WILLIAM E. JORDAN
Funeral services for William E. Jordan were held at the First Baptist church on Thursday afternoon by Rev. Lowell F. Matheney. Burial was in Koontz cemetery.
Mr. Jordan passed away Monday, January 3rd at a Carmi Nursing Home from a heart ailment. He had entered the home on Dec. 29th.
William Edward Jordan was born March 11, 1879 in Alexander county.
He was a member of the First Baptist church in Fairfield.
He was married on August 3, 1898 to Amanda Pernesia Rinehart, who died April 23, 1940. Six children, Ralph Jordan, of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Jake Backes, of Fairfield; Mrs. John Miller, of Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Dale Kinder, of Rawlins, Wyo., Mrs. C. O. Turner, of Plainfield, Ind., and Mrs. Irene O'Barr, of Valperaiso, Indiana, were born to this union. He also reared as his own children one step-daughter, Mrs. Grace Crawford, of Fairfield, and one step-son, Otis Rinehart, of Indianapolis, Indiana.
On August 5, 1940 Mr. Jordan was married to Mrs. Flora Tice, who with three children, Curt Tice, Mrs. Ellen Shockley and Mrs. Opal Felty, all of Fairfield, survive him.
Also surviving are five brothers, Henry, Moses, Everett, Sidney Adolphus, Ira, all of Elco; two sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Heilig, of Anna, and Mrs. Elizabeth Keller, of Elco; 39 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
Other child of Ed & Neasy Jordan were:
Irene Jordan Krieder - FAG #75384787
WILLIAM E. JORDAN
Funeral services for William E. Jordan were held at the First Baptist church on Thursday afternoon by Rev. Lowell F. Matheney. Burial was in Koontz cemetery.
Mr. Jordan passed away Monday, January 3rd at a Carmi Nursing Home from a heart ailment. He had entered the home on Dec. 29th.
William Edward Jordan was born March 11, 1879 in Alexander county.
He was a member of the First Baptist church in Fairfield.
He was married on August 3, 1898 to Amanda Pernesia Rinehart, who died April 23, 1940. Six children, Ralph Jordan, of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Jake Backes, of Fairfield; Mrs. John Miller, of Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Dale Kinder, of Rawlins, Wyo., Mrs. C. O. Turner, of Plainfield, Ind., and Mrs. Irene O'Barr, of Valperaiso, Indiana, were born to this union. He also reared as his own children one step-daughter, Mrs. Grace Crawford, of Fairfield, and one step-son, Otis Rinehart, of Indianapolis, Indiana.
On August 5, 1940 Mr. Jordan was married to Mrs. Flora Tice, who with three children, Curt Tice, Mrs. Ellen Shockley and Mrs. Opal Felty, all of Fairfield, survive him.
Also surviving are five brothers, Henry, Moses, Everett, Sidney Adolphus, Ira, all of Elco; two sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Heilig, of Anna, and Mrs. Elizabeth Keller, of Elco; 39 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
Other child of Ed & Neasy Jordan were:
Irene Jordan Krieder - FAG #75384787
Family Members
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Henry Elmer Jordan
1871–1955
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Minnie Parlee Jordan Poole
1874–1902
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Viola Caroline Jordan West
1877–1945
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Moses Alexander Jordan
1878–1951
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Cynthia Alice Jordan Heilig
1881–1954
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Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jordan Keller
1882–1960
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Sidney Dolphus Jordan
1886–1964
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Harry Everett Jordan
1890–1959
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Ira Lee Jordan
1892–1958
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