Miscellaneous Obituaries
MRS. GREEN'S FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SUNDAY
("The Rockford Register-Gazette", Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois,
October 1918)
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the funeral of Mrs. Charles J.
Green, 1404 Sixth street, who died of pneumonia at Rockford hospital
at 1:20 this morning, will be held at the Olson undertaking parlors on
Seventh street. The funeral will be private Dr. John Gordon will
officiate. Burial will likely be in the West side cemetery.
All of the arrangements for the funeral have not been perfected.
Mrs. Green leaves her husband, an Infant child, Elizabeth Jean, her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Kincaid, two brothers, Harry and Peter
Kincaid, and one sister, Mrs. A. Loveless. Mrs. Green's father and
mother, brothers and sister live in Rockton where she was born and reared.
Mrs. Green was born in Rockton February 28, 1883. She received her
education at he Rockton schools. She was married to Charles J. Green
of this city January 6, 1904. During her girlhood in Rockton she
was an attendant at the Congragational church. Mrs. Green had a wide
circle of friends. She was ever ready to assist others and her many
admirable qualities caused her to be much beloved.
MRS. A. GREEN IS DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Funeral Services to Be Held Saturday
("The Rockford Register-Gazette", Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois,
Thursday, March 19, 1921)
Mrs. Charlotte Green, wife of Andrew Green, 1404 Sixth avenue,
died this morning at 3:30 o'clock at Rockford hospital where she had been
a patient for two months, having been ill of a malignant malady for the
last five months. Mrs. Green was born in Westergotland, Sweden Nov.
1849, and came to Rockford 36 years ago. She had resided at her Sixth
street residence for thirty years.
Besides her husband, she leaves one son, Charles J. Green, superintendent
of the Greenlee Bros. & Company plant, two sisters, Mrs. Frank Carlson
of Rockford, and Mrs. Johanna Johnson of South Haven, Mich., and one granddaughter.
She was a member of the Salem Lutheran Church and was held in high esteem
by her wide circle of aquaintances.
Funeral services will be held at her late home, 1404 Sixth street Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. J.A. Benander will officiate and
burial will be made in the Cedar Bluff Cemetery.
HEART ATTACK PROVES FATAL TO A.G. GREEN
("Rockford Daily Register-Gazette", Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois,
November 6, 1924)
Andrew G. Green, age 72 years, 1404 Sixth street, died this
morning at 5:50 o'clock at St. Anthony's hospital where he had been a patient
for ten days.
Mr. Green's death was attributed to heart disease and followed an illness
of five years.
Funeral services will be held at the home on Sixth street Saturday
afternoon at 1 o'clock. The Rev. J.A. Benander, pastor of Salem Lutheran
Church, of which Mr. Green was a member, will officiate. Interment
will be in Cedar Bluff Cemetery. Friends may view the remains prior to
the service.
Mr. Green was born June 13, 1851, in Westergotland, Sweden, coming
to Rockford in 1885. He is survived by one son, C.J. Green, superintendent
at Greenlee Brothers & Company, and one grandchild.
Mr. Green was a furniture packer and was employed at the Haddorff Piano
company and later at the Greenlee plant. He was compelled by failing
health to retire five years ago.
PETER KINCAID, 72, DIES; LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF ROCKTON
(Unknown Newspaper, Rockton, Illinois, 1951)
Peter Kincaid, 72, a life-long resident of Rockton, died suddenly
last Friday evening at the home of his son, Melvin Kincaid on River Street.
Funeral Services were held Monday afternoon at the Rosman-Uehling-Kinser
funeral chapel in Beloit. The services were conducted by Rev. W.R.
Corvin of the Methodist Church. Burial was in the Rockton Cemetery.
Mr. Kincaid was born in Rockton on February 12, 1876. He was
married to Rena Arnolds on August 4, 1901. They made their home here
with Mr. Kincaid being employed at the paper mill. He retired several
(years) ago. Mrs. Kincaid died in 1947.
Survivors include two sons, Melvin with whom he resided and Donald
of Rockford; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Moore of Loves Park; a brother Harry
Kincaid of Rockton; and four grandchildren.
C.J. Green Dies at 86 In Hospital
(Unknown Newspaper, Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois, March 1966)
Charles J. Green, 88, 707 W. Riverside Blvd., died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday
in Rockford Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
Green lived 81 years in Rockford and retired from Greenlee Bros. 17
years ago, after 42 years as superintendent.
He is survived by his widow, Jane; and one daughter.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Fred C. Olson Mortuary,
1001 2nd Ave., with burial in Cedar Bluff Cemetery.
GREEN - Charles J. Green, 86, 707 Riverside Blvd., died at 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 26, 1966, in Rockford Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
Born Sept 16, 1879, in Sweden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Green.
Lived 81 years in Rockford, coming here from Sweden. Married the
former Jane Coyne in Rockford, Dec 3, 1919. Employed as a superintendent
by Greenlee Bros., Inc. for 42 years before his retirement 17 years ago.
Member of Second Congregational Church and of Rockford Masonic Lodge 102,
Freeport Consistory, and Tebala Temple. Survivors include:
his widow; one daughter, Mrs. R.B. Stallwood, Colorado Springs, Colo.;
two grandsons, Richard and Phillip Stallwood, both of Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Services at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, in FRED C. OLSON MORTUARY, 1001
2nd Ave., with Rev. Joseph Cleveland., pastor of Second Congregational
Church, officiating. Burial in Cedar Bluff Cemetery. No visitation.
Melvin Kincaid Sr., 79
(Unknown Newspaper, Rockford/Rockton, Illinois, 12 May 1982)
ROCKTON - Melvin Kincaid Sr., 79, of 226 West River St., died this
morning in Amberwood Health Care Center, Rockford.
He was born on May 25, 1902, in Beloit, the son of Peter and Rena Arnold
Kincaid. He married Geraldine Henderson on Feb. 19, 1925, in Rockton.
She died in 1980.
He was a retired millwright for the Rockton Paper Mill and also did
commercial fishing and trapping in the Rockton area for many years.
Survivors include one son, Melvin Jr. of Rockton; one daughter, Mrs.
Jean (Jack) Fairchild of Rockton; three grandsons; one brother, Donald
of Estes Park, Col., and one sister, Mrs. Dorothy Moore of Fort Collins,
Col. He was predeceased by his parents and one brother.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Rosman Uehling, Kinzer
Blackhawk Chapel; South Beloit, with the Rev. Darrell English officiating.
Burial will be in Rockton Cemetery. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m.
Tuesday in the Blackhawk Chapel.
JOHN CURTIS OBITUARY 5-6-1915 Post #10 Snohomish
G. A. R. MAN DIES
John Curtis, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home, at 332 Pine
street, this morning at 6 o'clock at the age of 77 years. He served with
the 1st Wisconsin Light Artillery, enlisting in 1861 and being mustered
out in 1865. He had lived in Snohomish for five years coming here from
Trempleau, WI, where he had resided since 1846. He was a member of the
Morton Post #10, G.A.R. of this city and was an elder of the Presbyterian
Church. The old soldier is survived by a widow, four sons and a daughter,
Mrs. Edgar Wright of this city, and a number of grandchildren. The funeral
services will take place at the family home Saturday at 1 o'clock. Rev.
A.B. Van Zante conducting the service. Interment will be at the G.A.R.
cemetery where the local GAR post will have charge of the service.
Everett Daily Herald 12/1934
Mrs. Alzoa Jan Curtis, 90, a resident of Snohomish since 1909
died Sunday morning at her home 318 Pine street. Mrs. Curtis was born in
Indiana and first came to this city in 1905. She is survived by four sons,
Archie of Granite Falls, Clyde of Everett, John of Granite Falls, Luke
of Snohomish, one daughter, Mrs. Edgar Wright of Snohomish, eight grandchildren
and six great grandchildren. Mrs. Curtis was a member of Rose Rebekah lodge
No. 51 of Woman's Relief corps, the Presbyterian church and the Womans'
Christian Temperance Union. The body is at Snohomish chapel of Bakeman
& Whyte from where funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The Valley News Sultan 10-6-1927
Frank Curtis, a well known mining man of this section, died
at the Florence-Rae mining camp in Sultan Basin Saturday morning, October
1, after a brief illness of pneumonia. His son Robert, who was with him
when he became ill, made a quick trip out of the Basin to get medical aid
for his father, and was on his way back to camp with Dr. Nelson when he
met Harry Rudebeck bearing the news of his father death. The deceased,
who was born in Wisconsin, was 64 years old and had resided in this part
of the country for the past thirty years. He is survived by one son, Robert
and a nephew, Charles A. Curtis, both of whom reside here. Frank Curtis
had engaged in mining for many years, and held mining properties in Sultan
Basin as well as in the Index district, and at the time of his death was
negotiating for the sale of his Basin property. Funeral services were held
in Sultan Monday afternoon, the body having been brought in from the Basin
Sunday, Rev. A. Guikema officiating at the services, and burial was made
in the Sultan cemetery. Purdy & Son had charge of the funeral.
Granite Falls Record 9-29-1924
Sorrow filled the hearts of many of the people of this community when
the sad tidings came that Miss Dorothy Curtis struggle for life,
health and success had ended. Miss Curtis died at the Aldercrest Sanitarium,
Snohomish, on Monday, September 1st. The funeral was held on Wednesday,
services being conducted at the home in this city by Rev. Peterson of the
Presbyterian church of Snohomish, after which the body was taken to Snohomish
and laid to rest in the GAR cemetery. There were many floral tributes from
loving friends attending the services from other towns was an uncle, Rev.
A.E. Evans of Yakima, and W.H. Gibson and Mrs. Cora Saunders of Portland,
Ore., and Mrs. W.H. Ellert of Seattle. Dorothy Ann Curtis was born in Trempealeau,
Wi, Nov. 23, 1899. She was a high school student in Wisconsin, and after
coming to this sate attended high school in Snohomish, also was a student
at the normal school in Bellingham. She taught school here, retiring from
the work in the second year, in March last on account of illness. She was
a member of Union Congregational Church of this city and was organist in
the church one year. Many friends mourn her departure, and sympathize with
the bereaved parents, sister and brothers namely; Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Curtis,
Mary and Josephine and Alanson Curtis.
Monroe Monitor 7 October 1927
Frank Monroe Curtiss passed away on Saturday morning, October
1, 1927 at the age of 65 years, 10 months and 19 days. He was born in Wisconsin
in 1861, had been a resident of the Sultan Valley for thirty years and
for the last seven made his home in Sultan. At he time of his death, he
was employed by the Pacific Copper company and had gone into the Sultan
Basin to prepare a mine for sale, contracted pneumonia and died before
he could be brought to the hospital for care. He is survived by one son,
Robert, and one sister in California. Funeral services were held in the
Holland church in Sultan on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. Mrs. W. S.
Selwood, accompanied by Mrs. E. L. Purdy, rendered the musical service.
Interment was in the Sultan cemetery, Purdy & Sons, undertakers.
1881 H. W. Beckwith History, Montgomery Co IN (Chicago: HH Hill) p 464
SAMUEL FULLEN, deceased, was of English and Irish stock, and
was born in Virginia, January 22, 1799. In his infancy his parents emigrated
to Knoxville, Tennessee, where they remained until he was eight years old;
then removing, settled at Connersville, Fayette county, Indiana, and subsequently
fixed their home in Marion county, thus making their residence in the northwest
territory some eight years prior to the admission of Indiana as a state
into the Union. Capt. Fullen was married October 2, 1817, to Miss Annie
Pogue, daughter of George Pogue, a famous western adventurer, and one of
the earliest settlers of Indianapolis. She was born in South Carolina July
15, 1797. It is believed that her father was killed by the Indians. His
horses were stolen by them, and he went in pursuit, but nothing was ever
afterward heard of him. The neighbors followed hard upon the depredators
and retook the animals. The wife of Pogue was Miss Cassa A. Paine, who
was born, according to the most reliable account, September 7, 1769.
Her death occurred in this county October 9, 1861, at the extreme age
of ninety-two years, one month and two days.
Her remains were deposited in Oak Hill cemetery. Capt. Fullen was a
militia officer in the days when musters and trainings were all in fashion.
In Marion county he held the office of justice of the peace many years.
He was a strong believer in universal salvation, and after his settlement
in this county, in 1840, took the pulpit, and labored with more or less
regularity until 1845 to disseminate this favorite doctrine. In politics
he could justly boast with pride that he was a Jackson democrat; and, like
most of the venerable men of that school of belief, he was active and influential
in his party. He often took the stump, and in 1856 labored in this way
in that memorable canvass with more than his ordinary zeal. He made his
living by farming. He began poor, but acquired a fair competence, and at
his death, which occurred April 7, 1876, left a good farm of 160 acres,
three miles north of Crawfordsville. He enjoyed the respect of a numerous
acquaintance, and was widely known for his integrity, intelligence, and
general worth as a citizen. His wife, a kindly and estimable woman, in
whom were the graces of cheerfulness, frugality and tender benevolence,
survived him but a short time. She went peacefully to rest on the l9th
of August, 1877, and was laid with the other members of the family, who
are buried in Oak Hill cemetery. The children by these parents were fifteen
in number, as follows: Amanda, wife of the Rev. Daniel Vines, of Fayette
county, Iowa; Emaline, now Mrs. Seth Curtis, of Douglas county, Minnesota;
Melinda, relict of Harvey Montgomery; Lucinda, wife of John Alexander,
of Tama county, Iowa; Matilda, born February 20, 1820, and died July 17,
1845, married Thomas Hanks, who also died many years ago; Cassa A., born
November 2, 1825, and died December 16, 1871, married Peter Sandoe, who
died in the army; Samuel J., born March 26, 1827, and died April 9, 6,
1843; Charles M.; Louisiana, now Mrs. Joseph Alexander, of Worth county,
Missouri; Andrew Jackson; Martin Van Buren, born January 16, 1833, and
died January 30, 1868; Stincy, wife of John J. Darter; Elizabeth, died
in infancy; Thomas H. B., and John W., June 5, 1868. John W. Fullen was
appointed by the commissioners school examiner of Montgomery county, and
filled the office with much ability for three years. In the autumn of the
same year he was also appointed superintendent of the public schools of
the city of Crawfordsville, the first who ever held that office, and performed
its duties with unqualified satisfaction four years. He retired during
the school years 1872 and 1873, but in the summer of the last named year
was recalled by the trustees, and occupied this responsible position two
years longer. He organized and graded the schools for the city, and instituted
the admirable system by which they are now governed, and the youth receiving
efficient instruction. We properly close this family sketch with the following
obituary, written by the brother of the deceased, Prof. J. W. Fullen, and
which appeared in the Crawfordsville "Review" the week succeeding the announcement
of his death: "We are pained to announce the death of Martin V. Fullen,
son of Samuel and Annie Fullen, of this county, who died suddenly of cholera
on the 30th day of January, 1868, at Buenos Ayres, South America. He left
home in the spring of 1854, at the age of twenty- one, and died in his
thirty-sixth year, after an absence of fourteen years without a returning
visit to friends and home. For some five or six years previous to his death,
Mr. Fullen had been in the employ of the United States minister to Paraguay.
The United States consul at Buenos Ayres, Hon. M. E. Hollister, states
that he, accompanied by his son and the American clergyman, Rev. Dr. Goodfellow,
took charge of the burial of the deceased in the Protestant cemetery, and
also that he took possession of his effects. All who ever knew Martin will
lament his sudden death. An unpretending, yet ingenious youth, reared in
the quiet country, his only ambition from early boyhood was to travel.
He seemed to catch the inspiration from the very breezes, and to envy the
wild swan her annual flights to the sunny regions of the south. It is consoling
to his friends to know that, though exposed to the wiles of every clime,
he died a sober, prosperous, and upright man."
Rites Held in Flossmoor For George B. Steele, 59. (3 Oct 1968)
George B. Steele, 59, of Homewood, former Rushville resident
and brother of mars. Nancy Runkle, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at his
home. He was a retired space buyer in the Chicago office of J. Walter Thompson
Company.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3 in Flossmoor
Community church.
He was well known in the advertising field. In May he was voted "Media
Buyer of the Year" by the Chicago chapter of the American Association of
Newspaper representatives. As a newspaper buyer for the advertising firm,
he helped clients select newspapers for advertising and arranged for purchase
of advertising space.
Mr. Steele was born March 19, 1909 in this city, and was a graduate
of Rushville high school with the class of 1926. He is survived by his
wife, Estelle; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Coates; a son, George R. of California;
and one sister, Mrs. Runkle.
Services Held for Nancie Runkle. (3 Aug 1988)
Nancie R. Runkle, 85, of Peoria, formerly of Rushville, died at 8:48
a.m. last Tuesday at Proctor Community Hospital in Peoria.
Services were held last Friday at Worthington Funeral Home in Rushville
with Rev. Michael Orsted officiating. Burial was in the Rushville City
Cemetery. Memorials may be made to her church or the Schuyler Jail Museum.
Born Feb. 7, 1903, in Pleasant View to George B. and Bertha Bestler
Steele, she married Donald W. Runkle, June 27, 1921, in Peoria. He died
Aug. 5, 1972. One brother and one great-granddaughter also preceded
her in death.
Surviving are three sons, Donald of Quincy, George and Robert, both
of Peoria; nine grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
She was a lifelong member of the First United Presbyterian Church of
Rushville and a past member of the Rushville Federation of Women.
Rites Held Monday for Mrs. Bertha B. Steele, 87
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha B. Steele, 87, of Rushville, were
held Monday afternoon at the Worthington Funeral Home. The Rev. Thomas
D. Brown officiated and entombment was in Rest Haven Mausoleum in Rushville
cemetery.
Mrs. Steele died at noon Saturday at the Culbertson hospital where
she had been a patient for 12 days. She was born in Naperville Dec 29,
1875, the daughter of John and Nancy Bestler. She was married to George
B. Steele, Dec. 25, 1901, who is now deceased. She had resided in Rushville
62 years and was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. D.W. Runkle with whom she made her home;
a son, George B. Steele of Flossmoor; five grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Grace Steele-Armstrong, 70, widow of Robert Armstrong, died
Thursday night at her home in Rushville, following a long period of failing
health.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. M.P. Pierson, were held Monday
at 2:00 p.m., at the First Christian church in Rushville. Burial was in
the Rushville cemetery.
The following obituary was read at the service:
Grace Steele-Armstrong, daughter of James and Rachel Strong-Steele,
was born December 5, 1874, in Bainbridge township, Schuyler County, and
departed this life at her home in Rushville, November 23, 1945, aged 70
years, 10 months, and 19 days.
Her early life was spent on the homestead farm, and she attended the
district school in the community of her birthplace.
In early womanhood, on August 24, 1892, she was joined in marriage
to Robert Armstrong, with whom she lived in happy companionship until his
death many years ago. Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Armstrong
bravely assumed the responsibility of rearing their family, and bravely
she carried on. Her splendid traits of character were truly exemplified
in the manner with which she discharged her duty. Keeping her children
together with a true motherly love and self sacrifice that was indeed commendable.
Not alone in her own children was the love of this good mother centered,
but in the welfare of her grandchildren, a number of whom were also reared
in her home.
A woman of Christian principles, her home was truly her castle, for
it was there she was always found, and until her health became so greatly
impaired, her hands were always busy in the performance of some task that
would bring comfort to those entrusted to her care. Truly, her children
and grandchildren may rise up and call the life of this dear woman "Blessed,"
as they recall her devotion down thru the years.
Mrs. Armstrong is survived by the following children: Mrs. Mamie Ackers
and Mrs. Ethel Ward of Rushville, Thomas Armstrong of Huntsville township,
Mrs. Macel Gregg of Chicago, Ercel Armstrong of Green City, Mo., Mrs. Kathryn
Hubble of Kansas City, Mo., Raymond Armstrong of the U.S. navy who is stationed
in California, and Mrs. Marguerite Steele, who with her family has shared
her mother's home in recent years.
She is also survived by thirty-two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren,
an only brother, George B. Steele, as well as five half-brothers, Theodosius,
Clifford, Frank, Gale, and Calvin Steele, all of Keokuk, Iowa.
The Chesterton Tribune (Indiana)
December 17, 1885
The funeral services of Miss Jessie Owen were held at the Baptist
Church in Englewood last Friday at one o'clock. It was the original
intention to hold the services at the house, but long before the hour appointed,
the rooms were filled, and it was decided to go to the church. The
attendance was large, the floral offerings profuse, and were beauiful.
Among the more noticible pieces were: A harp from Jessie's schoolmates.
a lyre, gates ajar, and a wreath. the latter presented by Mrs. Young.
There were present from Chesterton, Mrs. Dr. Marr, Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs.
Young, Mrs.
Babcock, Miss Cora Green, Edwin Green and Chas. Williams. The casket
was placed in the vault in Oakwood Cemetery.
Never has the death of a person living away from Chesterton called
forth expressions of such universal sympathy and sorrow as does the death
of Jessie Owen. Dear, lovely Jessie. She is ever before us.
Full of life, and animation, radiant with earth's new wine of youth, beauty,
and health, with a heart overflowing with kindness and good will to all.
An only daughter, and the most loving and dutiful of children. No
wonder the mother sits by her darkened hearth - mourning, and disconsolate,
and the father, with bowed head, and bleeding heart, refused to be comforted.
None but those who have suffered a like bereavment can realize the anguish,
and heartbreak of the trial through which those parents are now passing.
Words are powerless to alleviate sorrow such as theirs; yet those who know
(and to know was to love) their daughter, cannot but express their sorrow,
and pray that He who suffered like as we do, may pour the balm of healing
love and hope on their wounded hearts,! and lift their eyes from the snowcovered
mound, underneath which lies only the mortal of their beautiful darling
to that upper realm where in summer gladness, and amid flowers of perpetual
bloom lovely Jessie, roams at will amid the heavenly bowers, nor dreams
of aught by joy.
Obituaries for 04/17/2003
Juanita C. Bestler nee Burckal, 84, a life-long Wheaton resident,
died Tuesday, April 15 at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. She was
born July 3, 1918 in Wheaton where she was also raised. She was a long
time member of St. Michael Church of Wheaton and also of St. John the Baptist
Church of Winfield. She is survived by her six children: Joseph (Sharon),
Bonnie (the late Vincent) Rott, Diane (Herb) Berry, James, John, and Jerrold
(Pamela) Bestler; 13 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; her sisters,
Maxine Corl and Marcella Slattengren; and many nieces and nephews. She
was preceded in death by her husband Frank; her daughter Lynda; and a daughter-in-law
Eve. Visitation Friday 3-9 p.m. at Williams-Kampp Funeral Home, 430 E.
Roosevelt Rd. Wheaton (1 block east of Naperville Rd). Funeral prayers,
Saturday 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home and then to St. John the Baptist
Church, Winfield. Funeral blessing at the church at 1 p.m. Interment St.
Michael Cemetery, Wheaton. Funeral info: 630-668-0016.