Powers obituary and funeral in Henry Illinois
Fred Bernar Powers died after an accidental gunshot in Miami Florida. The funeral was held May 3 in Henry with Masonic rites and a large family attendance including relatives from Chicago Streator and Atlanta. Powers, born 1887 in Streator, lived in Lawton Oklahoma and Miami Florida, was a Shriners Mason Elk and Woodman, survived by wife Blanche May and daughter Marjorie May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Floyd Monier
Fred Powers
Miami
Fla
Christian Science
Henry
Blanche Mae Powers
Ralph Powers
James M. Powers
Atlanta
Ralph Cannon
Chicago
Main Street
H. G. Dusenberry
Presbyterian Church
Mateer
Elmer Quinn
Rev. van Leer
J. A. Williams
F. W. Potter
Alden Hunter
T. J. Segraves
O. H. Davis
Charles Dewey
Logan Barrett
G. E. Fenwick
Cannon
O. T. Carson
Frank Powers
Joe Carroll
Dell Merritt
Charles H. Williams
Streator
Fred Bernar Powers
Ill
Lawton
Oklo
University of Illinois
Blanche May Sheppard
Seattle
Wash
Marjorie May
I.la
Fred
Lodge of Shriners
Blanche May Powers
Marjorie May Powers
Velma Ruth Powers
Atlanta Ga
Ralph James Powers
Silent Messenger
Fa Ra
Open Meeting of the Woman's Club Highlights
An open meeting at the high school assembly room drew a good attendance with Miss Clara Waughop’s department of literature presenting a program. Delia Miller of Peoria spoke on federation service including civic and moral aims and Americanization, after which guests enjoyed light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Clara Waughop
Delia Miller
Peoria
William Hawley
Nellie G. Hartley
Imelda Hartley
Hyperion
Rabbi Ben Ezra
May Stickel
Keats
Endymion
Theo Disosway
Clifford Haws
Robert Browning
Nellie G. Harlin
Tennyson
Hartley
Bella Eyjans
County Republicans and Democrats Organize Delegates
The GOP county central committee met at the courthouse naming officers and delegates to the state convention in Springfield on May 10. endorsed Governor Frank O Lowden for president and left some guidance on Arthur Snow. The Democratic committee elected Elias Wright as chairman and selected delegates D H Gregg Michael Fahy Charles Green with alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican County Central Committee
Court House
George W. Cowan
Paul Grieves
L. N. Osborne
Charles M. Turner
Springfield
Floyd Monier
Peter Jensen
Ralph Greene
Roy Link
L. D. Gregory
Wallace J. Black
Lou DuPlain
Louis H. Brown
Frank O. Lowden
United States
Arthur E. Snow
Ottawa
Snow
Marshall County
Democratic County Central Committee
Elias B. Wright
Henry
W. L. Wescott
Lacon
D. H. Gregg
Venona
Michael Fahy
Toluca
Charles P. Green
James P. Hickey
Camp Grove
Elias Wright
Pawn
Merritt Family Rites Mark Longtime Sherwood Merritt’s Funeral
Funeral for Sherwood Seeley Merritt, 80, held at the M E church with Rev M B Van Leer and Rev W J Carpenter officiating. He lived in Henry area since 1852 and was a faithful Mason for over 50 years. He died after 16 months of paralysis and leaves wife, five children, twenty one grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood Seeley Merritt
M. E. Church
M. B. van Leer
W. J. Carpenter
The
Christian Church
New Paltz
Hudson River
Ulster County
New York
Stephen, Merritt
Carmel
Putnam County
Mary (Staples) Merritt
Ira and
Ruth (Sherwood) Staples
Marlboro
Sherwood
Illinois
LaSalle
Putnam Counties
Henry
Lombard College
Anna S. Kimber
Ilinois
Whitefield Township
William
Charles Edson
Mendota
Cora M. Kaugh
Fort Morgan Colp
Rodger S
M. J. Henkins
Putnam
Henrietta A. Weed
Bloomington
Ifl
Amber
Santa Rosa
Cal
Louis Griser
Pontiac
Ill
Stephen Merritt
Merritt
Edson
Masoonic Brotherhood
Simeon Doyle
G. M. Clark
L. M. Bell
Charles Greenlee
J. A. Williams
G. L. Schultz
A. B. Smith
C. E. Merritt
Corabaugh
Ft. Morgan
Cole
William Kimber
Charles W Monier farmer and Princeton resident dies
Charles W. Monier prominent Princeton farmer died April 27 at Edgewood farm four miles northwest of Princeton from Brights disease after a lengthy illness. Born December 3, 1861 in Steuben township Marshall county he spent most of his life farming and moved to Princeton in 1908. He is survived by his widow and four children Leland Wallace Robert and Harry. He was a Farmers National Bank director and a Mason. Funeral held from Edgewood with Masonic service at Oakland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Monier
Princeton
Edgewood Farm
Bright
Monier
Robert
Harry
Farmers’ National Bank
Marshall County
Country Woman's Club Meeting Highlights Bird and Tree Talks
The Country Woman's Club met at Mrs. Barney Reismeyer home with guest Mrs. Howard Ash of Ohio. Talks on birds trees and tree conservation. papers on Bird Life in the Corn Belt and timber lands. Luncheon served. next meeting set with Mrs. William Chesney. A grain boat may be the river's largest whaler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Womans’ Club
Barney Reismeyer
Howard Ash
Ohio
Corn Belt
Eliza Perdew
William Chesney
James G Laughlin dies at Princeton after long life of farm work and abolitionist ties
James Gililland Laughlin, 96, former Putnam county resident, died in Princeton on April 27 after a long life in farming and blacksmith work. He helped found the Mt Palatine Congregational church, served as justice of the peace, and remained a Republican. Survived by seven children and many grandchildren, his funeral was held in Princeton with interment in Oakland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Princeton
James Gililland Laughlin
Mr. Laughlin
Mt. Palatine
Putnam County
Rev
H. J. Lee
Congregational Church
Oakland
Bond County
Illinois
Knox College
Julia Smith
New York State
Owen Lovejoy
Union Hotel
Samuel Davis Laughlin
Laughlin
John
C. Emmett
Lake Arthur
J. Bayard
Mt. Vernon
Wash
J. Adelbert
Saratoga
Wyo
S. Frederick
Wyaner
Howard C
St. Joseph
J. A. McNabb
Jennie L. Lauder
L. C. Barr
Holdrege
Neb
County Sunday School Convention Elects Wenona Officers
Officers named include President F E Wilson Lacon Vice President Roscoe Ball Wenona Secretary Mrs A R Wright Varna and Edmond Reynolds Wenona as treasurer The youthful and adult divisions list J P Lackland Varna Floyd L Winter Wenona Leola R Peterson Varna and P W Held Varna plus Charley Shiplett Toluca J S Sproul Lacon The report notes good attendance despite poor roads and rail service and comments on west side neglect amid active workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
F. E. Wilson
Lacon
Roscoe Ball
A. R. Wright
Varna
J. P. Lackland
Floyd L. Winter
Leola R. Peterson
P. W. ‘Held
Charley Shiplett
Toluca
J. S. Sproul
Mothers Day at Fa Fa- Presbyterian Church
Rev H G Dusenberry invites all to morning service next Sabbath with flowers for each attendant in memory of mother. Evening features stereopticon slides on The World Task of the Church. Sunday school at 9:45, morning service 11, Christian Endeavor 6:30, evening lecture 7:30. Social by Mary Wilde’s class described as exclusive with readings, anecdotes and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
M. B. van Leer
Local Church Notices and Obituaries From Camp Grove Area
Pa Aa Ps METHODIST CHIMES invites cooperation for youth movement and church service themes. St Marys and St Joseph churches list mass times and clergy. Anna Rosalia, 7, dies from suspected waterborne infection linked to school water. Mrs Charles Meier undergoes hospital operation and is reported recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Schauer
ST. Joseph’s Church
M. J. Brennan
Anna Rosalia
James B. Colgan
Camp Grove
Charles Meier
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Fred B. Powers
Illinois Agricultural Association
Farm Bureau
Henry Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau
Fuller
Stoneberg
Sessue Hayakawa
Bowery
Pig Bay
R. C. Forbes
Papapa
George E. Travis
W. T .Wooley
Lostant
Granville
Wooley
W. P. Wooley
Harry A. and
George Barr
Fannie Davis
Normal
Louis
Blackwell
Wilhelmina Barr
Sherwoods, Merritt
Phillip Steimle
Marshall Broaddus
John Kirby
Ladies' Aid Society
Dr. Powell
Minnie Jones
Raby
Palay Fal Country Woman's Club
Turner-Hudnut
James G. Laughlin
Mr. Hubert
Wilma Heininger
Edith Helen Pratt
Clyde Fowler
Frances Beardsley
Edith Brown
Mae Chestnut
Harry Arnold
Lloyd van Ostrand
William Taylor
Knight Banneret
Broline
Otto
Zeta-Pi Society
Agnes Ball
Chillicothe
Carpenter
Henry Opera House
Opera House
Edmond Reynolds
Putnum Methodist Church
ST. Mary's Church
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