ABSTRACT: ELIZABETH M. "Sis" ESSEX of Oquawka , Ill. , died at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 1996 at Community Memorial Hospital in Monmouth , Ill. Born May 26, 1927 , in Gladstone , Ill. , her parents were WALDO and HELEN PERHBRIDGE CURTIS. She married ALLEN ESSEX on June 7, 1947 , Oquawka. He died Feb. 24, 1988 . Mrs Essex was raised in the home of VIRGIL and CATHERINE RANSDELL . She attended Gladstone schools; later worked in the Henderson County Clerk's office in Oquawka, as a lab technician at Burlington Hospital , Monmouth Hospital and Community Memorial Hospital 30 years. She retired in 1987. She was a member of the Society of American Medical Technologists and Sleepy Eye Pottery Club, and enjoyed collecting antiques. Survivors include one daughter, JACKIE WISKIRCHEN , Oquawka , Ill. , two grandchildren; one sister, EMMA JEAN SEVERSON of Cedar Rapids ; one brother, BOYD CURTIS of Galesburg , Ill. ; one great-aunt and one cousin. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one brother and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Visitation will be today at Turnbull Funeral Home Oquawka, Ill. , where the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Turnbull Funeral Home, with Rev. John T. Irwin officiating, and burial will be in Oquawka Cemetery . A memorial has been established.

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