Sadly, J. O. and wife, Lena of Champaign, Illinois, formerly of Mattoon, passed away due to injuries in a tragic automobile accident near Lake Wales, Florida while vacationing with friends. A funeral service was held Sunday, March 4, 1956, at the First United Methodist Church, 16th and Charleston Avenue, Mattoon, Illinois, with Dr. George V Herrick and Rev. Donald Crocker, officiating. Broadway Avenue was closed, as people lined the street to watch with respect, two black hearse proceed side-by-side down Broadway, carrying J. O. and Lena to Dodge Grove Cemetery for burial.
J. O. was employed as an accountant over the years & was the assistant Chief Clerk of the Illinois Central Railroad in the administrative central office in Champaign at the time of his passing. J.O. and Lena were blessed with forty-five years of marriage and were active in the First Methodist Church throughout their lives.
Preceeding him in death are his parents; Elijah W. and Mary Ann (Connell) Edington, and infant grandsons; Gregory E. Cochran and Joe Kent Hardesty. Surviving are daughters; Mary Louise (Estel) Hardesty and Wilma Kathleen (Marshall) Cochran; and grandchildren; Joyce and Jerry Hardesty and Marsha, Mike, and Mindy Cochran, all of Mattoon.
J. O. was employed as an accountant over the years & was the assistant Chief Clerk of the Illinois Central Railroad in the administrative central office in Champaign at the time of his passing. J.O. and Lena were blessed with forty-five years of marriage and were active in the First Methodist Church throughout their lives.
Preceeding him in death are his parents; Elijah W. and Mary Ann (Connell) Edington, and infant grandsons; Gregory E. Cochran and Joe Kent Hardesty. Surviving are daughters; Mary Louise (Estel) Hardesty and Wilma Kathleen (Marshall) Cochran; and grandchildren; Joyce and Jerry Hardesty and Marsha, Mike, and Mindy Cochran, all of Mattoon.
Sadly, J. O. and wife, Lena of Champaign, Illinois, formerly of Mattoon, passed away due to injuries in a tragic automobile accident near Lake Wales, Florida while vacationing with friends. A funeral service was held Sunday, March 4, 1956, at the First United Methodist Church, 16th and Charleston Avenue, Mattoon, Illinois, with Dr. George V Herrick and Rev. Donald Crocker, officiating. Broadway Avenue was closed, as people lined the street to watch with respect, two black hearse proceed side-by-side down Broadway, carrying J. O. and Lena to Dodge Grove Cemetery for burial.
J. O. was employed as an accountant over the years & was the assistant Chief Clerk of the Illinois Central Railroad in the administrative central office in Champaign at the time of his passing. J.O. and Lena were blessed with forty-five years of marriage and were active in the First Methodist Church throughout their lives.
Preceeding him in death are his parents; Elijah W. and Mary Ann (Connell) Edington, and infant grandsons; Gregory E. Cochran and Joe Kent Hardesty. Surviving are daughters; Mary Louise (Estel) Hardesty and Wilma Kathleen (Marshall) Cochran; and grandchildren; Joyce and Jerry Hardesty and Marsha, Mike, and Mindy Cochran, all of Mattoon.
J. O. was employed as an accountant over the years & was the assistant Chief Clerk of the Illinois Central Railroad in the administrative central office in Champaign at the time of his passing. J.O. and Lena were blessed with forty-five years of marriage and were active in the First Methodist Church throughout their lives.
Preceeding him in death are his parents; Elijah W. and Mary Ann (Connell) Edington, and infant grandsons; Gregory E. Cochran and Joe Kent Hardesty. Surviving are daughters; Mary Louise (Estel) Hardesty and Wilma Kathleen (Marshall) Cochran; and grandchildren; Joyce and Jerry Hardesty and Marsha, Mike, and Mindy Cochran, all of Mattoon.
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Lot owner: Estel & Mary Louise Edington Hardesty. Funeral Home: Mitchell-Jerdan
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