Forest City Home Bureau June Meeting Highlights
Forest City Home Bureau met at Union Center hosted by Nellie Roof Lillian Poole and Evamae Pepow. Anita Himmel chaired the session with reports on 4-H safety and health lessons and a table setting demonstration. A potluck lunch followed with contests won by Elizabeth Harms and Verna Jordan. Guests visited and several families were noted as visitors or patients in Lincoln Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City Home Bureau
Union Center
Nellie Roof
Lillian Poole
Evamae Peplow
Anita Himmel
Varios Activity
Lucille Pfeiffer
Blanche Wahlfeld
Patricia White
Elizabeth Harms
Verna Jordan
Obituary: Lee Langston Forest City farmer dies in Pekin Hospital
Lee M Langston a lifelong Forest City resident died at 11 00 am Sunday in Pekin Hospital Born April 27 1899 he lived on the family farm He married Lois Hopping September 18 1935 at Waverly He is survived by his wife five sisters four brothers and one neighborly circle Funeral services were held at Forest City Baptist Church with burial at Laurel Hill Havana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee M. Langston
Forest City
Pekin Hospital
Mr. Langston
William M
Hannah Kennedy Langston
Lois Hopping
Havana
Waverly
Illinois
Joseph W. Hobbs
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Manila
Dillard Warner
Vera Hermann
John Whitaker
Robert Whitaker
Edward Whitaker
Ray Langston
Roger Lempke
Ross Krelling
George N. Sherer Dies in Forest City After Ill Health
George N. Sherer a longtime Forest City resident died suddenly at his home Monday morning at 8. He had been in failing health for about four years. Born August 23, 1885 in Osceola Iowa he was the son of Frank and Emma Neikirk Sherer. He married Nelda Barnes on September 25 1919 in Pekin. Survived by his widow one sister Miss Mabel Sherer Eureka Springs Arkansas and one brother Albert Sherer Forest City an infant daughter preceded him in death. He was a member of the Forest City Methodist Church and the Knights of Pythias. He had served as clerk of the Modern Woodmen Lodge in Forest City for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George N. Sherer
Forest City
Mr. Sherer
Osceola
Iowa
Frank
Emma Neikirk Sherer
Nelda Barnes
Pekin
Mabel Sherer
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Albert Sherer
Sherer
Forest City funeral for longtime school trustee
A funeral service for a longtime school trustee took place at 2 PM on Thursday June 17 at the Forest City Methodist Church with Joseph W. Hobbs officiating. Burial followed at Neikirk Cemetery near Forest City. Johnson Funeral Home of Manito managed arrangements with soloist Dillard Warner and pianist Mrs. Vera Hofmann. Pallbearers included Ernest Gumbel Earl Rochester Leslie Whitaker Harry Embree Clyde Ellenberger and Herbert Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City Methodist Church
Joseph W. Hobbs
Neikirk
Forest City
Johnson Funeral Home
Manito
Dillard Warner
Vera Hofmann
Ernest Gumbel
Earl Rochester
Leslie Whitaker
Harry Embree
Clyde Ellenberger
Herbert Patterson
Pfe and Mrs Boyer Arrive from California on Furlough
Pfe and Mrs David Boyer with their daughter reached from California on Tuesday. The former soldier is on a thirty day furlough before a new assignment for further duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
David Boyer
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mra L. A Wileen
Blanche Wahffeld
Home Bureau
Joe McCraith
Frank Wolwode
Ronnie Dawson
Peoria
Mrs. H. H. Embree
Herbert Gramm
Mayme Eilenberger
Gridley
BR. Etherton
George Wahlfeld
Perry Tisdale
Lincoln Hospital
Lincoln, Ill
Russell Rickett
Paul Sherer
Springfield
George Sherer
Builders’ Supplies
Paris
Conklin Lumber CO
Pekin, Illinois
Harold E. Thompson
Morse
Manito, Illinois
Circo A
CIRCO
Raymond Jacobs
The
Middle States Telephone CO
Uclus
MW Corp
D-X
Sweney Gasoline & Oil CO
M.P.C
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