In Memoriam - December 2nd

1745 Mary (Bushnell) Leffingwell age 90 in Saybrook, CT.  She was born in 1655 in Hartford, CT the daughter of Richard & Mary (Marvin) Bushnell.  Mary married Sgt. Thomas Leffingwell and they had ten children:  Deborah, Thomas, Elizabeth, Anne, Mary, Zerviah, John, Abigail, Benajah and Hezekiah.

1888 John Fee age 44 in Lawrence Co., IL.  He was born in Clermont Co., OH in 1844 and came to Lawrence Co. IL in 1866.  John married 1) Jane Kelso and 2) Elvira Lathrop.  He and Elvira had five children: unnamed child, Mary, Arthur, Ada and Carl.  John is buried in Chauncey Cemetery in Chauncey, IL.

1897 Mary (Butler) Lathrop. She was the wife of James Lathrop and they had six children:  Ella, two unnamed children, Lizzie, Harry and Margaret.

1946 Amos Robertson in Eagle, CO age 75.  He was born in Fairfield, IL the son of Amos & Sarah (Warren) Robertson.  Amos married Lula Cravens and they had thirteen children:  Ralph, Grandrill, Della, Nellie, Lula, Ortha, Ordie, Haskel, Sarah, Ida, Helen, John and Hester. He is buried in Sunset View Cemetery in Eagle, CO.

1956 Miles Withrow age 73 he was the son of Franklin & Mary (Dove) Withrow.  He was born in Washington Co., AR.  Miles married Ada Edmonds in Sallisaw, OK and they had five children:  Troy, Robert, Perry, Grace and Arlene. 

1970 Grandrill aka Peanut Robertson the son of Amos & Lula (Cravens) Robertson above.  He was born in Sims, IL in 1901.  Grandrill married 1) Elizabeth Martin and 2) Leafy Lawrence.  He and Leafy had two children: Billy and Betty.  They were divorced ca. 1932.  Grandrill died in Roan Creek, CO and is buried in Battlement Mesa Cemetery in Parachute, CO.

1971 Elmer Zeller the son of John & Clara (Erkman) Zeller age 72.  He was born in St. James, AR in 1899 and married Phoebe Wheeler.

1972 Larry Flanigan the son of Cecil & Opal (Shaw) Flanigan age 24.  He was born in 1948 and is buried in Salem / Mateer Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.

2000 Obituary abstract: Richardson, Sylvia (Withrow), 80, of Wayne City, died 2 Dec. 2000 at Countryside Manor in Mt. Vernon; born 25 Sep 1930 in Wayne County; daughter of Sylvester Withrow and Addie Dickey; married Robert Richardson, he died 24 March 1999; survived by 2 sons:  preceded in death by parrents, 5 sisters, 2 brothers, burial Tuesday 5 December in Thomason Cemetery.

2014 Mary Alice Fitzgerald, 75, of Fairfield, died Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 1:45 a.m. at the Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mt. Vernon.

Mary spent her life as a homemaker.

Graveside services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Koontz Cemetery.  Family and friends are asked to go directly to the cemetery.  There will be no visitation.  Johnson and Vaughn Funeral Home are conducting the arrangements.

Mary was born February 21, 1939 to Paul and Mary (Sharp) Linder in Keenes.

Survivors include her husband Charles; six daughters, Helen May (Charles) Brown of Olney, Brenda Fay (Eldred) Simpson of Fairfield, Tammy Kay (Tim) Brown of Lawrenceville, Sherri Renea (Jeffery) Bowers of Lawrenceville, Cindy Sue (Jimmy) Massey of Fairfield and Sharon Ann (Jerry) Matthews of Xenia; two sons, Charles Ray (Nora) Fitzgerald of Irvington and Edward Jay (April) Fitzgerald of Noble and several grandchildren and great grandchildren; and two brothers, Dean Linder of Fairfield and Earl Linder of Ohio. 

Preceding her in death were her parents.