IRVIN H. WOESSNER , 44, prominent Shannon farmer, died about 4 a.m. this morning (July 8,1944) at his farm home in Forreston Township, Ogle county, three miles east of Shannon. Mr. Woessner was suddenly taken ill and died before the physician arrived. He was an AAA committeemen in Ogle county, director and clerk of school district No. 35, and a member of the board of stewards of Evangelical church. The son of John and Lydia Woessner, he was born on the family farm four miles northwest of Shannon on May 22, 1900. He was graduated from Shannon high school in 1918 and was married to the former Gladys Horner, who survives, on December 25, 1919. He operated a 480-acre farm. Besides his widow, he is survived by three children, Lawrence, Marilyn, and Carol, all at home; his parents, and a sister, Mrs. Esther Winters, Shannon. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. At the home and at 2 p. m. at Evangelical Lutheran church. The Rev. Paul P. V. Church will officiate and burial will be in Brethren Cemetery.
Contributed by Alice Horner
Contributed by Alice Horner
IRVIN H. WOESSNER , 44, prominent Shannon farmer, died about 4 a.m. this morning (July 8,1944) at his farm home in Forreston Township, Ogle county, three miles east of Shannon. Mr. Woessner was suddenly taken ill and died before the physician arrived. He was an AAA committeemen in Ogle county, director and clerk of school district No. 35, and a member of the board of stewards of Evangelical church. The son of John and Lydia Woessner, he was born on the family farm four miles northwest of Shannon on May 22, 1900. He was graduated from Shannon high school in 1918 and was married to the former Gladys Horner, who survives, on December 25, 1919. He operated a 480-acre farm. Besides his widow, he is survived by three children, Lawrence, Marilyn, and Carol, all at home; his parents, and a sister, Mrs. Esther Winters, Shannon. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. At the home and at 2 p. m. at Evangelical Lutheran church. The Rev. Paul P. V. Church will officiate and burial will be in Brethren Cemetery.
Contributed by Alice Horner
Contributed by Alice Horner
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