Aged Resident In Allerton Is Taken By Death
Danville Commercial-NewsJanuary 1928 Allerton, Ill., Jan 21.—Mrs. Philora Hedges, 80, died at 5:20 o’clock Tuesday morning (January 31, 1928) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lottie Clester.
Infirmities and heart disease caused her demise. She had been ill for several weeks. The exact hour for the funeral has not been set, but it will be held sometime Thursday at the Presbyterian church with Rev. J. M. Bean, officiating. Burial will be in the Fairfield cemetery. Mrs. Hedges was born at Greenup, Ky., Sept. 28, 1847. She came to Allerton 45 years ago. Dec. 26, 1866 she was married to James A. Hedges who died six years ago.
She leaves the following children: Mrs. George Clifton, of Moneta, Ia.; Mrs. Edward Ellis, of Macy, Ind.; Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Homer, Ill.; Mrs. Lottie Clester, of Allerton, and George Hedges, of Gilmore City, Ia. She is also survived by 21 grand-children and several great grand-children.Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society
Aged Resident In Allerton Is Taken By Death
Danville Commercial-NewsJanuary 1928 Allerton, Ill., Jan 21.—Mrs. Philora Hedges, 80, died at 5:20 o’clock Tuesday morning (January 31, 1928) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lottie Clester.
Infirmities and heart disease caused her demise. She had been ill for several weeks. The exact hour for the funeral has not been set, but it will be held sometime Thursday at the Presbyterian church with Rev. J. M. Bean, officiating. Burial will be in the Fairfield cemetery. Mrs. Hedges was born at Greenup, Ky., Sept. 28, 1847. She came to Allerton 45 years ago. Dec. 26, 1866 she was married to James A. Hedges who died six years ago.
She leaves the following children: Mrs. George Clifton, of Moneta, Ia.; Mrs. Edward Ellis, of Macy, Ind.; Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Homer, Ill.; Mrs. Lottie Clester, of Allerton, and George Hedges, of Gilmore City, Ia. She is also survived by 21 grand-children and several great grand-children.Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society
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