by Pamela Treme | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Edna M. Mulholland, 77, of Chester, formerly of Sparta, died Friday, March 17 at her home. She was the retired owner of EE & W Paper Supply at Sparta. She was born October 22, 1911 at Festus, MO, a daughter of Edward H. and Elvina Pearl Beattie McKee. June 29,...
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 Pamela Treme | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Ralph William McKinley, formerly of Tilden, died Friday, Jan. 31, at Lakeland Care Center, Effingham, at the age of 86 years. Funeral services were held Sunday, Feb. 2, at the King Funeral Home in Tilden, with Rev. Dennis Hamilton officiating. Burial was in Tilden...
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 Pamela Treme | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Samuel C. McKee Stricken While in Sparta visiting His Brother and Friends Come Just Week Before his Death to Attend the Funeral of Mrs. Holmes The visit to Sparta of Samuel C. McKee, of South Bend, Indiana, which had been brought about by the death of a friend, was...
by Pamela Treme | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Robert James McKee, 70, of Sparta died Sunday at the Sparta Community Hospital. Funeral services were held at the Lynn-Hill Funeral Home at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, with Rev. R. W. Stewart officiating. Burial was in Caledonia Cemetery. Mr. McKee was born...
by Pamela Treme | Mar 3, 2014 | Obituaries
Aged Rosborough Farmer Succumbs Robert McKee Had Spent Life on One Farm Robert McKee, aged farmer of near Rosborough, several miles southeast of Sparta, died at his home, where he had spent all of his life, last Friday, at the advanced age of 75 years, 6 months, and 9...
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