Mrs. John Rayl is Called Beyond
Broadlands News
Thursday, January 13, 1938, page 1
Mrs. John Rayl passed away at her home here last Saturday morning at 5:00 o'clock, bronchial pneumonia and the infirmities of age being the cause of her demise. She had bee bedfast only a few days.
Funeral services were held at the local United Brethren Church on Monday afternoon, with Rev. J. F. Turner, pastor of the church officiating,
A quartet composed of Mesdames Ida Messman and Mary Dicks, Messrs. C. A. Smith and O. P. Witt sang "Sometime We'll Understand," "In the Garden," and "Going Down The Valley," with Mrs. O. P. Witt at the piano.
Casket bearers were Thos. Bergfield, Roy Bergfield, Edward Nohren, George Cook, Oscar Will, Ray Thode.
Interment was in St. John's cemetery. Northwest of Broadlands, with Dicks Bros., local morticians in charge.
The following obituary was read at the funeral services:
Mary Melissa Downs, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bishop Downs, was born on a farm near Ridgefarm in Vermilion County, Ill., on February 23, 1855.
There she spent her childhood days, attending school and grew to young womanhood.
She was married to John L. Rayl in Danville, Ill., on April 19, 1876. Shortly after, they moved to Broadlands, where they have lived continuously, except for a few years away, first at Spring Garden, Ill., they Peoria, Charleston, and Danville. They have lived in Broadlands for the last 12 years.
The angel of death called her on January 8, 1938, at the age of 82 years, 10 months and 16 days. The immediate cause of her death was bronchial pneumonia.
To mourn her passing she leaves the husband, and five children as follows: Pearl Otis, M. Alice Struck, Jennie M. Nohren, Lillie M. Bowman, of Broadlands; and Edward Harry of Chicago, Ill. Two sons, Jessie and Freddie, died in infancy. There are five grandchildren; Harry and Marcelle Nohren, Etta Struck, John Paul and Wanda Joan Rayl. She also leaves two sisters: Mrs. Flora A. Bailey of Broadlands, and Mrs. Nora Biggs, of Ridgefarm; and one brother, Allen Cooke of Danville. Three brothers: Scott W. Downs of Plainview, Texas; John and George Downs, both of Ridgefarm, Ill., preceded her to the great beyond. Besides these, a host of relatives and friends.
She was a member of the United Brethren Church, the Ladies Aid Society, and the L. W. Sunday School class.
She was a faithful, devoted and loving wife and mother, a kind and considerate neighbor, a friend to all. These attributes assure her a coveted place in heaven.
(Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)
Broadlands News
Thursday, January 13, 1938, page 1
Mrs. John Rayl passed away at her home here last Saturday morning at 5:00 o'clock, bronchial pneumonia and the infirmities of age being the cause of her demise. She had bee bedfast only a few days.
Funeral services were held at the local United Brethren Church on Monday afternoon, with Rev. J. F. Turner, pastor of the church officiating,
A quartet composed of Mesdames Ida Messman and Mary Dicks, Messrs. C. A. Smith and O. P. Witt sang "Sometime We'll Understand," "In the Garden," and "Going Down The Valley," with Mrs. O. P. Witt at the piano.
Casket bearers were Thos. Bergfield, Roy Bergfield, Edward Nohren, George Cook, Oscar Will, Ray Thode.
Interment was in St. John's cemetery. Northwest of Broadlands, with Dicks Bros., local morticians in charge.
The following obituary was read at the funeral services:
Mary Melissa Downs, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bishop Downs, was born on a farm near Ridgefarm in Vermilion County, Ill., on February 23, 1855.
There she spent her childhood days, attending school and grew to young womanhood.
She was married to John L. Rayl in Danville, Ill., on April 19, 1876. Shortly after, they moved to Broadlands, where they have lived continuously, except for a few years away, first at Spring Garden, Ill., they Peoria, Charleston, and Danville. They have lived in Broadlands for the last 12 years.
The angel of death called her on January 8, 1938, at the age of 82 years, 10 months and 16 days. The immediate cause of her death was bronchial pneumonia.
To mourn her passing she leaves the husband, and five children as follows: Pearl Otis, M. Alice Struck, Jennie M. Nohren, Lillie M. Bowman, of Broadlands; and Edward Harry of Chicago, Ill. Two sons, Jessie and Freddie, died in infancy. There are five grandchildren; Harry and Marcelle Nohren, Etta Struck, John Paul and Wanda Joan Rayl. She also leaves two sisters: Mrs. Flora A. Bailey of Broadlands, and Mrs. Nora Biggs, of Ridgefarm; and one brother, Allen Cooke of Danville. Three brothers: Scott W. Downs of Plainview, Texas; John and George Downs, both of Ridgefarm, Ill., preceded her to the great beyond. Besides these, a host of relatives and friends.
She was a member of the United Brethren Church, the Ladies Aid Society, and the L. W. Sunday School class.
She was a faithful, devoted and loving wife and mother, a kind and considerate neighbor, a friend to all. These attributes assure her a coveted place in heaven.
(Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)
Mrs. John Rayl is Called Beyond
Broadlands News
Thursday, January 13, 1938, page 1
Mrs. John Rayl passed away at her home here last Saturday morning at 5:00 o'clock, bronchial pneumonia and the infirmities of age being the cause of her demise. She had bee bedfast only a few days.
Funeral services were held at the local United Brethren Church on Monday afternoon, with Rev. J. F. Turner, pastor of the church officiating,
A quartet composed of Mesdames Ida Messman and Mary Dicks, Messrs. C. A. Smith and O. P. Witt sang "Sometime We'll Understand," "In the Garden," and "Going Down The Valley," with Mrs. O. P. Witt at the piano.
Casket bearers were Thos. Bergfield, Roy Bergfield, Edward Nohren, George Cook, Oscar Will, Ray Thode.
Interment was in St. John's cemetery. Northwest of Broadlands, with Dicks Bros., local morticians in charge.
The following obituary was read at the funeral services:
Mary Melissa Downs, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bishop Downs, was born on a farm near Ridgefarm in Vermilion County, Ill., on February 23, 1855.
There she spent her childhood days, attending school and grew to young womanhood.
She was married to John L. Rayl in Danville, Ill., on April 19, 1876. Shortly after, they moved to Broadlands, where they have lived continuously, except for a few years away, first at Spring Garden, Ill., they Peoria, Charleston, and Danville. They have lived in Broadlands for the last 12 years.
The angel of death called her on January 8, 1938, at the age of 82 years, 10 months and 16 days. The immediate cause of her death was bronchial pneumonia.
To mourn her passing she leaves the husband, and five children as follows: Pearl Otis, M. Alice Struck, Jennie M. Nohren, Lillie M. Bowman, of Broadlands; and Edward Harry of Chicago, Ill. Two sons, Jessie and Freddie, died in infancy. There are five grandchildren; Harry and Marcelle Nohren, Etta Struck, John Paul and Wanda Joan Rayl. She also leaves two sisters: Mrs. Flora A. Bailey of Broadlands, and Mrs. Nora Biggs, of Ridgefarm; and one brother, Allen Cooke of Danville. Three brothers: Scott W. Downs of Plainview, Texas; John and George Downs, both of Ridgefarm, Ill., preceded her to the great beyond. Besides these, a host of relatives and friends.
She was a member of the United Brethren Church, the Ladies Aid Society, and the L. W. Sunday School class.
She was a faithful, devoted and loving wife and mother, a kind and considerate neighbor, a friend to all. These attributes assure her a coveted place in heaven.
(Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)
Broadlands News
Thursday, January 13, 1938, page 1
Mrs. John Rayl passed away at her home here last Saturday morning at 5:00 o'clock, bronchial pneumonia and the infirmities of age being the cause of her demise. She had bee bedfast only a few days.
Funeral services were held at the local United Brethren Church on Monday afternoon, with Rev. J. F. Turner, pastor of the church officiating,
A quartet composed of Mesdames Ida Messman and Mary Dicks, Messrs. C. A. Smith and O. P. Witt sang "Sometime We'll Understand," "In the Garden," and "Going Down The Valley," with Mrs. O. P. Witt at the piano.
Casket bearers were Thos. Bergfield, Roy Bergfield, Edward Nohren, George Cook, Oscar Will, Ray Thode.
Interment was in St. John's cemetery. Northwest of Broadlands, with Dicks Bros., local morticians in charge.
The following obituary was read at the funeral services:
Mary Melissa Downs, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bishop Downs, was born on a farm near Ridgefarm in Vermilion County, Ill., on February 23, 1855.
There she spent her childhood days, attending school and grew to young womanhood.
She was married to John L. Rayl in Danville, Ill., on April 19, 1876. Shortly after, they moved to Broadlands, where they have lived continuously, except for a few years away, first at Spring Garden, Ill., they Peoria, Charleston, and Danville. They have lived in Broadlands for the last 12 years.
The angel of death called her on January 8, 1938, at the age of 82 years, 10 months and 16 days. The immediate cause of her death was bronchial pneumonia.
To mourn her passing she leaves the husband, and five children as follows: Pearl Otis, M. Alice Struck, Jennie M. Nohren, Lillie M. Bowman, of Broadlands; and Edward Harry of Chicago, Ill. Two sons, Jessie and Freddie, died in infancy. There are five grandchildren; Harry and Marcelle Nohren, Etta Struck, John Paul and Wanda Joan Rayl. She also leaves two sisters: Mrs. Flora A. Bailey of Broadlands, and Mrs. Nora Biggs, of Ridgefarm; and one brother, Allen Cooke of Danville. Three brothers: Scott W. Downs of Plainview, Texas; John and George Downs, both of Ridgefarm, Ill., preceded her to the great beyond. Besides these, a host of relatives and friends.
She was a member of the United Brethren Church, the Ladies Aid Society, and the L. W. Sunday School class.
She was a faithful, devoted and loving wife and mother, a kind and considerate neighbor, a friend to all. These attributes assure her a coveted place in heaven.
(Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)
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