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m. CENTRAL ILLINOIS DEATHS MORTON -(PNS)- Arthur F. Smith. 58, of R. R.

5, East Peoria, died at Methodist Hospital at Peoria at 2:15 a. m. Tuesday. He had been in failing health the past two years. Aug.

4, 1945. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Homer, Morton; a son. Rallin Davidson, Davenport, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Dykes, Mrs.

Howard Todd, Mrs. Sarah Baker, Somerset; four grandchil. dren and a great grandchild. Two brothers and five sisters preceded her in death. Arthur F.

Smith was married to John Davidson Mrs. June 23, 1902, at Somerset, He died Floy Werner His funeral will be at 2 p. Friday at the Ludwig Mortuary, with the Rev, Lawrence Riggenbach, pastor of the Hamilton Street Apostolic Christian Church at Peoria officiating. Visitation will begin at 4 p. m.

Thursday at the mortuary. He was born in Groten, April 28, 1900, a son of David and Laura Justice Smith. He married Catherine Lanpher June 10, 1938, at Moline. Surviving are his wife; seven sons, David, Ronald, Wayne, Eugene, Marvin, Edward, Thomas, seven daughters, Joan, Frieda, Kathyleen, Linda, Diana, Patricia, Mrs. Shirley Stewart, all of the R.

R. 5 address; two brothers, Chester, Schuyler, Raymond Smith, Hawaii; and a sister, Mrs. Rex Green, Peoria. A brother and a sister preceded him in death. Mrs.

Davidson MORTON -(PNS)- Mrs. Canzada Francis Davidson, 78, of 315 N. Illinois formerly of Bloomington, died at 2:20 p. m. Tuesday at the Morton Nursing Home.

She had been in failing health five years. Her funeral will be at 10 a. m. Thursday at the Ludwig Mortuary, with the Rev. D.

J. Gretzinger officiating. Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery at Bloomington. Visitation will begin at the mortuary from 6 to 9 p. m.

Wednesday. She was born in Somerset, Nov. 25, 1880, a daughter of James and Lydia Farmer Stewart. She A GLAMOROUS Mink Stole OF THESE BEAUTIFUL 10 STOLES AWAY TO BE FREE! GIVEN IN JANNEY BEST PAINT AREA NOTHING PLUS CONSOLATION PRIZES OF TO BUY! 50 COME IN Sunbeam AND ELECTRIC FRY-PANS REGISTER list Manufacturer's NOW! price, $23.95) LAST DAY TO DURING CONTESTANTS 21, MARCH REGISTER MUST BE 18 1959 JANNEY BEST YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER Paint Glamorama 5 PRICE SALE! JANNEY GLAMORIZE YOUR HOME! Now during Janney Best's Glamorama sale you can BEST give your home new beauty and save money doing it. Buy one gallon of Janney Best interior paint- -get the second gallon at price! Janney Best Paints are finest quality, and carry the Good Housekeeping Seal.

FINE BUY GALLON GALLON QUALITY CAN White $589 CAN White $295 PAINTS FIRST 2ND THIS PRICE QUART White- $198 PRICE White QUART 994 Gnaranteed by Good Housekeeping COLORS SLIGHTLY HIGHER 1 Otto Krause Dies at 86; Mixed Concrete, Poetry By TOM GUMBRELL. A good old man died Wednesday, Otto K. 'Krause, whose strong German hands turned concrete and poetry, succumbed to a heart ailment at 86. He came to Bloomington in 1890 with 11 "pfennigs" in his pocket. He went to work in a coal mine on West Washington Street.

A half century later; after turnIng, to concrete work, Mr. Krause built "half the sidewalks in Bloomington." His name is etched In many of them. SUBMITS POEM Three years ago, Otto came up to the Pantagraph with a poem in his pocket. "I've been writing a poem for Easter since I was a school boy in Germany," the grizzled old cement worker explained. One of the stanzas went like this: doors of hell are broken down and Satan lost his power and crown.

The doors of Heav. en are open again, so we lost sinners can enter in." OLD MAN Otto Krause Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Herman Etzold officiating. Burlal will be in Bloomington City Cemetery, OLDEST COUPLE Mr. and Mrs.

Krause were the oldest couple on the Trinity church roster. They married in Bloomington July 11, 1895. Mrs. Krause, who survives, was the former Ernestine Klink. She is 84.

Otto K. Krause was born in Pomerania, Germany, Feb. 11, 1873. His parents were Mr. and Mrs.

Karl Krause. Otto was 16 when he came to the United States. He came to' Mr. Krause died at 2:45 a. m.

at St. Joseph's Hospital. He had been ill several months. The family residence is at 1310 S. Bunn St.

He was taken to the FlinspachKurth Memorial Home, where friends may call after 10 a. m. Thursday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m.

Friday in the Trinity WIN Bloomington because an uncle was here. He was a man of many in- terests, loving flowers as much as poetry, engaging in various hobbies, fishing and gardening, after retiring from a 42 year car reer as a concrete contractor. One of his most interesting collections included two rusty relies from the Great Chatsworth Train Wreck of 1887. Last August Mr. Krause showed the relies to a Pantagraph photographer.

They're a spittoon and an iron coupling link from the crash, one of the nation's five worst, that took 87 lives. SURVIVORS Surviving Mr. Krause besides his wife two sons, Otto Krause E. Market are. and Arthur Krause, 1405 S.

Low two daughters, Mrs. Selma Garbe, 1111 S. Madison and Mrs. Ray Groth, 1514 S. Wilson and six grandchildren.

Mr. Krause served as a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church Board, the Board for Christian Education and the Benevolent Committee. Many people knew K. Krause. One of them formerly rented a house from Mr.

Krause. Apprised of Otto's death day, he told this story: "Ten years ago when we had a baby, my wife and I had a call from Otto. He said he was lowering the rent $5 because he knew we needed more money. A grand old FINE QUALITY a Saving! PAINT TWIN CITY HARDWARE Most Complete and Convenient Friday 8 A. M.

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CLINTON -(PNS)- Mrs. Floy Werner, 73, formerly of Carmen, died at 12:30 a. Tuesday at Pine Crest Nursing Home. She was taken to the Herington Funeral Home and then to the Mellor Funeral Home at Stronghurst, for funeral and burial. She was born May 4, 1885, in Louisiana, the daughter of Golden and Annie Steele Baxter.

Her husband, Dr. August Werner, preceded her in 1 death. There are no survivors. Mrs. Rosa Hawks MASON CITY -(PNS)- Mrs.

Rosa Hawks, 88, a resident of the Christian Care Nursing Home, died at 7 a. m. Tuesday. Her funeral will be at 2 p. m.

Thursday at the Henderson nings Funeral Home, with the Rev. L. L. Newell officiating. Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery, She was born Sept.

10, 1870 in Mason County, a daughter of William and Mary Roll Peterson. She was married to William Hawks in 1893. He died in 1944. Surviving are two sons, Wayne, Hutchinson, Carmi, Mason City; a daughter, Mrs. DeCora Hindahl, Mason City; sister, Mrs.

Ollie Moslander, a brother, Earl Peterson, Rock Island; seven grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren. She was a member of the Mason City Baptist Church. Roy L. White FISHER -(PNS)- The funeral of Roy L. White, 69, of Champaign, formerly of Fisher, who died Sunday at Champaign will be at 10 a.

m. Thursday at the Fisher Church of Christ, with the Rev. George Roberts officiating. Burial will be in Willowbrook Cemetery. He was born Oct.

2, 1889, at Homer, a son of Samuel and Maude Hill White. Surviving are three sons, Paul, Mattoon; Arthur, Champaign; Ralph, with the Air Force in Casablanca; eight daughters; Mrs. D. B. Lindsely, Mrs.

Ralph Lewis, Champaign; Mrs. Kenneth Cunningham, Mrs. H. A. Kersey, Mrs.

Dale Williams, Fisher; Mrs. Richard Poskett, Rantoul; Mrs. Robert Brainard, Urbana; Mrs. Carl Brocksmith, Paxton; 12 grandchildren; two brothers, Fern, Glen, Champaign; three sisters, Mrs. Mabel Peterson, Champaign; Mrs.

L. C. McJilton, Florida; Mrs. Daisy Pierce, California, Two sons preceded him in death. Pantagraph, Bloomington, March 4, 1959.

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Brown LE ROY (PNS) Noel W. Brown, 58, of Peoria, formerly of Le Roy died at 1:45 p. m. Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital at Peoria.

He had been hospitalized about a week and in ill health for some time. His funeral will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Stensel Funeral Home, with the Rev. Harry Evans officiating.

Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, He was born Sept. 24, 1900 at Clinton, a son of Frank and Barbara Holland Brown. He a married Mabel Holland, Nov. 7, 1931. She died seven years ago.

Surviving are two sons, Lerry, Camp LaJeune, N. Donald, Chicago; two daughters, Miss Sharlene and Miss Nola Rae, both of Peoria; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown, Le Roy; two sisters, Mrs. David Rutledge, Mrs.

Max Myers, Muncie, two brothers, Claude, Detroit, and James, Anaheim, Calif. He was a cabinet maker. Mrs. E. Phillips PONTIAC -(PNS)- Mrs.

Elizabeth Phillips, 82, of Hicksville, Ohio, a former Pike Township resident died Monday, according to word received by her brotherin-law, R. W. E. Phillips of Pontiac. Her funeral was to be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday at Hicksville, Ohio. She was born May 9, 1876, in Pike Township, a daughter of John and Hannah Capes Crabb. She attended Pike Township schools and on Jan. 2, 1895 she was married to Lucius C. Phillips.

He preceded her in death. Surviving is a son, Shelby Washington, D. a sister, Mrs. Dora Cornwall, Hammond, pa grandson and a great grandson. Several nieces and nephews live in the Pontiac area.

A son, three sisters and two brothers preceded her in death. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Ottavio Valli PEKIN -(PNS)- Ottavio Valli, 61, of 237 N. Thornerest, Creve Coeur, died at 10:15 a. m.

Tuesday at Pekin Public Hospital. He had been a patient two months. His funeral will be at 8:30 a. m. Thursday at Abts Mortuary and a at 9 a.

m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. The Rosary will 1 be said at 8 p. m.

Wednesday at the funeral home. He was born March 6, 1898, at Sondernatto, Italy, a son of Dominick and Catherine Valli. He came to the United States and Pekin in 1920. He married Mary Starcevich, Oct. 6, 1934 at Pekin.

Surviving are his wife; two nieces and two nephews. Five brothers preceded him in death. Mrs. Helen Grieves PONTIAC -(PNS) Mrs. Helen Tanquary Grieves of Tuscon, formerly of Pontiac, died Feb.

25, according to word received at Pontiac. Her funeral was Feb. 27 in Tucson. She was born at Pontiac, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Tanquary. She graduated from Pontiac schools and Northwestern University. She was married to Harry H. Grieves of Lacon. He survives.

Mrs. Rosanna Hurst PEKIN -(PNS)- Mrs. Rosanna Hurst of R. R. 3, Peoria, wife of Henry Hurst, died at 12:20 p.

m. Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital at Peoria. She was brought to the Abts Mortuary. Arrangements are incomplete.

Emil Stahl GRIDLEY Emil Stahl, 87, of Gridley died at 8:20 a. m. Wednesday at Mennonite Hospital in Bloomington. He was taken to the Froelich Funeral Home in Gridley. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

of Dinner Tickets Available Reservations for Normal's 13th Chamber of Commerce dinner Monday will be accepted up until 5 p. m. Thursday, E. B. (Shorty) Allan, Chamber president, announced Wednesday.

A total of 500 tickets will be available for the dinner meeting of which 375 have been sold. Heber Ladner, secretary of state of the State of Mississippi, will speak at the 6:30 p. m. dinner at ISNU's Student Union. Tickets may be purchased from members of the Normal Chamber or at the Chamber of Commerce office, 119 North St.

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