Amboy, Ill., Sept. 7—Mrs. Delia Leap died at her home in Mexico, Mo., and was brought to Amboy for burial Thursday morning.
Mrs. Leap in her younger days was a resident of this locality being a daughter of the late Winthrop Blair, who still lives in Amboy.
She was married first to Frank Keefer, a son of the late Gasper Keefer. One son by this marriage, James Keefer, of this city, survives her.
She is also survived by her husband and one son of a second marriage.
The funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Methodist church, Rev, D. T. Kah! officiating. Interment was in Prairie Repose cemetery, where the body of her first husband rests.
SOURCE: newspapers.com; Dixon Evening Telegraph
Dixon, Illinois, 07 Sep 1909, Tue • Page 1
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Name: Delia A Leaf
Birth Date: Mar 1847
Birth Place: Dixon, Lee, Illinois
Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book C
Notes: Delia A. Leaf was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 5 May 1878 by Morris T. Short.
2. (family of origin)
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Delia Blair
Age: 14
Birth Year: abt 1846
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Place: Illinois
Home in 1860: Amboy, Lee, Illinois
Post Office: Amboy
Dwelling Number: 1299
Family Number: 1181
Attended School: Y
Household Members Age
Winthrop H Blair
Deborah Blair, 33
Delia Blair 14
James Blair, 8
Anna Blair, 6
Henry Blair, 5
Almira Blair, 2
Amboy, Ill., Sept. 7—Mrs. Delia Leap died at her home in Mexico, Mo., and was brought to Amboy for burial Thursday morning.
Mrs. Leap in her younger days was a resident of this locality being a daughter of the late Winthrop Blair, who still lives in Amboy.
She was married first to Frank Keefer, a son of the late Gasper Keefer. One son by this marriage, James Keefer, of this city, survives her.
She is also survived by her husband and one son of a second marriage.
The funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Methodist church, Rev, D. T. Kah! officiating. Interment was in Prairie Repose cemetery, where the body of her first husband rests.
SOURCE: newspapers.com; Dixon Evening Telegraph
Dixon, Illinois, 07 Sep 1909, Tue • Page 1
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Name: Delia A Leaf
Birth Date: Mar 1847
Birth Place: Dixon, Lee, Illinois
Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book C
Notes: Delia A. Leaf was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 5 May 1878 by Morris T. Short.
2. (family of origin)
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Delia Blair
Age: 14
Birth Year: abt 1846
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Place: Illinois
Home in 1860: Amboy, Lee, Illinois
Post Office: Amboy
Dwelling Number: 1299
Family Number: 1181
Attended School: Y
Household Members Age
Winthrop H Blair
Deborah Blair, 33
Delia Blair 14
James Blair, 8
Anna Blair, 6
Henry Blair, 5
Almira Blair, 2
Family Members
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