Elias Mathew Agnew, 89, of Mill Road, Chester, died Friday at the Three Springs Lodge, Chester, after an illness of two weeks.
He was a retired section hand for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Chester.
He was born at Belleville in 1870. He was married in 1903 to Mrs. Bertha Williams Ward, who preceded him in death.
He leaves son Daniel of Perryville, Mo.; daughters Mrs. Clyde Wheat of Red Bud, Mrs. Lester Whitworth of Fredericktown, Mo., Mrs. Ren Riney of Chester and Mrs. Ted Lacey of Chicago; 16 grandchildren, 19 great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at the Schroeder Funeral Home, Chester. The Rev. Frank W. McLaughen will officiate. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Chester.
Source: Southern Illinoisan, Sunday, April 5, 1959
Obituary provided by Laura Whistle Cates Duncan
He was a retired section hand for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Chester.
He was born at Belleville in 1870. He was married in 1903 to Mrs. Bertha Williams Ward, who preceded him in death.
He leaves son Daniel of Perryville, Mo.; daughters Mrs. Clyde Wheat of Red Bud, Mrs. Lester Whitworth of Fredericktown, Mo., Mrs. Ren Riney of Chester and Mrs. Ted Lacey of Chicago; 16 grandchildren, 19 great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at the Schroeder Funeral Home, Chester. The Rev. Frank W. McLaughen will officiate. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Chester.
Source: Southern Illinoisan, Sunday, April 5, 1959
Obituary provided by Laura Whistle Cates Duncan
Elias Mathew Agnew, 89, of Mill Road, Chester, died Friday at the Three Springs Lodge, Chester, after an illness of two weeks.
He was a retired section hand for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Chester.
He was born at Belleville in 1870. He was married in 1903 to Mrs. Bertha Williams Ward, who preceded him in death.
He leaves son Daniel of Perryville, Mo.; daughters Mrs. Clyde Wheat of Red Bud, Mrs. Lester Whitworth of Fredericktown, Mo., Mrs. Ren Riney of Chester and Mrs. Ted Lacey of Chicago; 16 grandchildren, 19 great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at the Schroeder Funeral Home, Chester. The Rev. Frank W. McLaughen will officiate. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Chester.
Source: Southern Illinoisan, Sunday, April 5, 1959
Obituary provided by Laura Whistle Cates Duncan
He was a retired section hand for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Chester.
He was born at Belleville in 1870. He was married in 1903 to Mrs. Bertha Williams Ward, who preceded him in death.
He leaves son Daniel of Perryville, Mo.; daughters Mrs. Clyde Wheat of Red Bud, Mrs. Lester Whitworth of Fredericktown, Mo., Mrs. Ren Riney of Chester and Mrs. Ted Lacey of Chicago; 16 grandchildren, 19 great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at the Schroeder Funeral Home, Chester. The Rev. Frank W. McLaughen will officiate. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Chester.
Source: Southern Illinoisan, Sunday, April 5, 1959
Obituary provided by Laura Whistle Cates Duncan
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