Hi Jean! I found the following information about Techny at http://www.svd.org/svdus.html : "The Society of the Divine Word (SVD) was founded in Steyl, Holland in 1875 by Blessed Arnold Janssen, a German diocesan priest. Janssen's dream was to create a missionary training center and, within four years, the first Divine Word Missionaries were sent to China. Twenty years later, Janssen dispatched Brother Wendelin Meyer, SVD to the United States. He arrived in Hoboken, NJ in 1895. Within a year, more Divine Word Missionaries were sent to the United States. They eventually settled about 35 miles north of Chicago, in what is now known as Techny, Illinois. In 1909, encouraged by successful recruiting efforts, the Society opened St. Mary's Mission Seminary at Techny, the first seminary established in the U.S. primarily to train men for the foreign missions. In 1923, the SVDs opened St. Augustine Seminary in Bay St. Louis, MS to provide African American men with the opportunity to become priests and brothers. SVDs minister among African Americans in the U.S. and in the Caribbean in 48 parishes. The Society also ministers among Vietnamese who are part of our new immigrant Church and among Hispanics who comprise the most rapidly growing Catholic population in the U.S." --- end of quote --- I would strongly suspect that the card was printed by SVD's Mission Press in Techny and ordered through the mortuary in Kansas. Hope this answers all of your Techny questions. Scott Heider Kansas City, MO (formerly of Streator, IL) P.S. BTW, my maternal grandmother's maiden name is Weber. She was born in 1911 near Lostant, which is approx 12 miles south of Peru. Quite a coincidence, eh? >From: JB4011@aol.com >Reply-To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com >To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ILLASALL-L] TECHNY, ILLINOIS >Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 21:39:25 EDT > >Hello > >I hope someone on this list can help me. I have a death card with picture >of >my gg Grandmother. It has the following: MISSION PRESS S.V. D., TECHNY, >ILL. >Where is this town located? Are they still in business? My gg Grandmother >was married in Peru and moved to Kansas and died there in 1921. Why would >this company print a card such as this or was it ordered through the >mortuary >in Ks. > >Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you. > >Jean Weber >Nebraska _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com