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Charles Wilbur Milam was born on 18 November 1913 in Crawford County, Illinois.^2,3 He and Laura Mae Primrose were married in 1963.² He died on 1 August 1991, at age 77.² He was buried in Malta Cemetery, Malta, DeKalb, Illinois.²

Earl C. Primrose was born on 30 January 1907 in Ogle County, Illinois.² He and Evelyn M. Deshazo were married on 12 November 1932 in Dixon, Edwards, Illinois. He died on 25 February 1976, at age 69, in Ogle County, Illinois. He was buried in Trinity Memory Gardens, Hillcrest, Ogle, Illinois.

Earl C. Primrose, 69, rural Rochelle, died Wednesday afternoon at Rochelle Community Hospital after a long illness.

He was born Jan. 30, 1907, in Flagg township, the son of William and Mary Jane (Capes) Primrose. He married Evelyn DeShazo Nov.12, 1932, in Dixon. Primrose was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Rochelle, and a charter member of Rochelle Moose Lodge. He was also a farmer and a employe of Del Monte Corp.

A brother preceded him in death.

Survivors include his widow, two sons, George and Gerald, Rochells; six grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Laura Milan, Rochelle; a stepmmother, Mrs. Susie Primrose, Rochelle.

Services willl be Friday, 1:30 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, Rev. John D. Place, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Memory Gardens, Rochelle.

Visitation will be this evening, 7-9 p.m. at Cluts Funeral Home, Rochelle. A memorial fund has been established for Faith Lutheran Church.

William R. Stucker was born in 1901.¹ He and Laura Mae Primrose were married in 1927.¹ He died on 6 March 1934, at age ~33.¹ He was buried in Malta Cemetery, Malta, DeKalb, Illinois.¹

Evelyn M. Deshazo was born on 25 February 1913 in Mendota, LaSalle, Illinois. She and Earl C. Primrose were married on 12 November 1932 in Dixon, Edwards, Illinois. She died on 19 September 1989, at age 76, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois. She was buried in Trinity Memory Gardens, Hillcrest, Ogle, Illinois.

ROCHELLE - Evelyn M. Primrose, 76, Rochelle, died Tuesday at St. Anthony's Medical Center in Rockford.

She was born Feb. 25, 1913, Mendota, the daughter of Lloyd H. and Mabel Edgecomb DeShazo.

She married Earl C. Primrose Nov. 12, 1932, in Dixon; he died Feb. 25, 1976.

She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church.

Primrose is preceded in death by her parents Lloyd and Mabel Edgecomb; husband, Earl Primrose, one sister, one brother; and two grandchildren.

She is survived by two sons; George (Marilyn) Primrose of Rochelle, and Gerald (Nona) Primrose of Rochelle; two brothers, Hayward (Kathryn) DeShazo of Stillman Valley, and Harold (Bernita) DeShazo of Kings; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Joyce) Reed of Rockford, and Mrs. Elizabeth Merriman of Paw Paw; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, Flagg Road, Rochelle, with the Rev. Garry Briesacher officiating. Interment will be at Trinity Memory Gardens.

Visitation at Lyons Cluts-Simes funeral Home, Rochelle, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. today and at the church tomorrow from 1 p.m. until the time of service.

Memorials may be made to Faith Lutheran Church Landscape Fund

Taken from:
The Rochelle News-Leader
Rochelle, Ogle Co., IL.
Thursday, Sept. 21, 1989
Page 2 - Sect. 1 - Col. 7-8.

George Leonard Primrose was born on 24 September 1933 in Rochelle, Ogle, Illinois.¹ He and Marilyn Jean Coffman were married on 17 September 1954 in Ashton, Lee, Illinois, St. John Lutheran Church.³ He died on 13 June 2015, at age 81, in Byron, Ogle, Illinois.¹ He was buried in Trinity Memory Gardens, Hillcrest, Ogle, Illinois.¹

George Leonard Primrose was an Austin Western Employee.³

Marilyn Jean Coffman was born on 21 September 1935 in Nachusa, Lee, Illinois.³ She and George Leonard Primrose were married on 17 September 1954 in Ashton, Lee, Illinois, St. John Lutheran Church.² She died on 2 February 2019, at age 83, in Joliet, Will, Illinois.³ She was buried in Trinity Memory Gardens, Hillcrest, Ogle, Illinois.³

Marilyn Jean Coffman was a Caron Spinning Mill Employee.²

Mark Steven Primrose was born on 7 September 1958 in Rochelle, Ogle, Illinois.¹ He died on 21 January 1962, at age 3, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.¹

Funeral services fro Mark Steven Primrose, 3, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Primrose of Batavia, willl be held Wednesday. Services are to be at 2 p.m. at the Unger Funeral Home with Rev. Orville Kalwarf, pastor of the Ashton Lutheran Church officiating.

Friends may call at the Unger Funeral Home Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.

Mark Steven was born Sept. 7,1958 in Rochelle and died on Sunday, Jan 21, 1962 in the Billings Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Death was due to leukemia.

He is survived by his parents, a brother J. William and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Primrose of Rochelle.