Oakford Centennial Book Staff Page 1 THE STAFF Editor..............................Hallie M. Hamblin Assistant Editor...............LaNora Boeker Historian..........................Wm. Eugene Boeker Researchers.....................Heloise Garber, Beatrice Kendall, Helen Lounsberry, Karen Gebhards SPECIAL THANKS .... to Wm. Eugene Boeker whose great interest in Oakford history resulted in a valuable collection of notes and pictures. ------ to Joseph Blair, minister and artist, who enabled us to depict an early Oakford no camera recorded. ...... to Walter Winkleman for his photography of present day Oakford. .... to Kerry Whitehead, typist. ..... to all who helped in any way. CIVILIZATION has been at work in our area for one hundred and fifty years now. During this time, many were born, strived and died. It has fallen on us to set down a record to preserve Oakford's history, to honor the memory of our pioneers and to mark the beginning of another one hundred years. We present to you and posterity, along with our apologies for any errors or omissions, Oakford's story -- THEY LEFT THEIR MARK. Next Index Copyright © 2007 Jeanie Lowe & contributors All rights reserved Illinois Ancestors Home