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From an undated, untitled Woodford County, Illinois
newspaper clipping: Military Honors for F.J. Vissering - Immense Gathering Pays Last Tribute to World War Veteran, Sunday - Services are Held at St Paul's - Minonk Post No. 142, American Legion, Accords Deceased Comrade Elaborate Military Honors Whether or not the Folkert J. Vissering funeral Sunday afternoon was the largest ever held in Minonk matters nothing. But it was a large one and friends were present who came from long distances. An hour before the services at St Paul's Evangelical church, the church was crowded to the last seat, excepting that portion held in reserve for the relatives. In the church yard, on the walks and in the street were hundreds of people and the entire downtown district was a mass of people and cars. The military aspect lent certain color to the occasion but, after all, accentuated the sadness. Beautiful throughout was the tribute on the part of the World war veterans to their deceased comrade and as a shadowy background Minonk's Civil war veterans, diminished to small number but with luster never dying, attended in a body. Friends were present from all of the neighboring communities and from places in all sections of the state. The friendship felt for "Dutch" Vissering during his life seemed to be fitfully expressed in this wonderful Sunday afternoon tribute to the memory of him. There was no artificial atmosphere and the hundreds and hundreds came to pay their personal respects to a man whom they prized highly. And all seemed to feel that "Dutch" Vissering received no honors at his death that he had not in life made deserving for him. Rev. Paul Buchmueller conducted short services at the home at 1:30, after which the impressive cortege wended its way to St Paul's church. Due to the great throng, it required some time before services at the church could begin. Rev. Buchmueller gave an eloquent talk and the elegiac music harmonized with the spirit which prevailed. Undoubtedly more than 1,000 people viewed the remains at the close of the services. The floral offerings were marvelous in their beauty and thirty American legion members could not carry them all. These flowers were from organizations, from relatives, from friends. The pathway that led to the grave in Minonk cemetery was a spectacle not soon to be forgotten. It really was a continuous process from town to cemetery. In the lead were the American Legion color bearers, John Meierhofer, commander of Minonk Post, and George Ewing, with Timothy Ryan and John Gregorich as color guards. Then came the Blue Devils American Legion Band of the Louis E. Davis Post of Bloomington, with music of plaintive note, followed by uniformed "buddies" and marching members of the Masonic lodge and of the Minonk Volunteer Fire company, not in uniform. The string of cars seemed endless and when "taps" was sounded at the cemetery the note of sadness, sweet and inspiring, thrilled several thousand hearts. At the grave, Rev. Buchmueller held brief services after which the American Legion took charge. Rev. Rezner of Wenona, paid praise to the comrade passed away, a Wenona firing squad fired the parting salutes and then Clarence Tuessieng of El Paso, sounded taps, while from the lips of a bugler of the band, in the distance, came the echoing notes of farewell to "Dutch". Members of the American Legion of Minonk Post No. 142 acted as pallbearers, they being George Defries, Jr., Michael Goliwas, Cloyd Phillips, E.H. Meierhofer, Dr. A.W. Kettelhut, Fred Wakeland, Victor Davison and Ehme Joosten. Relatives from a distance present for the funeral were William Stoneman, Ernest Stoneman, Mrs. Bertha Spaniol, Mrs. Louis Fisher and Mrs. Fred Natzke and daughter, Miss Mae Natzke, all of Chicago, and John and Andrew Gerner, of Lowell, Ind. Other relatives and countless friends came from Eureka, Flanagan, Wenona, Rutland, Long Point, Dana, El Paso, Benson, Kankakee, Chicago, Bloomington, Toluca, Washburn, Peoria, La Salle and many other places. Date of death: 1926
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From the Minonk News-Dispatch dated
May 11, 1950 CHAS. VOLK, 73, DIES: FUNERAL HERE TODAY Resident of Minonk thirty-six years Click on the picture for a larger
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Cindy's note: the birth year in the obituary is wrong. Should be
Nov. 15, 1870. Date of death was May 7, 1950 |
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From the archives of the Minonk News
Dispatch 2/17/1921
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Cindy's note: Her birth date is 4/22/1874 and date of death is
2/13/1921. Her given name is Theresia but all the records I have
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From an untitled, undated newspaper clipping: BENSON - Edna Von Behren, 90, of Benson, died 6:29 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 9, 2008) at Eureka Community Hospital. She was born on March 25, 1918, in Benson, a daughter of Louis and Ella Wragge Tjaden. She married William H.F. Von Behren on June 20, 1946, in Benson. He died Oct. 21, 1995. Survivors include two daughters, Diana Cremer, Minonk, and Donna (Skip) Brooks, Benson; one son, Daryl K. Von Behren, Kansas City, Mo.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her twin brother, Ernie; two brothers; and three sisters. Edna was a nurses' aide at the Roanoke nursing home. She was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Benson, where she was active in Sunday school and sang in the choir. She also enjoyed quilting at church. Edna loved gardening and flowers. She enjoyed feeding birds and watching wildlife. She was a devoted mother and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
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From an untitled, undated newspaper clipping: Mrs. Von Behren Funeral - Services Held on Saturday Afternoon - Burial at Minonk Cemetery Private funeral services for the late Mrs. F. W. von Behren were held at the home on Saturday afternoon at 12:30, and for the public at St Paul's church at 1 o'clock, Rev. Paul Buchmueller officiating at both services. Burial was made at Minonk cemetery. Those acting as pallbearers were U.B. Memmen, A.L. Underwood, R.H. Ahlers, George W. Schneider and August and Gus May. The flower bearers were William, Frederick and Clarence Uphoff and Louis von Behren. Those from out of town who were present for the funeral were Miss Minnie Schroeder, Mrs. Frederick Orr, Mrs. Lena Potter, Henry Meyer and Harry Landis, all of Peoria.
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