by RandolphIL | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Mrs. Hugh Wilson Dies at hospital Here at Age 82 Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth Wilson, widow of Hugh Wilson, died at the Sutherland Hospital, next door to her home, Friday, September 2, at 3 a.m. She was aged 82 years, 7 months and 20 days. She became ill only four days...
by RandolphIL | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Clem O. Wiley, born near Preston, Ill., May 9, 1867. Died near Sparta Jan 23, at 1:45 a.m., 1916. He was married at Salem, Ill., March 22, 1890 to Miss Margaret J. Skinner. Since his marriage, with the exception of about four years, he has lived in Randolph county. In...
by RandolphIL | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Mrs. Walker’s Mother Dies Mrs. Mae McMurdo of Belleville died Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George W. (Eleanor) Walker. Mrs. McMurdo, 85, has been making her home with her daughter here this winter. The body was taken to the Renner Funeral Home...
by RandolphIL | Mar 3, 2014 | Newspapers
Robert McKelvey, youngest son of Mr. John H. (Hunter) McKelvey, died of typhoid fever, December. Mr. Theo. C. McKelvey, eldest son of Mr. McKelvey is lying quite ill of same fever. Mrs. McKelvey is now the only member of that respected family who has not been...
by RandolphIL | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Mr. John H. McKelvey, of Grand Cote, Perry County, died at 5 o’clock A. M. of Tuesday last, after a severe and lingering attack of typhoid fever. In the death of Mr. McKelvey this community loses one of the most influential and esteemed citizens, the church an...
by RandolphIL | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Terrible Accident. George McKelvey, of Coulterville, and Asberry Moore, of Elkton, spent last Saturday in this city, and late in the evening started for their homes. When they arrived at the public well in Elkton, Moore threw the lines down and jumped out to water the...
by RandolphIL | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
The death of Alexander Riley, was printed under the caption: “Another Good Man Gone.” Alexander Riley McKelvey died at his farm residence, one-half mile west of Sparta, Illinois on Saturday, October 30, 1897, after an illness of three weeks, aged 75, 6, 19. (75 years,...
by RandolphIL | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Kenneth McKee, S.T.H.S. Graduate, Dies at Family Home at Blair Kenneth Eugene McKee, graduate of the S.T.H.S., and a son of Mr. and Mrs. David L. McKee, of near Blair, died at the home of his parents at 6:30 o’clock, Tuesday evening, after an illness of two and...
by RandolphIL | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Prayer services for Ester Marie McKee, 88, of Sparta will be held at 7 p.m. this evening (Wednesday) at the King Funeral Home in Sparta. Rev. John Stahlman will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home. Graveside...
by RandolphIL | Mar 2, 2014 | Obituaries
H. Elmer McGuire Expires at Farm Home at Age 78 Had Lived in This Community for More Than 50 Years. Funeral Services Held Tuesday. H. Elmer McGuire, for more than fifty years a prominent farmer in this community, died at his farm home a short distance northwest of...
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