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Bernice <I>Younger</I> Alcorn

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Bernice Younger Alcorn

Birth
Douglas County, Illinois, USA
Death
20 Dec 1971 (aged 74)
Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Published in the Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) on Tuesday, December 21, 1971:

Mrs. Bernice Alcorn

ARCOLA, Ill. -- Mrs. Bernice Alcorn, 74, of Arcola died at 2:30 p.m. Monday in her home of an apparent stroke.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Shrader Funeral Home, Arcola, with Rev. Robert Keiser officiating. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Alcorn was born May 30, 1897, south of Arcola, the daughter of Isaac and Dilla V[B]arricklow Younger. She married Dale Alcorn Dec. 23, 1917, in Arcola.

Survivors include her husband; one son, Dale J. of Peoria; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret L. Sanders of Arthur and Mrs. Paulina Hunt of Arcola; one sister, Mrs. Alta Walls of Arcola; and seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Alcorn, a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Arcola, was worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star in 1964 and 1965. She was a member of OES since 1931.

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Published in the Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) on Tuesday, December 21, 1971:

Mrs. Bernice Alcorn

ARCOLA, Ill. -- Mrs. Bernice Alcorn, 74, of Arcola died at 2:30 p.m. Monday in her home of an apparent stroke.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Shrader Funeral Home, Arcola, with Rev. Robert Keiser officiating. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Alcorn was born May 30, 1897, south of Arcola, the daughter of Isaac and Dilla V[B]arricklow Younger. She married Dale Alcorn Dec. 23, 1917, in Arcola.

Survivors include her husband; one son, Dale J. of Peoria; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret L. Sanders of Arthur and Mrs. Paulina Hunt of Arcola; one sister, Mrs. Alta Walls of Arcola; and seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Alcorn, a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Arcola, was worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star in 1964 and 1965. She was a member of OES since 1931.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117605953/bernice-alcorn: accessed ), memorial page for Bernice Younger Alcorn (30 May 1897–20 Dec 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 117605953, citing Arcola Township Cemetery, Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by kromine (contributor 47820167).