Obituary from the archives of Lola Clark:
KILBOURNE, IL - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Methodist church at Kilbourne for Mrs. Isley (Pearl D.) Craggs, 74, who died Tuesday evening in the Evanston, Ill. hospital. Rev. Clyde Wolfley will officiate and interment will be in the Kilbourne cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in Hurley Funeral Home and at the church one hour before services.
Mrs. Craggs, who was correspondent for the Pekin Times at Kilbourne at the time of her death, was operator of the Kilbourne Telephone Exchange for many years. She was a member of the Kilbourne Methodist Church, Home Bureau Unit, Royal Neighbor Lodge and of the Bath Old Schoolmate's Association.
She was born at Thornburg, Ia., on Sept. 24, 1890, a daughter of Thomas and Agnes Webb Daniel. She married Isley Craggs at Kilbourne on Sept. 21, 1913 and he survives.
Also surviving are two sons, George Craggs of Havana, and Wayne Craggs of Kilbourne; three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Eva Foot of Evanston, Ill., with whom she was visiting when she became ill and was hospitalized.
KILBOURNE, IL - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Methodist church at Kilbourne for Mrs. Isley (Pearl D.) Craggs, 74, who died Tuesday evening in the Evanston, Ill. hospital. Rev. Clyde Wolfley will officiate and interment will be in the Kilbourne cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in Hurley Funeral Home and at the church one hour before services.
Mrs. Craggs, who was correspondent for the Pekin Times at Kilbourne at the time of her death, was operator of the Kilbourne Telephone Exchange for many years. She was a member of the Kilbourne Methodist Church, Home Bureau Unit, Royal Neighbor Lodge and of the Bath Old Schoolmate's Association.
She was born at Thornburg, Ia., on Sept. 24, 1890, a daughter of Thomas and Agnes Webb Daniel. She married Isley Craggs at Kilbourne on Sept. 21, 1913 and he survives.
Also surviving are two sons, George Craggs of Havana, and Wayne Craggs of Kilbourne; three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Eva Foot of Evanston, Ill., with whom she was visiting when she became ill and was hospitalized.
Obituary from the archives of Lola Clark:
KILBOURNE, IL - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Methodist church at Kilbourne for Mrs. Isley (Pearl D.) Craggs, 74, who died Tuesday evening in the Evanston, Ill. hospital. Rev. Clyde Wolfley will officiate and interment will be in the Kilbourne cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in Hurley Funeral Home and at the church one hour before services.
Mrs. Craggs, who was correspondent for the Pekin Times at Kilbourne at the time of her death, was operator of the Kilbourne Telephone Exchange for many years. She was a member of the Kilbourne Methodist Church, Home Bureau Unit, Royal Neighbor Lodge and of the Bath Old Schoolmate's Association.
She was born at Thornburg, Ia., on Sept. 24, 1890, a daughter of Thomas and Agnes Webb Daniel. She married Isley Craggs at Kilbourne on Sept. 21, 1913 and he survives.
Also surviving are two sons, George Craggs of Havana, and Wayne Craggs of Kilbourne; three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Eva Foot of Evanston, Ill., with whom she was visiting when she became ill and was hospitalized.
KILBOURNE, IL - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Methodist church at Kilbourne for Mrs. Isley (Pearl D.) Craggs, 74, who died Tuesday evening in the Evanston, Ill. hospital. Rev. Clyde Wolfley will officiate and interment will be in the Kilbourne cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in Hurley Funeral Home and at the church one hour before services.
Mrs. Craggs, who was correspondent for the Pekin Times at Kilbourne at the time of her death, was operator of the Kilbourne Telephone Exchange for many years. She was a member of the Kilbourne Methodist Church, Home Bureau Unit, Royal Neighbor Lodge and of the Bath Old Schoolmate's Association.
She was born at Thornburg, Ia., on Sept. 24, 1890, a daughter of Thomas and Agnes Webb Daniel. She married Isley Craggs at Kilbourne on Sept. 21, 1913 and he survives.
Also surviving are two sons, George Craggs of Havana, and Wayne Craggs of Kilbourne; three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Eva Foot of Evanston, Ill., with whom she was visiting when she became ill and was hospitalized.
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