Obituary: Frank Vilt Coal City 65
Frank Cal Vilt 65 of 955 South Broadway Coal City died 11 20 am Friday Morris Hospital Born June 4 1907 Cardiff Ill son of Joseph and Katy Vilt married Marie Votta in 1938 in Coal City retired 1971 from Illinois Clay Products member Morris Moose Lodge Survived by wife two daughters Carole Ann Wills and Sharon Sayers three grandchildren four sisters funeral today Reeves Funeral Home Coal City 8 30 am to Assumption Church 9 am burial Mt Olivet Cemetery Braidwood Pallbearers Boyd Decker Walter Burns Robert Viano Mike Rawlish James Votta Ernest Swanson
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Coal City
Frank
Cal) Vilt
South Broadway St
Morris Hospital
Cardiff
Ill
Joseph
Katy Vilt
Marie Votta
Illinois Clay Products
Morris Moose Lodge
Arden
Carole Ann) Wills
Mazon
Sharon Sayers
Mary Susan
Texas
Agnes Wilt
Barbara Balbinot
Carbon Hill
Josephine Larson
Gardner
Reeves Funeral Home
Assumption Church
George T. Flynn
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Braidwood
Boyd Decker
Walter Burns
Robert Viano
Mike Rawlish
James Votta
Ernest Swanson
Man Transferred to Hospital After Newport Hotel Incident
Leslie J. Olson, 75, was reported in fair condition at Morris Hospital after being taken there by Davis Ambulance from his Newport Hotel residence on Liberty Street. Morris Fire Department responded at 6 23 p.m. Saturday and also extinguished a fire at 4 45 p.m. Sunday in the front seat of a 1969 Toronado owned by Charles Knowles of Hildy's Trailer Court. Damage to the auto was estimated at 500 dollars.
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Leslie J. Olson
Morris Hospital
Davis Ambulance
Newport Hotel
Liberty St
Morris Fire Department
Charles Knowles
Hildy’s Trailer Court
Car burglaries reported at Echo Lanes parking lot
Two cars were burglarized in the Echo Lanes Bowling Alley lot Saturday night. A tan leather coat valued at 50 dollars was taken from J. D. Carmichael's car between 7 and 9 p.m. Ted Crumb reported his 1965 Pontiac broken into around 10 15 p.m. with four quarts of oil an oil filter and glove compartment items stolen totaling 25 dollars. Funeral services for Mrs. Roger L. Mabel Smith were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Finland Chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Echo Lanes Bowling Alley
J. D. Carmichael
Rte. 4
Morris
Ted Crumb
Douglas St
Funeral service for Mrs. Frank Kindelspire Frank
Mrs. Frank Kindelspire Frank Grace M Kindelspire was laid to rest after a 10 15 a m service at Davis Funeral Home with Rev Norval Wigtil officiating. Organist Mrs Lars Fosen accompanied pallbearers Robert Black Ernest Osmundson John Halloran Willard Olson Price Dean and August Black. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Frank
Grace M.) Kindelspire
Davis Funeral Home
Norval Wigtil
Lars Fosen
Robert Black
Ernest Osmundson
John Halloran
Willard Olson
Price Dean
August Black
Evergreen Cemetery
Wade R McKeen Funeral Service Details
Funeral services for Wade R. McKeen were held at 10 30 a m Friday at Davis Funeral Home with Rev Glenn Dunbar and Rev Willard Giese officiating. Soloist Mrs Gilbert Jacobs and organist Mrs Ruth Pallbearers were Peter Wogen Albert Stallwitz Albert Swansbro Chester Winsor Harry Petersen and Donald Caisley. Burial was in local cemetery.
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Wade R. McKeen
Davis Funeral Home
Glenn Dunbar
Willard Giese
Gilbert Jacobs
Ruth Huseby
Peter Wogen
Albert Stallwitz
Albert Swansbro
Chester Winsor
Harry Petersen
Donald Caisley
Evergreen Cemetery
Mercer pleads innocent in tire theft case
Stephen H. Mercer, 18, of Verona, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Circuit Judge Robert W. Malmquist to a charge of stealing automobile tires and wheels valued at 150 dollars from Harry Grinderstar. The pre trial motion deadline is January 15. Mercer is free on a 100 dollar bond and is represented by Public Defender George Black.
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Stephen H. Mercer
Rte. 1
Verona
Robert W. Malmquist
Mercer
Evert Poyner
Harry Grinderstar
Grundy County
George Black
Market Summary for Chicago Wheat Corn and Soybeans
Chicago markets report prices for wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans with No 2 hard red wheat at 2.59 and No 2 soft red at 2.59. No 2 yellow corn priced at 1.58, oats at 99, and No 1 yellow soybeans at 4.24 with soybean oil at 9.62. Last Friday No 2 yellow corn traded at 1.63.
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Chicago
Local driver injured in I 80 crash near Joliet
Mrs. Norman B. Wacks 48 of 103 Woodland Rd Joliet was treated and released from St. Joseph Hospital after a three car crash on I 80 about 2.2 miles west of I 55 at 7 15 a m. Her car skidded and fishtailed in the outside lane and overturned in the median. The other two drivers, Patrick A. Current 31 and Elvin C. Matteson 64, were not injured.
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Norman
Marion) B. Wacks
Woodland Rd
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Wacks
Patrick A. Current
Rte. 1
Pine Bluff Rd
Elvin C. Matteson
E. Jefferson St
Three ticketed after accidents in Seneca and Coal City
George W. Bennett 45 of Seneca was ticketed for failure to slow to avoid an accident after his car slid into Daniel Anderson’s while both vehicles damaged and driven from the scene. Bennett’s court date is January 22. John McNulty 58 of Vine Street was ticketed for improper left turn after colliding with Jesse Roots on U S 6 near Saratoga Road. McNulty posted $25 bond and faces court January 3. Charles Owen Chaney, 36, Wilmington, was arrested on two tickets wrong lane and driving while intoxicated after breathalyzer test. bond $50. court set for December 26.
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George W. Bennett
North Main St
Seneca
Sherrif Glen Nowicki
Daniel Anderson
Rte. 3
Nettle School Road
Bennett
Anderson
Saratoga Road
John McNulty
Vine St
McNulty
U.S. 6
Curtis P. Leach
Charles Owen Chaney
Stewart
Wilmington
Chaney
Coal City
John Price
Division St
Morris
Price
Icy Roads Trigger Weekend Sheriff Calls in Grundy County
Grundy County sheriff's department aided motorists during a snow and ice weekend. Four vehicles went into ditches on Verona Road Prairie Lake Drive Tabler Road Jugtown Road and Beaver Lake Drive with tow aid. A Mazon driver struck a utility pole and another veered into a cornfield on Jugtown Road. A reassurance report noted shooting from a car near Braceville on the road to Standard Station southeast of Braceville.
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Grundy County
Verona Road
Prairie Road
Prairie Lake Drive
Tabler Road
Jugtown Road
Beaver Lake Drive
Mazon
Jugtown
John Marma
Houston Road
Braceville
Glen Nowicki
James Gretencord
Marina
Inmates at Marion Penitentiary Host Christmas Party for Children
About 125 inmates at Marion Federal Penitentiary raise nearly $1,000 in prison wages to host a Christmas party for 35 underprivileged children from Bowen's Children's Center. The Jaycees driven effort includes gift lists with items like umbrellas wallets dolls and fire trucks. The event at the prison gym runs 6 p.m. for two and a half hours with games refreshments and gifts.
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Marion, Ill
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz
Santa Claus
Bowen's Childrens Center
Harrisburg
Jaycees
Transfer Hausken to hospital
Mervin G. Hausken 25 of Rte. 2 was admitted to Morris Hospital Friday and then transferred to Danville Veterans Hospital after he became ill in the county jail awaiting a court appearance. He was picked up Thursday for suspected probation violation and is under treatment by the Department of Mental Health as a drug addict. A deal with States Attorney Richard Wilder would drop burglary charges if he completes treatment. He was arrested May 2 by Morris police for burglary at Glad's Gift Shoppe 304 Liberty St.
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Mervin G. Hausken
Rte. 2
Morris Hospital
Danville Veterans Hospital
Hausken
Donald Ward
Dean Sager
Department of Mental Health
Richard Wilder
Morris
Glad
Liberty St
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Frank Vilt
Roger L. Smith
Roger L
Mabel) Smith
Finland Chapel
Roth Huseby
Richard Smith
Jay Roth
Lee Roth
Allen Smith
Bruce Smith
Aaron Smith
Perry Smith
Gary Hanson
Albert Kress
Albert
Emma) Kress
Joseph Kern
Robert Waters
John Peterson
Leonard Borowski
James Kennedy
Martin Schmitke
Mrs. Frank
M. E
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
Hartford, Conn
Munich
Church of the Holy Spirit
Jesse Roots
Bali
the Hideaway
Liberty Morris
Noli
Liberty
Waverly
Jackson
Ray
Rairoad
Worris Trae Apery
The
Morris Theatre
Park Hill Estates
Silver Cross Hospital
Bogdan Lane
Highland Park
Plainfield
LENOX
Mokena
Frankfort
Illinois
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