Obituaries - Bo
Funeral Mass for Mrs. Mary Ann Bock, 56, of
Brighton was celebrated Wednesday morning at St. Alphonsus
Catholic Church in Brighton with Rev. George Radosevich of SS.
Peter and Paul’s Church as celebrant. Burial was in Brighton
Cemetery. Her death occurred December 30 at St. Joseph’s
Hospital, Alton.
She was born July 12, 1917 in Granite City a daughter of Mathis
Kudelka sr., of Godfrey and the late Mrs. Anna Kudelka. She was
employed as a practical nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital for ten
years until retiring in 1964 due to failing health.
Survivors are her husband, Carl; a son, Carl jr., of Brighton;
one daughter, Mrs. Ron Dwyer of Brighton; her father, six
grandchildren; a brother, Mathis Kudelka, jr., Godfrey; and two
sisters, Mrs. Ethel Billbruck of Alton and Mrs. Olga Vizer of
Granite City. [04 Jan 1973]
BERTHA V BOHANNON, 55, DIED JAN 29, 1987, AT
JERSEY COMM HOSP AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. SHE WAS A WAITRESS AT
VARIOUS RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA. BORN IN GREENFIELD, SHE WAS THE
DAU OF THE LATE OTHER M & JENNIE MAE (HALL) NORRIS. SURVIVING
ARE 1 SON, CHARLES BOHANNON, JERSEYVILLE; 1 GRANDSON; 7 SIS,
CORNELIA CUMMINGS, GODFREY, DOROTHY ASHLOCK, JERSEYVILLE, PATSY
ANTHONY, WHITE HALL, PAT HAVLIN, ROODHOUSE, MILDRED WATERS,
LYNNVILLE, SARAH KNIGHT, WYNDER, GA AND MARGARET EASLEY,
ROCKBRIDGE; 5; BRO, CHARLES NORRIS, GODFREY, GEORGE NORRIS,
WHITE HALL, JOHN NORRIS, JOLIET, JAMES AND DOUG NORRIS, BOTH OF
COLE CITY. GRAVESIDE RITES WERE CONDUCTED IN OAK GROVE CEM.
Memorials may be given to THE LUPIS FOUNDATION. Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville WAS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
DR HUGH RUSSELL BOHANNAN, 82, DEAN OF
JERSEYVILLE DOCTORS DIED OCT 20, 1958 AT ST JOSEPH HOSP, ALTON,
WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR THE PAST 5 1/2 WKS. FUNERAL
SERVICES WERE HELD OCT 22, AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV M EDWARDS BREED OFFICIATED. INTERMENT WAS IN
OAK GROVE CEM. AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPEDT TO THE BELOVED CITZEN OF
JERSEY CO, BUSINESS HOUSES AND OFFICES IN JERSEYVILLE WERE
CLOSED DURING THE HRS OF STHE HUNERAL. MASONIC RITES WERE
CONDUCTED TUES EVE AT THE FUNERAL HOME. DR BOHANNAN WAS WIDELY
KNOWN FOR HIS UNSELFISH SERVICE. THE JERSEYVILLE PHY HAD ENTERED
DTHE HOSP SEPT 11, AND THE NEXT DAY OBSERVED HIS 82nd BIRTHDAY.
THE DECEDENT WAS A SON OF THE LATE RUSSELL & MARY (SNELL)
BOHANNAN AND WAS BORN SEPT 12, 1876 IN MACOUPIN CO. THE GREATER
PART OF HIS LIFE WAS SSPENT IN JERSEY CO. THE WELL-KNOWN DR WAS
A DECENDANT OF DR ASA SNELL, THE FIRST PRACTICING PHYSICIAN IN
JERSEY CO, WHO CAME HERE IN 1833 FROM VERMONT. AS A YOUNG MAN HE
TAUGHT IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS OF JERSEY CO AND AT FIDELITY AND
OTTERVILLE. AS SOON AS SCHOOLS WRE DISMISSED FOR SUMMER
VACATIONS HE BECAME A STUDENT AND STUDIED MEDICINE AT ILL MED
COLLEGE IN CHICAGO. IN 1904 HE RECEIVED HIS DEGREE IN MEDICINE
AND FOR 8 MONTHS ENGAGED IN PRACTICE IN NIOTAZA, KS, AND THEN
RETURNED TO JERSEY CO WHERE FOR MORE THAN 50 YRS HE MINISTERED
TO SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES. THOSE WHO SOUGHT HIS MEDICAL
AID KNEW THAT THE FEE WOULD BE SMALL AND IN MANY CASES THE
PHYSICIAN MADE NO CHARGE AT AALL. UPON LOCATING IN JERSEYVILLE
HE OPENED AN OFFFICE IN THE SNEDEKER BUILDING ON N STATE ST,
LATTER MOVING TO QUARTERS IN THE IOOF BUILDING WHERE HE REMAINED
FOR 39 YRS. IN RECENT YRS DR BOAHNNAN HAD OFFICES OVER KIRBY
DRUG STORE. IN 1953 DR BOHANNAN WAS GIVEN COMMUNITY WIDE
RECOGNITION AS HE BEGAN HIS 49th YR OF PRACTICE IN JERSEY CO. A
FUND WAS STARTED FOR A SUPRISE GIFT FOR THE PHY AND HIS MANY FRI
ENDS AND PATIENTS WERE ANXIOUS TO TAKE PART IN THE PROJECT.
BECAUSE OF HIS INTEREST IN SPORTS IT WAS DECIDED TO GIVE HIM A
TELEVISION. WHEN MORE MONEY WAS RECEIVED THAN THE PURCHASE PRICE
OF THE SET, OTHER GIFTS WERE PURCHASED ANDJ PRESENTED TO HIM.
THE FOLLOWING YR DR BOHANNAN AND DR F N McLAREN OF WHITE HALL
WERE HONORED BY THE JERSEY & GREENE CO MEDICAL SOCIETIES AS THEY
MARKED THEIR 50 YRS OF PRACTICE. A DINNER WAS HELD IN
JERSEEYVILLE IN THEIR HONOR AND THEY WERE PRESENTED GOLD SREVICE
PINS AND PORTABLE RADIOS. WHEN INTERVIEWED IN 1953, DR BOHANNAN
ESTIMATED HE HAD DELIVEREED ABOUT 1800 BABIES. DURING HIS YRS OF
PRACTICE HE HAD USED MANY MODES OF TRAVEL TO REACH HIS PATIENTS.
UNTIL HIS ILLNESS, DR BOHANNAN SELDOM MISSED A DAY AT HIS OFFICE
AND FOR MANY YRS HE HAD OFFICE HRS 7 DAYS A WEEK AND EVENING HRS
ALSO. DURING THE IINFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IN WW I THE JERSEYVILLE PHY
HARDLY HAD HIS CLOTHES OFF FOR 5 WKS, EITHER DAY OF NIGHT, WHILE
MINISTERING TO THE VICTIMS OF THE MALADY. DR BOHANNAN HAD BEEN
AFFILIATED WITH BLUE LODGE NO 394, AF & AM, SINCE MAY 23, 1898
AND HAD RECEIVED A 50 YR MASONIC JEWL. HE HAD SERVED AS HIGH
PRIEST OF THE ROYAL ARCH CHAPT. HE SERVED CONTINUOUSLY AS A
MEMBER OF THE JERSEYVILLE BUILDING LOAN & HOMESTEAD ASSOC SINCE
JUNE 11, 1928, AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH WAS VICE PRES OF THE
JERSEY SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOC. DR BOHANNAN HAD BEEN AFFILIATED
WITH THE JERSEY CO MEDICAL SOC FOR MANY YRS AND WAS PAST PRES OF
THE SOC. HE WAAS MARRIED AUG 12, 1917 TO AGNES (LENZ) BOHANNAN
OF JERSEYVILLE, WHO SURVIVES HIM. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 1 NIECE
MISS INA BOHANNAN OF WHITE HALL AND 1 NEPHEW, CHARLES BOHANNAN,
AND 1 G-NEPHEW, CHARLES BOHANNAN JR, OF JERSEYVILLE.
CLARA E BOHN, 87, FORMERLY OF CARROLLTON, D FEB 19,
1993, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. BORN IN ST LOUIS, MAY 4, 1905, SHE WAS THE DAU OF
THE LATE HIGHTON & CLARA (WALLINGTON) HUGHES. SHE MARRIED REV BENJAMIN BOHN
IN 1929, IN ST LOUIS AND HE D MAY 5, 1969. SURVIVING ARE 1 DAU, VIRGINIA
HALL OF CARROLLTON; AND 3 GRANDCHILDREN. 2 HALF BRO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
VISITATION WAS FROM AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME, CARROLLTON. SERCVISES WERE
HELD AT CARROLLTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. REVS AL EASTIN AND JERRY BELDEN
OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN WHITE HALL CAEM. Memorials may be given to
CARROLLTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A PIANIST FOR MANY YEARS, OR
WHITE HALL FIRST CHRIST CHURCH.
Native of Hungary Dies at Delhi Home - George Boker,
73, a native of Austria Hungary, died at his home near Delhi
Thursday morning, September 20, at 9:50 o’clock following a six
weeks’ illness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon,
September 23, from the Delhi church, Rev. J. W. Smith of
Jerseyville officiating. Interment was in the Marston cemetery.
Mr. Boker had resided in the United States for several years and
for the last few years had resided on a farm near Delhi.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Boker, one step-son, Paul
Kokes of Delhi and one step-daughter, Mrs. Aloc Bandy of
Monterey, Ind. [1934]
MARY (GRISWOLD) BOKER, 77 YRS, 9 MO, 10
DAYS, A RESIDENT OF FIDELITY FOR ABOUT 56 YRS, DIED FEB 11, IN
ALTON. MRS BOKER WAS STHE DAU OF THE LATE MR & MRS THOMAS
PICKEREL AND SHE WAS BORN IN MONROE CO, KY, MAY 1, 1869. AS A
CHILD SHE AND HER PARENTS CAME FROM KY IN A COVERED WAGON FROM
KY TO ILLINOIS AND THE FAMILY SETTLED IN THE KANE VICINITY. AS A
YOUNG WOMAN SHE MOVED TYO FIDELITY WHERE SHE HAD SINCE RESIDED.
SURVIVING ARE 2 SONS, WAREN GRISWOLD OF FIDELITY AND LLOYD
GRISWOLD OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 GRANDSON, HAROLD GRISWOLD OF SALEM
AND 1 BRO, ELZY PICKEREL OF JERSEYVILLE. SERVICES WRE HELD AT
WHITFIELD-WARNER FUNERAL CHAPEL IN MEDORA, FEB 14, WITH REV E W
FOX OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN MAPLE LAWN CEM NEAR MEDORA.
Mrs. John Bond of Dow Vicinity Died Saturday - Mrs.
John S. Bond, Sr., a resident of the Dow vicinity for
the past five years, died Saturday afternoon, August 21, at 3:30
o’clock at the Memorial Hospital in Alton where she had been
moved earlier in the week.
Before moving to Dow she had resided in Alton.
Surviving are her husband and four children, Mrs. Erma Dickmann,
Mrs. Glaunda Campbell and John Bond, jr., of Alton and Tillman
W. Bond of Rivera, California. She also leaves six
grandchildren, three brothers and one sister.
Funeral rites were held Tuesday morning, August 24, at ten
o’clock at the Twelfth Street Presbyterian Church in Alton with
the Rev. Paul S. Krebs officiating. Interment was in Oakwood
Cemetery.
CLARENCE (SHORTY) BONER, 81, FORMER OWNER OF
OLIVER IMPLEMENT CO, IN JERSEYVILLE, DIED SEPT 15, AT JERSEY COMM
HOSP. BONER WAS BORN JULY 26, 1906 IN KANE, THE SON OF THE LATE
JOHN W & ELIZABETH (SMITH) BONER. HE WAS INVOLVED IN
FARM-IMPLEMENT MANAGEMENT ANDSALES, RETIRING IN 1970. HE WAS A
MEMBER OF UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE. HE IS
SURVIVIED BY HIS WIFE, HELEN (MORRIS) BONER, WHOM HE MARRIED
JULY 26, 1928 IN BUTLER, MO; 1 SON CLARENCE BONER JU, OF ATLANTA
GA; 2 GRANDSONS AND 2 GRANDAUGHTERS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
1 SON, BILL BONER AND 1 BRO LESTER BONER. SERVICES WERE HELD AT
Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV MIKE MICHELS OFFICIATED.
BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM. Memorials may be given to ARTHRITIS
FOUNDATION AND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
LESTER LOU BONER, RETIRED FARMER OF RR 3,
JERSEYVILLE DIED AT JERSEY COMM HOSP WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT
FOR 11 DAYS. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV W LOUIS PURCELL PASTOR
OF FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEM. MR BONER, A SON OF THE LATE JOHN & LIZZIE (SMITH)
BONER, WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, AUG 23, 1901. AT ONE TIME MR BONER
OWNED AND OPERATED THE IMPLEMENT BUSINESS NOW KNOWN AS
ISRINGHAUSEN IMPLEMENT CO, WEST OF JERSEYVILLE.
WM BONER, 63, BORN IN DONEGAL, IRELAND, AUG
12, 1892. CAME TO PENNSYLVANIA WHEN 19. IN K1855 HE MARRIED
NANCY ANN (STOVER??) BONER, AND MOVED TO ILL. THEY WERE PARENTS
OF 8 CHILDREN: THOMAS CHARLES, MARY CATHERINE, WM ALEXANDER,
EMMA ANN, SARAH JANE, EDWIN FRANCIS, LUCY ELLEN AND JOHN W. 5
ARE LIVING. HE DIED AT HIS HOME 7 MI EAST OF KANE AND WAS BURIED IN
PRUITT CEM.
ANNA BOOMER, WIFE OF ROY BOOMER, JERSEYVILLE
DIED NOV 8, AT WATERS NURSING HOME WHERE SHE HAD RESIDED THE PAST
MONTH. THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville WHERE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE PENDING WHEN THE
DEMOCRAT NEWS WENT TO PRESS. MRS BOOMER WAS A DAU OF THE LATE
HERMAN & CHRISTENE (EBINGER) SCHOCK AND WAS BORN AT NURRHAWT,
GERMANY, ON NOV 16, 1898. SHE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR 49 YRS. SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND ARE 1
SON, WILLIAM H BLIND OF JACKSONVILLE, FL, 5 STEP DAU, MRS WM
SCHULTZ, MRS JOE FRENCH AND MRS CHARLES WEBSTER OF JERSEYVILLE,
MRS EDWARD PHIPPS OF KANE AND MRS CHARLES McINTYRE OF ROSEWOOD
HEIGHTS, 2 GRANDCHILDREN, MARY ANN AND WILLIAM BLIND, AND 2 SIS,
MRS EMMA LEE HENRICKS AND CAROLINE HENRICKS OF ST LOUIS.
ROY BOOMER, 79, A RETIRED FARMER OF
JERSEYVILLE, DIED DEC 15 AT THE CALHOUN CONVALESCENT CARE HOME IN
CALHOUN CO. FUNERAL RITES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral
Home in Jerseyville. REV HARRY FRAZER OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS
IN OAK GROVE CEM. A WW I VETERAN, HE WAS BON OCT 24, 1893 IN
JERSEY CO A SON OF DANIEL & HANNAH ANN (FRAZER) BOOMER. HE IS
SURVIVED BY 5 DAU, MRS WILLIAM (ETHEL) SHULTS, MRS JOE (INEZ)
FRENCH AND MRS CHARLES (NAOMI) WEBSTER, JERSEYVILLE, MRS EDWADRD
(VIOLET) PHIPPS OF KANE AND MRS CHARLES (EVA) McINTYRE OF E
ALTON; 11 GRANDCHILDREN; 9 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 4 SIS, MRS INEZ
FRAZER AND MRS EVA RHOAKS OF JERSEYVILLE, MRS MARY RICE AND MRS
LOTTIE CALENDER, BOTH OF ALTON. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS
WIFE, PARENTS, AND 3 BRO. VISITATION WAS HELD AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville AND WORTHEY POST AMERICAN LEGION
SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE CEM.
DOLORES RAE "DEE" BOOTH, 42. AND HER
HUSBAND, GERALD WERE KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT NEAR
JACKSONVILLE, FEB 10, 1981. SHE WAS BORN IN ERIE CO, NY, ON APR
9, 1938 THE DAU OF EDWARD & JOAN (SLATER) STONEFIELD, WHO
SURVIVE. SHE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED THE PAST 5 YRS BY COLUMBIANA SEED
CO, ELDRED. SURVIVING ARE HER PARENTS OF LAS VEGAS, NV; 3 DAU,
PAMELA, SANDRA AND SHAROL BOOTH ALL AT HOME; 1 SIS, MRS SHARON
GRAHM OF LAKEWOOD, CO. VISITATION WAS HELD AT AIRSMAN-HIRES
FUNERAL HOME. SERVICES WERE HELD THERE WITH REV R E GEORGE OF
JERSEYVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OFFICIATING AND BURIAL WAS
IN MEMORIAL GARDENS, ELDRED. Memorials may be given to THE
FAMILY.
EDWARD J BOOTH, 55, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED APR 11
AT GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE
HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV DAVID
McGUIRE. BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEM. HE WAS BORN NO 10,
1926 IN KAMPSVILLE, A SON OV WILLIAM H & FREDA (MIELKE) BOOTH.
HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, MARJORIE (SCOGGINS) BOOTH WHOM
HE MARRIED MAY 12, 1962 IN KAMPSVILLE; 1 SON, MORRIS, AT HOME; 3
DAU, CAROLYN SHORT OF JERSEYVILLE, ELIAZBETH AND TINA KAY, BOTH
AT HOME; 1 BRO, VINCENT OF JERSEYVILLE; 3 SIS, BETSY HANELINE OF
ALTON, MARY LOU JOHNSON OF CHESTER AND CATHERINE GILL OF KANE;
HIS MOTHER, FREDA BOOTH AND MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, ANNA MARIE
BARNES, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS
FATHER, 1 SIS, NANCY AND 1 BRO, BOBBY JOE. Memorials may be
given to THE NAZERENE BUILDING FUND.
GERALD DAVID BOOTH, 43, AND HIS WIFE WERE
KILLED IN A CAR-TRUCK ACCIDENT TUES FEB 10, 1981, ON ILL RT 67
IN MORGAN CO, 6 MI SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE. THEIR DAU SANDRA, WHO
WAS WITH THEM WAS INJURED AND HOSPITALIZED AT PASSAVANT HOSP IN
JACKSONVILLE. GERALD WAS BORN IN QUARRY TWSP, JERSEY CO, JULY
31, 1937, SON OF HOMER SR, & FLORENCE (BLACKSTONE) BOOTH, WHO
SURVIVE. HE WORKED AT DUNCAN FOUNDRY IN ALTON FOR THE PAST 2
YRS, AND PRIOR TO THAT TIME WAS A DRIVER FOR BARLAGE TRUCKING,
ELDRED. HE MARRIED DOLORES (STONEFIELD) BOOTH NOV 15, 1958, AT
SAN BERNADINO, CA. SURVIVORS ARE HIS PARENTS, 3 DAU, PAMELA,
SANDRA AND SHAROL BOOTH ALL AT HOME; 3 BRO, HOMER BOOTH JR, OF
ELDRED, HAROLD BOOTH OF WOOD RIVER AND LOWELL BOOTH OF POMONA,
CA; AND 1 SIS, MRS BERTHA FUNK OF JERSEYVILLE. VISITATION WAS
HELD AT AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME. SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE
FUNERAL HOME WITH REV R E GEORGE OF JERSEYVILLE UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN MEMORIAL GARDENS, ELDRED.
Memorials may be given to THE FAMILY.
HOMER L BOOTH, SR, 89, FORMERLY OF GREENE
CO, DIED SEPT 27, 1988, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. BOTN IN CALHOUN CO, HE
WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JOHN & LOUISA (BRUNS) BOOTH. ON DEC 21,
1918, HE MARRIED FLORENCE (BLATSTONE) BOOTH IN ELSBERRY, MO. SHE
DIED DEC ?2, 1985. SURVIVING ARE 1 DAU, BERTHA FUNK OF JERSEYVILLE;
2 SONS, HAROLD BOOTH OF WOOD RIVER AND HOMER BOOTH JR, ELDRED;
23 GRANDCHILDREN; 36 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 6 G-G-GRANDCHILDREN AND 2
SIS, MANDY FREESEMEYER OF WAVERLY AND SOPHIA JONES OF NEBO. HE
WAS SPRECEDED IN DEATH BY 2 SONS, GERALD AND LOWELL BOOTH; 2
BRO, ROSCOE AND CHESTER BOOTH; AND 1 SIS LESTER GOEWEY.
VISITATION AND SERVICES ERE HELD AT AIRSMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME,
CARROLLTON. REV BILL BAUGHMAN OFFICIATED, BURIAL IN MEMORIAL
GARDENS CEM, ELDRED. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN LUNG
ASSOC.
NANCY C BOOTH, 40, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED APR 22,
1981 AT MO BAPTIST HOSP, ST LOUIS, MO AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS.
BORN IN CALHOUN CO, MARCH 19, 1941, SHE WAS A DAU OF WILLIAM
HARRISON & FREDA (MIELKE) BOOTH AND HAD FORMERLY BEEN A
WAITRESS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER FREDA AND 1 DAU,
KIMBERLY CANNON, JERSEYVILLE; 2 BRO, EDWARD AND VINCENT BOOTH
BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE; 3 SIS, BETSY HANELINE, ALTON, MARY LOU
JOHNSON, CHESTER & CATHERINE GILL, KANE. VISITATION, ROSARY AND
SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in
Jerseyville. REV WILLLIAM HEMBROW OFFICIATED. BURIAL WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEM. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN CANCER SOC.
Forty Years Ago - Norman A. Boring died at
his home in this city following an attack of quick consumption.
He had been in poor health during the previous summer, but died
nine days after he had taken to his bed. He was aged 69 years
and was survived by his wife and four daughters.[12 Nov 1948]
CLARA ALICE BORMAN, 76 YRS 2 MO, 8 DAYS, OF
FIELDON AND WIDOW OF JOSEPH BORMAN, DIED MARCH 24, AT BOYD MEM HOSP
IN CARROLLTON WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR THE PAST 6 WKS.
MRS BORMAN WAS THE DAU OF THE ALLEN & CYNTHIA (WARNER) COPE, AND
WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO, JAN 16, 1871. SURVIVING MRS BORMAN ARE 2
DAU, MRS PAUL GILLELAND OF FIELDON AND MRS JESSIE REYNOLDS OF
CARROLLTON; 6 GRANDCHILDREN; 11 G-GRANDCHILDREN- 2 SIS, MRS JOHN
POWELL OF FIELDON AND MRS JOHN HOLTSWORTH OF ELDRED; 3 BRO,
LUTHER COPE OF BLOOMFIELD, MO, WILLIAM COPE AND FRED COPE OF
DESMOINES, IA. HER HISBAND AND 1 DAU, MRS JOSIE SCHUDEL PRECEDED
HER IN DEATH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV LOUIS V HUBER OFFICIATED AND
INTERMENT WAS IN DAYTON CEM.
GOLDIE M BORMAN, 88 OF JERSEYVILLE DIED FEB 3,
AT GARNET CHATEAU. HER HUSBAND HARRL BORMAN DIED IN JULY 1973. THE
FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV
EVERETT CHAMBERS. BURIAL WAS IN CARROLLTON CITY CEM. SHE WAS
BORN IN ELDRED, APR 16, 1889 A DAU OF GEORGE & MARY (DAVIDSON)
VARBLE. MRS BORMAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELDRED HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE
CLUB. SURVIVORS ARE 2 DAU, MRS MARY HOWELL OF JERSEYVILLE AND
MRS JOHN (MARJORIE) PERRY OF ST LOUIS; 1 BRO, VERNICE VARBLE OF
ELDRED AND 1 SIS, MRS HOWARD (MILDRED) WALLS OF JACKSONVILLE; 4
GRANDCHILDREN; 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 1
DAU, EVELYN GRAY. Memorials may be given to ELDRED BAPTIST
CHURCH.
HARRY L BORMAN, 84, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED AT BLU
FOUNTAIN MANOR NURSING HOME IN GODFREY. HE HAD BEEN RESIDENT FOR
10 WKS. SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT HIRES FUNERAL HOME IN
CARROLLTON BY REV EVERETT B CHAMBERS. INTERMENT WAS IN
CARROLLTON CITY. HE WAS BORN IN ELDRED JAN 4, 1889. SURVIVORS
ARE HIS WIFE, GOLDIE; 3 DAU, MRS MARY HOWELL OF JERSEYVILLE, MRS
MARJORIE PERRY OF ST LOUIS AND MRS EVELYN GRAY OF ELDRED; 4
GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
Miss Madeline Florence Borman, only child of
George F. and Myrtle Borman, died Monday, aged 14 years and 3
months. The funeral service was held at the residence Tuesday
afternoon, and was conducted by Elder Wm. Gaither. The interment
was in Dayton cemetery. The bearers were six young men, cousins
of the deceased, Leo, Martin, Harry, Arthur, and Clyde Borman,
and Otis A. Ferguson. Madeline was born Nov. 7, 1901, and though
she suffered a great part of her life, she was always patient
and had a smile for everyone. Relatives from out of town who
were here to the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Barnes, Mr. and
Mrs. Truman Barnes, Mrs. Allen Ferguson and son Otis, all of St.
Louis; Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Parks of Greenfield, Mr. and Mrs. Noah
Hudson of Roodhouse, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Borman of Godfrey, Mrs.
Mike Henkel of Kane. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of
all friends and neighbors in their affliction. [Carrollton
Patriot 1916]
Forty Years Ago - Mrs. A. H. Bosarage died
at her home in Bayou La Batra, Ala., following the birth of a
child, which was buried with her. She was a former Greenfield
girl, her maiden name being Anna Emmons, and her age was 26
years. Her body was brought back to Greenfield for burial. [Feb
1948]
Mother of Jersey Resident Dies - Mrs. Emma Augusta
Botkin of Wood River, mother of Mrs. J. W. Holmes of
Jerseyville, died suddenly at her home last Friday evening after
returning home from a service at the Assembly of God church in
Woodriver. Death was due to natural causes.
Mrs. Botkin is the widow of James Wyatt Botkin. She was born
near Otterville and spent her early live in Jersey county, and
for the past fifteen years she has lived in Woodriver.
The deceased is survived by eight children including; Mrs. Fay
Hart and Mrs. Golda Derrington of Pasadena, Texas, Miss Dorothy
Botkin of Woodriver, who is an ordained minister. Mrs. Ina
Radcliff, St. Charles, Mo., Mrs. J. W. Holmes of Jerseyville,
Mrs. Cora Bartlett of Godfrey, Mrs. Lavina Johannpeter, Ponca
City, Oklahoma and a son James S. Botkin of Los Angeles,
California.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Wood River Assembly of
God Church. Burial was in the Woodland Hill Cemetery. [Jersey
County Democrat 03 Nov 1938]
WILLIAM H BOTKIN, 70, A FORMER RESIDENT OF
OTTER CREEK TWSP, DIED SEPT 7 [1958] AT HIS HOME IN TULSA, OK. MR
BOTKIN WAS A BRO OF MRS JOSEPHINE PREGLER OF KANE AND A COUSIN
OF MRS GEORGE BUSCH OF THE OTTERVILLE VICINITY. MR BOTKIN, A SON
OF THE LATE WILLIAM D & ALMIRA M BOTKIN AND WAS BORN NOV 13,
1887, AT FENICE, ILL. HE GREW TO MANHOOD ON A FARM NEAR
OTTERVILLE. HE HAD RESIDED IN KTULSA SINCE 1909 WHERE HE WAS
WIDELY KNOWN AS THE "CURBSTONE PREACHER" WHO HAD HANDED OUT AN
ESTIMATED 6,240,000 RELIGIOUS TRACTS DURING HIS 20 YR TULSA
"STREET MINISTRY". THE TRACTS BOTKIN HANDED OUT WERE
INTERDENOMINATIONAL. HE, HOWEVER, WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE
CENTRAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH AND WAS THE BUILDING CONTRACTOR
FOR THE CHURCH WHICH BURNED DOWN AT 5th AND PEORIA AVES IN TULSA
A FEW YRS AGO. NOT BEING ORDAINED OR QUALIFIED FOR THE MINISTRY,
BOTKIN STARTED OUT HELPING WHEREEVER HE COULD AND THEN BEGAN
PASSING OUT TRACTS. HE WAS A FAMILIAR FIGURE AT 3rd AND MAIN STS
IN TULSA WHERE HE WENT 6 DAYS A WK FOR 20 YRS AND HANDED OUT AN
AVERAGE OF 1,000 TRACTS A DAY. HE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR
SOMETIME AND HAD DISTRIBUTED HIS LAST TRACT ON AUG 29. BEFORE
ENGAGING IN THE SIDEWALK MINISTRY, MR BOTKIN WAS KNOWN IN THE
REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. BEFORE DOING CONSTRUCTION
WORK HE WAS AN OFFICE EMPLOYEE OF THE HEWITT RUBBER CO.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, MRS CAROL BOTKIN OF TULSA, OK; 2 SONS,
LOYD BOTKIN OF TULSA AND JOHN M BOTKIN OF FT WORTH, TX; 2 DAU,
MRS CAROLYN MATTAX, TULSA AND MRS BARBARA ATTERBERRY OF
LAFAYETTE, LA; 1 SIS, MRS JOSEPHINE PREGLER OF KANE; AND 16
GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SEVICES WERE HELD SEPT 9, AT CENTRAL
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN TULSA AND BURIAL WAS IN OAKLAWN CEM
THERE.
Hon. John Minor Botts, a distinguished
Virginia politician who has figured in State and National
politics for the last fifty years, is dead. [Jersey County
Democrat 21 Jan 1869]
SARAH BOULTON, 67, WAS BORN IN LANKENSHIRE,
ENGLAND MAY 8, 1812. DAU OF WM & MARY BROOKS, SHE CAME TO
AMERICA IN 1840, TO PATTERSON, NJ. THEN SHE MOVED TO ROCK
ISLAND, IL AND JOINED THE BAPTIST CHURCH THERE. IN JULY 1845,
SHE CAME TO AND SETTLED IN GREENE CO. SHE MARRIED JAMES H
BOULTON ON NOV 14, 1850. SHE WAS 1 OF 9 CHILDREN, 7 BOYS AND 2
GIRLS, 4 OF THEM PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ALONG WITH HER FATHER AND
MOTHER. 4 BOYS REMAIN TO MOURN THEIR SISTER.
CHARLES BOUSHKA, 80, OF CARROLLTON DIED SEPT
18, AT JERSEYVILLE CARE CENTER. FRIENDS CALLED AT Jacoby
Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD
THERE WITH REV R E GEORGE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE
CEM. A RETIRED FARMER, HE WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO ON AUG 8, 1896,
A SON OF MATTHIAS & JUNLA ANN (RUSK) BOUSHKA. HIS SURVIVORS ARE
HIS WIDOW, MRS JENNIE (HILDRED) BOUSHKA; 1 DAU, MRS HELEN HARRIS
OF PARSONS, KN; 2 SONS, DELBERT E BOUSHKA OF PEORIA AND WILLIAM
M BOUSHKA OF PHOENIX CITY, AL; 3 GRANDCHILDREN. HIS PARENTS AND
2 BRO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
JENNIE E BOUSHKA, 81, FORMERLY OF
CARROLLTON, DIED JULY 5 AT DOCTORS HOSP, COLUMBUS, GA. SHE WAS BORN
NOV 26, 1900 IN ROSEDALE, A DAU OF THE LATE JOSEPH & IDA
(MURPHY) HILDRED. HER HUSBAND, CHARLES BOUSHKA, DIED SEPT 18, 1976.
SHE IS SURVIVIED BY 2 SONS, WILLIAM M BOUSHKA OF SMITHS, AL,
WITH WHOM SHE HAD RESIDED SINCE LAST FEB, AND DELBERT OF PEORIA;
1 DAU, HELEN HARRIS OF PARSONS, KS; 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3
G-GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FROM
Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. BURIAL WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEM.
JULIA A BOUSHKA, 80, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT
THE HOME OF HER SON CHARLES BOUSHKA, OF CARROLLTON. THE DECEDENT
WAS THE DAU OF THE LATE THOMAS & SARAH (HEATON) RUSK AND WAS
BORN IN JERSEY CO ON JULY 13, 1869. MRS BOUSHKA IS SURVIVED BY 1
SON, CHARLES OF CARROLLTON, 4 GRANDSONS, RALPH AND LEO BOUSHKA
JR, OF KANE, WILLIAM OF ROLLA MO, AND DELBERT OF THE US ARMY
STATIONED AT CAMP CAMPBELL, KY; 1 GRANDDAUGHTER, MRS WILFORD
HARRIS OF ALTON; 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN, SHARON LEE AND BARBARA JANE
BOUSHKA, AND 1 SIS, MRS EFFIE COPE OF METROPOLIS, IL. SHE WAS
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, MATT BOUSHKA AND 2 SONS,
LIONARD AND LEO BOUSHKA. SERVICES WERE HELD AT Jacoby Brothers
Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV F W SCHWARZLOSE, PASTOR OF
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, JERSEYVILLE, OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT
WAS IN OAK GROVE CEM.
Matthias Boushka died at his home 7 miles
northwest of Jerseyville, Monday, November 6, 1922, at 5:30 a.
m. at the age of 57 years, 8 months and 13 days.
The decedent is survived by the wife and two sons, Leo and
Charlie Boushka, both residents of Jersey County.
Funeral Services will be held from the church of the Holy Ghost
Wednesday, November 8th, at 9:00 a. m. Rev. Father John H.
Gramke will celebrate the High Mass. Interment will be in St.
Peter and St. Paul’s Cemetery, St. Louis.
NANCY A BOUSHKA, 18, DAU OF MR & MRS WILLIAM
BOUSHKA OF MINNEAPOLIS, MN, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY JAN 30 IN
MINNEAPOLIS. A STUDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MN, SHE WAS BORN NOV
26, 1952 IN TN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE IS SURVIVED BY
HER TWIN SIS, SUSAN B AND 1 BRO, WILLIAM M AT HOME; AND HER
GRANDPARENTS, MR & MRS LEE SHANKS OF KANE AND MR & MRS CHARLES
BOUSHKA OF CARROLLTON. HER MOTHER IS THE FORMER LEONA M SHANKS.
VISITATION WAS FROM Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
Elizabeth Bowers, 84, died at 8:10 a.m.
Tuesday at Boyd Memorial Hospital in Carrollton.
Born in Jacksonville, daughter of the late Leroy and Laura
(Lorton) Harrison she married Harry Hardwick, who died in 1960.
Then, in 1964, she married Otis Bowers, who preceded her in
death in 1980. Surviving, are a daughter, June Lewis of Alton;
six grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Thursday until time of services
at 11 a.m. at Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Carrollton with the
Rev. Terry Turner officiating. Burial will be in Mount Gilead
Cemetery, southwest of Carrollton. The American Cancer Society
has been designated as a memorial. [Alton Telegraph 13 Nov 1985]
OLIVER ARNOLD BOWERS, 81, OF CARROLLTON,
DIED OCT 27, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT
AIRMAN-HIRES FUNERAL HOME IN CARROLLTON BY REV GARY PETERSON.
BURIAL WAS IN MEMORIAL GARDENS CEM, ELDRED. BORN IN JERSEY CO
JAN 11, 1903, HE WAS THE SON OF JOSEPH & SUSAN (WINTERS) BOWERS.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LOYAL ORDER OF THE MOOSE. HE MARRIED
ADELIA (GILLELAND) BOWERS OCT 27, 1927. SHE SURVIVES. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE 1 DAU, MRS BETTY EDWARDS OF CARROLLTON; 2 SONS,
JOSEPH B OF HARDIN KAND ARNOLD R OF GRANITE CITY; AND 1 SIS,
CECIL JOHNISEE OF NJ. Memorials may be given to JERSEY COMM
HOSP.
MILFORD T BOWKER, 69, FORMER RESIDENT OF
MEDORA, DIED OCT 10, 1989, AT HOME. A WW II ARMY VETERAN, HE
OPERATED THE GET WELL VACUUM HOSP IN MEMPHIS, TN, AND HAD
FORMERLY OPERATED A VACUUM STORE IN ALTON. BORN IN MEDORA, HE
WAS A SON OF THE LATE TRUMAN & RUBY (OWENS) BOWKER. JAN 26,
1947, IN MEDORA, HE MARRIED ALMETA (LOWE) BOWKER. SURVIVING ARE
HIS WIFE; 4 SONS, MASTER SGT MILFORD BOWKER OF SAN ANTONIO, TX,
DWIANE BOWKER OF ST CHARLES, MO, MAJOR CHARLES BOWKER OF OMAHA,
NE, AND RICHARD BOWKER OF MEMPHIS; 6 GRANDCHILDREN; 4 SIS, VIOLA
DIRCHNER AND DORIS PRUITT, BOTH OF GREENFIELD AND ANNE BOWKER
AND LELA HARDING, BOTH OF MEDORA; AND LELA HARDING, BOTH OF
MEDORA; AND 3 BRO, LLOYD BOWKER OF MEDORA, GENE BOWKER OF
GODFREY AND BILL BOWKER OF INDIANA. PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH WERE
4 BRO, JAMES, WALTER, ELMER AND CLAUDE BOWKER; AND 1 SIS,
IDABELLE COLEMAN. SERVICES WERE AT FORREST HILL FUNERAL HOME IN
MEMPHIS AND BURIAL WAS IN FORREST HILL CEM IN MEMPHIS, TN.
TRUMAN D BOWKER, 83, OF MEDORA DIED FEB 23,
1975 AT CARLINVILLE AREA HOSP WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR 5
WKS. FINAL SERVICES WERE HELD, FEB 26, AT MT PLEASANT BAPTIST
CHURCH WITH REV GORDON SHEPHARD OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN
MEDORA CEM. MR BOWKER HAD RETIRED FROM THE MEDORA ELEVATOR AFTER
23 YRS SERVICE. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIDOW, RUBY (OWENS) BOWKER; 5
DAU, MRS VIOLA KIRCHNER, GREENFIELD, MRS DORIS PRUITT,
ROCKBRIDGE, MRS LELA HARDING, MRS IDA BELL COLEMAN AND MISS ANNA
MAE BOWKER, ALL OF MEDORA; 7 SONS, JAMES AND GENE OF ALTON,
LLOYD OF MEDORA, CLAUDE OF CACCOLLTON, MINFORD, MEMPHIS, TN,
ELMER, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA AND WILLIAM OF INDIANA; 35
GRANDCHILDREN; AND 35 G-GRANDCHILDREN.
JAMES L BOWMAN, 71, D JAN 30, 1991, AT CHRISTIAN HOSP
NE IN ST LOUIS CO, AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. BOWMAN WAS AN AUTO MECHANIC AND
TOW TRUCK DRIVER AT JERSEY CO MOTOR CO IN JERSEYVILLE FOR 30 YRS, RETIRING
IN 1984. HE WAS A US ARMY WW II VETERAN. BORN IN ROCKBRIDGE, HE WAS THE SON
OF THE LATE CARL F & ZELLA VIOLA (LOY) BOWMAN SR. ON APR 5, 1947, HE MARRIED
WANDA (WEAVER) BOWMAN, AND SHE D SEPT 21, 1983. ON FEB 15, 1986, HE MARRIED
ORLENA (ELMORE) CAMPION IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 2
DAU, AVA CRULL OF FIELDON AND PATTY BLACKWELL OF JERSEYVILLE; 1 SON, JIM
BOWMAN OF GRAFTON; 3 STEPSONS, GENE CAMPION OF PIASA, EDWARD CAMPION OF
BRIGHTON AND BRAD CAMPION OF BUNKER HILL; 4 GRANDCHILDREN; 5 STEP
GRANDCHILDREN; 2 SIS, FRANCES POPE OF MEDORA AND MARCILE CLAYTON OF VERMONT,
IL; AND 4 BRO, CARL F BOWMAN JR OF ALTON, HAROLD AND MELVIN BOWMAN, BOTH OF
MEDORA, AND ROBERT L BOWMAN OF JERSEYVILLE. PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH WERE 1
DAU, KATHY BOWMAN; AND 1 SON, KENNETH BOWMAN. VISITATION AND SERVICES WERE
HELD AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV EARL D CLAGG OFFICIATED.
GRAVESIDE MILITARY RITES WERE CONDUCTED BY AMERICAN LEGION POST 492 AND VFW
POST 4528, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE, AT OAK GROVE CEM IN JERSEYVILLE. Memorials
may be given to AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOC.
