April 21st

Birthdays:

1858 Catherine Smith in Clay Co. IL the daughter of William & Clarinda (Benefield) Smith.  She died in 1931 in Clay Co. IL.

1860 Mary Eichorn the wife of John Gurley.  She died in 1895.

Donna Garrison daughter of Charles & Leola (Shepherd) Garrison 

Pamela Richardson daughter of Vernon & Paula (Gray) Richardson

James Lewis son of Forrest & Karen (Lathrop) Lewis

Anniversaries:

1681 Nathaniel Royce & Sarah Lathrop.  Sarah born 1655 in New London, CT was the daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth (Scudder) Lathrop.  She and Nathaniel lived in Wallingford, CT and had 4 children.  She died in 1706 and he died in 1736.

Harold Erkman

Iva Colclasure

1939 Harold Erkman & Iva Colclasure in Henderson Co. KY.  Harold born 1916 in Wayne City, IL was the son of Henry & Edna (Gurley) Erkman.  Iva the daughter of Clarence & Marybelle (Fitzgerald) Colclasure was born in Sailor Springs, IL in 1922.  Iva died in 1940 from complications of giving birth to their only daughter.  She is buried in Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, IL.  Harold enlisted in the army  and died at Monte Casino Abbey, Italy in 1944.   He was buried in a temporary military cemetery in Italy.  The bodies of servicemen were disinterred in 1948 and shipped back to the United States for burial.  He was buried next to Iva in Thomason Cemetery.