S.W. BRADSHAW, RETIRED EXCAVATOR, DIES TODAY—Samuel Wilson Bradshaw, 92, of the Wakefield Sanitarium, died at 12:40 a.m. today in the Decatur and Macon County Hospital. He had been seriously ill for one week.
A retired excavation contractor, he had been a resident of Decatur most of his life and was a member of Foursquare Church.
He was born Dec. 4, 1861 in Harristown. He married Mary Ellen Moore, who died Oct. 6, 1944. He leaves six sons, William G., Raymond O., Cletus E., Paul W. and Roy H., all of Decatur, and Alvin B. of Montana; four daughters, Mrs. Jessie DeWeese and Mrs. Ruby Holbrook[Halbrook], both of Washington state and Mrs. Elsie Halenbeck[Hollonbeck] and Mrs. Ada M. Sheumaker, both of Decatur; 38 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. One son and one daughter preceded him in death.
The body was taken to the J. J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The Decatur Review (Decatur, Illinois), Saturday, June 26, 1954, pg12
SAMUEL W. BRADSHAW RITES TO BE MONDAY—Funeral services for Samuel Wilson Bradshaw, 92, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in J. J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home, where friends may call. Burial will be in Sharon Cemetery, near Decatur.
The Decatur Review (Decatur, Illinois), Sunday, June 27, 1954, pg16
S.W. BRADSHAW, RETIRED EXCAVATOR, DIES TODAY—Samuel Wilson Bradshaw, 92, of the Wakefield Sanitarium, died at 12:40 a.m. today in the Decatur and Macon County Hospital. He had been seriously ill for one week.
A retired excavation contractor, he had been a resident of Decatur most of his life and was a member of Foursquare Church.
He was born Dec. 4, 1861 in Harristown. He married Mary Ellen Moore, who died Oct. 6, 1944. He leaves six sons, William G., Raymond O., Cletus E., Paul W. and Roy H., all of Decatur, and Alvin B. of Montana; four daughters, Mrs. Jessie DeWeese and Mrs. Ruby Holbrook[Halbrook], both of Washington state and Mrs. Elsie Halenbeck[Hollonbeck] and Mrs. Ada M. Sheumaker, both of Decatur; 38 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. One son and one daughter preceded him in death.
The body was taken to the J. J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The Decatur Review (Decatur, Illinois), Saturday, June 26, 1954, pg12
SAMUEL W. BRADSHAW RITES TO BE MONDAY—Funeral services for Samuel Wilson Bradshaw, 92, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow in J. J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home, where friends may call. Burial will be in Sharon Cemetery, near Decatur.
The Decatur Review (Decatur, Illinois), Sunday, June 27, 1954, pg16
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Jessie Belle Bradshaw DeWeese
1890–1962
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Elsie Goldie Bradshaw Hollonbeck
1891–1954
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Clarence Darrow Bradshaw
1894–1946
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William Gerald Bradshaw
1896–1967
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Ruby Fay Bradshaw Halbrook
1898–1977
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Raymond Oren Bradshaw
1900–1977
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Alvin Bryan Bradshaw
1901–1962
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Oletha Alice Bradshaw Johnson
1904–1937
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Roy Herman Bradshaw
1905–1977
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Cletus Emerson Bradshaw
1908–1982
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Ada Marie Bradshaw Muehlenbrink
1910–1980
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Paul Wilson Bradshaw
1915–2002
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