Additional notes 12-19-2012 from member 46888632
Mrs. Elizabeth Rhodes of Nachusa Passed Away Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilhelm Rhodes, a pioneer resident of Nachusa township and one of the older residents of Lee county, passed away at the home of her daughter [sister], Mrs. Mary Marteeny of Nachusa at 8:30 yesterday morning [26 October 1919], death being due to infirmities of her age from which she had been ailing for some time.
Elizabeth Wilhelm, daughter of Phillip and Rachel Witt Wilhelm, was born December 14, 1835 at Millersburg [Wellersburg] PA where she resided until the early 50's when she came across the country with the family in a wagon, settling on a farm south of Nachusa. On December 25, 1856, she was united in marriage to Jacob Rhodes, the young couple moving to a farm south of Dixon where they resided until his death on January 27, 1860. After his taking, she moved with her two daughters to the home of her parents, where she lived until 1880, then going to Nachusa, where she resided until the time of her death.
She leaves to morn her passing, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Marteeny and Miss Lou [Delilah] Wilhelm, with whom she made her home in Nachusa; one brother, Levi Wilhelm, of Dixon; three sisters and three brothers preceeding her in death. Two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Crawford, of Dixon, and Mrs. Lincoln Raffensberger, of Franklin Grove; four grandchildren, Roy Crawford, of Nachusa; Ross Crawford, of Dixon; Mrs. Clyde Cortright and Mrs. E. L. Soper of this city, and two great grandchildren, Helen and Wilson Crawford of Nachusa, also survive.
The funeral will be held with short services at the home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Services will be conducted from the church at Nachusa at 2:30 and burial will take place in the Burkett cemetery. Friends have been requested to omit flowers.
When a girl, Mrs. Rhodes became a member of the Lutheran church and continued a devout worshipper in that faith until her passing. The funeral service will be conducted by Rev. McCulloch of the Lutheran Orphanage at Nachusa.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rhodes of Nachusa Passed Away Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilhelm Rhodes, a pioneer resident of Nachusa township and one of the older residents of Lee county, passed away at the home of her daughter [sister], Mrs. Mary Marteeny of Nachusa at 8:30 yesterday morning [26 October 1919], death being due to infirmities of her age from which she had been ailing for some time.
Elizabeth Wilhelm, daughter of Phillip and Rachel Witt Wilhelm, was born December 14, 1835 at Millersburg [Wellersburg] PA where she resided until the early 50's when she came across the country with the family in a wagon, settling on a farm south of Nachusa. On December 25, 1856, she was united in marriage to Jacob Rhodes, the young couple moving to a farm south of Dixon where they resided until his death on January 27, 1860. After his taking, she moved with her two daughters to the home of her parents, where she lived until 1880, then going to Nachusa, where she resided until the time of her death.
She leaves to morn her passing, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Marteeny and Miss Lou [Delilah] Wilhelm, with whom she made her home in Nachusa; one brother, Levi Wilhelm, of Dixon; three sisters and three brothers preceeding her in death. Two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Crawford, of Dixon, and Mrs. Lincoln Raffensberger, of Franklin Grove; four grandchildren, Roy Crawford, of Nachusa; Ross Crawford, of Dixon; Mrs. Clyde Cortright and Mrs. E. L. Soper of this city, and two great grandchildren, Helen and Wilson Crawford of Nachusa, also survive.
The funeral will be held with short services at the home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Services will be conducted from the church at Nachusa at 2:30 and burial will take place in the Burkett cemetery. Friends have been requested to omit flowers.
When a girl, Mrs. Rhodes became a member of the Lutheran church and continued a devout worshipper in that faith until her passing. The funeral service will be conducted by Rev. McCulloch of the Lutheran Orphanage at Nachusa.
Additional notes 12-19-2012 from member 46888632
Mrs. Elizabeth Rhodes of Nachusa Passed Away Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilhelm Rhodes, a pioneer resident of Nachusa township and one of the older residents of Lee county, passed away at the home of her daughter [sister], Mrs. Mary Marteeny of Nachusa at 8:30 yesterday morning [26 October 1919], death being due to infirmities of her age from which she had been ailing for some time.
Elizabeth Wilhelm, daughter of Phillip and Rachel Witt Wilhelm, was born December 14, 1835 at Millersburg [Wellersburg] PA where she resided until the early 50's when she came across the country with the family in a wagon, settling on a farm south of Nachusa. On December 25, 1856, she was united in marriage to Jacob Rhodes, the young couple moving to a farm south of Dixon where they resided until his death on January 27, 1860. After his taking, she moved with her two daughters to the home of her parents, where she lived until 1880, then going to Nachusa, where she resided until the time of her death.
She leaves to morn her passing, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Marteeny and Miss Lou [Delilah] Wilhelm, with whom she made her home in Nachusa; one brother, Levi Wilhelm, of Dixon; three sisters and three brothers preceeding her in death. Two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Crawford, of Dixon, and Mrs. Lincoln Raffensberger, of Franklin Grove; four grandchildren, Roy Crawford, of Nachusa; Ross Crawford, of Dixon; Mrs. Clyde Cortright and Mrs. E. L. Soper of this city, and two great grandchildren, Helen and Wilson Crawford of Nachusa, also survive.
The funeral will be held with short services at the home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Services will be conducted from the church at Nachusa at 2:30 and burial will take place in the Burkett cemetery. Friends have been requested to omit flowers.
When a girl, Mrs. Rhodes became a member of the Lutheran church and continued a devout worshipper in that faith until her passing. The funeral service will be conducted by Rev. McCulloch of the Lutheran Orphanage at Nachusa.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rhodes of Nachusa Passed Away Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilhelm Rhodes, a pioneer resident of Nachusa township and one of the older residents of Lee county, passed away at the home of her daughter [sister], Mrs. Mary Marteeny of Nachusa at 8:30 yesterday morning [26 October 1919], death being due to infirmities of her age from which she had been ailing for some time.
Elizabeth Wilhelm, daughter of Phillip and Rachel Witt Wilhelm, was born December 14, 1835 at Millersburg [Wellersburg] PA where she resided until the early 50's when she came across the country with the family in a wagon, settling on a farm south of Nachusa. On December 25, 1856, she was united in marriage to Jacob Rhodes, the young couple moving to a farm south of Dixon where they resided until his death on January 27, 1860. After his taking, she moved with her two daughters to the home of her parents, where she lived until 1880, then going to Nachusa, where she resided until the time of her death.
She leaves to morn her passing, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Marteeny and Miss Lou [Delilah] Wilhelm, with whom she made her home in Nachusa; one brother, Levi Wilhelm, of Dixon; three sisters and three brothers preceeding her in death. Two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Crawford, of Dixon, and Mrs. Lincoln Raffensberger, of Franklin Grove; four grandchildren, Roy Crawford, of Nachusa; Ross Crawford, of Dixon; Mrs. Clyde Cortright and Mrs. E. L. Soper of this city, and two great grandchildren, Helen and Wilson Crawford of Nachusa, also survive.
The funeral will be held with short services at the home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Services will be conducted from the church at Nachusa at 2:30 and burial will take place in the Burkett cemetery. Friends have been requested to omit flowers.
When a girl, Mrs. Rhodes became a member of the Lutheran church and continued a devout worshipper in that faith until her passing. The funeral service will be conducted by Rev. McCulloch of the Lutheran Orphanage at Nachusa.
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