Obituary
Loraine, Ill., Feb. 24.--William H. Adair, 80, retired farmer, died last night at 6 in the Jacksonville hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in Loraine Christian Church with the Rev. Meredith Thomas of Quincy officiating. Burial will be in the New Loraine Cemetery.
Mr. Adair was born here Sept. 19, 1878, a son of Richard and Martha Rose Adair. He attended the Christian church and received his education in schools here. He spent about 10 years in Kewanee. Mr. Adair was twice married. His first wife, the former Anna Spicer, died.
He is survived by his widow, Florence; six daughters, Mrs. Margaret Melvin of Boulder, Col., Mrs. Edith Turner of Quincy, Mrs. Lois Dowdy of Los Angeles, Mrs. Kathryn Cramer, Mrs. Juanita Tovis and Mrs. Violetta Byerly, all of Macomb; two sons, Frank of Quincy and William H., Jr., of Peoria; a brother, J. Frank of Hot Springs, Ark.; and 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Two sons, Richard W. and Lewis, preceded him in death.
Obituary Contributed by Sue Whitaker
Obituary
Loraine, Ill., Feb. 24.--William H. Adair, 80, retired farmer, died last night at 6 in the Jacksonville hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in Loraine Christian Church with the Rev. Meredith Thomas of Quincy officiating. Burial will be in the New Loraine Cemetery.
Mr. Adair was born here Sept. 19, 1878, a son of Richard and Martha Rose Adair. He attended the Christian church and received his education in schools here. He spent about 10 years in Kewanee. Mr. Adair was twice married. His first wife, the former Anna Spicer, died.
He is survived by his widow, Florence; six daughters, Mrs. Margaret Melvin of Boulder, Col., Mrs. Edith Turner of Quincy, Mrs. Lois Dowdy of Los Angeles, Mrs. Kathryn Cramer, Mrs. Juanita Tovis and Mrs. Violetta Byerly, all of Macomb; two sons, Frank of Quincy and William H., Jr., of Peoria; a brother, J. Frank of Hot Springs, Ark.; and 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Two sons, Richard W. and Lewis, preceded him in death.
Obituary Contributed by Sue Whitaker
Family Members
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Richard Walter Adair
1906–1957
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Margarette Ann Adair Melvin
1908–1999
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Joseph Frank Adair
1909–1984
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Edith B. Adair Turner
1911–1981
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Kathryn A. Adair Cromer
1913–2000
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Violetta Louise Adair Byerly
1916–1968
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Louis E Adair
1918–1919
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Lois Era Adair Dawdy
1918–1988
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Wanita Adair Gobis
1921–1978
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William H. "Billy" Adair
1924–1983
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