OBITUARY
PIONEER CITIZEN OF EUGENE
SUDDENLY CALLED
REBECCA CHURCH GILLIS
Mrs. Rebecca Church Gillis, wife of John Peter Gillis, and among the oldest residents of Eugene, died last sunday afternoon in Danville, Illinois, while on a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Schuessler. She was taken ill only a day or two before, followed by a stroke of parlysis that proved fatal.
The deceased was born in Buffalo, New York, October 15, 1836, making her age past 76 years. Her parents came to this country from Germany. Besides the husband, there are surviving four sons and four daughters. The sons are Charles, Mathias, John and Andrew. The daughters are Mrs. Mary Richardson of Cayuga, Mrs. Katherine Schuessler, Mrs. Anna Puzey of Danville and Mrs. Eva Miller. The deceased also had a brother, Andrew Church, whose home is at Carroll, Missouri and was a half-brother to Mathias "Mat" Church, a tailor who lived in Eugene that passed away 19 years ago.
Mrs. Gillis was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Katherine who died as a child and her brother Nicholas "Nick" Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gillis and sons Andrew, Mathias and John all of Cayuga, were in attendance at the funeral which was held at St. Patrick's church at 10:00 o'clock Tuesday morning followed by burial in Springhill Cemetery in Danville, Illinois.
She and her husband John Peter Gillis were married in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Died at 309 E Harrison at daughter's home (Kate).
James Young owned lot 67 and 68 in 1829.
death certificate reads that she was born in 1932 and in her obituary it reads 1936.
PIONEER CITIZEN OF EUGENE
SUDDENLY CALLED
REBECCA CHURCH GILLIS
Mrs. Rebecca Church Gillis, wife of John Peter Gillis, and among the oldest residents of Eugene, died last sunday afternoon in Danville, Illinois, while on a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Schuessler. She was taken ill only a day or two before, followed by a stroke of parlysis that proved fatal.
The deceased was born in Buffalo, New York, October 15, 1836, making her age past 76 years. Her parents came to this country from Germany. Besides the husband, there are surviving four sons and four daughters. The sons are Charles, Mathias, John and Andrew. The daughters are Mrs. Mary Richardson of Cayuga, Mrs. Katherine Schuessler, Mrs. Anna Puzey of Danville and Mrs. Eva Miller. The deceased also had a brother, Andrew Church, whose home is at Carroll, Missouri and was a half-brother to Mathias "Mat" Church, a tailor who lived in Eugene that passed away 19 years ago.
Mrs. Gillis was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Katherine who died as a child and her brother Nicholas "Nick" Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gillis and sons Andrew, Mathias and John all of Cayuga, were in attendance at the funeral which was held at St. Patrick's church at 10:00 o'clock Tuesday morning followed by burial in Springhill Cemetery in Danville, Illinois.
She and her husband John Peter Gillis were married in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Died at 309 E Harrison at daughter's home (Kate).
James Young owned lot 67 and 68 in 1829.
death certificate reads that she was born in 1932 and in her obituary it reads 1936.
OBITUARY
PIONEER CITIZEN OF EUGENE
SUDDENLY CALLED
REBECCA CHURCH GILLIS
Mrs. Rebecca Church Gillis, wife of John Peter Gillis, and among the oldest residents of Eugene, died last sunday afternoon in Danville, Illinois, while on a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Schuessler. She was taken ill only a day or two before, followed by a stroke of parlysis that proved fatal.
The deceased was born in Buffalo, New York, October 15, 1836, making her age past 76 years. Her parents came to this country from Germany. Besides the husband, there are surviving four sons and four daughters. The sons are Charles, Mathias, John and Andrew. The daughters are Mrs. Mary Richardson of Cayuga, Mrs. Katherine Schuessler, Mrs. Anna Puzey of Danville and Mrs. Eva Miller. The deceased also had a brother, Andrew Church, whose home is at Carroll, Missouri and was a half-brother to Mathias "Mat" Church, a tailor who lived in Eugene that passed away 19 years ago.
Mrs. Gillis was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Katherine who died as a child and her brother Nicholas "Nick" Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gillis and sons Andrew, Mathias and John all of Cayuga, were in attendance at the funeral which was held at St. Patrick's church at 10:00 o'clock Tuesday morning followed by burial in Springhill Cemetery in Danville, Illinois.
She and her husband John Peter Gillis were married in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Died at 309 E Harrison at daughter's home (Kate).
James Young owned lot 67 and 68 in 1829.
death certificate reads that she was born in 1932 and in her obituary it reads 1936.
PIONEER CITIZEN OF EUGENE
SUDDENLY CALLED
REBECCA CHURCH GILLIS
Mrs. Rebecca Church Gillis, wife of John Peter Gillis, and among the oldest residents of Eugene, died last sunday afternoon in Danville, Illinois, while on a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Schuessler. She was taken ill only a day or two before, followed by a stroke of parlysis that proved fatal.
The deceased was born in Buffalo, New York, October 15, 1836, making her age past 76 years. Her parents came to this country from Germany. Besides the husband, there are surviving four sons and four daughters. The sons are Charles, Mathias, John and Andrew. The daughters are Mrs. Mary Richardson of Cayuga, Mrs. Katherine Schuessler, Mrs. Anna Puzey of Danville and Mrs. Eva Miller. The deceased also had a brother, Andrew Church, whose home is at Carroll, Missouri and was a half-brother to Mathias "Mat" Church, a tailor who lived in Eugene that passed away 19 years ago.
Mrs. Gillis was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Katherine who died as a child and her brother Nicholas "Nick" Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gillis and sons Andrew, Mathias and John all of Cayuga, were in attendance at the funeral which was held at St. Patrick's church at 10:00 o'clock Tuesday morning followed by burial in Springhill Cemetery in Danville, Illinois.
She and her husband John Peter Gillis were married in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Died at 309 E Harrison at daughter's home (Kate).
James Young owned lot 67 and 68 in 1829.
death certificate reads that she was born in 1932 and in her obituary it reads 1936.
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