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Obituary - Adeline Wagers (1886)

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Obituary - Adeline Wagers (1886)

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DEATH OF MISS ADDIE WAGERS

Passed Away Tuesday Morning With Influenza - Burial at Twin Grove

The second death from influenza was that of Miss Addie May Wagers, which occurred Tuesday morning at 12:15 o'clock. She lived with her father a little east of LeRoy and was sick but a few days.

About ten years ago her mother died and it fell to her ___ to be the mother of the home.

Private funeral services were held at the home yesterday morning at 10 o'clock conducted Rev. C. S. Boyd, of the Methodist church, after which the body was taken to West Twin Grove cemetery for interment.

The deceased was next to the youngest child of Mr. W. J. Wagers and was born in Kentucky, May 9, 1886, being past 32 years of age at the time of her death. She leaves besides her father, the following brothers and sisters: Malcolm and Joe of LeRoy, Wesley in ___, and Flossie, Amos, and George at home. She was beloved by all her friends and her loss is keenly felt by family ___________________________________.


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Text is incredibly difficult to read, so transcription errors are certainly possible, especially as it gets closer to the bottom of the page. The long ___ at the bottom indicates around 10 words that can't be read at all.

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The paper and date weren't recorded when the obituary was obtained, but it is thought to be the Nov 1, 1918 edition of the Leroy Journal.

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Given names Surname Sosa Birth Place Death Age Place Last change
William Jefferson Wagers
May 8, 1858
164 Wagersville, KY, US
9 May 8, 1936
86 78 5 mi NE, Leroy, IL, US
Sunday, July 5, 2020 8:21 AM
Lula Tudor
Lula Tuddar
April 28, 1870
152 Madison Co, KY, US
9 May 2, 1908
114 38 McLean Co, IL, US
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 8:46 PM
Adeline May Wagers
May 9, 1886
136 KY, US
0 October 29, 1918
103 32 West Twin Grove, Bloomington, IL, US
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:59 AM
Malcom F. Wagers
January 15, 1888
134 0 March 6, 1960
62 72 Wednesday, June 17, 2020 1:19 AM
Grover Clevland Wagers
November 7, 1892
129 0 October 22, 1943
78 50 Wednesday, June 17, 2020 1:20 AM
Wesley Wagers
September 11, 1894
127 0 1974
48 79 Wednesday, June 17, 2020 1:26 AM
Flossie Velma Wagers
August 1, 1899
122 0 January 31, 1967
55 67 West Twin Grove, Bloomington, IL, US
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 1:30 AM
Amos Wagers
October 2, 1902
119 Bloomington, IL, US
2 March 18, 1975
47 72 Brokaw Hospital, Normal, IL, US
Monday, June 29, 2020 2:13 AM
George J Wagers
January 17, 1905
117 Bloomington, IL, US
7 May 25, 1983
39 78 Cole Hospital, Champaign, IL, US
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 1:32 AM
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