy girl†at the Lamar Theater where she sold popcorn and candy while keeping an eye on a handsome head usher named Gene Van Deveer. They were married in Fort Lewis, Washington in 1943. Gene i was discharged from the service in 1946 during a time when housing was in very short supply, so the newlyweds moved in with the family at 421 Clinton Avenue in Oak Park. It was a full house of seven people including Grandma Ida Bowerize (Myrtle Fisher’s mother), Myrt and Grandpa Joe Fisher, Gene and Bonnie, Joe Fisher Jr. and Bonnie’s girlhood friend, Virginia Perreault from Springfield, Massachusetts who roomed at the Clinton Avenue address. But wait. There is more! Michael Van Deveer was born in April of 1946 and became the eighth member of the Clinton household that now inhabited four generations of Bonnie’s family! During the years Bonnie was not only raising her family, she also worked as assistant librarian for Lindop Elementary School in Broadview. Then, following her children to Proviso East High School, Bonnie held the position of assistant librarian long enough to see her youngest graduate in 1973. Upon leaving Proviso East, Bonnie accepted a position with Elmhurst College as an Administrative Assistant in their placement office. A final career change brought her to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove where her responsibilities were that of a medical transcriptionist. After spending many years vacationing in Naples, Florida, Bonnie and Gene chose to spend their retirement years on Marco Island just south of Naples. Bonnie and Gene endured hard and sad times, but also enjoyed many good times during their 56 years together. But, it was Gene, the consummate head usher, who led Bonnie through the maze of their most difficult and final months together. He showed by example the true meaning of tenderness and love. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Robert, and her son Don Scott. She is survived by her husband Eugene; her children and their spouses Michael Eugene & Diana Van Deveer, Bonita Jeanne & William Bendig, and Joseph Kirk & Kathy Van Deveer; her two grandsons William Michael Bendig, Christopher Steven Van Deveer; and her two step- grandchildren Caitlin Jean and Collin Robert Prentiss. | FISHER, Bonita Marie (I73)
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| 34 | Both August and Josephine were born in the Black Forest area of Germany but little else is known beyond that. | ZOELLER, August (I223)
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| 35 | Both August and Josephine were born in the Black Forest area of Germany but little else is known beyond that. | KAISER, Josephine (I224)
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| 36 | Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery Newark Licking County Ohio, USA | POWELL, Anna Fisher (I44)
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| 37 | Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery Newark Licking County Ohio, USA Plot: Section 17 | FISHER, Lulu J (I184)
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| 38 | Burial: Columbiana Cemetery Columbiana Columbiana County Ohio, USA | LODGE, Fred David (I185)
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| 39 | Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery North Lima Mahoning County Ohio, USA Old Sec Row 28 - furthest from church near Rt 165 front. | SEIDNER, Anna Margreth (I188)
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| 40 | Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery North Lima Mahoning County Ohio, USA Plot: Old Scetion Row 23 | MENTZER, Christopher (I193)
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| 41 | Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery North Lima Mahoning County Ohio, USA Plot: Old Section Row 28 | MENTZER, Christopher (I192)
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| 42 | Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery North Lima Mahoning County Ohio, USA Plot: Old Section Row 9 | MENTZER, Salome (I186)
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| 43 | Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery North Lima Mahoning County Ohio, USA Plot: Section B Row 18 | MENTZER, Jacob (I191)
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| 44 | Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery North Lima Mahoning County Ohio, USA Plot: Section B Row 23 | MENTZER, George (I196)
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| 45 | Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery North Lima Mahoning County Ohio, USA Plot: Section B Row 24 | MENTZER, John (I194)
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| 46 | Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery North Lima Mahoning County Ohio, USA Plot: Section B Row 43 | BUZARD, Ferdinand (I199)
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| 47 | Burial: Nova Cemetery Nova Ashland County Ohio, USA | MENTZER, Elizabeth (I195)
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| 48 | Burial: Zion Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery Mahoning County Ohio, USA | DUTROW, George (I64)
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| 49 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I119)
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| 50 | By Ed Pelz Jr. My mother, Estelle was the eldest of six girls and a boy. After she graduated from grammar school she became a seamstress with skills inherited from her father who was a tailor. She did excellent work and made clothing for her family and friends, often from just looking at a picture. Estelle was 20 years old when she married Edwin Pelz Senior in April 1921. They had four children: Edwin Paul Jr., Jeanne Marie, Donna Jean, and Ronald James and Morn was the main thread that held our family together. The family lived at 1846 N. Springfield Avenue, Chicago in a two story home originally bought by Otto Pelz, Ed's father. Estelle loved to play cards. She belonged to a sixty-Six Club and a Bunco Club. Occasionally a movie would interest her and she liked to travel and read books. | RENKAL, Estelle (I277)
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