Foxs honored on 40th wedding anniversary in Thomson
Mr and Mrs Floren Fox Sr celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary with a Sunday dinner attended by family and friends from LaSalle Moline Davenport Melrose Park and Colorado Springs. They wed July 5 1921 in Granville Ill and have two children and four grandchildren. The St Ores reunion also met at Old Mill Park with 53 attending and Arla Green elected as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Review
Thomson, Illinois
Floren Fox Sr
Floren Fox Jr
Flynn
Charles Tager
LaSalle
James George
Moline
Arthur Hines
Davenport
R. G. Amling
ST. Ores
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Wayland Bennett
Chadwick
Arla Green
Herbert St. Ores
Irene St. Ores
Earl Bennett
David Roggendorf
Michael Earl Bennett
Earl
Alta Bennett
Don
Elkhorn
Wis
Mrs George Peters Celebrates 100th Birthday in Shannon
Mrs George Peters a Shannon resident at the Johnson nursing home observed her 100th birthday with a family dinner at her son William Peters home and with afternoon visits from friends and relatives. Born July 13 1861 in Brookville she married George Peters in 1878 and has three sons two daughters six grandchildren ten great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She once noted the Lanark Gazette has been in her family since its first 1863 issue.
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George Peters
Johnson Nursing Home
Shannon
William Peters
Ms. Peters
Brookville
Deibler
William
Lloyd
Harry
Thomas Diffenderfer
Conrad Rot
Peters
Gazette
Lanark Gazette
Funeral Services Held Sunday For Henry E Smidt
Henry E Smidt of Stockton died July 6 at Lena nursing home where he resided five years. Born January 19 1885 in Pleasant Valley Township he married Clara Beck in 1908. He farmed there, later worked for Green Giant Canning Co in Lanark, retired to Stockton last fall. Funeral Sunday at Hermann funeral home officiated by Rev Arnold Raabe with pallbearers from Lanark and burial in Ladies Union cemetery.
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Henry Smidt
Stockton
Lena Nursing Home
Hermann Funeral Home
Arnold Raabe
Christ Lutheran Church
Hermann
Ralph Gifford
Lanark
Lord Is
My Shepherd
Ivory Palaces
Homer Hammond
George Crofton
Naaman Diehl
Russell Rahn
Warner Schultz
Ladies Union Cemetery
Henry E. Smith
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Township
Daviess County
Godfried
Caroline Dascher Smidt
Clara Beck
Lanark Couple Wed in First Brethren Church Ceremony
Miss Shari Linton daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilson Linton wed David Overdorf son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Overdorf of Johnstown Pa in a July 5 ceremony at the First Brethren Church conducted by Rev Raymond Aspinall. Relatives attended as lilies adorned the altar and Max Sisler played the nupial music.
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Shari Linton
Wilson Linton
David Overdorf
Theodore Overdorf
Johnstontown
First Brethren Church
Raymond Aspinall
Max Sisler
Miss Shari Linton and David Overdorf Wed in Church Ceremony
Miss Shari Linton married David Overdorf in a church ceremony. The groom, a Johnsonstown high school graduate, and the bride both completed their freshman year at Ashland College. After a Wisconsin honeymoon they will reside in Lanark for the summer.
Loves Park guests and Door County vacationers
Mrs Betty Ware and her two daughters Jackie and Carol of Loves Park were Sunday guests of her sister Mr and Mrs Robert McKean and daughter Rev and Mrs Piesen are spending a week's vacation in Door County Wisconsin Their address will be General Delivery Fish Creek Wisconsin
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Kenneth Cumings
Charles
Linda
Eileen
Chanute
Kans
Homes Hammond
Alva Fritz
George Jones
Jones
Mae Whisler
Riverside Nursing Home
Rock Falls
Helen Wilkin
Chapel Hill
N. C
Betty Ware
Jackie
Carol
Loves Park
Robert McKean
Rev
Piesen
Door County
Wis
Fish Creek
Obituary Highlights for Local Resident
Surviving are his wife Opal Appes of Stockton, a daughter, a brother George of Savanna, three sisters Sophie Zink, Dave McCoy of Savanna, and Sylvia Dittmar of Mt. Morris, plus five grandchildren. He belonged to Trinity Lutheran church Lanark, the Rock Creek Grange, and Modern Woodmen of America.
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Lawrence
Opal) Appes
Stockton
George
Savanna
Sophie) Zink
Dave McCoy
Raymond
Sylvia) Dittmar
Mt. Morris
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lanark
The
Rock Creek Grange
Modern Woodmen of America
Hanover Visitors Stop at Halfman Home
Thomson News reports Mr. and Mrs. Herb Engelking and Laurie of Hanover visited Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Halfman and family. Gilbert Holland attended the funeral of Charles Clausen of Davenport who died after a heart attack following an auto accident in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Engelking
Laurie
Hanover
Lawrence Halfman
Gilbert Holland
Charles Clausen
Davenport
Daven
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Robert Lego
Colorado Springs, Colo
Floren Fox, Jr
Henry E. Smidt
Lanark News
Savanna’s Times Theatre
TIMES
John Gavin
Sophia Loren
Maurice Chevalier
Fred MacMurray
Robert Mitchum
Eleanor Parker
Co. S
Metro Color
SUN., & Tues
Trapp
Ruth Leuwerik
Hans Holt
A-1
Kingdom Come
Emma Dee
Dickerson
Bud’s
OASIS
Rt. 80
N. Cordova Drag Strip
P. Briggs & Stratton
Mulder
Performance Insurance
Guar
Antees the
Clinton, Iowa
Iowa
J.H. Potts & Son
Lyons Shopping Center
Clinton
Main Ave
Flair
Zirkelbach Refrigeration
5Th Ave
S. CH
Shoe -Fit Company
Jacquelines
Connies
Naturalizers
SELBY
Joyce
Jacqueline
Ree
Harrison
Harrison ST
Michigan Blvd
Congress St
Hunter
Zephair
Roym
Adams
Vreeport Freepor
Thomson News
Marvin Holesinger
Larry Terrell
Morrison
Jimmy Port
Sterling
Holesinger
Jane
Port
Lee Munster
Edward
Tucson
Arizona
N. D. French
Jay M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O. Seesser
Fulton, Hl
Martin Morris
Mien
Tropical—Dacron & Wool
Martin Morris CO
Fifth Avenue
South
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