Last Rites Conducted For Earl Burkholder Saturday
Funeral services for Earl Charles Burkholder of Lanark were held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Frank Funeral Home Lanark with Rev. Merle Hanbecker officiating. Burial was in Lanark Cemetery and a memorial fund for the church was established. Survivors include two sons five daughters fifteen grandchildren and three brothers. Burkholder born January 5 1897 was a lifelong Lanark resident and retired farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Charles Burkholder
Lanark
Frank
Merle Hanbecker
Charles N
Minnie (Weist) Burkholder
Hazel Zuck
Charles
Richard
St. Louis
Missouri
Dorothy Mowen
Robert
Phyllis) Hower
Dale
Frances) Moss
Cecil
Joyce) Hoyle
Polo
Ronald
Joanne) Smith
Modesto
California
Ernest
Ralph
Mount Carroll
Glenn
Freeport
Department Orders Company to Stop Questionable Practice
The firm was directed by the Department of Insurance to cease the practice after being turned over six weeks ago, with a warning of closure if noncompliance continues.
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Department of Insurance
Mr. Powell
NIU Homecoming Events Scheduled
Northern Illinois University's Homecoming Week runs October 23 through 28 with a torchlight parade on Wednesday, bonfire and pep rally Thursday, a parade Saturday morning, a coronation dance Friday night, and a football game against Hillsdale College Saturday. Alumni activities include coffee hours, a reunion tent, and a pre game shack, followed by two Sergio Mendes and Brazil ’66 concerts closing the celebration.
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Northern Illinois University
NIU
NIU Huskies
Hillsdale
Mich
Sergio Mendes
Brazil
University Center
Local soldiers receive commissions and training updates
Burton D Prins, 21, of Thomson Illinois was commissioned Army second lieutenant after Ordnance Officer Candidate School at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland. Marine Private Dale Husing of Mount Carroll finished recruit training and heads to further Marine training. Major Over Straitt joined Exercise Deep Furrow 67 in Turkey piloting C 130 Hercules. Private First Class Raymond J Fahlen of Savanna assigned to the 299th Engineer Battalion near Pleiku Vietnam. basic training at Fort Knox and Fort Leonard Wood completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton D. Prins
Albertins
Jane Ann
Thomson, Il
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Ft. Knox
Aberdeen
Dale BE. Husgong
Route 2
Mount Carroll
Illinois
Marine Corps
Marine Combat Forces
Nover L. Straitt
Roy E. Straitt
R. R. J. Thomson III
Turkey
Straitt
64Th Tactical Airlifting Wing
Sewart Afb
Tenn
U. S
NATO
Margaret
Wayne C. Smith
Jackson St
Savanna, Ill
Raymond J. Fahlen
Amy G. Fahlen
Savanna
Ill
299Th
Pleiku
Vietnam
Pvt. Fahlen
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
Mosa
Local Servicemen Earn Army Honors and Training Updates
Heuerman 22 of Mount Carroll Illinois received the Good Conduct Medal on September 27 while with the 2nd Armored Division at St Hood Texas for exemplary conduct in active service. He is a mortar squad leader in Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 66th Armor, entered the Army in October 1965 and was last stationed in Korea. Private Gary L Rabuck 19 of Mount Carroll Illinois completed a wheeled vehicle mechanic course October 6 at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Cadet Fourth Class Charles D Kroll has entered the U S Coast Guard Academy in New London Connecticut for four years of study toward a Bachelor of Science degree and a commission as Ensign. Private John H Reagan 19 of Savanna Illinois received the Army Parachutist Badge September 29 after Infantry School airborne training at Fort Benning Georgia.
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Heuerman
John Hots
Mount Carroll
Ill
2Nd Armored Division
St Hood
Tex
66Th Armor
Korea
Harold J. Heuerman
Moline
Til
Stockton (Fl.) High School
Sgt. Heuerman
Marcel
E. Main St
Freeport
Ilinois
Army
Gary L. Rabuck
Edgar L. Rabuck
State St
Ft. Leonard Wood
Charles D. Kroll
Clifford C. Kroll
W. Pearl St
Lanark, Ill
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Coast Guard
John H. Reagan
John P. Reagan
Third St
Savanna
Mil
Infantry
Ft. Benning
Georgia
Deaths Gary Allen Tack
Clinton, Iowa funeral services were held for Gary Allen Tack 24 of Clinton who died Saturday in a one car crash on Illinois 84 north of Albany. Father John McBarry officiated and burial was in Clinton Memorial Park. He was born April 20, 1942 in Savanna Illinois son of William A Phillips and Vera J De Vinner Phillins. He had lived in Clinton two years. Survivors include his mother and stepfather Bernard Tack of Clinton his father William A Phillips of Quincy Illinois one daughter Sue Ellen Phillips of Savanna seven half brothers and several nieces and nephews.
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Clinton
Snell-Smith
Gary Allen Tack
Illinois
Albany
John McBarry
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Clinton Memorial Park
Mr. Tack
Savanna
Wm. A
Vera J. DeVinner Phillins
Bernard Tack
Wm. A. Phillips
Quincy
Inl
Sue Ellen Phillips
Kim Tack
U. S. Marine Corps
Steven Tack
Iowa City
Jeffrey
Charles
Gregg
James
Brian
Death of Mrs Oscar Slifer at Mt Carroll
Mrs Oscar Slifer 72 a former Mt Carroll rural resident died Oct 11 at Barrington Ill Funeral services were held Saturday at the Christian Funeral Home Mt Carroll with Rev Wallace Johnson officiating Burial followed in Oak Hill Cemetery Mt Carroll She was born Dec 2 1894 in Roseland La daughter of Adolph and Marie Rosener Fuller She moved to a Gralem township farm in youth later living with the Zemkes at Barrington Ill before marriage to Oscar Slifer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Slifer
Mt. Carroll
Christian Funeral Home
Oscar
Bessie) Slifer
Barrington
Ill
Wallace Johnson
Marie Rosener Fuller
Gralem Township
Emil Zemkes
Barringpo
Alfred Habben obituary and funeral details from Sterling IL
Alfred R. Habben 1902 12 02 Sterling born, died Oct 9 at home in Coleta IL. Funeral Oct 12 2 PM West Jordan Lutheran Church Sterling officiated by Rev. Asplund. Burial Oak Knoll Cemetery. Survivors include widow Marie Meiners two daughters Janet Koett and Linda two sons Lyle and Arnold eight grandchildren one great grandchild four brothers Elmer Raymond Herbert.
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Alfred R. Habben
Coleta
Ill
West Jordan Lutheran Church
Sterling
Roger Asplund
Oak Knoll Cemetery
Richard Thielen
Elery Johnson
Robert Habben
Everett Gaffey
Duane Habben
Dalton
Janet) Koett
Linda
Lyle
Dixon
Arnold
Rockford
Elmer
Raymond
Herbert
Morrison
Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Lanark Man
Julius of Rock Falls six sisters and Fred Miller Sr 75 prominent Lanark residents dies. Miller a WWI veteran and retired barber farmer married Minnie Weber in 1924 and lived near Lanark. Funeral at Frank funeral home Lanark with burial in Lanark cemetery.
Illinois high school seniors welcome essay contest
Illinois high school seniors show strong interest in the second annual traffic safety essay contest by the Illinois Editors' Traffic Safety Seminar. Top ten essays win 500 dollar scholarships from the Chicago Motor Club. deadlines include December 31, 1967 for entry and March 1, 1968 for returned published essays.
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Illinois
Illinois Editors
Chicago Motor Club
Robert M. Heck
Rockford Morning Star and Register Republic
East South Water Street
Chicago
Ill
U. S
Rockton
State Honor To Carroll Co Youth Receives Safety Congress Nod
Alan Plack of the Shannon Shamrocks 4-H club will be one of 12 Illinois members at the 1967 National Safety Congress in Chicago October 22 to 25. He earned the honor for outstanding safety program work tied to his projects and leadership. Alan and Charl Groom of Jo Daviess County will represent the Northwest region, per Earl Gilliland. The congress theme is What More Can We Do For Safety. The Country Companies of Bloomington sponsors the trip.
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Alan Plack
Shannon Shamrocks
Illinois
Chicago
Alan
Charl Groom
Jo Daviess County
Earl Gilliland
Carroll County
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Powell
Paul Powell
Secretary of State
State Division of Highways
Division of Highways
Secretary of State’s
Edward Barrett
Charles F. Carpentier
Secretary of State’s Office
Edmond S. Powers
Secret Service
Secretary of State's Office
Wayne Derver
Mines
Stanley Finifrock
Lawrence Haught
Mabel Myers
Kenneth Kniss
Richard Zuck
Sam Brantner
Herbert Brantner
Dean Miller
James Miller
Lanark Cemetery
Mr. Burkholder
Burkholder
The
Lanark Church of the Brethren
Smorgasboro
Chadwick High School
CHS
Boby Hackett
Northern’s
University Center _ ballroom
Northern
Virgil Or Boyd Handel
Chadwick, Ill
New “International Harvester
Tritz Implement Co
Sterling, Illinois
Sap
American Cancer Society
Cancer
Publiener
Thomas
Burton Prins
Dale E. Hussong
Dodge
Gary Allen
Teslow Chevrolet
BEL Air
Warrenty
Mt. Carroll, Illinois
Fred Miller
Oriiz
Lela
Frank Funeral Home
John Vanscoy
Minnie Weber
Cordova
Thomson
Miller
Nettie Knauer
AAA
Carroll Co
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Chevrolet Sales and Service
Lanark, Illinois
Schmitt Ford
Milledgeville
Paraland Gas Station
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