Funeral of Rex W. Capps Tuesday in Sterling
Obituary notes Rex W. Capps 69 of Lincoln Apartments Sterling died June 22 in Hines Veterans Hospital Illinois after a two month illness. He was born October 1 1908 in Hedrick Iowa and worked for Curtis Co Shick Hospital Wahl Clipper Corp. before retirement. He married Dorothy Thieber October 1 1947 in Dixon and moved to Sterling in 1949. He was a World War II veteran and a pastor at First Baptist Church Sterling. Burial in Clinton Memorial Cemetery Clinton Iowa with services at Behrens Mortuary and Allen Funeral Home Sterling. He is survived by two sisters and other relatives. parents and a sister preceded him in death.
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Rex W. Capps
Lincoln Apartments
Sterling
Behrens
H.C. Hatton
First Church of the Nazarene
Clinton Memorial Cemetery
Clinton
Iowa
Hines Veterans Hospital
Hines
Ill
Hedrick
W.W. Capps
Curtis Co
Shick Hospital
Wahl Clipper Corp
Rex Capps
Dorothy Thieber
Dixon
Capps
Chris Jensen
Clarence Boisen
First Baptist Church of
Oak Knd
Allen Funeral
Vernell
Fred A
Geraldine Lear Johnson
United States Army
Illinois Forge Company
Rock Falls
Henry B
Anna) Johnson
Dorothy Berge
Eddie
Susan Erge
Clifford
Marie) Hunsberger
LeRoy Johnson
George A. Burton
West Frankfort
Mrs Edward Fry Dies Saturday in Rock Falls
Mrs Edward E Minnie Fry of 504 1st Ave Rock Falls died Saturday night after an extended illness. Funeral services 1 30 p m Tuesday Melvin Funeral Home with burial at Oakwood Cemetery Dixon. She was born January 28 1875 in New Brunswick Canada and married Edward E Fry May 3 1899 in Dixon. She was a member of First Congregational Church Rock Falls and Royal Neighbors of America. Surviving are a sister and a granddaughter with several siblings deceased.
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Edward E
Minnie) Fry
1St Ave
Rockalls
Martin
Round Grove
Melvin Funeral Home
Phillip Lamar
First Fenerations Church
Rock Falls
Oakwood Cemetery
Dixon
Fry
New Brunswick
Canada
William
Ann Treadwell Beckingham
Edward E. Fry
Rites Planned for Mrs. Mark C. Grant
Mrs. Mark C. Grant dies at home in Sterling after a brief illness. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Melvin Funeral Home with Rev. Nathan E. Williams officiating. Burial follows at Riverside Cemetery. She was born Oct 8 1924 in Chicago and married Mark C. Grant in Sterling in 1950. Survived by husband two daughters a sister a brother and one grandson.
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Mark C
Delores I.) Grant
Griswold Avenue
Sterling
Melvin Funeral Home
Nathan E. Williams
Riverside Cemetery
Adolph
Helen E. Lauters Feltz
Sterling Public
Mark C. Grant
Ralph
Vaunita) Aldrich
Rock Falls
Marchiel Grant
George Feltz
Howard
Mildred) Grim
James
Ross L Hardy obituary notes Morrison native dies at 89
Ross L Hardy born December 20 1886 in Morrison died Saturday evening at Franklin Grove Nursing Home burial in Grove Hill Cemetery Morrison Funeral arrangements by Brown Seidel Funeral Home friends may visit Monday 7 to 9 p m He married Faith Stoessinger October 4 1911 in Clinton Iowa survived by one daughter Lois Hardy Polo preceded in death by his wife in 1954 one brother and two sisters
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Polo
Ross L. Hardy
G. Polo
Franklin Grove
Brown-Seidel
Grove Hill Cemetery
Morrison
Amos
Harriet Bowen Hardy
Faith Stoessinger
Clinton
Iowa
Lois Hardy
Elmer L. Moore Succumbs at 60 in Rock Falls
Elmer L. Moore, 60, of 1115 Ave A Rock Falls died Monday morning in Community General Hospital Funeral arrangements are pending at Wheelock Allen Funeral Home Rock Falls
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Elmer L. Moore
Ave. A
Rock Falls
Community General Hospital
Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home
Mrs. Anna Meyer Ricklefs 89 dies after brief illness
Mrs. Anna Meyer Ricklefs 89 of RR Four Hopkins dies at Community General Hospital Sunday after a short illness. Funeral at Our Savior Lutheran Hopkins with Rev. Michael Winkelman. Burial Oak Knoll Memorial. Survived by husband Fred Ricklefs and six children, 18 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren. Visitation Behrens Mortuary Tuesday. Born June 8 1884 in Whiteside County. Married Feb 15 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Anna) Ricklefs
RR Four
Community General Hospital
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Funeral set for David Fransen in Morrison
David E. Fransen 25 of Morrison will be buried in St. Boniface Cemetery Clinton after funeral services at First Baptist Church Morrison with Rev. Nathan Williams officiating. Visitation is today 2 to 9 p.m. at Grennan and Son Funeral Home. He was born January 21 1947 in Sterling and served in Vietnam. He married Mary Jo Schneider February 29 1972 and is survived by his wife two sons his parents five sisters three brothers and numerous relatives.
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David BR. Fransen
Morrison
First Baptist Church
Nathan Williams
Clinton
Iowa
St. Boniface
Grennan and Son Funeral
David E. Fransen
Sterling
Edwin
Mabel Richards) Fransen
Sauk Valley Junior College
Mary Jo Schneider
Vietnam
Christopher
Eric
Edwin Fransen
Ken
Shirley) Dewese
Deshler
Ohio
S. R
June) McKenzie
Elizabeth
Karen) Wennekaup
Bellvue
Neb
Fred
Bonnie) Davis
Terre Haute
Ind
Eileen
Edwin D
Galesburg
Kendall
Wendell Fransen
E. Richards
LaGrange
L. Lowe
Fullerton
Calif
Frank Garland
Dixon
Vernell Johnson Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Vernell Butch Johnson will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 at Allen Funeral Home Sterling with the Rev Nathan Williams.
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Vernell
Butch” Johnson
Allen Funeral Home
Sterling
Nathan Williams
Funeral Service for Ronald E. Dravis Jr in Sterling
Ronald E. Dravis Jr. dies with funeral set for Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Allen Funeral Home Sterling with Rev. Malcolm Lady officiating and burial in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation Monday 2 4 and 7 9 p.m. Memorial gifts directed in his name. Born October 11 1949 in Sterling he was married to Mary Potts in Dixon in 1970.
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Ronald E. Dravis Jr
Allen Funeral Home
Sterling
Malcolm Lady
First Presbyterian Church of
Dixon
Riverside Cemetery
Ronald E
Gertrude Howard Dravis
Mary Potts
First Presbyterian Church
Malcolm Ludy
Phoenix
Ariz
Rockalls
Rock Falls High
Mary
Michael
Chester Manning
Rock Falls
Ronald E. Dravis, Sr
Sandra Dravis
Joseph
Timothy Manning
Pamala Morris
Debbie Sue Dravis
Debra Rae Manning
Mrs Andrew Wise Dies In California
Sadie Wise of 11791 Santiago Blvd Orange California died Sunday afternoon June 24 after suffering a stroke last March Funeral services are pending Mr and Mrs Wise formerly lived in Sheffield Manlius and New Bedford area She was formerly Sadie Thomas before marriage and leaves three children John of Big Springs Texas Andrea and Corvette of Los Angeles five grandchildren and one sister Nellie Spratt
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Andrew
Sadie) Wise
Santiago Blvd
Orange
Calif
Ae Mg Oie
Wise
Sheffield
Manlius
New Bedford
Sadie Thomas
John
Big Springs
Tex
Andrea
Vette
Los Angeles
Nellie Spratt
Mrs Mabel Pilgrim Rites Wednesday
Milledgeville memorial service for 72 year old Mrs Mabel P Pilgrim of 428 E Ist to be held at 2 p m Wednesday at the Church of the Brethren Milledgeville Rev James Black officiating burial in South Elkhorn Cemetery Funeral Home in Sterling will accept visitors 3 to 9 p m Tuesday body to lie in state at the church from 11 a m Wednesday until services She was born October 13 1900 in Milledgeville and married August 25 1920 to fact Pilgrim who died August 7 1968 She worked at Milledgeville Nursing Home and served as custodian of the Brethren Church Surviving are three sons Melvin Clinton Iowa LaVern Rochester Minnesota and John Rockford two daughters Mrs Ralph Alice Sherman Polo and Mrs Ralph Ethel MecGlaughlin Sterling
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Milledgeville
Mabel P. Pilgrim
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
Mt. Carroll
Church of the Brethren
James Black
South Elkhorn Cemetery
Allen Funeral
Sterling
Pilgrim
David Rollo
Edith Petty Allen
Fact Pilgrim
Brethren Church
Wall Street slides amid Dean testimony and mixed market data
Stocks recede as John W. Dean testimony adds uncertainty to a day of widespread declines. Dow Jones 30 industrials near 871.39 at noon with 866 advancers to 295 decliners. MacDonald’s shares among the most active amid gasoline demand fears.
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New York
Wall Street
John W. Dean
New York Stock Exchange
Dean
White House
MacDonald’s Corp
American Stock Exchange
TWA
Thomas Lester Dies Unexpectedly in Rockford
Thomas Lester, 35, of Rockford died Saturday unexpectedly at home. Visitation 7 to 9 p.m. today at Fitzgerald Funeral Home on Rockton Avenue and Riverview Boulevard. Funeral rites set for 1 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Rockford. Survived by wife Kay Stanley of Sterling and four others.
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Rockford
Thomas Lester
Fitzgerald F
Rockton Ave
Riverview Blvd
Kay Stanley
Sterling
Family connections amid Rockford and Sacramento
The passage lists children Thomas Jr Ann Katherine and Susan at home with their mother Mrs Floyd Partlow of Rockford and siblings Mrs aehaere of Rockford and Jerry of Sacramento Calif.
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Thomas Jr
Ann
Katherine
Susan
Floyd Partlow
Rockford
Aehaere
Rockford and
Jerry
Sacramento
Calif
Funeral services for Herbert C. Boysen held at First Lutheran
Funeral services for Herbert C. Boysen were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the First Lutheran Church of Jordan with Rev. Warren C. Weeg officiating. Burial was in Maple Aid Cemetery. Mrs. Lawrence Dirks played the organ and Lyle Dirks sang Abide With Me and How Great Thou Art. Ushers were Harry Fisch and Howard Weidel. Pallbearers were James, Robert and Ronald Boysen, Gerald and Richard Hammer and James Love. Flowers by Swartley Florists.
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Herbert C. Boysen
First Lutheran Church
Welfare outlay in 1971 totals 171 billion dollars
Government welfare spending in fiscal 1971 reaches 171 billion with more than half financed by federal taxes.
Memorial Fund for Ronald Dravis Established
A memorial fund is set up for Ronald Dravis at Rock Falls National Bank by Falls High School class 987 0. Contributions can be made to Ronald Dravis Memorial Fund, Rock Falls National Bank, Rock Falls Illinois.
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Ronald Dravis
Rock Falls National Bank
Ee Falls
Marine recruit Swanson to begin 180 day delay program
Marine Corps announces Michael LeRoy Swanson enlisted under a 180 day delay program. Swanson is the son of Dean Baldwin Swanson of Sterling. He will depart for recruit training on October 25, complete training at a location to be determined, then return home on leave before further Marine Corps base assignments.
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Michael Swanson
Roger Fennest
Marine Corps
Michael LeRoy Swanson
Mike
Dean Baldwin Swanson
Harvey Drive
Sterling
Paria
South Carolina
Hospital Happenings and New Arrivals at Local Hospitals
Discharges from Community General Hospital include Roberto G. Gomez and a list of others. Morrison Hospital reports admissions June 22 for Mrs Wayne Bryan Tampeck and others, with discharges noted. New arrivals at Morrison are a son born June 22 to Mr and Mrs Roger Morrison. Ambulance calls report transfers to Community General Hospital for multiple patients from Sterling Rock Falls Chadwick and surrounding areas.
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CGH
Community General Hospital
Roberto G. Gomez
Harold Real
Gaylord C. Thompson
Douglas S. Ledford
James McClanahan
Michael McCombs
Hermelindo Mendrano
Nancy K. Carragher
Lulu A. Heimlich
Alice D. Smith
Leora Maass
Hugo I. Torrecillas
Laura M. O'Malley
Leo H. Fowler
Fowler
Morrison Hospital
Morrison Community Hospital
Wayne Bryan
Tampeck
Lynette DeVries
Juman Whitemore
Morrison
Dale Conkling
Lyndon
John Blumhoff
Lyn
Floes Tomman
AT McH
Roger All Morrison
Philip Adams
Ronald Adams
Tess F
Clara Mitchel
Harbor
Rock Falls
Community General
Everett Bass
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Grain futures mix with soybeans, wheat, corn movements
Prices for bean meal and soybeans were uneven with nearby options rising while distant futures fell. Weather influenced selling in wheat and corn pits as harvest activity increased for wheat and weather dominated corn trade. July soybean options sold for liquidation but August and September gained toward the daily limit. July soybeans at 11.80 with modest gains and other grains slipping. Midwest egg prices remained unchanged in wholesale market.
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ED DE Moch
Chicago (Ap
Chicago Board of Trade
Band Boosters Plan Parade Trip
The Rock Falls High School Marching Rockets Boosters plan a July Fourth bus trip to Milwaukee to see the circus parade. Bus fare is $5.25 per person. Profits aid boosters and band parents. Call 625-0371 or 625-7034 to reserve after June 29 if space remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Falls
Wagnerian tenor Lauritz Melchior born in 1890
Lauritz Melchior, renowned Wagnerian tenor, was born on March 20, 1890, shaping a career praised for his vocal power and stage presence. This date marks the birth of one of opera history’s most celebrated interpreters of German heroic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauritz Melchior
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Butch) Johnson
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