A CLOCK, LARGE ENOUGH TO BE VISIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY ROOM, HUNG ON THE NORTH WALL. WINDING IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE WHO DID THE "SERVING" EACH WEEK. IT HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CHURCH ABOUT 1900 BY LOUISE WAIBEL PRIOR TO HER MARRIAGE WITH ANDREW STEFFEN.

THE CLOCKS DONATOR

MRS. ANDREW STEFFEN

MRS. ANDREW STEFFEN DIED AT THE KELSO SANITARIUM BLOOMINGTON, SUNDAY FOLLOWING AN OPERATION FOR GOITRE.

LOUISE WAIBEL WAS BORN IN UBENLINGEN, GERMANY, APRIL 19, 1871, AND CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO AMERICA IN 1883, THE FAMILY LOCATING NEAR CROPSEY. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANDREW W. STEFFEN IN 1903. SHE LEAVES BY HER DEATH HER HUSBAND, FIVE CHILDREN, SAM, CHRIS, ALPHA, CLARA AND EZRA; FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, FRED, NICHOLAS AND MRS. ROBERT BAHLER, OF REMINGTON, IND., GOTTFRIED, OF FORREST, AND MRS. LOUIS KOEHL, OF THIS CITY.

THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE SOUTH CHRISTIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH AND WERE CONDUCTED BY REV. M. MANGOLD.

THE RELATIVES FROM A DISTANCE WHO ATTENDED THE SERVICES WERE, MR. AND MRS. ROBEERT BAHLER AND SON CHRIS AND DAUGHTER TILLIE, MRS. WILLIAM BAHLER, MR. AND MRS. NICHOLAS WAIBEL AND SON GEORGE AND DAUGHTER MINNIE, MR. AND MRS. FRED WAIBEL AND SON AND DAUGHTER, HERMAN AND LOUISE, MR. AND MRS. JOHN CLAUSS, ALVIN CLAUSS, OF REMINGTON, IND.

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AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE SOUTH SIDE CHURCH, IN 1949. THE CLOCK WAS GIVEN BACK TO A SON OF LOUISE WAIBEL, ALPHA STEFFEN. THE CLOCK HUNG ON HIS WALL UNTO HIS PASSING.

TODAY THE OLD CLOCK HAS BEEN PASSED TO ALPHA’S SON, WAYNE STEFFEN.

ANDREW STEFFEN, SR. DIED SATURDAY

ANDREW STEFFEN, SR., A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN OF THIS CITY AND THE CROPSEY VICINITY FOR THE PAST 74 YEARS, PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME, 107 EAST WALNUT STREET, LAST SATURDAY MORNING AT 7:45 O’CLOCK. MR. STEFFEN WHO HAD BEEN IN FALLING HEALTH FOR THE PAST YEAR, WAS AGED 74 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS.

ANDREW, SON OF ULRICH AND MARY (WENGER) STEFFEN, WAS BORN NEAR GOODFIELD, AUGUST 17, 1867. WHEN SIX MONTHS OLD HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO NEAR CROPSEY, THERE MR. STEFFEN RESIDED UNTIL HE MOVED TO HIS LATE HOME IN FAIRBURY THREE YEARS AGO.

MR. STEFFEN WAS FIRST MARRIED TO LYDIA GRIEDER, AND TO THEM WERE BORN FIVE CHILDREN - EDWARD, LENA, MRS. LYDIA BACHTOLD, ANDY AND MRS. HENRY SABO. MRS. STEFFEN PASSED AWAY IN 1901, AND IN 1903 HE WAS MARRIED TO LOUISE WAIBEL. TO THIS UNION WERE ALSO BORN FIVE CHILDREN - SAM, CHRIS, ALPHA, CLARA AND EZRA. ALL OF HIS CHILDREN RESIDE IN THIS VICINITY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MRS. SABO, WHO LIVES AT MANSFIELD, OHIO.

MRS. STEFFEN PASSED AWAY IN 1920, AND A FEW YEARS LATER HE MARRIED MARY ANLIKER, WHO SURVIVES.

ALSO SURVIVING ARE A BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS, NAMELY: ALBERT STEFFEN, OF CROPSEY, AND MRS. CARL HUBER AND MRS. GOTTFRIED HARI, OF STRAWN.

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AT ONE O’CLOCK AND INTERMENT WAS IN THE SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY.

ANDREW STEFFEN 1867 - 1942

(WIFE) LOUISE (WAIBEL) STEFFEN 1871 - 1920

(SON) SAMUEL STEFFEN 1904 - 1983

(SON) CHRIS STEFFEN 1906 - 1971

(SON) ALPHA STEFFEN 1907 - 2000

(DAUGHTER) CLARA STEFFEN 1909 - 1974

(SON) EZRA STEFFEN 1911 - 1999

SAMUEL T. STEFFEN, 79, DIES AUGUST 31 AT FAIRBURY HOSPITAL

SAMUEL T. STEFFEN, 79, OF FAIRBURY A RETIRED FARMER, DIED AT 4:07 A. M. AUGUST 31, 1983 AT FAIRBURY HOSPITAL.

HIS FUNERAL WAS FRIDAY AT FAIRBURY APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN. BURIAL WAS IN GRACELAND CEMETERY.

DUFFY-PILS MEMORIAL HOME HANDLED THE ARRANGEMENTS.

PALLBEARERS WERE WAYNE, EMANUEL AND ALBERT STEFFEN, LLOYD BACHTOLD, WARREN ZEHR AND JOHN TRAUB.

MR. STEFFEN WAS BORN AUG. 30, 1904, AT CROPSEY, A SON OF ANDREW AND LOUISE WAIBEL STEFFEN. HE MARRIED ANNA M. ZEHR FEB. 21, 1932, AT FAIRBURY. SHE SURVIVES.

ALSO SURVIVING ARE TWO SONS, RICHARD S., FORREST AND EARL E., FAIRBURY; A DAUGHTER, LOUISE FURRER, FAIRBURY; TWO BROTHERS, ALPHA L. AND EZRA W., BOTH OF FAIRBURY; THREE SISTERS, LENA STEFFEN AND LYDIA BACHTOLD, BOTH OF FAIRBURY, AND LOUISE SABO, MANFIELD, OHIO; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN; AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE BROTHERS, A SISTER AND A SON.

MR. STEFFEN WAS A MEMBER OF THE FAIRBURY APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

HOLD RITES JANUARY 25 FOR CHRIS STEFFEN, 64

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR CHRIS U. STEFFEN, 64, FAIRBURY, WERE HELD AT 10 A. M. MONDAY, JAN. 25, 1971, IN THE FAIRBURY APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH. BURIAL WAS IN THE SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY. COOK FUNERAL HOME WAS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

HE DIED AT 9:05 P. M. FRIDAY, JAN. 22, IN CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, URBANA.

HE WAS BORN MARCH 30, 1906, IN FAIRBURY, A SON OF ANDREW AND LOUISE WAIBEL STEFFEN. HE MARRIED MISS IDA ZEHR AUGUST 12, 1934, IN FAIRBURY.

SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE; A FOSTER DAUGHTER, MRS. MARJORIE LEMAN, ROANOKE; FOUR BROTHERS, SAM, EZRA AND ANDREW, ALL OF FAIRBURY, AND ALPHA, CROSPEY; FOUR SISTERS, MRS. LYDIA BACHTOLD, MISS LENA STEFFEN, MISS CLARA STEFFEN, ALL OF FAIRBURY, AND MRS. LOUISE SABO, MANIFIELD, OHIO.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

ALPHA LOUIS STEFFEN

THE FUNERAL FOR ALPHA LOUIS STEFFEN, 92, OF FAIRBURY WILL BE AT 10 A. M. TODAY AT APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH, FAIRBURY, WITH MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, RURAL FAIRBURY. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 9 TO 9:45 A. M. TODAY AT THE CHURCH. DUFFY-PILS MEMORIAL HOME, FAIRBURY, IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

HE DIED AT 3:15 P. M. SATURDAY, OCT. 21, 2000, AT FAIRVIEW HAVEN NURSING HOME, FAIRBURY.

HE WAS BORN NOV. 4, 1907, AT CROPSEY, A SON OF ANDREW W. AND LOUISE WAIBEL STEFFEN. HE MARRIED FANNIE MAE ZEHR ON JAN. 3, 1937, AT FAIRBURY. SHE SURVIVES.

ALSO SURVIVING ARE FOUR SONS, HENRY STEFFEN AND J. CHRIS STEFFEN, BOTH OF FAIRBURY; WAYNE STEFFEN, HUDSON; HERBERT STEFFEN, CROPSEY; 13 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 18 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS PRECEDED IN DEATH.

MR. STEFFEN FARMED IN THE CROPSEY AREA ALL HIS LIFE.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH, FAIRBURY.

RITES TODAY FOR CLARA STEFFEN, 65

MISS CLARA M. STEFFEN, 65, FAIRBURY, DIED AT 8:28 A. M. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1974, AT FAIRBURY HOSPITAL. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10 A. M. TODAY, OCTOBER 10, AT THE FAIRBURY APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WITH CHURCH MINISTERS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY.

VISITATION WAS HLED FROM 3 TO 9 P. M. WEDNESDAY AT THE DUFFY-PILS MEMORIAL HOME, FAIRBURY, AND WILL BE HELD AN HOUR BEFORE THE SERVICES THURSDAY MORNING AT THE CHURCH.

MISS STEFFEN WAS BORN APRIL 15, 1909, AT CROPSEY, A DAUGHTER OF ANDREW AND LOUISE WAIBEL STEFFEN SR.

SURVIVING ARE FOUR BROTHERS, ANDREW STEFFEN JR., SAM, ALPHA AND EZRA, ALL OF FAIRBURY; THREE SISTERS, MISS LENA STEFFEN AND MRS. LYDIA BACHTOLD, BOTH OF FAIRBURY; MRS. LOUISE SABO, MANSFIELD, OHIO.

TWO BROTHERS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN FAIRBURY AND FOR MANY YEARS WAS A COOK IN THE FAIRBURY - CROPSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ERZA W. STEFFEN

EZRA W, STEFFEN, 88, OF FAIRBURY, DIED AT 3 P. M. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1999, AT FAIRVIEW HAVEN NURSING HOME, FAIRBURY.

HIS FUNERAL WAS AT 10 A. M. SATURDAY AT THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH, IN FAIRBURY, WITH MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, RURAL FAIRBURY.

VISITATION WAS FROM 4 TO 8 P. M. FRIDAY AT DUFFY-PILS MEMORIAL HOME, FAIRBURY, AND FOR ONE HOUR BEFORE THE SERVICES SATURDAY AT THE CHURCH.

MR. STEFFEN WAS BORN APRIL 6, 1911, IN CROPSEY, A SON OF ANDREW AND LOUISE WAIBEL STEFFEN. HE MARRIED ALDINE E. ZEHR DEC. 4, 1938, IN FAIRBURY. SHE SURVIVES.

ALSO SURVIVING ARE TWO DAUGHTERS, DARLENE BOAZ, TUSCOLA; AND DONNA WHITSON, OXFORD, KAN.; FOUR SONS, DALE STEFFEN, SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF.; ALBERT STEFFEN AND KENNETH STEFFEN, ALL OF FAIRBURY; AND HARVEY STEFFEN, PHOENIX, ARIZ.; A BROTHER, ALF STEFFEN, FAIRBURY; 14 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 17 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR BROTHERS, FOUR SISTERS AND ONE GRANDDAUGHTER.

MR. STEFFEN WAS A LIFETIME FARMER IN THE CROPSEY AREA, RETIRING IN 1973. HE ALSO HAD DRIVEN A SCHOOL BUS FOR FAIRBURY - CROPSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH, FAIRBURY.

THADDAUS WAIBEL

BORN SEPTEMBER 21, 1826, NESSELWANGEN, BADEN, GERMANY

PARENTS KONRAD AND KATHARINA (MAYER) WAIBEL

DIED APRIL 20, 1884, FAIRBURY

BURIED IN GRACELAND CEMETERY, FAIRBURY

(WIFE) JOSEPHINE (BILLER) WAIBEL

BORN MARCH 5, 1827, GERMANY

DIED DECEMBER 17, 1896, STRAWN

BURIED IN SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY

MRS. ROBERT BAHLER

MRS. ROBERT BAHLER, WHO WAS BEFORE MARRIAGE MISS MATILDA WAIBEL, PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME IN REMINGTON, IND., FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH. SHE HAD LIVED IN FAIRBURY AS A GIRL AND SOUTH OF FAIRBURY ON A FARM FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER HER MARRIAGE. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD IN REMINGTON WEDNESDAY.

AMONG THOSE FROM FAIRBURY WHO ATTENDED THE FUNERAL WERE, MRS. ADOLPH MAIER AND DAUGHTER, MARTHA, MISS BENA MAIER, MISS LOUISE EGLI, MRS. GEORGE KILGUS, MR. AND MRS. JOEL WENGER, MRS. SAM SCHARLACH, MRS. CHARLES HUETTE AND MISS EMMA, MISS MATILDA BAHLER, MR. AND MRS. JOHN KILGUS, ALFRED, WILLIAM AND MISS MARY, MR. AND MRS. CHRIS MIESS, MISS MARY UNSICKER, MRS. EDWARD HUBER, MR. AND MRS. J. N. BACH, MR. AND MRS EMIL KELLER.

(DAUGHTER) MATHILDA "TILLIE" (WAIBEL) BAHLER

BORN MARCH 5, 1862, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY

MARRIED ROBERT BAHLER, FAIRBURY

CHILDREN: WILL, MARY, ROBERT, TILLIE, CHRIS AND HARRY

DIED APRIL 29, 1932, REMINGTON, IND.

BURIED IN APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, REMINGTON, IND.

2. MARY (WAIBEL) KOEHL 1863 -1929

MRS. LOUIS KEOHL, SR.

MRS. LOUIS KOEHL, SR., FOR MANY YEARS A CITIZEN HIGHLY RESPECTED IN THIS COMMUNITY, PASSED AWAY AT HER LATE HOME ON WEST WALNUT STREET LAST FRIDAY EVENING AT 7:30 O’CLOCK, AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS.

MARY WAIBEL WAS BORN IN UEBERLINGEN, GERMANY, AUGUST 15TH, 1863 .. SHE SPENT TWENTY YEARS OF HER LIFE IN HER NATIVE COUNTRY, COMING TO AMERICA IN 1883, AND LOCATING IN FAIRBURY, WHERE SHE HAD SINCE RESIDED. HERE ON DECEMBER 27, 1891, SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO LOUIS KOEHL, WHO SURVIVES HER TOGETHER WITH THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: PAUL, LOUIS, JR., AND MRS. SAM ZIMMERMAN, ALL OF FORREST. THERE ALSO SURVIVES ONE STEPDAUGHTER, MRS. CARL SCHAUBLE, OF SAUNEMIN, AND ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER, NAMELY, FRED WAIBEL AND MRS. ROBERT BAHLER, BOTH OF REMINGTON, IND.

THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE CHRISTIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH MONDAY MORNING, MANY BEING PRESENT TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE DECEASED, WHO AS A WIFE, MOTHER AND FRIEND WILL BE MISSED IN HER EVERYDAY WALK OF LIFE. INTERMENT WAS IN GRACELAND.

(DAUGHTER) MARY (WAIBEL) KOEHL

BORN AUGUST 15, 1863, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY

MARRIED LOUIS KOEHL, FAIRBURY

CHILDREN: PAUL, LOUIS AND LOUISE

DIED APRIL 19, 1929, FAIRBURY

BURIED IN GRACELAND CEMETERY, FAIRBURY

NO OBITUARY

(SON) NICKOLAS "NICK" WAIBEL

BORN DECEMBER 6, 1865, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY

MARRIED LEAH KEMPF, FAIRBURY

CHILDREN: GEORGE, MINNIE, LYDIA AND SAMUEL

DIED JUNE 22, 1927, REMINGTON, IND.

BURIED IN APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, REMINGTON, IND.

GOTTFRIED WAIBEL DEAD

GOTTFRIED WAIBEL, RESIDING ON EAST MAPLE STREET, AND WHO HAS BEEN ILL FOR A LONG TIME, PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SUNDAY.

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GOTTFRIED WAIBEL

GOTTFRIED WAIBEL, WHOSE DEATH WAS NOTED IN LAST WEEK’S ISSUE OF THE BLADE, WAS BORN IN BADEN, GERMANY, OCTOBER 23, 1867, AND PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN THIS CITY LAST THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, AT THE AGE OF 56 YEARS, 5 MILES AND 4 DAYS.

MR. WAIBEL GREW TO YOUNG MANHOOD IN HIS NATIVE COUNTRY AND IN 1883 CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO AMERICA AND SETTLED AT FAIRBURY. ON FEBRUARY 11, 1896, HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MISS MARGARET CLAUSS, WHO PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 8. THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN SURVIVE: MRS. EMIL ROEKER, PEORIA; MRS. PAUL HONEGGER AND CARL WAIBEL, OF FORREST; MISS HILDA AND JOHN, AT HOME ALSO TWO GRANDCHILDREN, HARRY WAIBEL AND MILDRED HONEGGER. THE FOLLOWING BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALSO SURVIVE: MRS. ROBERT BAHLER, NICHOLAS AND FRED WAIBEL, OF REMINGTON, IND., MRS. LOUIS KOEHL, FAIRBURY. ONE SISTER, MRS. LOUIS STEFFEN DIED TWO YEARS AGO.

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS MR. WAIBEL AND FAMILY RESIDED NEAR FORREST, MOVING TO THIS CITY LAST DECEMBER. HE WAS AN EXCELLENT FATHER AND A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND AND HELD THE ESTEEM AND RESPECT OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FRIENDS.

THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE CHRISTIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN THIS CITY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WERE LARGELY ATTENDED, MANY BEING PRESENT FROM AWAY. SERVICES WERE IN CHARGE OF REV. WAGLER AND REV. SLAGEL, INTERMENT WAS IN GRACELAND CEMETERY.

(SON) GOTTFRIED WAIBEL

BORN OCTOBER 23, 1867, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY

MARRIED MARGARET "MAGGIE" CLAUSS, FAIRBURY.

CHILDREN: MARY, CARL, MARTHA, HILDA AND JOHN

DIED MARCH 27, 1924, FAIRBURY

BURIED IN GRACELAND CEMETERY, FAIRBURY

NO OBITUARY

(SON) FRED WAIBEL

BORN FEBRUARY 14, 1869, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY

MARRIED CAROLINE "CARRIE" LEHMANN, FORREST

CHILDREN: HERMAN, LOUISE, PAUL, ANNA, ANDY, EUNICE, SARAH AND ARNOLD

DIED AUGUST 19, 1929, REMINGTON, IND.

BURIED IN APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, REMINGTON, IND.

MRS. ANDREW STEFFEN

MRS. ANDREW STEFFEN DIED AT THE KELSO SANITARIUM BLOOMINGTON, SUNDAY FOLLOWING AN OPERATION FOR GOITRE.

LOUISE WAIBEL WAS BORN IN UBENLINGEN, GERMANY, APRIL 19, 1871, AND CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO AMERICA IN 1883, THE FAMILY LOCATING NEAR CROPSEY. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ANDREW W. STEFFEN IN 1903. SHE LEAVES BY HER DEATH HER HUSBAND, FIVE CHILDREN, SAM, CHRIS, ALPHA, CLARA AND EZRA; FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, FRED, NICHOLAS AND MRS. ROBERT BAHLER, OF REMINGTON, IND., GOTTFRIED, OF FORREST, AND MRS. LOUIS KOEHL, OF THIS CITY.

THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE SOUTH CHRISTIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH AND WERE CONDUCTED BY REV. M. MANGOLD.

THE RELATIVES FROM A DISTANCE WHO ATTENDED THE SERVICES WERE, MR. AND MRS. ROBEERT BAHLER AND SON CHRIS AND DAUGHTER TILLIE, MRS. WILLIAM BAHLER, MR. AND MRS. NICHOLAS WAIBEL AND SON GEORGE AND DAUGHTER MINNIE, MR. AND MRS. FRED WAIBEL AND SON AND DAUGHTER, HERMAN AND LOUISE, MR. AND MRS. JOHN CLAUSS, ALVIN CLAUSS, OF REMINGTON, IND.

(DAUGHTER) LOUISE (WAIBEL) STEFFEN

BORN APRIL 19, 1871, UBERLINGEN, GERMANY

MARRIED ANDREW STEFFEN, CROPSEY

CHILDREN: SAMUEL, CHRIS, ALPHA, CLARA AND EZRA

DIED DECEMBER 12, 1920, BLOOMINGTON, IL.

BURIED IN SOUTH APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, FAIRBURY