Obituaries for Irvin Day and Michael McDonald
Irvin T. Day 73 of 913 Douglas St died Saturday at Morris Hospital born December 24 1894 in Aledo Illinois son of Frank and Mary Day moved to Morris 1926 custodian at Center School WWI veteran American Legion VFW longtime township official survived by wife two sons five grandchildren two great grandchildren and a brother funeral Tuesday First Methodist Church Evergreen Cemetery Memorials to First Methodist Church Michael J. McDonald 80 of Channahon died Friday at St Joseph Joliet born in Reddick moved to Channahon as a boy survived by wife Laura three daughters a son two sisters one aunt eleven grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren longtime Democratic precinct committeeman township supervisor tax collector custodian Channahon State Park state highway employee Holy Name Society St Marys Church and Channahon Civic Club friends viewing today Coyne Funeral Home Joliet funeral Tuesday Minooka Mass at St Marys Church burial in St Marys Cemetery Minooka
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Irvin T. Day
Douglas St
Morris Hospital
Aledo
Ill
Frank and
Mary (Taylor) Day
Ruby Cooper
Morris
Center School
Wilson Chevrolet
39Th Army Infantry
Methodist Church
American Legion
VFW
Ben F. Day
Glen Ellyn
Melvin
Leonard Day
First Methodist Church
Harold R. Dude
Buri
Evergreen Cemetery
Davis
Michael J. McDonald
Channahon
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Reddick
James and
Margaret (Larkin) McDonald
Laura
Brannick
Violet Patricia
Pat) McDonald
John B
Dee) Feeney
Daniel L
Olive) Harrington
Channahon State Park
State Highway Department
Holy Name Society of
St. Mary’s Church
Coyne Funeral Home
St. Mary's Church
Minooka
St. Mary's Cemetery
Gardiner Man Martin Mathison 74 Dies at Hines Veterans
Martin G Mathison 74 of Gardiner died Saturday night at Hines Veterans Hospital after a six week stay. Born August 18 1893 he was the son of Peter and Mathilda Mathison. He farmed 15 years in Kansas before moving to Gardiner 19 years ago. He married Bertha Tweedt June 14 1921 in Northfield Minnesota. Survived by wife two brothers six sisters and several relatives. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday United Lutheran Church Gardiner Rev L G Hinderaker officiating burial Gardner Prairie Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm at Davis Funeral Home and 10 am to 2 pm Tuesday at the church. Memorials to United Lutheran Church.
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Martin G. Mathison
Gardiner
Hine& Veteran Hospital
Peter and
Mathilda (Paulson) Mathison
Dwight Area
Pleasant View
Luther Schoo
Ottawa
Kansas
Gardner
Bertha L. Tweedt
Northfield
Minn
United Lutheran Church
L. G. Hinderaker
Gardner Prairie Cemetery
Davis Funeral Home
Seneca Man Herman Peterson Dies at 80 in Hines Ill
Herman Peterson 80 of 206 Engelwood Dr Seneca died at 5 a m in Hines Veterans Hospital Illinois after a year as patient. Services 2 p m Wednesday Pfeffer Funeral Home Seneca with Rev A H Anderson officiating. Burial Mt Hope Cemetery. He farmed in Seneca Morris Ransom areas until 1942 then was Seneca village police 1942 1956. Survived by wife Paula nee Kleinmaier son Stephen Seneca daughter June Frebairn Utica six grandchildren and sister Nellie Carlson Morris.
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Seneca
Herman Peterson
Engelwood Dr
Hines Veteran’s Hospital
Hines
Ill
Pfeffer Funeral Home
A. H. Anderson
First Methodist Church
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Pfeffer
Karlskamp
Sweden
Peter
Inezrid Peterson
U. S
Seneca-Morris-Ransom
Pauline Kleinmaier
Ottawa
Oscar Lee-Thomas Moran American Legion
Ransom
Stephen
Thomas
June) Frebairn
Utica
Nellie Carlson
Morris
Funeral for Mrs Carl W Nelson Held in Newark
Services were conducted today for Mrs Carl W Nelson at the Larson-Gabe Funeral Home Newark with the Rev Oscar Johnson officiating. Burial followed at Millington Newark Cemetery. She 8 rural Yorkville formerly Newark died Friday in Elgin born October 27 1885 in Norway survived by a foster sister Nellie Brown Sheridan and a niece Betty Colle Newark.
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Newark
Carl Willam
Gertrude M.) Nelson
Larson-Gabe
Oscar Johnson
Clarence Vogen
Vogen
Stanley Thompson
Robert Allcutt
Thomas Williams
Clarence Ugland
Jerry Colle
Millington-Newark
Nelson
Yorkville
Elgin
Norway
Frank
Nellie) Brown
Sheridan
Betty Colle
Coroner Probes Death of Henry Muncey in Coal City Shed
The county coroner investigates the death of 63 year old Henry Edward Muncey found fatally shot in a tool shed near his Coal City residence. He was born April 22 1904 in Illinois and worked as a mechanic for Peabody Coal Co. Survived by wife Mildred two sons step children and grandchildren. services set 2 p.m. Tuesday at Reeves Funeral Home with Rev Eugene Kerrick officiating. Burial Mt Olivet Cemetery. Chapel hours today 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.
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Henry Edward Muncey
Ilinois
Peabody Coal Co
Mildred
David
Thomas Beasley
Coal City
Dewey Greenan
Joliet
Shirley Letter
Coal City Herald correspondent Elizabeth Hynds dies at 87
Elizabeth Hynds 87 of Coal City and longtime Morris Daily Herald correspondent died Saturday in Aurora. Survived by daughter Betty Steinberger sons Paul and Robert seven grandchildren four great grandchildren and two Joliet sisters. Funeral services set for Wednesday 9 a.m. Reeves Funeral Home Coal City to Assumption Church 9:30 a.m. burial Mt. Olivet Wilmington.
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Coal City
D. R
Elizabeth) Hynds
Morris Daily Herald
Aurora’ Borealis
Aurora
George
Betty) Steinberger
Paul
Robert
Alice Kulig
Mildred Ryan
Joliet
Daniel
Charges Filed Against Two Men for Deceptive Practices
Two Morris area men face complaints of deceptive practice. Jerry Wren is charged by Dorothy Johnson of Johnson's 66 Service Station in Mazon for a $58 bad check drawn on Grundy County National Bank dated March 2. Emmett Fortner is charged by Patrick Scavin o of Norman Oil Co on Liberty Street for a $20 bad check drawn on Grundy County National Bank dated March 4.
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Jerry Wren
Morris
Dorothy Johnson
Johnson
Mazon
Grundy County
Vehicle inspection requirements stretch across states
Periodic inspections of motor vehicles are required by 31 states and the District of Columbia, indicating broad regulatory effort to ensure roadworthiness and safety standards across jurisdictions.
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States
District of Columbia
Police Cite 7 Drivers This Weekend
Mor ris city police ticketed seven motorists this weekend. Lawrence D. Simes, 29, was cited for illegal transportation of liquor at the U.S. 6 and Illinois 47 junction. Gary A. Egeland, 17, left his license as bond after a sign violation on Bedford Road. Richard A. Story, 18, cited for no license plate display. John S. Warner, 19, cited for driving too fast for conditions. Kelly J. Shay, 16, cited for no valid registration. Stephen R. Wills, 18, charged with driving too fast for conditions. William C. Shouse, 26, cited for driving too fast. All have court or bond schedules set.
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Morris City
Lawrence D. Simes
Margaret St
U.S. 6
Illinois
James Gretencord
Bedford Road
Gary A. Egeland
Rte. 1
Jack Kopezick
Egeland
Bond
Richard A. Story
Cabery
Story
Glenn Johnson
Johnson
John S. Warner
Rte. 5
Division St
Warner
Kelly J. Shay
Rte. 3
Shay
Fulton St
Stephen R. Wills
E. Washington St
Car crashes and minor injuries sparse on Morris weekend
A string of minor accidents in Morris left Herman Engh with a cut lip after his 1966 Buick hit the Illinois Michigan Canal bridge at Armstrong Street. Others included backing into a service station door, a Tastee Freeze mishap, and a parking meter strike, with no injuries or tickets reported. Mt Sinai height noted in regional trivia.
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Herman Engh
E. Benton St
Armstrong St
Illinois-Michigan Canal
Hansen
North States Service Station
U.S. 6
Illinois 47
Robert Lynes
Warren W. Webber
Morris
Tastee Freeze
Bedford Road
Division St
Gordon Gregg
Fred Butler
Ina
Dale K. Bakes
Mazon
W. Washington St
William I. Swartz
Rte .3
Jack Kopezick
Four Grundy County men face court over alleged vending machine theft
James Yeary Jerry Krug William Sanders and John Hartley were charged with attempted theft of a vending machine and soft drinks from Hier's Grocery Verona. Krug and Yeary requested jury trials and the magistrate set jury calls for September. A spectator was struck during a courtroom sideline incident.
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Grundy County
Verona
James Yeary
Braceville
Jerry Krug
William Sanders
John Hartley
Coal City
Herman Hier
Hier
Krug
James Fleming
Yeary
Chester P. Winsor
Winsor
Richard Wilder
John E. G. Olson
Hartley
Clyde Ferguson
Morris
Ferguson
Marriage Licenses for Lemont and South Wilmington Couples
Ralph William Wieclaw of Lemont and Shirley Ann Riley of South Wilmington obtain a marriage license. Robert Thomas Suddick of South Wilmington and Sue Ann Gunderson of Gardner also obtain a license.
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Ralph William Wieclaw
Lemont
Shirley Ann Riley
South Wilmington
Robert Thomas Suddick
Sue Ann Gunderson
Gardner
Stock Market Gains Surge on Gold Crisis Confidence
The New York Stock Exchange saw heavy trading as a broad market rally lifted the Dow by 13.35 points before noon, then 9.08, with gains led by IBM Xerox Polaroid and Eastman Kodak. Gold mining issues fluctuated on delayed openings amid a renewed gold crisis backdrop.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
International Bankers
IBM
Xerox
Pola
Whittaker
Teledyne
Gulf & Western
Sperry Rand
Monogram Industries
Raytheon
Eastman Kodak
Campbell Red Lake
Homestake
Chicago dairy and egg market quotes from CME
Chicago Mercantile Exchange price table shows butter grades AA to C with scores and counts, egg quotations by percent grade A whites mixed mediums standards checks, and car prices for various grades. Prices listed with numeric codes and unit values.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Traffic Court Fines In First Circuit Docket
James M. Davis 31 of 760 E Main St fined 5 and 5 costs for one headlight. George F E Malfatti 46 of Seneca fined 10 and 5 costs for no valid registration. Gerald J Latter 21 of Park Forest fined 20 and 5 costs for speeding 90 in a 70 zone. Emmett Fortner Jr 25 of 120642 Division St fined 20 and 5 costs for vehicle driven with no registration.
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James M. Davis
E. Main St
George FE. Malfatti
Seneca
Gerald J. Latter
Park Forest
Emmett Fortner Jr
Division St
License Citation for 19-Year-Old in Joliet on I-80
Floyd Benedette, 19, of Joliet, cited by Grundy County Deputy Hexdall on Interstate 80 about 2 miles east of Illinois 47 for no valid registration at 7 p.m. Saturday. Bond set and he is to appear at 3 p.m.
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Floyd Benedette
Joliet
Interstate 80
Illinois 47
Grundy County
Hexdall
I-55 Crash Fatalities Parked in Joliet Area
The crash left Carl Johnson dead at the scene and Lawrence Johnson dead on arrival at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet. A semi truck leased to East Texas Motor Freight Co Dallas was involved with no driver injury and minor truck damage. State police gave no detail on cargo or destination.
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Carl Johnson
Will County
Charles Reeves
Lawrence Johnson
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
East Texas Motor Freight Co
Dallas
Tex
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Mary Margaret
St. Patrick’s Day
Robert Malmquist
Shouse
Canal Bridge
Mt. Sinai
United Arab Republic
Kinsman
G&d
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Forney
John H. Kohrt
E. L
Butch) Olson
Benguet
American Stock Exchange
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