Ahnentafel #5 Grace Butler

Grace as a teenager

Grace Edith Butler

Birth: May 4, 1912, Wayne City, Wayne Co., IL

Death: August 11, 1980, of lymphoma in Chesterfield, St. Louis Co., MO

Buried: Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, Wayne Co., IL

Marriage: 1) September 5, 1931 Albert Lathrop in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., IL, 2) May 15, 1974 George Lewis in McLeansboro, Hamilton Co., IL

Religious affiliation: member of the First United Methodist Church in Wayne City, IL.

Records: 

1920 - Illinois - Wayne City - East Washington Street census age 7

1930 - Illinois - Wayne City - Washington Street census age 17

1940 - Illinois - Wayne Co. - Four Mile Township census age 27 

1946 - July 1 - Illinois, Wayne Co., IL - Albert & Grace purchased 90 acres from F.B. & Edith Muschott.  

1952 - Jan. 26 - Illinois, Wayne Co. - Albert sued Grace for a divorce on grounds of adultery, cruelty and abandonment.  She eventually returned home and they reconciled.  

Albert Lathrop vs. Grace E. Lathrop - Complaint for Divorce filed Jan. 26, 1952, Box No. 447, Wayne Co., IL Circuit Court.  No. 52-2004 in Chancery. 

1971 - Illinois, Wayne Co. - Grace Lathrop & her children agreed to settle Albert's estate without administration. 

1972 - March - Illinois - Wayne Co. - Grace and her children filed an Inheritance Tax Return on the estate of Albert Lathrop. 

• Real estate - Johnson 20 acres valued at $175/acre, total $3,500, less taxes $63.74 - $3,436.26
• Real estate - home place 90 acres with 5 room frame modern residence, garage, 2 barns, 1 granary and other small outbuildings all in fair condition, 40 acres tillable, 40 acres pasture, 10 acres woods, ditches and buildings, total value $25,000 less due on mortgage $5,359.12, less taxes $267.08 - $19,373.80
• Beneficiary Grace Lathrop, adult, widow of decedent - real estate $21,587.17, less paid by widow per agreement $3981.66, 17,605.52, exemption claimed $20,000
• Beneficiary Bonnie Holler, daughter, adult 1/7 of 2/3 $2,172.38, exemption claimed $20,000
• Beneficiary Betty Porter, daughter, adult 1/7 of 2/3 $2,172.38, exemption claimed $20,000
• Beneficiary Bobbie Lathrop, son, adult, 1/7 of 2/3 $2,172.39, exemption claimed $20,000
• Beneficiary Billy Lathrop, son, adult, 1/7 of 2/3 $2172.39, exemption claimed $20,000
• Beneficiary Barbara Bolton, daughter, adult, 1/7 of 2/3 $2172.39, exemption claimed $20,000
• Beneficiary Dorothy Utley, daughter, adult, 1/7 of 2/3 $2172.39, exemption claimed $20,000
• Beneficiary James Lathrop, son, adult, 1/7 of 2/3 $2172.39, exemption claimed $20,000

1974 - May 14 - Illinois, Wayne Co. - After Grace moved to Wayne City she gave a quit claim deed to the farm to her children reserving lifetime right.  

1977 - May 23 - Illinois, Hamilton Co. - George Lewis died.  His death certificate was filed June 4, 1980 in Hamilton County:

George M. Lewis, occupation Mobil Oil Co., 68, male, white, married, father: Ira Lewis, mother: Cordellia McCoy, born: Illinois, died: Hamilton County, Illinois, May 21, 1977, buried: Farnsworth Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL, May 23, 1977, informant Grace E. Lewis

1980 - Aug. 11 - Missouri, St. Louis - Grace's death certificate was filed Aug. 27, 1980 in Foreign Births & Deaths Record 1-1 page 112:

Grace Edith Lewis, housewife, 68, female, white, widowed, father Morton Butler, mother Anna Robertson, born Illinois, died St. Louis, Missouri, August 11, 1980, buried Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, Illinois, August 13, 1980, Bill Lathrop informant.

1981 - July 23 - Illinois, Wayne Co. - Grace's children filed an Inheritance Tax Return:

• Real estate - Lot #13, Burkett's 3rd Subdivision, Wayne City, IL, 5 room dwelling, sold to Mikel & Beatrice Lingafelter for $40,000.  Fair market value $40,000 less taxes $66.28 - $39,933.72
• Real estate - undivided 1/3 interest in the home farm, 57 acres more or less, fair market value $39,200, less taxes $268.55 - $38,931.45
• Real estate - undivided 2/3 interest in the Johnson 20, fair market value $20,000 less taxes $158.96 - $19,841.04
• Accounts - Money Market Certificate $1,000
• Accounts - First National Bank $1,371.78
• Accounts - Debt owed by Bill Lathrop $600
• Beneficiary - Bonnie Holler, daughter, adult, 1/7 of net estate, $14,504.96, exemption claimed $40,000
• Beneficiary - Betty Porter, daughter, adult, 1/7 of net estate, $14,504.96, exemption claimed $40,000
• Beneficiary - Bobbie Lathrop, son, adult, 1/7 of net estate, $14,504.96, exemption claimed $40,000
• Beneficiary - Billy Lathrop, son, adult, 1/7 of net estate, $14,504.96, exemption claimed $40,000
• Beneficiary - Barbara Bolton, daughter, adult, 1/7 of net estate, $14,504.96, exemption claimed $40,000
• Beneficiary - Dorothy Utley, daughter, adult, 1/7 of net estate, $14,504.96, exemption claimed $40,000
• Beneficiary - James Lathrop, son, adult, 1/7 of net estate, $14,504.96 + 500 + 698.14, total 15,703.09, exemption claimed $40,000 
• Total $102,732.83

Children:

Bonnie Dean 
Betty Jean
Bobby Ray 
Billy Joe 
Barbara Lou 
Dorothy Irene 
James Clayton

Revised 1/16/2022