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Dessie Grace Hissong Rhodes

Birth: 9 Mar 1909
Fayette County, Illinois, USA
Death: 3 Aug 1998 (aged 89)
Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Mount Moriah Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 17564177 View Source

Dessie G. Rhodes, 89, of St. Elmo, formerly of Lake City, Il. died Monday Aug 3, 1998 in St. Anthony Hospital, Effingham, Il.
Services will be held at noon Wednesday in May-Kessel Funeral Home, St. Elmo. Burial will be in Mount Moriah, Loudon Twp.
Dessie was born in Loudon Twp., Fayette County, Il. on March 9, 1909, the daughter of George Washington and Mary Vernisha Wright Hissong. She had been a resident of St. Elmo since January 1990.
She married Edward C. Rhodes in Fayette County on Aug 18, 1927. He preceded her in death.
Surviving are her sisters, Carrie Pryor of St. Elmo and Belle Dial of Cowden; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, twin sister Elsie Myers on Feb 7, 1998; sisters, Nellie Logsdon, Matilda Badman, Gertie Scholes; two brothers, Harry and Jim Hissong; and two infant daughters, Lola Loraine and Wandalee Lucille.
Obituary - St. Elmo Banner

Dessie G. Rhodes, 89, of St. Elmo, formerly of Lake City, Il. died Monday Aug 3, 1998 in St. Anthony Hospital, Effingham, Il.
Services will be held at noon Wednesday in May-Kessel Funeral Home, St. Elmo. Burial will be in Mount Moriah, Loudon Twp.
Dessie was born in Loudon Twp., Fayette County, Il. on March 9, 1909, the daughter of George Washington and Mary Vernisha Wright Hissong. She had been a resident of St. Elmo since January 1990.
She married Edward C. Rhodes in Fayette County on Aug 18, 1927. He preceded her in death.
Surviving are her sisters, Carrie Pryor of St. Elmo and Belle Dial of Cowden; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, twin sister Elsie Myers on Feb 7, 1998; sisters, Nellie Logsdon, Matilda Badman, Gertie Scholes; two brothers, Harry and Jim Hissong; and two infant daughters, Lola Loraine and Wandalee Lucille.
Obituary - St. Elmo Banner

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Maintained by: Carol Williams
Originally Created by: Beverly Sweeney / Christine Anguzza
Added: Jan 19, 2007
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17564177/dessie_grace-rhodes: accessed ), memorial page for Dessie Grace Hissong Rhodes (9 Mar 1909–3 Aug 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17564177, citing Mount Moriah Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Carol Williams (contributor 47964448).

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