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DIED AT HIS HOME NEAR LITCHFIELD, IL JUL 15, 1891,
Daniel Nail, 88 YEARS. REMAINS BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL
SAT. JULY 18 AND LAID TO REST BESIDE HIS WIFE IN OAK GROVE
CEMETERY. FOLLOWING PERSONS FROM LITCHFIELD, MR. AND MRS. BERRY
NAIL, MR. AND MRS. H.T. NAIL, MR. AND MRS. J.C. CROMWELL, MRS.
E.S. SPENCER, JOS. HUNT, JOHN BITTER, WM. BITTER, A. KRANICH,
GUY A. SNELL AND JAMES THRALLS. BORN IN ROWAN CO., NC JAN 15,
1803 AND IN 1824 WITH HIS FAMILY CAME TO SHELBY CO, IND. IN 1826
MARRIED CYNTHIA WATTS WHO DIED JUL 22, 1878. IN 1830 HE MOVED TO
ILLINOIS AND SETTLED IN GREENE CO NEAR BLUFFDALE, WHERE HE LIVED
UNTIL 1837. FROM THERE TO CALHOUN CO. FOR 5 YEARS, THEN TO
JERSEYVILLE UNTIL 1880, THEN MOVED TO LITCHFIELD. OF FAMILY OF
11 CHILDREN, FOUR OF WHOM SURVIVE HIM, HE WAS THE OLDEST. TWO
BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER LIVE IN SHELBY CO., IND. AND ONE BROTHER
IN MONTGOMERY CO., IL. HE HAD ONLY ONE CHILD, AT THE TIME OF HIS
DEATH, HENRY T. NAIL, AT WHOSE HOME HE DIED. FUNERAL SERVICES
FROM OAK GROVE CEM. REV. J. LEEPER. PALLBEARERS: D.G. WYCKOFF,
BENJ. WEDDING, J.G. MARSTON, J.D. DARBY, J.S. DANIELS AND
WALLACE LEIGH. [Jersey County Democrat 23 Jul 1891]
Dorothy Nail BORN IN ROWAN CO., NC SEPT. 7,
1804, MARRIED TO WILLIAM KELLER SEP. 7, 1824. TO ILL. WEST OF
CARROLLTON, THEN TO JERSEY. FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER--SAMUEL
NAIL, OBADIAH NAIL, AND MARTHA RAY OF SHELBYVILLE, IL. DANIEL OF
LITCHFIELD AND BARRY NAIL OF HILLSBORO, IL., SHE IS MOTHER OF 14
CHILDREN, SEVEN SURVIVE, J.G. KELLER OF KANE, D.J. KELLER OF
SPRINGFIELD, T.C. KELLER AND MRS. R.A. MCREYNOLDS OF
JERSEYVILLE, A.W. KELLER AND MRS M.A. MCREYNOLDS OF
MORRISONVILLE, IL AND MRS. C.E. COWEN OF VIRDEN, IL. GRANDMOTHER
OF 52. 20 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. 84 YEARS. REV. LAIRD OF KANSAS.
[Republican Examiner Dec 1888]
Edith J. Nail, 85, OF JERSEYVILLE DIED AT
7:32 AM FEB 15 AT EUNICE SMITH NURSING HOME, WHERE SHE HAD BEEN
A RESIDENT SINCE MAY. SURVIVING ARE A SON, LOUIS OF JERSEYVILLE;
A DAUGHTER, MARGARET L. PIRTLE, ALSO OF JERSEYVILLE AND THREE
GRANDSONS. BURIAL WAS AT THE OAK GROVE CEMETERY. MEMORIALS MAY
BE MADE TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF JERSEYVILLE. 02/17/81:
EDITH J. NAIL, 85, OF 207 PLEASANT ST., JERSEYVILLE DIED AT 7:32
AM FEB 15 AT THE EUNICE SMITH NURSING HOME IN ALTON WHERE SHE
HAD RESIDED SINCE MAY. SHE WAS BORN JAN.24, 1896 IN WRIGHTS, A
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GEORGE AND MARGARET BOHRMAN KEEHNER. SHE
MARRIED LEE NAIL DEC. 28, 1915; HE DIED JUL 13, 1978. MRS. NAIL
WAS A 75 YEAR MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE HAD
SERVED AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND DEACONESS, CHOIR MEMBER
AND MISSIONS CIRCLE LEADER AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
CHRISTIAN EDUCATORS. SHE WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE JERSEYVILLE
WOMAN'S CLUB, 1960-62, PAST PRESIDENT OF JERSEY COUNTY HOME
BUREAU, 1935-36 AND PAST PRESIDENT OF JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY, 1955-56. SHE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF JERSEY COUNTY
REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB AND IN 1975 WAS AWARDED HOMEMAKER OF THE
YEAR BY THE JERSEY COUNTY HOMEMAKERS EXTENSION ASSN. SHE IS
SURVIVED BY ONE SON, LOUIS NAIL, AND A DAUGHTER, MARGARET LEE
PIRTLE OF JERSEYVILLE; AND THREE GRANDSONS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN
DEATH BY A SISTER AND SEVEN BROTHERS. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 4
TO 9 PM TUESDAY UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY AT GUBSER FUNERAL HOME WHEN
THE BODY WILL BE TAKEN TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. VISITATION
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TIME OF SERVICES AT 1:30 PM WITH THE REV. V.
CLAY NOAH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY. THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HAS BEEN NAMED AS A MEMORIAL. [25 Feb 1981]
FUNERAL MASS FOR Mrs. Catherine Narup, 82,
OF FIELDON WAS CELEBRATED AT 10 AM MAY 10 AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH,
WESTWOODS, WITH FATHER WILLIAM HEMBROW CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN
THE CHURCH CEMETERY. HER DEATH OCCURRED AT 6:53 AM MAY 8 AT ST.
JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL IN ALTON. SHE WAS BORN IN CALHOUN COUNTY APRIL
2, 1896 A DAUGHTER OF FRANK AND ANNIE KAMP MOSSMAN. SHE IS
SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, CHARLES NARUP; TWO SONS, LEONARD NARUP
OF ALTON AND JEROME NARUP OF KANE; SEVEN DAUGHTERS, MRS. GORDON
(VERNETIA) GULLICKSRUD AND MRS. LAVERNE (VERA) DUNHAM OF EAST
ALTON; MRS. JAMES (IRENE) ERWIN AND MRS. ALFRED (LORETTA)
LINENFELSER OF JERSEYVILLE; MRS JEROME (DELORIS) BECKER OF
FULTON, MRS. FRED (NORMA) GLASSBRENNER OF PLAINVIEW AND MRS.
ROSALIE EAST OF TALLAHASSEE, FLA. TWO BROTHERS, CARL MOSSMAN OF
JERSEYVILLE AND CLARENCE MOSSMAN OF GODFREY; AND TWO SISTERS,
MRS. MARIE KIEL OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS. CLARA NARUP OF ALTON.
THE ROSARY WAS RECITED AT JACOBY FUNERAL HOME TUESDAY EVENING.
A FUNERAL MASS FOR Charles M. Narup, 90 OF
FIELDON WAS CELEBRATED FRIDAY AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH, WESTWOODS
WITH MSGR. P.O. HEINEN AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN THE CHURCH
CEMETERY. HIS DEATH OCCURRED AT 1:20 PM JAN 21 AT JERSEY COMM.
HOSPITAL. HIS WIFE, THE FORMER CATHERINE MOSSMAN, DIED 8 MAY
1978. NARUP WAS OWNER OF THE FORMER FIELDON TELEPHONE COMPANY.
HE WAS BORN FEB. 2, 1890 IN CALHOUN COUNTY, A SON OF HENRY AND
SARAH CLARK NARUP. HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO SONS, JEROME NARUP
OF KANE AND LEONARD NARUP OF ALTON; SEVEN DAUGHTERS, VERNETIA
GULLICKSRUD OF EAST ALTON, VERA DAVENPORT OF WOOD RIVER, NORMA
JEAN GLASSBRENNER OF PLAINVIEW, DELORIS BECKER OF FIELDON, IRENE
ERWIN, LORETTA LINENFELSER AND ROSALIE EAST, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE;
ONE SISTER, MARY LEWIS OF LAKESIDE, LA; 20 GRANDCHILDREN AND 21
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. THE ROSARY WAS RECITED THURS. EVENING AT
JACOBY FUNERAL HOME.
Henry Harrison Neese, Sr., 73, DIED AT 5:55
AM SUNDAY, AUG. 25, 1991 AT HOME. HE WAS A FARMER IN THE JERSEY
COUNTY AREA AND RETIRED IN 1982 AS A LABORER FROM COACH
MARKETING CO., OF WEST ALTON, MO. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE. BORN IN MARION COUNTY, MO
ON JAN 20, 1918 HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CLARENCE AND FRANCES
(CHISM) NEESE. HE MARRIED THE FORMER GERTRUDE KILLBREW ON OCT
26, 1940 IN BOWLING GREEN, MO. AND SHE DIED ON MAR 2, 1961.
SURVIVING ARE THREE DAUGHERS, ARLENE KAIMAN OF HAVAN, FLA.,
CHERYL BETTY OF CHATHAM AND CONNIE FRAZIER OF JERSEYVILLE; THREE
SONS, HENRY NEESE JR OF SMYRNA, TENN. DONALD NEESE OF WHITE
HALL, AND GARY NEESE OF SCHWABACH, GERMANY; 11 GRANDCHILDREN;
AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION IS FROM 6 TO 9 PM WED.
AT JACOBY-SCHROEDER FUNERAL HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, WHERE SERVICES
ARE AT 10 AM THURS. THE REV. PAUL SNOW WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL IS
IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY IN JERSEYVILLE. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOC.
SERVICES FOR Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Neil, 84,
OF 5408 S. BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS WERE HELD AT 1:30 PM TUES. DEC 28
AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. L.E. HUTCHINSON
OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN KANE CEMETERY. HER DEATH OCCURRED
AT 10:15 AM ON DEC. 24 AT THE ALTHENHEIM NURSING HOME IN ST.
LOUIS. SHE WAS BORN OCT. 25, 1892 IN TANEY COUNTY, MO, A DAU. OF
FRANK AND SARAH LAWRENCE SHUMATE. HER HUSBAND, FRANK NEIL DIED
IN 1950. SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SISTER, TINA PARSONS OF CHICAGO;
TWO BROTHERS, JOHN SHUMATE OF MARIONVILLE, MO AND WILLIAM
SHUMATE OF CRANE, MO; ONE STEPDAUGHTER, MRS. WALTER
RAYMOND(VERA) TAYLOR OF JERSEYVILLE; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; 16
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; THREE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. THE FAMILY
HAS DESIGNATED THE STATE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING
FUND AS A MEMORIAL.
Mrs. Clara Nelson OF ROUTE ONE, DOW, DIED
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, AT 4 O'CLOCK AT THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
IN ALTON WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A PATIENT NINE DAYS. FUNERAL RITES
WILL BE HELD AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY
3, AT 1:30 O'CLOCK WITH REV. THOMAS THOMPSON OF ALTON
OFFICIATING, AND BURIAL WILL BE IN VALHALLA MEMORIAL PART.
VISITATION HOURS WILL BE HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME AFTER 2 PM,
THURSDAY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY HAS DESIGNATED MEMORIALS
TO CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS. MRS. NELSON WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
CHARLES F.W. AND ULRICA KAPPEL GERSON AND WAS BORN AT FIELDON ON
AUG. 16, 1893. HER AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATHS WAS 74 YEARS, 8
MONTHS, AND 15 DAYS. SURVIVING MRS. NELSON ARE THREE SONS,
CHARLES OF GODFREY, HARRY OF ALTON AND ROBERT NELSON OF DOW, TWO
DAUGHTERS, MRS. HAZEL STUBBLEFIELD OF EDWARDSVILLE AND MRS.
KATHRYN CHRONISTER OF DOW, ONE STEP SON, EMMETT NELSON OF ALTON,
ONE BROTHER, C.A. GERSON OF CARROLLTON, TWO SISTERS, MRS. ALVENA
GWINNER OF ALTON AND MRS. HAROLD CROXFORD OF GRAFTON, NINETEEN
GRANDCHILDREN, AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HER HUSBAND, ARTHUR
NELSON, THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER PRECEDED HER IN [remainder
unavailable] [02 May 1968]
Della Mae Newberry, DAU. OF PETER AND SARAH
MOWEN. BORN KANE, NOV. 29, 1871. MARRIED 7 OCT 1889 TO HAMILTON
NEWBERRY. TO OTTERVILLE. 5 CHILDREN; NELLIE, GERALDINE AT HOME,
MRS. LEE MASSEY, SONS JESS, FRED. 3 BROTHERS, WALTER, CYRUS,
FRED. REV. DAWDY. [Jan 1931]
Betty Lou Newingham, 50, DIED TUESDAY, FEB
6, 1990 AT BARNES HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS. BORN IN CARROLLTON, SHE
WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE LOUIS AND KATHRYN (WYATT) HOLMES.
SHE MARRIED CHARLES DENNIS NEWINGHAM ON MAR 4, 1959, IN
CARROLLTON, AND HE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE A DAUGHTER,
ANGIE PRUITT OF JERSEYVILLE, A SON, MIKE NEWINGHAM OF ELDRED;
FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; TWO SISTER, ANITA TAYLOR OF JERSEYVILLE AND
BRENDA GILBERT OF ELDRED; AND THREE BROTHERS, JAMES HOLMES OF
JERSEYVILLE AND KIRBY AND ZACHARY HOLMES, BOTH OF CARROLLTON.
VISITATION IS FROM 4 TO 9 PM THURS. AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME
IN JERSEYVILLE WHERE SERVICES ARE AT 1 PM FRIDAY WITH REV. JOY
SETTLES OFFICIATING. BURIAL IS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY IN
JERSEYVILLE. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
SOCIETY OR TO THE FAMILY IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME.
Charles Newingham, 50, DIED AT 3:28 AM
THURS., FEB 20 1992 AT JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL IN JERSEYVILLE. A
U.S. NAVY VETERAN, HE RETIRED IN 1979 AS AN AUTO BODY TECHNICIAN
WITH THE UNION AUTO BODY SHOP IN GODFREY. BORN IN ROODHOUSE ON
MAR 27, 1941, HE WAS A SON OF LUCY (HERRON) NEWINGHAM MILLER OF
WHITE HALL AND THE LATE LYMAN NEWINGHAM. HE AND THE FORMER BETTY
HOLMES WERE MARRIED MAR 4, 1959 IN CARROLLTON. SHE DIED FEB 6,
1990. SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO HIS MOTHER ARE A SON, MIKE
NEWINGHAM OF ELDRED; A DAUGHTER, ANGIE PRUITT OF JERSEYVILLE;
FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; A SISTER, SHEILA COLLINS OF WHITE HALL; AND
FOUR BROTHERS, GARY NEWINGHAM OF JERSEYVILLE, DEAN NEWINGHAM OF
ROCHESTER, BILL NEWINGHAM OF JACKSONVILLE AND TOM NEWINGHAM OF
NOWALK, OHIO. A BROTHER, LARRY NEWINGHAM, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
VISITATION IS FROM 4 TO 9 PM TODAY AT JACOBY-SCHROEDER FUNERAL
HOME IN JERSEYVILLE, WHERE SERVICES ARE AT 10 AM SAT. THE REV.
JOY SETTLES WILL OFFICIATE. MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES WILL BE
CONDUCTED AT OAK GROVE CEMETERY IN JERSEYVILLE BY AMERICAN
LEGION POST 492 AND VFW POST 4526, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE.
MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY.
FINAL RITES FOR Mrs. Pearl Clark Nichols,
72, OF CARROLLTON WERE HELD FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE HIRES
FUNERAL HOME IN CARROLLTON WITH THE REV. VALE WALKINGTON
OFFICIATING. SHE DIED OCT. 23 AT BOYD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
INTERMENT WAS IN UPPER ALTON CEMETERY, ALTON. SURVIVING ARE A
SON, LESLIE CLARK OF POMANA, CALIF.; TWO BROTHERS, DAVID WORTHEY
OF CARROLLTON AND EDWARD WORTHEY OF WOOD RIVER; THREE SISTERS,
MRS. MEDA PLATTNER OF CLIFTON; MRS. HELEN DABBS OF GRAFTON AND
MRS. SINA GILWORTH OF BRIGHTON; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; SIX GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. [Nov 1973]
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR Edward C. Nolan, 77, A
KANE FARMER WAS CELEBRATED WEDNESDAY AT ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
CHURCH WITH FATHER PATRICK MORROW AS CELEBRANT. BURIAL WAS IN
ST. FRANCIS CEMETERY. HE DIED AT 1 PM ON 15 APR AT CHRISTIAN
HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN JUNE 15, 1906 IN CHEYENNE, WYO. TO THE
LATE DENNIS AND BLANCHE LASEUR NOLAN. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS
WIFE, THE FORMER RAMONA MODLIN WHOM HE MARRIED 16 FEB 1966 IN
JERSEYVILLE; SONS, JACK NOLAN OF ELDRED AND TERRY GRAY OF HAZEL
CREST; DAUGHTERS ROBERTA PYATT, ALTON, AMANDA FREY, ST. CHARLES,
MO AND DEBBIE CHEEK, JACKSONVILLE; SISTERS, MARY MOHATT,
CHEYENNE, WYO. AND GLADYS MCDERMOTT, BILLINGS, MONT.; 10
GRANDCHILDREN , FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN
DEATH BY HIS FIRST WIFE, THE FORMER LOIS MOURNING; A SON, MIKE,
FOUR BROTHERS AND A SISTER. THE ROSARY WAS RECITED AT JACOBY
FUNERAL HOME. THE ST. FRANCIS BUILDING FUND AND THE LEUKEMIA
FOUNDATION HAVE BEEN NAMED AS MEMORIALS. [24 Apr 1984]
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME IN
JERSEYVILLE MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR Mrs. Rosie Edith Norris
OF KANE. REV. JACK BROWN OF KANE OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN
THE KANE CEMETERY. THE DEATH OF MRS. NORRIS OCCURRED AT
TWO-THIRTY O'CLOCK SATURDAY MORNING AT BOYD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN
CARROLLTON WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A PATIENT FOR THREE DAYS. MRS.
NORRIS, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHARLES AND KATHLEEN SCHRIEBER
SPRINGMAN, WAS BORN IN JERSEY COUNTY, AND HER AGE AT THE TIME OF
DEATH WAS SIXTY FOUR YEARS, TWO MONTHS, AND TWENTY-NINE DAYS.
HER SURVIVORS ARE ONE SON, CARROLL E. NORRIS OF FIELDON; ONE
DAUGHTER, MRS. TRACY ZIEGLER OF KANE; SIX GRANDCHILDREN; THREE
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; TWO BROTHERS, LAWRENCE AND LAVERNE
SPRINGMAN, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE AND ONE SISTER, MRS. LAWRENCE
SCHROEDER OF JERSEYVILLE. [04 Apr 1968]
