Obituary – Alexander Petry

DIED–Alexander Petry, a well-known boot maker on the north side of the square, died on Friday afternoon of a disease of the heart after an illness of five weeks. The deceased was a native of France and has resided in this city for several years and had an...

Obituary – Roscoe S Young

Carthage, IL, Nov. 30–Roscoe S. Young, 59 of Ferris was killed Thursday morning when his car went into a ditch east of Ferris. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital here at 6:30. An inquest will be held Monday. Funeral services will be held...

Obituary – Roy Robbins

Roy Robbins, 71, of 108 West Grandview died Wednesday January 10, 1968 at 1:10 am in St. Mary Hospital where he had been a patient since December 29, 1967. Mr. Robbins was born in LaPrairie February 16, 1890, a son of Julius L. and Irene Hill Robbins. He married...

Biography – Maurice Kelly

In a little talk with Maurice Kelly, this morning, in The Journal office, we picked up a few scraps of information that were new to us. The writer asked him his age, and he replied: “I went to school within a stone’s throw of this place sixty-two years...

Obituary – Pauline Virginia Jones

Pauline Virginia Jones, 71, of Macon, died Tuesday, February 24, 1987 at Samaritan Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 pm Friday at Golden Cememtery, Golden, IL. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 pm Thursday at Hutton & McElwain Funeral Home in Macon....

Obituary – Jimison Family

Obituary of Edward Jimison Edward Jimison died suddenly, age 82. [1]Obituary from Clayton Enterprise Newspaper; Adams County, Ill. 18 Dec 1890. South Side Cemetery Records; Clayton, Ill. show: E. Jimison, aged 82 years, born Ireland 1803, died 10 Dec 1885. Section A...

Obituary – Mrs. Arthur B Crum (nee Young)

Mrs. A. B. Crum of Rock Island Succumbs at 77 Mrs. Arthur B. Crum, 77, of 2510 5½ Ave., Rock Island, who for many years was an active member of the Democratic party, died at 10:20 last night in St. Anthony’s Hospital in Rock Island where she had been admitted 12...

John H Buss Obituary

John H. Buss, 82, of 2426 Lind, a retired employee of the Gardner Denver Co., died Tuesday August 5, 1969 at 10:30 pm in Blessing Hospital. Mr. Buss was born at Golden on May 7, 1887, a son of Ralph and Sarah Burke Buss. He was married on November 13, 1912 at Carthage...

Obituary – Mrs. Nellie H Buss (nee Young)

Mrs. Nellie H. Buss, 73, of 2426 Lind died Friday July 19, 1968 at 8:15 am in St. Mary Hospital where she had been a patient since July 10. Mrs. Buss was born in August September 12, 1894, a daughter of Henry and Sarah Hawkins Young. She attended Augusta schools. She...