In Memoriam June 15th

1863 William Cornwell age 43 in Orange Co., IN.  He was born in Orange Co., IN in 1819 to Peter and Elizabeth (Arterburn) Cornwell.  William married Elton Wolfe in 1840 and they had three children:  Mary, William and Charles.  He is buried at Stampers Creek Church in Orange Co., IN.

1884 Esther (Strawn) Johnson age 76.  She was born in 1807 and married Charles Johnson.  Esther is buried in Union Cemetery in Quakertown, PA.

1936 Louisa (Peters) Barber age 82 in Champaign Co., IL.  The daughter of Francis & Sarah (Runyon) Peters she was born in Kentucky in  1854.  She married Alfred Barber. 

1985  Funeral rites for Mrs. Paulette Lathrop were conducted at 10 a.m. today from Cunningham Funeral Home in Bridgeport with the Rev. Joe Latson officiating.  Cremation will follow.

A 66-year-old resident of Route 2, Sumner, Mrs. Lathrop died in her home about 4:15 p.m. Saturday.

Born Jan. 18, 1919, in Montoir, France, she was the daughter of Joachim and Eugenie Landrin Tesson.  She was married to Harold Lathrop, who preceded her in death.

She has no survivors.

2004 Marcella M. Petty, Lawrenceville, IL, died Tuesday, June 15, 2004, at the Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, IL. She was 89.

Born in Clay County, IL, on May 10, 1915, she was the daughter of Paul Adam Petitjean and Frances Kuensler Petitjean. She married Armor Petty and he preceded her in death on August 28, 1996, She was a homemaker and a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Bridgeport.

Survivors include, one son, Larry Petty of Vincennes, IN; one daughter, Mary Ralston of rural Lawrenceville; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter, Susan, three brothers and six sisters.

Funeral services will be held (today) Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. at Sivert-Macey & Steffey Funeral Home in Sumner, IL. Burial will be in the Crest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery in Claremont, IL.

Memorial donations may be made to the Cancer Society or the Heart Association through the Funeral Home. [The Sumner Press, June 17, 2004]