Service Members and Local Visits From Wartime Week
Furloughs bring Pvt. Join Smolek from Camp Hood Texas and his wife to visit the Gaar home. Mrs Smolek, formerly Oelah Gaar, joins the visit along with others including Everett Eslinger and family. The Potter road remains flooded limiting exits. visitors require swimming or boating. Mrs Paul Daniels and children planned Saturday gathering at Savanna with Mrs Ammon Suartwell. husbands are in service.
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Falten
Y Roe
San
Duckwy
Smolek
Camp Hood
Texas
Chicafro
Tuesaday
Harry Gaar
Tank Destroyer
Smolck
Oelah Gaar
Everett Eslinger
Emma Eslinger
Morrison
William Griswold
Calvin Eslinger
Frank Potter
Paul Daniels
Savanna
Ammon Suartwell
Obituaries for Mt Carroll and surrounding area residents
Prudence Rawlins 85 of Mt Carroll died May 24 in Savanna hospital after a stroke. Funeral at Frank chapel Mt Carroll Thursday with burial at Upper York cemetery Argona. survivors include daughters Mrs. Tyner and Mrs. Kenyon, son Albert Rawlins, sister Mrs. Etta Sweitzer. William Furman 72 of Lanark died May 21 in Freeport hospital. Funeral Thursday at Lanark Church of the Brethren with burial at Dutchtown near Milledgeville. widow and adopted son Charles survive plus two grandchildren. Elizabeth Emmert, 84 of Savanna died May 19. services were held May 21 at Fuller funeral home and burial in Savanna cemetery. she was born 1859 in Mt. Morris. Frederick Schreiner 80 of Salem township died May 19 in Savanna city hospital. services held May 21 at Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence Rawlins
Mt. Carroll
Savanna City Hospital
Frank Funeral Chapel
James A. Foard
Upper York Cemetery
Argona
Prudence Reeder
Maryland
Martin
Susan Reeder
Thomas Rawlins
York Township
Charles Tyner
Margaret Kenyon
Austin
William Furman
Lanark
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Annie Fike
Milledgeville
Charles
Belvidere
Elizabeth Emmert
Vernon Hollister
Savanna
Fuller Funeral Home
Arthur Monkman
Savanna Cemetery
Elizabeth Davis
Mt. Morris
Mt. Morris Seminary
Simon Emmert
Frederick B. Schreiner
Salem Township
Christian Fu
George W. Ellinor
Veterans Hospital
Hines
Albrecht Cemetery
Massbach
Derinda
Thomas
Margaret Ellinor
van Bibber-Hansen
American Legion
Frank
Edward
Deriida
Frank Leon
Obituaries from Savanna and area list multiple deaths
The notices report the deaths of Floyd A. Chase 56 of Savanna and Mrs. Ray Hines 61 of Milledgeville with service details. Floyd Chase operated the Gingham Cafe in Savanna since 1931 and died from a severe asthma attack. he had married Susie Walker in Clinton Indiana and is survived by a widow, stepdaughter, an aunt, and cousins. Mrs. Ray Hines, born March 25 1883 in McConnell Illinois, died after a long illness. she and husband Ray Hines farmed near Coleta before moving to Milledgeville and she is survived by her husband and ten children. Additional obituaries note Mr. Schreiner of Salem township born 1864, buried Oak Hill cemetery, and Mr. Ellinor born February 24 1887 in Derinda, a WWI veteran buried in Albrecht cemetery. together they reflect a cluster of local passings with service details and familial ties.
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Floyd A.chase
Savanna
Law Fauneral
Howard M. Kildow
Savanna Cemetery
Mr. Chase
Nick Thilmany
Chase
Mrs. Chase
Milledgeville
Albert
Irene Chase
Freeport
Susie Walker
Clinton
Dean Hoff
Clifford Harrison
Lanark
Ray Hines
Dixon Hospital
Main Street
United Brethren
Coleta
Hines
McConnell, Jrl
Mrs Emma Rauser Dies at 81 in Lanark Minnesota
Emma Schmucker Rauser, 81, died at 11 30 p m Tuesday at her Lanark home half a mile east. Funeral services set for 2 50 p m Friday at Lanark Church of the Brethren with Rev H F Richards officiating. She was born April 1 1864 in Rock Creek township Carroll county and was married to George Rauser who survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rauser
Lanark
Notable names listed with scattered remarks in local column
A fragment lists Norma Peters Ruth Burkholder Lyle Cheeseman Roger Cheeseman Wayne Larber Marilyn Traum and others with a quoted exchange about a five spot loan. The tone hints at a social or community note, with several residents and couples named alongside casual dialogue.
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Burkholder
Miss Alexander
Libertyville
Norma Peters
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Paramount News
Nelson
Eddy
Susan Foster
Leo Carrillo
WEB
Hopalong
Wm. Boyd
Lumber Jack
J. Carroll Naish
Monster Maker
Margaret Sullivan and
Sothern
Joan Blondell
Bataan
Johnny Downes
Wanda McKay
Africa
Bernadette
Times Theatre
Jack London
Michael O'Shea
Jills
Saturday Evening Post
Kay Frances
Martha Raye
Carole Landis
Francis Lederer
L. B. Hussey, M. D
Savanna, Ill
Main St
Telephone Black 415
Considine’s “Fulton's Meeting Place
Lincoln Way
Cigars
the Oasis
Albany
Cordova
Paul Gray
Nick Caleo
Carroll Gatt! County
Neral
L. M. Hieber
Salem
Floyd A. Chase
Mrs
Ard
William Storey
Bemidji, Minn
Joseph Garrow
Hanover
Alfred M. Olson
East Main Street
Morrison, Ill
OLD Line Reserve Insurance
T. J. Lahey
10Th Ave
Fulton
M. Fulton
Frida Les Lathrop
G. A. Brumer, JR
Jeweler
St. Clinton
Iowa
Northwestern Illinois Gas & Electric Co
Marth
Thomson 184
Thomson, Illinois
MT. Carroll Produc
Illinois
van Allen
Cootton
Wiersema
Ill
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