DECATUR NEWSPAPER 9/1989
ALBERT WEBBER BORCHERS, 83 OF DECATUR, A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE FOR 10 YEARS, DIED 705 PM SATURDAY (SEPT. 9, 1989) IN HIS HOME.
SERVICES WILL BE 1 PM FRIDAY IN BRINTLINGS FUNERAL HOME WITH VISITATION 4 TO 8 PM THURSDAY. BURIAL WIL BE IN WEST FRANTZ CEMETERY, OAKLEY. MEMORIALS: MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
MR. BORCHERS WAS BORN IN DECATUR, SON OF CHARLES MARTIN AND ALICE MAITILDA BORCHERS. HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF BATH INC. AND WAS A MEMBEER OF MACON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 12 YEARS. HE WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, A FOUNDER OF YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINIS AND WAS CHIEF ILIWEK AT U OF I FROM 1929 TO 1931.
HE WAS A DECORATED WORLD WAR II ARMY VETERAN, RECEIVING TWO PURPLE HEARTS, THE BRONZE STAR, THE ROIX DE GUERRER WITH PALM AND THE MEDAL FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE, AND SERVED FOR 13 1/2 YEARS IN THE 3RD ARMY UNDER GENERAL PATTON, 2ND ARMORED DIVISION OF THE FRENCH ARMY. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF VFW POST 99. HE MARRIED SARAH MARGRET STEVENS IN 1935. SHE DIED IN 1964.
SURVIVING ARE HIS DAUGHTES, MRS. DEAN(MARGARET) CUTTILL AND MRS. HERBERT(ELIZABETH JANE)HAWKINS, BOTH OF DECATUR, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
ALBERT WEBBER BORCHERS, 83 OF DECATUR, A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE FOR 10 YEARS, DIED 705 PM SATURDAY (SEPT. 9, 1989) IN HIS HOME.
SERVICES WILL BE 1 PM FRIDAY IN BRINTLINGS FUNERAL HOME WITH VISITATION 4 TO 8 PM THURSDAY. BURIAL WIL BE IN WEST FRANTZ CEMETERY, OAKLEY. MEMORIALS: MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
MR. BORCHERS WAS BORN IN DECATUR, SON OF CHARLES MARTIN AND ALICE MAITILDA BORCHERS. HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF BATH INC. AND WAS A MEMBEER OF MACON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 12 YEARS. HE WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, A FOUNDER OF YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINIS AND WAS CHIEF ILIWEK AT U OF I FROM 1929 TO 1931.
HE WAS A DECORATED WORLD WAR II ARMY VETERAN, RECEIVING TWO PURPLE HEARTS, THE BRONZE STAR, THE ROIX DE GUERRER WITH PALM AND THE MEDAL FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE, AND SERVED FOR 13 1/2 YEARS IN THE 3RD ARMY UNDER GENERAL PATTON, 2ND ARMORED DIVISION OF THE FRENCH ARMY. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF VFW POST 99. HE MARRIED SARAH MARGRET STEVENS IN 1935. SHE DIED IN 1964.
SURVIVING ARE HIS DAUGHTES, MRS. DEAN(MARGARET) CUTTILL AND MRS. HERBERT(ELIZABETH JANE)HAWKINS, BOTH OF DECATUR, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
DECATUR NEWSPAPER 9/1989
ALBERT WEBBER BORCHERS, 83 OF DECATUR, A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE FOR 10 YEARS, DIED 705 PM SATURDAY (SEPT. 9, 1989) IN HIS HOME.
SERVICES WILL BE 1 PM FRIDAY IN BRINTLINGS FUNERAL HOME WITH VISITATION 4 TO 8 PM THURSDAY. BURIAL WIL BE IN WEST FRANTZ CEMETERY, OAKLEY. MEMORIALS: MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
MR. BORCHERS WAS BORN IN DECATUR, SON OF CHARLES MARTIN AND ALICE MAITILDA BORCHERS. HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF BATH INC. AND WAS A MEMBEER OF MACON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 12 YEARS. HE WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, A FOUNDER OF YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINIS AND WAS CHIEF ILIWEK AT U OF I FROM 1929 TO 1931.
HE WAS A DECORATED WORLD WAR II ARMY VETERAN, RECEIVING TWO PURPLE HEARTS, THE BRONZE STAR, THE ROIX DE GUERRER WITH PALM AND THE MEDAL FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE, AND SERVED FOR 13 1/2 YEARS IN THE 3RD ARMY UNDER GENERAL PATTON, 2ND ARMORED DIVISION OF THE FRENCH ARMY. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF VFW POST 99. HE MARRIED SARAH MARGRET STEVENS IN 1935. SHE DIED IN 1964.
SURVIVING ARE HIS DAUGHTES, MRS. DEAN(MARGARET) CUTTILL AND MRS. HERBERT(ELIZABETH JANE)HAWKINS, BOTH OF DECATUR, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
ALBERT WEBBER BORCHERS, 83 OF DECATUR, A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE FOR 10 YEARS, DIED 705 PM SATURDAY (SEPT. 9, 1989) IN HIS HOME.
SERVICES WILL BE 1 PM FRIDAY IN BRINTLINGS FUNERAL HOME WITH VISITATION 4 TO 8 PM THURSDAY. BURIAL WIL BE IN WEST FRANTZ CEMETERY, OAKLEY. MEMORIALS: MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
MR. BORCHERS WAS BORN IN DECATUR, SON OF CHARLES MARTIN AND ALICE MAITILDA BORCHERS. HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF BATH INC. AND WAS A MEMBEER OF MACON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 12 YEARS. HE WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, A FOUNDER OF YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINIS AND WAS CHIEF ILIWEK AT U OF I FROM 1929 TO 1931.
HE WAS A DECORATED WORLD WAR II ARMY VETERAN, RECEIVING TWO PURPLE HEARTS, THE BRONZE STAR, THE ROIX DE GUERRER WITH PALM AND THE MEDAL FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE, AND SERVED FOR 13 1/2 YEARS IN THE 3RD ARMY UNDER GENERAL PATTON, 2ND ARMORED DIVISION OF THE FRENCH ARMY. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF VFW POST 99. HE MARRIED SARAH MARGRET STEVENS IN 1935. SHE DIED IN 1964.
SURVIVING ARE HIS DAUGHTES, MRS. DEAN(MARGARET) CUTTILL AND MRS. HERBERT(ELIZABETH JANE)HAWKINS, BOTH OF DECATUR, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
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