Obituary: Oliver H. Shearer of Minooka Dies at 55
Oliver H. Shearer 55 of Minooka died Saturday in St Joseph Hospital Joliet. Survived by wife Alva F son Robert E daughter Carla Henson mother Grace Shearer sisters Jean Sloneen granddaughter Susan Henson. WWII veteran, lunchroom operator, Diamond Foundry worker, Illinois driver license examiner. Funeral 1 p.m. Tuesday Sonn Tag-Wylie Funeral Home. Burial Brown Cemetery. Visitation today 2–4 and 7–10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver H. Shearer
Minooka
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Alva F
Robert E
William
Carla) Henson
Grace Shearer
Northbrook
Jerome
Jean) Sloneen
Susan Henson
Seward Township
Olaf C Johnson, 47, Dies at Home in Newark
Olaf C Johnson 47 of rural Newark dies at home after hard life. Born March 24 1922 in Fox Township son of Elmer and Selma Christopherson Johnson he married Edith E Hextell August 21 1948. Survives include his wife four sisters and a brother. Funeral 1 30 PM Tuesday at Helmar Lutheran Church with Rev O Paul Hougen officiating burial at West Lisbon Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call Larson Gabel Funeral Home 3 5 PM today and after 7 PM today and Tuesday until removal to church at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonntag-Wylie Funeral Home
Daniel Facemeyer
Brown Cemetery
He Was
1922
Fox Township
the Son
of Elmer and
Selma Christopherson Johnson
Edith E. Hextell
Helmar Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge
Aurora
Lawrence
Isabel) Weeks
Minooka
Russell
Marcella
O. Paul Hougen
West Lisbon Lutheran Cemetery
Larson-Gabel
Obituary: Ralph Harris 68 of Streator dies at St Marys Hospital
Ralph Harris 68 of 1204 Johnson St Streator died Saturday at St Marys Hospital Streator at 2 p m Funeral by Rev Henry Flessner will be held Tuesday at Hulse Funeral Home Ottawa Burial in Oakwood Memorial Park He is survived by his wife Ruby May Sherrill two sons Charles Dayton and Jimmy Joe Chillecothe six daughters Helen Alaimo Betty Schmitz Frances Klachko Mary Jessen Bonnie Feeney and Barbara Highland along with two sisters and several siblings and preceded by two sons three brothers and one sister.
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Ralph Harris
Johnson St
Streator
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hulse Funeral Home
Ottawa
Henry Flessner
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Streator
Oakwood Memorial Park
Hulse Funeral
Ruby May Sherrill
Virginia
Ill
Charles
Dayton
Jimmy Joe
Chillecothe
Russell
Helen) Alaimo
Edward
Betty) Schmitz
Aurora
Alvin
Frances) Klachko
Michael
Mary) Jessen
William
Bonnie) Feeney
Morris
Barbara) Highland
Cornell
Bessie Brunk
Rita Woods
Peoria
Mrs Walter Knott of Geneva Dies at 79
Mrs Julia Knott 79 of Geneva died Saturday. Born May 9 1890 in Sands Norway she lived 38 years in Geneva. She leaves four sons Richard Howard Clayton Edward one daughter Eleanor Hopley two brothers Silas and Ole Brumeland sister Amelia Larson 19 grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Geneva Lutheran Church Rev Winfield Johansen officiating burial Oak Hill Cemetery Geneva. Friends may call at Yurs Wittenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Julia) Knott
Geneva
Sands
Norway
Geneva Lutheran Church
Richard W
Howard C
Clayton
St. Charles
Edward
Homewood
Eleanor Hopley
Rock Island
Ole Brumeland
Plano
Silas Brumeland
Elkhorn
Wis
Obituary: Mrs Einar Salle 83 of Joliet and Pompano Beach
Florence Salle died at North Broward Hospital in Pompano Beach Florida aged 83 after six weeks as a patient. Born January 30 1886 in Joliet she was the daughter of Samuel and Emma Samuelson. She married Einar King Salle in 1908 he died in 1952. Survived by two daughters Norma Bisset and Ann Hunt and a son James, plus sister Ruby Bradley and brother Walter. She lived much of her life in Joliet and moved to Florida seven years ago. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Carlson Funeral Home Joliet with burial in Elmhurst Cemetery Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Einar
Florence) Salle
North Broward Hospital
Pompano Beach
Fla
Joliet
Samuel
Emma Samuelson
Einar King Salle
Jack
Norma) Bisset
Earl
Ann) Hunt
Morris
James
Atlanta
Longtime Polish American Max Mackowiak Dies at 82
Max Mackowiak 82 died after a lengthy illness at his daughter Virginia Quinns home in Braidwood. He survived by five daughters Virginia Quinn Evelyn Hansen Dorothy Herzog Florence Middleton Theresa Benson and two sons Richard and Henry. Services set for 11 a m Wednesday at St Hedwig Church Chicago with burial in St Adelbert Cemetery Niles. He born in Poland Oct 3 1887 came to the U S in 1912 and lived in Braidwood three and a half years. He belonged to the Polish Association of America and St John the Baptist Lodge No 94 Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Mackowiak
Virginia Quinn
Braidwood
Quinn
Evelyn Hansen
Dorothy Herzog
Rolling Meadows
Florence Middleton
Theresa Benson
Chicago
Richard
Henry
Patterson Funeral
Wojciechowski
Webster St
St. Hedwig Church
St. Adelbert Cemetery
Niles
Poland
United States
Polish Association of America
St. John the Baptist Lodge No. 94
Smith Brother-in-Law M. K. Smith Dies in Minnesota
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gahl Beck, 441 West Ave, learn of the death of their brother in law M. K. Smith in Askey Minnesota. Funeral services were held there Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gahlbeck
West Ave
Inlaw
M. K. Smith
Askey
Minn
Infant Cynthia Turner Dies in Norwood Iowa
Cynthia K Turner three month old daughter of Buels and Mary Ann Noel Turner died Christmas Day in Norwood Iowa born Sept 24 in Mt Pelier Indiana raised with the Boys family Morris Indiana Survived by parents a sister and paternal grandparents in Mt Pelier Funeral services 2 PM today at Davis Funeral Home Morris Rev Merle Bright burial Evergreen Cemetery Also noted Birmingham Michigan and Boca Raton Florida death of Mrs Ray Starr Johnson of Boca Raton with funeral Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Turner
Cynthia K. Turner
Buels
Mary Ann Noel Turner
Norwood
Iowa
Mt. Pelier
Ind
Frank Starr
Oak St
Patrick Caldwell
Wallace Ave
Birmingham
Mich
Ray
Ruby) Starr Johnson
Boca Raton, Fla
Snowbound Weather Across Regions Disrupts Travel
Snow and ice blanketed a six state area causing emergencies with snowmobiles in use. Twelve deaths are linked to the storm across the region. A new system brought rain and thundershowers to the Mississippi Valley and Southeast Texas while heavy fog disrupted air travel in Missouri and southern Illinois.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Rockies
Arizona
New Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Ohio River
Missouri
Illinois
Moore in Satisfactory Condition at UC Medical Center
Actress Terry Moore, 40, reported in satisfactory condition at the University of California Medical Center in Los Angeles. Spokesmen refused to discuss her illness, citing family secrecy. she recently separated from Stuart Warren Cramer III, 41, who filed for divorce amid a 10-year marriage. Moore has two children, Stuart IV, 9, and Grant Lamar, 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Terry Moore
University of California Medical Center
Miss Moore
Stuart Warren Cramer III
Cramer
Stuart IV
Grant Lamar
Nash Laments Stamps Won’t Stick in New York Letter
Ogden Nash writes to the New York Times complaining stamps detach from letters and saying the post office should provide tape with every 100 stamps. He quips about returning to 1902 and using cellulose tape to secure stamps.
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NEW York (Ap
Ogden Nash
Nash
New York Times
Population Snapshot of Wilhelmina City in Curacao
Nearly half of Curacao’s 130000 residents live in Willemstad the capital of the 173 square mile West Indies island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curacao
Willemstad
West Indies Island
Market slips from its rally as tax losses bite the Dow and NYSE
The stock market fell into decline at noon with the Dow Jones at 794.88 down 2.77 and the Associated Press 60-stock average down 1.0. Analysts cited heavy tax loss selling with only three sessions left in the year as the rally faded after earlier easing hopes.
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Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Market Lightning: Butter and Eggs Prices Noted
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter at 93 score AA 6714, 92 A 6714, 90 B 6714 with eggs at 80 percent or better grade A whites 60 2, mediums 57, standards 54, checks 45. Lower grades show reducing prices.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago grain and oil prices mixed in early trading
Wheat Nos 2 hard yellow 1.504 n and 2 soft red 5 04 n. corn No 2 yellow 1.19 n. oats No 2 extra Cane white 63 n. soybeans No 1 yellow 2.4913 n and No 2 yellow 2.4544 n. soybean oil 9.25 n.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Casals Turns 93 In Puerto Rico Celebration
Pablo Casals the master cellist is 93 today in San Jun Puerto Rico. He planned to attend a concert and reception in his honor this evening at Gov. Luis A. Ferre's mansion. Casals, long exiled from Spain, is married to Puerto Rican cellist Marta Montanez.
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San Jun
Puerto Rico
Pablo Casals
Luis A. Ferre
Casals
Spain
Marta Montanez
Pleads Guilty in Double Slaying in Illinois
Kenneth Rogers received 75 to 100 years for strangling his wife Wilma 22 and Barbara Case 25. Their bodies were found in a trailer home near Carterville on Christmas Day. Rogers, 29, a Carbondale bookstore assistant manager, was arrested in Covington, Tennessee and returned to Illinois. The judge cautioned him on legal rights before sentencing.
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Marion
Kenneth Rogers
Wilma
Barbara Case
Carterville
Rogers
Carbondale
Covington
Tenn
Ilinois
John Clayton
February Draft Call of 19,000
The Pentagon announces a February draft call of 19,000 men, up from January. The plan targets about 225,000 total for 1970, a 65,000 drop from 1969, with 18,200 to the Army and 800 to the Marines.
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Washington
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Millworker’s Gas Tank Bank Yields $895 Savings
Parks Whisenant, a Johnston millworker, saved spare coins in a gas tank for two years. He emptied the tank and found $895 saved toward a new car.
Young motorist cited for failure to yield to ambulance
Merle D Peckenpaugh 20 of 75742 E Main St was ticketed by Morris officer Harold Carlson for failing to yield to an authorized emergency vehicle at 6 30 p m Friday at the Liberty and High streets intersection He is to appear in court January 8.
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Morris
Harold Carlson
Merle D. Peckenpaugh
E. Main St
Peckenpaugh
Liberty and
High Sts
Mazon Man to Appear in Court on Disorderly Conduct Charge
Frank Gordon of Mazon is slated to appear in court on January 12 after a disorderly conduct charge filed by his wife on Saturday. He was imprisoned in Grundy County Jail but released on a $25 cash bond.
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Frank Gordon
Mazon
Gordon
Grundy County
Traffic Court Fines For Garrett And Kvernes
Elzie L. Garrett 42 of Sandwich paid a 21 dollar total on Lisbon Road for driving 31 in a 65 mph zone plus a suspended license penalty. Norval A. Kvernes 46 of 809 Second Ave. was fined 110 dollars for liquor impairment on Liberty Street per Morris officer James Gretencord.
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Elzie L. Garrett
Sandwich
John Perona
Lisbon Road
Garrett
Norval A. Kvernes
Second Ave
Liberty St. Morris
James Gretencord
Driver Hurt in One-Car Mishap
Harlon Neely age 51 of 933 Armstrong St was treated and released at Morris Hospital for injuries from a one car accident on U S 6 at 145 am Sunday. He was driving west near the Illinois 47 intersection when he missed the turn and left the road striking a state sign. Minor damage to the car. Neely treated for facial lacerations at the emergency room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlon Neely
Armstrong St
Morris Hospital
U.S. 6
Neely
Illinois 47
Theft of Electrical Equipment From Gardner Residence
Grundy County Sheriff's Office received a report of theft at Elmer Twait's Gardner residence. Two electric drills one electric saw and other electrical gear were stolen from a bench in the garage along with wrenches. Stolen items include a 15 piece Craftsman socket wrench set a 3/4 inch long socket a Williams handle a 12 inch square extension handle a one inch box wrench and a complete Craftsman wrench set valued at fifty dollars.
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Grundy County
Hummingbird Flight Versatility Highlighted
The hummingbird can fly forward backward sideways or hover stationary in the air showcasing exceptional maneuverability and control.
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Oliver Shearer
American Legion
VFW
Plattville
Robert
Olaf C. Johnson
Newark
Walter Knott
Einar Salle
Mrs
Ray Johnson
Snowbound
the Banks and Savings and Loan Will
First National Bank OF Morris
W. Main St
Grundy County National Bank
Liberty St
Morris Savings and Loan
Wauponsee St
New York
Parke, Davis
New York Exchange
o(Oesae
Chicago Cash Grain
THE
M. E
Jefferson ST. Morris
Hartford
Hartford Insurance Group
Riz
Hap
Norma
Diane
Rhea
Joe
Dan
Mike
Liberty Walgreen
Playtex
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