In Memoriam - December, no date

1644 James Morehead of Lauchope in Lanarkshire, Scotland.  He was the son of James & Margaret (Cunninghame) Morehead.  James married Margaret Somervell.

1645 Elizabeth (Ilbrook) Hobart in Hingham, MA age 37.  She was born in England in 1608 the daughter of Richard & Margaret Ilbrook.  Elizabeth married Peter Hobart and they had eleven children: Joshua, Jeremiah, Elizabeth, Josiah, Ichabod, Hannah, Hannah, Bathsheba, Israel, Jael and Gershom.  The family immigrated to New England ca. 1633.

1691 Samuel Leffingwell the son of Lt. Thomas & Mary (White) Leffingwell age 33.  He was born ca. 1658 in Saybrook, CT.

1795 Samuel Morehead in Fauquier Co., VA.  He was the son of John & Mary Morehead.  Samuel married Wilmauth --?-- and they had seven children; Sarah, Lydia, Mary, Elizabeth, Peggy, Charles and Samuel. 

1889 John Crutchfield in Clay Co., IL.  He married Martha Colclasure and they had ten children:  Mary, Nancy, John, Terry, Martha, Elizabeth, James, William, Marion and Savillah.

1917 Clarence Erkman the six day old son of William & Kate (Spencer) Erkman in White Co., IL.  He is buried in Carmi, IL.

1975 Goldie (Sutton) Colclasure age 92 in Clay Co., IL.  She was born in Illinois in 1883 and married Richard Colclasure.  The couple had at least one child.  Goldie is buried in Oskaloosa Cemetery in Clay Co., IL.

1979 Roy Lathrop, 71, better known as "Punk" died at his home, 1346 Oak St. in Bridgeport, Sunday afternoon.

Born in Richland County, Ill., July 10, 1908, he was a son of Edgar and Anna Marie Materna Lathrop.  He was married to Louella Ferguson who survives him.

Also surviving are two sisters, Misses Dorothy Lathrop and Lucille Lathrop, both of Olney; three brothers, Arthur Lathrop of Claremont, Carl Lathrop of Lawrenceville, and Fred Lathrop of Melrose Park; four grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

One daughter Patricia Murphy, preceded him in death.

Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop own and operate Lathrop Feed Store in Bridgeport.

Funeral rites for Mr. Lathrop will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday from Cunningham Funeral Home in Bridgeport.  Interment will follow in Sumner Cemetery.

1993 Edna (Erkman) Buddeke the daughter of John & Emma Erkman in Missouri, age 83.  Edna was born in Rock Island, IL in 1910. Edna married Edward Buddeke and they had four children:  Dorothy, Maryellen, Edward and Thomas.  She is buried in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.