Streator Times Press, Tuesday, March 16, 1954, Page 2 Col 1
Local Building Contractor is Taken By Death
John Lightholder Surccumbs After Lingering Illness;Rites Thursday
John Lightholder, 69, of 307 Court Street, prominent Streator contractor, and widely known citizen; died at 6 o'clock last evening at St Mary's hospital where he had been a patient the past week. He had been in ill health over a period of several weeks.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Elias Funeral Home, and at 2:30 at Christ Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Streator Lodge 607, A.F. & A.M. will conduct it's ritualistic services at the cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Resident Here 45 Years
Mr. Lightholder is survived by his wife, the former Blanche Holmes to whom he was married Aug.19,19_6 in Streator, and by the following children through a previos marriage to Mary Rahn, who died in 1927: Mrs. Alfred (Olive) Kosanke, Hammond, Ind.; Mrs.Margaret Allen, also of Hammond, Ind.; and Mrs. F.W.(Helen) Weaver of Streator. There are five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Also surviving is a sister , Mrs. Rose Condon, Dwight. Another sister, Mrs. Della Ralph, also of Dwight, preceeded him in death.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lightholder was born July 18, 1884, at Dwight, where he resided until 45 years ago when he came to Streator. It was here he spent the balance of his life.
A carpenter by occupation, he had been engaged as a building contractor in Streator since 1925, numbering among his ventures many of the city's major building projects both in the downtown area, as well as the residential and industrial sections of the community.
He also manifested a continuing interest in civic affairs, and there were numerous occasions when his counsel was sought and readily forth coming in the development of varios under takings of public importance.
Active Lodge Worker
He ws a 32nd degree Mason, a past master of Streator Lodge 607, past commander of Streator Commandery 70, a member of the Streator Lodge of Elks and Carpenters Union Local 495.
Local Building Contractor is Taken By Death
John Lightholder Surccumbs After Lingering Illness;Rites Thursday
John Lightholder, 69, of 307 Court Street, prominent Streator contractor, and widely known citizen; died at 6 o'clock last evening at St Mary's hospital where he had been a patient the past week. He had been in ill health over a period of several weeks.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Elias Funeral Home, and at 2:30 at Christ Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Streator Lodge 607, A.F. & A.M. will conduct it's ritualistic services at the cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Resident Here 45 Years
Mr. Lightholder is survived by his wife, the former Blanche Holmes to whom he was married Aug.19,19_6 in Streator, and by the following children through a previos marriage to Mary Rahn, who died in 1927: Mrs. Alfred (Olive) Kosanke, Hammond, Ind.; Mrs.Margaret Allen, also of Hammond, Ind.; and Mrs. F.W.(Helen) Weaver of Streator. There are five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Also surviving is a sister , Mrs. Rose Condon, Dwight. Another sister, Mrs. Della Ralph, also of Dwight, preceeded him in death.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lightholder was born July 18, 1884, at Dwight, where he resided until 45 years ago when he came to Streator. It was here he spent the balance of his life.
A carpenter by occupation, he had been engaged as a building contractor in Streator since 1925, numbering among his ventures many of the city's major building projects both in the downtown area, as well as the residential and industrial sections of the community.
He also manifested a continuing interest in civic affairs, and there were numerous occasions when his counsel was sought and readily forth coming in the development of varios under takings of public importance.
Active Lodge Worker
He ws a 32nd degree Mason, a past master of Streator Lodge 607, past commander of Streator Commandery 70, a member of the Streator Lodge of Elks and Carpenters Union Local 495.
Streator Times Press, Tuesday, March 16, 1954, Page 2 Col 1
Local Building Contractor is Taken By Death
John Lightholder Surccumbs After Lingering Illness;Rites Thursday
John Lightholder, 69, of 307 Court Street, prominent Streator contractor, and widely known citizen; died at 6 o'clock last evening at St Mary's hospital where he had been a patient the past week. He had been in ill health over a period of several weeks.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Elias Funeral Home, and at 2:30 at Christ Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Streator Lodge 607, A.F. & A.M. will conduct it's ritualistic services at the cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Resident Here 45 Years
Mr. Lightholder is survived by his wife, the former Blanche Holmes to whom he was married Aug.19,19_6 in Streator, and by the following children through a previos marriage to Mary Rahn, who died in 1927: Mrs. Alfred (Olive) Kosanke, Hammond, Ind.; Mrs.Margaret Allen, also of Hammond, Ind.; and Mrs. F.W.(Helen) Weaver of Streator. There are five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Also surviving is a sister , Mrs. Rose Condon, Dwight. Another sister, Mrs. Della Ralph, also of Dwight, preceeded him in death.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lightholder was born July 18, 1884, at Dwight, where he resided until 45 years ago when he came to Streator. It was here he spent the balance of his life.
A carpenter by occupation, he had been engaged as a building contractor in Streator since 1925, numbering among his ventures many of the city's major building projects both in the downtown area, as well as the residential and industrial sections of the community.
He also manifested a continuing interest in civic affairs, and there were numerous occasions when his counsel was sought and readily forth coming in the development of varios under takings of public importance.
Active Lodge Worker
He ws a 32nd degree Mason, a past master of Streator Lodge 607, past commander of Streator Commandery 70, a member of the Streator Lodge of Elks and Carpenters Union Local 495.
Local Building Contractor is Taken By Death
John Lightholder Surccumbs After Lingering Illness;Rites Thursday
John Lightholder, 69, of 307 Court Street, prominent Streator contractor, and widely known citizen; died at 6 o'clock last evening at St Mary's hospital where he had been a patient the past week. He had been in ill health over a period of several weeks.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Elias Funeral Home, and at 2:30 at Christ Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Streator Lodge 607, A.F. & A.M. will conduct it's ritualistic services at the cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Resident Here 45 Years
Mr. Lightholder is survived by his wife, the former Blanche Holmes to whom he was married Aug.19,19_6 in Streator, and by the following children through a previos marriage to Mary Rahn, who died in 1927: Mrs. Alfred (Olive) Kosanke, Hammond, Ind.; Mrs.Margaret Allen, also of Hammond, Ind.; and Mrs. F.W.(Helen) Weaver of Streator. There are five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Also surviving is a sister , Mrs. Rose Condon, Dwight. Another sister, Mrs. Della Ralph, also of Dwight, preceeded him in death.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lightholder was born July 18, 1884, at Dwight, where he resided until 45 years ago when he came to Streator. It was here he spent the balance of his life.
A carpenter by occupation, he had been engaged as a building contractor in Streator since 1925, numbering among his ventures many of the city's major building projects both in the downtown area, as well as the residential and industrial sections of the community.
He also manifested a continuing interest in civic affairs, and there were numerous occasions when his counsel was sought and readily forth coming in the development of varios under takings of public importance.
Active Lodge Worker
He ws a 32nd degree Mason, a past master of Streator Lodge 607, past commander of Streator Commandery 70, a member of the Streator Lodge of Elks and Carpenters Union Local 495.
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