Here is Amanda's obituary:
Services for Mrs. Barr Saturday
Mahomet - Funeral services will be Saturday for Amanda N. Barr, 76, who died 5 am, Wednesday (March 1, 1967) at Burnham City Hospital, Champaign, where she had been a patient for four weeks.
Services will be at 2 pm at the Blair Funeral Home, Mahomet, with Rev. Hershel Burton of Georgetown officiating. Rev. Earl Reinhold will assist.
Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 7-9 pm Thursday, 2-4 and 7-9 pm Friday at the funeral home.
She was born June 18, 1890 in Louden township, Fayette County, daughter of Joseph A. and Mary E. Grubaugh.
She married James C. Barr on Jan. 9, 1907 at Beecher City. He died in 1954.
She had lived in the Mahomet vicinity for 37 years and was a member of the Mahomet Nazarene Church.
She is survived by one brother, Homer Grubaugh, of Decatur; one sister, Nora Watson, Decatur; seven sons, Jesse A. of Seymour, Louis S. of Monticello, J. Cecil of Moline, Raymond C. of Fithian, John R. of Farmer City, Eugene R. of Champaign, and M. Dean of Escondido, CA; six daughters, Mrs. Therman (Dorothy) Lee of Champaign, Mrs. William (Beulah) Vogelien of Cherry Valley, NV, Mrs. William (Mertie) Sarver of Monticello, Mrs. Hubert (Alta) Hefter of Gibson City; Mrs. Robert (Mary) Curtis of Urbana and Mrs. Ronald (Ina) Glick of Bremen, IN; 45 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son in 1956.
The family suggests that contributions be made to the memorial fund established for the benefit of the church missionary program.
Here is Amanda's obituary:
Services for Mrs. Barr Saturday
Mahomet - Funeral services will be Saturday for Amanda N. Barr, 76, who died 5 am, Wednesday (March 1, 1967) at Burnham City Hospital, Champaign, where she had been a patient for four weeks.
Services will be at 2 pm at the Blair Funeral Home, Mahomet, with Rev. Hershel Burton of Georgetown officiating. Rev. Earl Reinhold will assist.
Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 7-9 pm Thursday, 2-4 and 7-9 pm Friday at the funeral home.
She was born June 18, 1890 in Louden township, Fayette County, daughter of Joseph A. and Mary E. Grubaugh.
She married James C. Barr on Jan. 9, 1907 at Beecher City. He died in 1954.
She had lived in the Mahomet vicinity for 37 years and was a member of the Mahomet Nazarene Church.
She is survived by one brother, Homer Grubaugh, of Decatur; one sister, Nora Watson, Decatur; seven sons, Jesse A. of Seymour, Louis S. of Monticello, J. Cecil of Moline, Raymond C. of Fithian, John R. of Farmer City, Eugene R. of Champaign, and M. Dean of Escondido, CA; six daughters, Mrs. Therman (Dorothy) Lee of Champaign, Mrs. William (Beulah) Vogelien of Cherry Valley, NV, Mrs. William (Mertie) Sarver of Monticello, Mrs. Hubert (Alta) Hefter of Gibson City; Mrs. Robert (Mary) Curtis of Urbana and Mrs. Ronald (Ina) Glick of Bremen, IN; 45 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son in 1956.
The family suggests that contributions be made to the memorial fund established for the benefit of the church missionary program.
Family Members
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Mary Elizabeth Grubaugh Kline
1873–1944
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Nora Ellen Grubaugh Watson
1874–1968
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Samuel Spencer Grubaugh
1874–1962
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Sarah Ann Grubaugh Doty
1877–1915
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Charles Edward Grubaugh
1879–1963
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Bertha V. Grubaugh
1880–1881
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Levi Jackson Grubaugh
1882–1945
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Carrie N. Grubaugh
1884–1884
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Homer Eugene Grubaugh
1894–1983
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Jesse Allen Barr
1907–1988
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Lewis Samuel Barr
1909–1988
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James Cecil Barr
1910–1985
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Beulah May Barr Vogelien
1912–2004
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Rev Raymond Curtis Barr
1913–1998
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John R "Johnnie" Barr
1915–2004
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Mertie Clare Barr Sarver
1917–1995
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Eugene Riley Barr
1919–2010
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Dorothy Marie Barr Lee
1920–1998
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Joseph Donald Barr
1923–1956
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Alta Fern Barr Hester
1924–1996
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Mary Evalyn Barr Curtis
1929–1994
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Ina Kathryn Barr Glick
1934–2020
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