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(4i it k.gist ana opiomeirisi 01 mis cuy, s were married Sept. 5, 1899, the ; lt;r 54th anniversary of which is just a s month away. He is the son of the 1* late Mr. and Mrs. William M. -J n Gregg, and for several years Mr.and Mrs. Thomas D. Gregg have r it occupied the Gregg ancestral J g home, which is one of the finer * ■s older brick houses in this city.* e Members of the Methodist c o church and choir. Mr. and Mrs. lt;0 Gregg have long been prominentcitizens of Harrisburg. She’was a charter member of the Harris-c- burg Woman’s club of which her 1. mother was also a charter mem- j I n ber. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gregg r- were charter members of the Har— risburg chapter of the Order of j Eastern Star, and the last social i— function which she attended was ' . a dinner July 29 by the Harris- ]*burg Commandery Knights Templar, for members and their wives, 1 at the Masonic temple. There she ( became ill, and this w as the first j1 sign of her fatal illness. tShe was a past president of I ill Chapter “Z.” P. F O., and was a,1 o, faithful member of the Woman’s 1 at Christian Temperance Union in lt;r- which she and her mother had ; t both been very active, holding var-es ious offices. j8, Funeral Friday jil- Devoted most, besides these var-, lt;in ious activities, to being a good j wife, homemaker and a dutiful j id daughter, Mrs. Gregg had lived a n, very unselfish life, always findingit- time to do the things that sheit- could to add to the comfort and {happiness of others, le As a member of the Methodist *s. quartet she had sung at hundreds ir- of funerals, and in programs by is- the church, and other organizations to which she belonged, was al most generous with her time and I talent.he An hour before the funeral serv-al ice, which will be held Friday at 2 be p. m. at the Methodist church, the ',v. casket will be taken to the church, ir- to lie in state, and the pastor of le- the church, the Rev. W. L. Cummins, tfill be assisted by Dr. C. C. ir- Hall, Carbondale, in conducting es the funeral service. Burial will be lie at Sunset Hill cemetery.?s. The following will serve as pallbearers: Everett Hood, Fred Wunderlich, John Schork, F. N. Russ-! ler, Harry Barter, and Robert Kelt-ner.
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Harrisburg Daily Register
Harrisburg, Illinois, US
Thu, Aug 06, 1953
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