In Memoriam January 27th

1700 Sgt. Jacob Perkins age 76 in Ipswich, MA.  He was born in England in 1624 the son of John & Judith (Gater) Perkins.  He immigrated to Massachusetts in 1630 and married Elizabeth Lovell in 1648.  They had nine children.  He married 2) Demaris Robinson ca. 1680. 

1893 Sarah (Anderson) Gurley age 31 in Wayne Co., IL.  The daughter of Stephen & Polly (Withrow) Anderson was born in Wayne Co., IL in 1861.  She married Henry Gurley in 1887 in Wayne Co., IL and they had two children.  She is buried in Bailey Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.

1987 Mrs. Maedell Whitlow, 59, of Fairfield, wife of Fairfield Park Superintendent Chester Whitlow died at 10:50 Tuesday Jan. 27, 1987 at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney following an extensive illness.   According to family members, she had been suffering for some time from bad ciculation and had a leg amputated in recent weeks.  She had also suffered a stroke following the amputation.  Funeral services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Nale's Funeral Home with Bro. Sam Stewart and Bro. Larry Hucker officiating.  Burial will follow in Koontz Cemetery in Fairfield.  Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Thursday.  Mrs. Whitlow was born Aug. 18, 1927, in Fairfield, the daughter of Harry B. and Laura (Colclasure) Johnson.  She married Chester Whitlow Mar. 27, 1944, in Fairfield.  She grew up in Fairfield, attending schools here.  In earlier years she was an employee of Chefford Manufacturing.  While living in Joliet from 1952 until 1963, she was employed as a waitress and did factory work.  She was a member of the First Church of God in Fairfield and was a housewife.  Among survivors are her husband Chester, of Fairfield; one son, Gary of Robinson; one daughter, Mrs. Janice Ellis, of Fairfield; her mother, Laura Johnson Murray of Fairfield; one brother, Guy Johnson, of Fairfield; and seven grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by one son, her father, and one brother. was born in Fairfield, IL in 1927.  She married Chester Whitlow in 1944 in Fairfield, IL. They had three children.