In Memoriam July 15th

1912 Elizabeth (Jones) Colclasure age 56, she was born in Indiana in 1855.  She married John Colclasure in 1880.  Elizabeth is buried in Oak Mound Cemetery in Clay Co., IL.

1966 Mrs. Irene Legg, 53 died at 10:20 a.m. today at her home in Sims, after a long illness.

The body was taken to the Richardson Chapel in Wayne City.  Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

Mrs. Legg is survived by her husband, Herschel; her mother Mrs. Reba Thomason of Sims, and one daughter Joy, of Sims.

Funeral Monday for Mrs. Legg

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Missionary Baptist church in Sims for Mrs. Irene Legg, 53.

Mrs. Legg died yesterday at her home.

The Rev. H.H. Mayberry will officiate at services.

Friends may call at the Richardson Chapel in Wayne City after 6:30 p.m. Sunday.  Burial will be at the Thomason cemetery.

Survivors include:

Her husband Herschel; her step mother Reba Thomason of Sims; and a daughter, Joy Hargreaves of Sims.

1990 Mrs. Kenneth E. (Gladys) Talbert, 82, of Fairfield, died at 1 a.m. Sunday, July 15, 1990 at Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness.

She was hospitalized last year and had been in declining health since that time.

Funeral services will be conducted from Nale’s Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with Elder Russell Blackford officiating.  Interment will be in Maple Hill cemetery.  Visitation at Nale’s will be from 6 to 8 Tuesday evening.

Gladys, daughter of William and Lucinda Galaspie Daniels, was born in Wayne County Feb. 27, 1908.

She was first married to Everett Morris, who preceded her in death.

On Dec. 25, 1942, she was married to Kenneth E. Talbert.

Mrs. Talbert was a member of the RLDS church and was very active in the Inez Rebekah Lodge here.

Surviving are her husband; a son, Gene Talbert of St. Joseph, Mich.; two daughters Rosalie Carter and Lora Chloe Schaffer, both of Fairfield; one brother, Elbert Daniels, St. Louis, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. Chloe Green, Fairfield; seven grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.

2006 Marilyn (Murphy) Erkman age 71 in Swansea, IL.  She was the daughter of Albert & Katherine (Ferree) Murphy and born in Terre Haute, IN in 1935.  Marilyn married Edward Erkman and they had at least two children:  Kathy and Matt. She is buried in Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, IN.