Jan, I'm going into Streator tomorrow, I'll try to stop by the Phillips Cemetery and take a picture for you, if I can locate the graves. Annette Liptak Livingston County Coordinator ILGenWeb jcbuker wrote: > Thank you so much Joanie. I would certainly appreciate it if you > could get the obituary for me. I will be happy to pay any costs > involved. This has been a large brickwall for me. > > Jan Buker > 1361 Chapman Rd. > Castle Rock, WA 98611 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <bluejay201@mchsi.com> > To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:36 AM > Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Livingston County - Penny-Westfall > > >> >> There is an obituary for her in the Streator Free Press Daily >> She was buried from Wagner's funeral home in Streator >> Six? Children and from somewhere?? the notation that her husband died in >> Kansas. Since I don't have her obituaries, his death might have been >> listed on >> the page from Wagner's book. The Guild in Ottawa has the funeral >> home book. >> I should be able to get an obituary, but I can't walk around Phillips >> to find >> the grave, sorry. >> Joanie >> -- >> Streatorland Historical Society >> 306 South Vermillion Street >> Streator, Illinois 61364 >> Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 >> Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. >> >> >>> I am searching for an obituary for Catherine Westfall Penny, b. 17 >>> Jan 1830, >>> prob Miami Co. Ohio, d. 12 Jun 1902, Cornell, Illinois. She is >>> buried in >>> Phillips Cemetery. I would appreciate any information regarding >>> Catherine and >>> will reimburse costs. I would love a picture of her tombstone if >>> this is >>> possible. I would also like to find her husband, John and if he is >>> buried >>> there. He was b. 12 Oct 1818 in Kentucky, d. 8 Feb. 1889 according >>> to a letter >>> I have, however I found him on a 1910 Census in Streator, Illinois. >>> John is on >>> the Illinois Death Index but Catherine is not. John and Catherine were >>> step-brother and step-sister when they married in Miami Co., Ohio. >>> They moved >>> to Warren Co., Illinois between 1845 and 1848, then on to Streator, >>> Illinois. >>> It is said they lived in Osborne, Kansas for a time but I haven't >>> been able to >>> verify this. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Janice Buker >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >