U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
ROESCH, Dorothy Mae Fuoss
Dorothy Roesch, 73, of Gibson City died at 3:35 a.m. Friday 3-24-2000 at Gibson Area Hospital Annex in Gibson City. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor, the Rev. Robert Ferro officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 - 7 p.m. today at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor; or Gibson Area Hospital. She was born 10-12-1926 at Thawville, Artesia Twp, a daughter of George Michael and Louise Emaline Hethke Fuoss. She married
Merle John Roesch on 1-9-1949 in Thawville. He died 8-11-1984. Survivors include three sons, Rickie Lee (Rhonda) Roesch, Fisher; Terry Leroy (Debra) Roesch, Gibson City; and Michael Lynn (Sherrie) Roesch of Texas; one daughter, Linda Louise (Ron) Gregory, McLeansboro; her mother-in-law, Louise Suntken Roesch, Normal; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Dennis Roesch, four brothers, Franklin Fuoss, Leroy Fuoss, Wilfred Fuoss and Elmer Fuoss; and two sisters, Florence Hack and Frances Weerts. Mrs. Roesch graduated from Roberts Twp. High School, Roberts, 5-17-1945. Her marriage was at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Thawville, the Rev. Harold G. Molzan officiating. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor.
ROENNA, Claus Detlaf
Claus D. Roenna, found hung in Cobshed, 6 miles S.E. of Anchor.
Born 6-7-1854 in Germany. In this country 22 years. Had been in poor health for a year. Survivor, wife, Herman 19; Fred 17; Willie 11; Albert 7 Alma 14; Claudina 13; Anna 9; Emma 4. Buried German Lutheran cemetery. born 6-7-1854 died: 1-15-1904 buried: St. John's Lutheran cemetery, rural Anchor.
SAATHOFF, Harm J. "Bob"
Harm J. Saathoff, 73, of Gibson City, died at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday 1-22-2003 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City, the Rev. Melvin Blobaum officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Church cemetery, Anchor. Visitation will be from 1 - 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to WGNN Great News Radio. Mr. Saathoff was born 3-17-1929 in Champaign County, a son of Onnie and Grace Fruhling Saathoff. He married
Clarine Frerichs 2-20-1919 at Royal. She survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Rhonda (Bill) Harlow, Miami, Fla.; Nancy Bertram, Portland, Ore.; and Robin (Don) Brokate, Mahomet; two grandchildren; one sister, Dorothea Grider, Champaign; and one step-brother, Jim Shry, NY. His parents, one brother, one sister, one step-sister and a son-in-law preceded him in death. Mr. Saathoff farmed near Fithian and moved to rural Gibson City in 1955. He retired in 1991 and moved into Gibson City. He was a grain farmer and an innovator and conservationist. He received the Progressive Farming Award in 1959. He was a member of the advisory committee of PCA,; chairman of Farm Home Adm on the county board level; and vice-chairman of the Ford County Service Co. Board; and member of the Health Improvement Association. Mr. Saathoff was a member of the Ford County Sheriffs Department for many years and past president of St. John's Lutheran Church Board in Anchor. Mr. Saathoff was also a member of the Administrative Board of the United Methodist Church and served as vice-president of the church council.
SAATHOFF, Onnie H.
Onnie H. Saathoff, 85, died at 11 a.m. 8-10-1989 at his home in rural Rantoul. A burial service will be at 2 p.m. today at St. John's Lutheran Church cemetery, rural Anchor. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. today at Rantoul American Lutheran Church, the Reverend William Shields officiating. The family will receive friends in the church parish hall after the service. Lux Memorial Chapel, Rantoul, is in charge of arrangements. He was born 8-10-1904 in Champaign County, a son of Harm and Anna Rocker Saathoff. He married
Grace Fruhling on 9-7-1927 in Royal. She died in 1967. He married
Ila Sry in July 1971. She died in 1982. Survivors include two sons, Harm "Bob" Saathoff of Gibson City, and John, Toledo; one daughter, Dorothea Grider, Champaign; a step-son, James Sry, West Union NJ; a step-daughter, Phyllis Herman, Lisle; three brothers, John, Danville; Henry, Champaign; and Bill, Glendale, AZ; 10 grandchildren; 12 great- grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and one step-great-grandchild. A sister, brother and infant daughter preceded him in death. Mr. Saathoff farmed in the Royal and Flatville area for many years. He moved to Gibson City in 1958 and had been a Rantoul resident since 1971. He was a member of Rantoul American Lutheran Church and the Champaign County Farm Bureau.
SCHEETS, Harold E.
Pantagraph, Jan. 7, 1992, Bloomington, IL
The funeral of Harold E. Scheets, 64, a retired police sergeant of Saybrook, formerly of Bloomington, will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, Bloomington. The Rev. Bert L. Lancaster will officiate. Burial will be in Park Hill cemetery, Bloomington where military rites will be accorded. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Scheets died at 12:40 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 5, 1992) at his home. He had been under a doctor's care. He was born NOv. 30, 1927 in Bloomington, a son of Nathan and Rowena (Phillips) Scheets. He married
Patricia Wiser Oct. 2, 1949 in Bloomington. She died April 24, 1977. Surviving are two daughters, Jeanne Kashner, Danvers, and Jane Barling, 501 W. Miller St., Bloomington; one son, Brian, McLean; nine grandchildren; and a friend, Jean Boss, with whom he lived in Saybrook. He was preceded in death by his parents. Mr. Scheets served in the Navy from 1945 - 1947 aboard the USS Hornet. He joined the Bloomington Police Department as a patrolman in May 1951 and was promoted to sergeant in October 1963. He received the honorable mention award in 1964 for service and devotion to duty for solving more than 100 cases of vandalism, burglary and theft. He retired May 1, 1973. He also was self-employed as a painting contractor. Mr. Scheets was a member of American Legion, David Humphrey Daniel Post 427 at Saybrook; past president of Police Benevolent and Protective Association Unit 21 of Bloomington and was a member of Illinois State Police Association. He was a past member of American Legion Louis E. Davis Post 56, Bloomington. Memorial may be made to Bloomington Police Benevolent and Protective Association or Eastern McLean County Ambulance Association.
WREN, Esther (Stroh)
Esther Augusta Emily Stroh Wren died 12-21-1991. A native of Anchor she was the daughter of Carl and Martha L. Stubbe Stroh. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas. Services and interment were private in Chicago.
WRIGHT, John Franklin
The Colfax Press, June 12, 1924 edition, Colfax, Illinois
John Franklin Wright of Lexington died suddenly Wednesday morning of last week at 8 o'clock. He was riding the grader on the road near Meadows when death, due to heart failure, came. John Franklin Wright, son of John and Esther Wright, was born June 2, 1856, east of Lexington. With the exception of a few years spent in Hutchinson, Kansas he had made his home near Lexington all his life. In 1877 he was married
to Margaret Wood of Colfax who with two children, Mrs. Russell Taylor and Bert Wright preceded him in death. The surviving children are: Mrs. Grace Robinson and Charles W. Wright both of Lexington. The funeral services were held from the home of his son, Charles W. Wright Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Guy Jordan pastor of the United Brethren church in charge. The misses Flossie and Fern Stamm sang "Abide With Me" and also "Rock of Ages." Miss Helen Whiteman presided at the piano. The pallbearers were Phillip Sterner, Ira Adams, William Barnard, Marion Hutson, Joseph Leach and Maurice Jones. Interment was in the Selma cemetery. Those from away attending the funeral were: Isaac Wood of Herscher; Mr. and Mrs. A. Wood; Mrs. William Scholl and Clyde and Guy Taylor of Colfax; Mrs. Robert Irwin, Mrs. Ben Anderson and Holmes Ferri of Bloomington; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Froelich of Gridley.
YOUCK, Aaron Andrew
Aaron Andrew Youck, age 18 of Pana, died Thursday 2-8-1996 at 4:26 p.m. at the Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital in Decorah, Iowa. Mr. Youck was a student at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa where he was majoring in Biology with plans to go into wildlife management. Funeral services were Monday at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pana with the Reverend Dean Stolz officiating. A committal service was at 3 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran cemetery, near Anchor. Mr. Youck was born 6-7-1977 in Springfield. He is survived by his father and step-mother, Dr. Stephen A. and Debra Youck of Pana and his mother and step-father, Kathy Underwood Cowie and Bill Cowie of Peoria. Other survivors include a sister, Amanda Youck at home in Pana and a step-sister, Stephanie; his grandparents, Mrs. Alexander Youck of Gibson City and Mr. and Mrs. Harold (Aileen) Underwood of Gibson City. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, the Rev. Alexander Youck and his step-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Crouch and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Presnell. Mr. Youck was a 1995 graduate of Pana High School. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pana.
YOUCK, Rev. Alexander
The funeral of the Rev. Alexander Youck, 70, of Gibson City, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. John's Lutheran Church, rural Anchor. The Rev. Melvin Blobaum, the Rev. Karl Kessler, the Rev. R.G. Mogel and the Rev. Paul Adix will officiate; burial will be in the church cemetery. Rev. Youck, a retired Lutheran pastor, died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday 8-31-1986 at Gibson Community Hospital, Gibson City. He was born 12-1-1915 at Duval, Saskatchewan, Canada, a son of Gottfried and Malia Martin Youck. He married
Faith Wilma Hinz on 1-28-1945 in Dubuque, Iowa. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, David Youck, Onarga, and R. Stephen Youck, Pana; one brother, Wilfred Youck, Regina, Saskatchewan; nine sisters, Katherine Erhardt, Molly Youck, and Dolly Barker, all of Niagara Falls, Ontario; Emma Bauer and Mary Dent, both of Regina, Saskatchewan; Elsie Mossman, Edmonton, Alberta; Bertha Erhardt and Esther Robbins, both of Vancouver, British Columbia; and Hilda Vetter Lincoln, Neb.; and two grandchildren. Rev. Youck graduated from Duval High School in 1932; Luther College, Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1940; Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, 1942; and Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa in 1945. He was ordained 1-28-1945 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Dubuque. He first served at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Hanover, and Trinity Lutheran Church, Elizabeth, a yoked parish in northwestern Illinois, from 1945 -1955. From 1955 to 1981 he served at St. John's Lutheran Church, near Anchor. When he was honored in May 1980 on the 25th anniversary of his moving to Anchor, he had never missed a Sunday in the pulpit. Even a broken leg in 1963 didn't keep him from serving his church. After his retirement, Rev. Youck continued to serve as interim pastor at several east central Illinois churches. He was a member of the American Lutheran Church in Gibson City.
YOUCK, Faith W.
Faith W. Youck, 79, of Gibson City died at 9:40 a.m. Sunday 6-6-1999 at Heartland Healthcare Center, Paxton. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church, rural Anchor; the Rev. Robert Ferro officiating; burial will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church cemetery Association. Mrs. Youck was born 8-9-1919 at Dubuque, Iowa, a daughter of Ernest William and Emma (Gere) Hinz. She married
the Rev. Alexander Youck on 1-28-1945 at Dubuque, Iowa. He died 8-31-1986. Surviving are two sons, David (Paulette) Youck, Onarga and Dr. Stephen (Debra) Youck, Pana; and one sister, Hope Adix, Chicago. Also surviving are two grandchildren, Amanda and Matthew; five step-grand- children; and three step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Joy Wade; and one grandson, Aaron. Mrs. Youck lived in Hanover from 1945 - May 1955, moved to Anchor until October 1981, and then retired to Gibson City. She was partners with her husband in the Gospel for 41 years. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor.
