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Merrill Eugene Passmore was born on 6 August 1960. He died on 11 August 1960, at age 0. He was buried in Vicksburg Cemetery, Custer City, Custer Co., Oklahoma, USA.

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Merrill Eugene Passmore
Birth: Aug. 6, 1960
Death: Aug. 11, 1960
Burial: Vicksburg Cemetery, Custer County, Oklahoma, USA
Find A Grave Memorial # 81688190.

Mary Elizabeth Portwood was born on 25 February 1895 in Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois. She and Dale Fernando Boyer were married in 1917. She died on 22 July 1939, at age 44, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois. She was buried on 24 July 1939 in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Moweaqua, Shelby Co., Illinois, USA.

1900 United States Federal Census
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Name: Mary E. Portwood
Age: 5
Birth Date: Feb 1894 *
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: South Macon, Macon, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: James Portwood
Father's Birthplace: Kansas
Father's Occupation: Farmer
Mother's Name: Addie M. Portwood
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Household Members: Name / Age
James Portwood / 40
Addie M. Portwood / 41
Norman H. Portwood / 16
Rosco A. Portwood / 13
Bertha E. Portwood / 10
Lela M. Portwood / 8
Mary E. Portwood / 5
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
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Name: Mary Boyer
[Mary Portwood]
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1895
Birth Place: Moweaqua, Illinois
Death Date: 22 Jul 1939
Death Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Burial Date: 24 Jul 1939
Burial Place: Moweaqua, Shelby, Ill.
Cemetery Name: IOOF
Death Age: 44
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Female
Residence: Moweaqua Twp, Shelby, Illinois
Father Name: James Portwood
Father Birth Place:Kansas
Mother Name: Ida Price
Mother Birth Place: West York, Illinois
Spouse Name: Dale Boyer
FHL Film Number:1819835.

Ruth Louise Sailsbery was born on 6 October 1907 in Patoka, Marion Co., Illinois, USA. She and Harley Garner Boyer were married on 27 December 1928. She died on 17 January 2007, at age 99, in Mendon, Cache Co., Utah, USA.

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Ruth Louise Sailsbery (Franklin Elie, Franklin Pierce, Elias Salisbery) was born October 06, 1907 in Patoka, Illinois. She married (1) Harley Garner Boyer December 27, 1928. She married (2) O. Wendell Wantling October 04, 1951 in 1st. Methodist Church, Springfield, Illinois. He was born February 12, 1898, and died February 15, 1971.
Child of Ruth Sailsbery and Harley Boyer is:
i. Franklin Garner Boyer, b. November 16, 1932
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Social Security Death Index
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Name: R.L. Wantling
Last Residence: 84325 Mendon, Cache, Utah
Born: 6 Oct 1907
Died: 17 Jan 2007
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)

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Ruth Louise Sailsbery Wantling
October 6, 1907 - January 17, 2007
Obituary for Ruth Louise Sailsbery Wantling

Ruth Louise Wantling, 99, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at the Terrace Grove Assisted Living Center. She was born October 6, 1907 to Franklin E. Sailsbery and Mary Durbin Sailsbery in Patoka, IL. She graduated in 1926 from Stonington High School, was Senior Class Treasurer and taught country school for several years until her marriage.

Louise was a member of Sharon United Methodist Church, Decatur, Illinois. She was a Republican election judge in Harristown Precinct #2, for over 25 years and a member and volunteer of the Salvation Army Home League and Sharon Community Club. Louise was employed by South Shores Drug Store as a postal clerk and apprentice pharmacist. She was a past matron of Stonington OES #938 and a 50 year member. She was a 50 year member of The White Shrine of Jerusalem #53, Decatur. She loved crafts and spent many hours crocheting, knitting, and tatting. She also loved reading and poems.

She married Harley Boyer and Wendell Wantling, who both preceded her in death. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, and her son, Franklin G. Boyer.

She is survived by two grandchildren, Lorna Jones, Shoreview, MN and Scott (Marla) Boyer of Petersboro, UT; and three great grandchildren, Ashley, Holly, and Trevor Jones of Park Rapids, MN.

Services to be held in Stonington, IL at a later date. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net.

Eleanor Catherine Scroggs was born on 9 July 1919 in Missouri. She died in March 1965, at age 45, in Douglas, Cochise, Arizona.

Thelma Staples was born on 26 October 1915 in Illinois. She and Paul A. Mack were married between 1930 and 1933. She died in March 1980, at age 64, in Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, USA.

1930 United States Federal Census
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Name: Thelma I. Staples
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1916
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: White
Home in 1930: Stonington, Christian, Illinois
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Arthur N. Staples
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Name: Myrtle M. Staples
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Household Members: Name / Age
Arthur N. Staples / 53
Myrtle M. Staples / 51
Keith E. Staples / 20
Virgil W. Staples / 17
Thelma I. Staples / 14
Paul Staples / 7
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Social Security Death Index
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Name: Thelma Mack
SSN: 322-28-2736
Born: 26 Oct 1915
Last Benefit: 61571 Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States of America
Died: Mar 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1951.)

Clarence Stoddard was born on 22 April 1913. He and Anna Louisa Hudson were married on 3 September 1942. He died in February 1978, at age 64.

Lucille Taylor was born on 13 August 1916 in Marion, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA. She and Sylvester Joshua (Ted) Hudson were married on 31 December 1934. She died on 17 October 1999, at age 83, in Harristown, Macon Co., Illinois, USA. She was buried in Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown, Macon, Illinois.

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Lucille Taylor Hudson
Birth: Aug. 13, 1916, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA *
* [referring to her obit, place of birth was Marion, Kentucky]
Death: Oct. 17, 1999, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Parents:
Marshall Mitchell Taylor (1879 - 1943)
Minnie Madge Turner Taylor (1880 - 1933)
Spouse:
Sylvester Hudson (1911 - 1978)
Children:
Oliver Marshall Hudson (1939 - 2011)
Burial: Macon County Memorial Park, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Find A Grave Memorial # 37844904

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[taken from an actual newspaper clipping - paper and date that it ran not known]
Obituary
HUDSON
DECATUR - Lucille Hudson, 83, of Decatur died Sunday (Oct. 17, 1999) in McKinley Court Nursing Home.

Private graveside service will be in Macon County Memorial Park. Arrangements by Graceland / Fairlawn Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hudson was born on Aug. 13, 1916, in Marion, Ky., daughter of Marshall and Minnie Turner Taylor. She married Sylvester J. Hudson on Dec. 31, 1934. He preceded her in death.

Surviving are her daughter, Beverly Kinney and husband James of Decatur; sons, Dwight Hudson and wife Nancy of Decatur; Oliver Hudson and wife Sandra of Brownstown, Ind.; Harold Hudson and wife Karen of Decatur; sister, Dorothy Seaton; eight grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren; two great-step-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; special niece, Mary Nelson, and many other nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister and eight brothers.