Willard Edson Proctor, 84, died here Friday of acute heart trouble following an illness of less than 24 hours. Mr. Proctor, prominent resident, school director and former supervisor here since coming from Rutland in 1879, observed his 84th birthday on Thursday, October 13.
He was the son of Captain Willard and Sarah A. Proctor nee Hewitt, of Rutland County, Vermont, born 10-13-1854, at Wallingford, Connecticut, and when he was six months old his parents removed to Rutland (LaSalle County, Illinois) where he attended the public schools and grew to maturity. He took a commercial course in a business college in Peoria, Illinois, and then became associated with his father in the grain business and later, in connection with the drygoods busines for three years. In 1879 he moved to the vicinity of Gibson City, and with his father purchased 320 acres of land south of here, near what afterward became the Village of Proctor on the Wabash Railway. About 1885 he went in the grain business in Proctor and when he moved to Gibson City in 1905, his stepson, Bruce Farlin, became associated with him in the business, and now operates the grain business at Proctor. Mr. Proctor was postmaster at Proctor for 16 years while in business there. November 30, 1876, Mr. Proctor married Miss Carrie N. Allen of Rutland, and they had one child, Florence May, wife of Will Helmick of Gibson City. The wife and mother died 7-30-1890; and in 1892 Mr. Proctor married Mrs. Ellen Farlin (nee Roberts) of Proctor, who had two children, Bruce Farlin of Proctor and Clementine, wife of E. Rolla Fraser of Walla Walla, Washington. Mr. Proctor was an active worker in the Methodist Church since moving to Gibson City in 1905, and has long been a member of the official board of the church. He was a charter member of the Men's Bible Class, and has been its president for several years. When School district #118 was formed in Drummer Twp. for the purpose of building a township high school, Mr. Proctor was one of five members elected 5-10-1910 for the first Board of Education of the new district. Of the four members of that board, D. K. Roth is still living, and in business in Gibson City, while Dr. J. Y. Shamel, C. J. Fuller and F. H. Barber are deceased. This board had charge of the planning, financing and erecting of the present Drummer Twp. High School, which has been a pride of the community for more than 20 years. (**typist note - obit being edited at this point.) Surviving, besides his widow are his daughter Mrs. Will Helmick; his stepson, George Bruce Farlin, and step-daughters, Mrs. E. R. Fraser; the following grandchildren: Loel and Glen Helmick, Mrs. Bernice Capen, Horace Fraser and Doyle Farlin. One sister, Mrs. Roberts, South Dakota also survivies and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist Church in Gibson City in charge of the pastor, Rev. Donald H. Gibbs; burial was in Gibson Cemetery.
He was the son of Captain Willard and Sarah A. Proctor nee Hewitt, of Rutland County, Vermont, born 10-13-1854, at Wallingford, Connecticut, and when he was six months old his parents removed to Rutland (LaSalle County, Illinois) where he attended the public schools and grew to maturity. He took a commercial course in a business college in Peoria, Illinois, and then became associated with his father in the grain business and later, in connection with the drygoods busines for three years. In 1879 he moved to the vicinity of Gibson City, and with his father purchased 320 acres of land south of here, near what afterward became the Village of Proctor on the Wabash Railway. About 1885 he went in the grain business in Proctor and when he moved to Gibson City in 1905, his stepson, Bruce Farlin, became associated with him in the business, and now operates the grain business at Proctor. Mr. Proctor was postmaster at Proctor for 16 years while in business there. November 30, 1876, Mr. Proctor married Miss Carrie N. Allen of Rutland, and they had one child, Florence May, wife of Will Helmick of Gibson City. The wife and mother died 7-30-1890; and in 1892 Mr. Proctor married Mrs. Ellen Farlin (nee Roberts) of Proctor, who had two children, Bruce Farlin of Proctor and Clementine, wife of E. Rolla Fraser of Walla Walla, Washington. Mr. Proctor was an active worker in the Methodist Church since moving to Gibson City in 1905, and has long been a member of the official board of the church. He was a charter member of the Men's Bible Class, and has been its president for several years. When School district #118 was formed in Drummer Twp. for the purpose of building a township high school, Mr. Proctor was one of five members elected 5-10-1910 for the first Board of Education of the new district. Of the four members of that board, D. K. Roth is still living, and in business in Gibson City, while Dr. J. Y. Shamel, C. J. Fuller and F. H. Barber are deceased. This board had charge of the planning, financing and erecting of the present Drummer Twp. High School, which has been a pride of the community for more than 20 years. (**typist note - obit being edited at this point.) Surviving, besides his widow are his daughter Mrs. Will Helmick; his stepson, George Bruce Farlin, and step-daughters, Mrs. E. R. Fraser; the following grandchildren: Loel and Glen Helmick, Mrs. Bernice Capen, Horace Fraser and Doyle Farlin. One sister, Mrs. Roberts, South Dakota also survivies and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist Church in Gibson City in charge of the pastor, Rev. Donald H. Gibbs; burial was in Gibson Cemetery.
Willard Edson Proctor, 84, died here Friday of acute heart trouble following an illness of less than 24 hours. Mr. Proctor, prominent resident, school director and former supervisor here since coming from Rutland in 1879, observed his 84th birthday on Thursday, October 13.
He was the son of Captain Willard and Sarah A. Proctor nee Hewitt, of Rutland County, Vermont, born 10-13-1854, at Wallingford, Connecticut, and when he was six months old his parents removed to Rutland (LaSalle County, Illinois) where he attended the public schools and grew to maturity. He took a commercial course in a business college in Peoria, Illinois, and then became associated with his father in the grain business and later, in connection with the drygoods busines for three years. In 1879 he moved to the vicinity of Gibson City, and with his father purchased 320 acres of land south of here, near what afterward became the Village of Proctor on the Wabash Railway. About 1885 he went in the grain business in Proctor and when he moved to Gibson City in 1905, his stepson, Bruce Farlin, became associated with him in the business, and now operates the grain business at Proctor. Mr. Proctor was postmaster at Proctor for 16 years while in business there. November 30, 1876, Mr. Proctor married Miss Carrie N. Allen of Rutland, and they had one child, Florence May, wife of Will Helmick of Gibson City. The wife and mother died 7-30-1890; and in 1892 Mr. Proctor married Mrs. Ellen Farlin (nee Roberts) of Proctor, who had two children, Bruce Farlin of Proctor and Clementine, wife of E. Rolla Fraser of Walla Walla, Washington. Mr. Proctor was an active worker in the Methodist Church since moving to Gibson City in 1905, and has long been a member of the official board of the church. He was a charter member of the Men's Bible Class, and has been its president for several years. When School district #118 was formed in Drummer Twp. for the purpose of building a township high school, Mr. Proctor was one of five members elected 5-10-1910 for the first Board of Education of the new district. Of the four members of that board, D. K. Roth is still living, and in business in Gibson City, while Dr. J. Y. Shamel, C. J. Fuller and F. H. Barber are deceased. This board had charge of the planning, financing and erecting of the present Drummer Twp. High School, which has been a pride of the community for more than 20 years. (**typist note - obit being edited at this point.) Surviving, besides his widow are his daughter Mrs. Will Helmick; his stepson, George Bruce Farlin, and step-daughters, Mrs. E. R. Fraser; the following grandchildren: Loel and Glen Helmick, Mrs. Bernice Capen, Horace Fraser and Doyle Farlin. One sister, Mrs. Roberts, South Dakota also survivies and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist Church in Gibson City in charge of the pastor, Rev. Donald H. Gibbs; burial was in Gibson Cemetery.
He was the son of Captain Willard and Sarah A. Proctor nee Hewitt, of Rutland County, Vermont, born 10-13-1854, at Wallingford, Connecticut, and when he was six months old his parents removed to Rutland (LaSalle County, Illinois) where he attended the public schools and grew to maturity. He took a commercial course in a business college in Peoria, Illinois, and then became associated with his father in the grain business and later, in connection with the drygoods busines for three years. In 1879 he moved to the vicinity of Gibson City, and with his father purchased 320 acres of land south of here, near what afterward became the Village of Proctor on the Wabash Railway. About 1885 he went in the grain business in Proctor and when he moved to Gibson City in 1905, his stepson, Bruce Farlin, became associated with him in the business, and now operates the grain business at Proctor. Mr. Proctor was postmaster at Proctor for 16 years while in business there. November 30, 1876, Mr. Proctor married Miss Carrie N. Allen of Rutland, and they had one child, Florence May, wife of Will Helmick of Gibson City. The wife and mother died 7-30-1890; and in 1892 Mr. Proctor married Mrs. Ellen Farlin (nee Roberts) of Proctor, who had two children, Bruce Farlin of Proctor and Clementine, wife of E. Rolla Fraser of Walla Walla, Washington. Mr. Proctor was an active worker in the Methodist Church since moving to Gibson City in 1905, and has long been a member of the official board of the church. He was a charter member of the Men's Bible Class, and has been its president for several years. When School district #118 was formed in Drummer Twp. for the purpose of building a township high school, Mr. Proctor was one of five members elected 5-10-1910 for the first Board of Education of the new district. Of the four members of that board, D. K. Roth is still living, and in business in Gibson City, while Dr. J. Y. Shamel, C. J. Fuller and F. H. Barber are deceased. This board had charge of the planning, financing and erecting of the present Drummer Twp. High School, which has been a pride of the community for more than 20 years. (**typist note - obit being edited at this point.) Surviving, besides his widow are his daughter Mrs. Will Helmick; his stepson, George Bruce Farlin, and step-daughters, Mrs. E. R. Fraser; the following grandchildren: Loel and Glen Helmick, Mrs. Bernice Capen, Horace Fraser and Doyle Farlin. One sister, Mrs. Roberts, South Dakota also survivies and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist Church in Gibson City in charge of the pastor, Rev. Donald H. Gibbs; burial was in Gibson Cemetery.
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