William Weaver Rhoades, serving for the second term as chief of police of Peoria, has in the discharge of his official duties instituted various reforms and modern improvements which have largely promoted the efficiency of the service. As a public officer his course has won wide endorsement from law-abiding citizens, the consensus of public opinion regarding his record being altogether favorable.
Mr. Rhoades is one of the residents that Pennsylvania has furnished to Peoria, his birth having occurred in Phoenixville of this former state on the 29th of March, 1867. In the schools of his native city, W. W. Rhoades pursued his education and was twenty-three years of age when, in 1890, he came to Peoria. He was a potter by trade and for ten years followed that pursuit in this city, on the expiration of which period he engaged with the Acme Harvester Company, which he represented here for two years. He entered into his connection with the police department without any previous knowledge of or experience in work along this line but the natural resourcefulness of the man, his determination to "make good," and his fidelity to the obligations devolving upon him have made him an officer whose record is above reproach. He was called to the office of chief of police in May, 1903, as a successor of Mr. Kennedy, and remained at the head of the department for two years. He then retired at the change of administration and became connected with the sheriff's office as deputy, so continuing until May, 1909. At that date he was again called to the office of chief of police, which position he has since filled. He has bent his energies to the improvement of the department in many ways, has installed a new flash light system, motor driven vehicles have taken the place of the old patrol wagons, and the civil service plan has been adopted. He has given special attention to the personality of the men on the force, endeavoring to install as patrolmen such men as will make duty paramount to all else. He has likewise increased and perfected the detective department, and his work on the whole has won him high commendations and encomiums.
In 1892, in Peoria, Mr. Rhoades was united in marriage to Miss Emma Heitzmann, a daughter of Albert Heitzmann, who was at one time a tailor of Peoria but is now deceased. Three children have been born of this marriage: Inez and Ethel, twins; and Marjorie. In his fraternal relations Mr. Rhoades is a prominent Mason, having attained his Thirty-Second Degree in the Scottish Rite. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen Camp, the Maccabees Tent and the Royal Arcanum Lodge, and finds in their beneficent teachings the high principles and rules which govern his conduct and shape his relations with his fellowmen."
PEORIA CITY AND COUNTY ILLINOIS, Volume II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.
"MASONIC BODIES TO CONDUCT CHIEF RHOADES FUNERAL SERVICES
Masonic bodies will be in charge of funeral services tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Cathedral for William W. Rhoades, former Superintendent of Police for Peoria, who dropped dead yesterday morning at his home at 1306 North Jefferson Avenue.
The body will lie in state at the cathedral from noon tomorrow until the time of the services. Illinois Lodge No. 263, with Hilbert lodge newly-installed worshipful master officiating, will conduct the services. The Rev. Clinton Lee Scott, pastor of the First Universalist Church, will deliver the sermon. Charles O. DeMoure, Commander in Chief of the Illinois Consistory, will conduct the last rites.
Mayor Edward N. Woodruff, who first appointed Chief Rhoades to head the police department in 1903, and for whom he served as superintendent for fourteen years, will be one of the pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will include men who were in the police department while Chief Rhoades was at the head, including Superintendent of Police J. E. Wombacher, and State's Attorney H. E. Pratt.
A police escort of twenty-four officers under command of Lieutenants Arthur Filkins and Charles Schofield will be provided for the funeral procession. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery."
THE PEORIA EVENING STAR, Tuesday, December 2, 1930
Mr. Rhoades is one of the residents that Pennsylvania has furnished to Peoria, his birth having occurred in Phoenixville of this former state on the 29th of March, 1867. In the schools of his native city, W. W. Rhoades pursued his education and was twenty-three years of age when, in 1890, he came to Peoria. He was a potter by trade and for ten years followed that pursuit in this city, on the expiration of which period he engaged with the Acme Harvester Company, which he represented here for two years. He entered into his connection with the police department without any previous knowledge of or experience in work along this line but the natural resourcefulness of the man, his determination to "make good," and his fidelity to the obligations devolving upon him have made him an officer whose record is above reproach. He was called to the office of chief of police in May, 1903, as a successor of Mr. Kennedy, and remained at the head of the department for two years. He then retired at the change of administration and became connected with the sheriff's office as deputy, so continuing until May, 1909. At that date he was again called to the office of chief of police, which position he has since filled. He has bent his energies to the improvement of the department in many ways, has installed a new flash light system, motor driven vehicles have taken the place of the old patrol wagons, and the civil service plan has been adopted. He has given special attention to the personality of the men on the force, endeavoring to install as patrolmen such men as will make duty paramount to all else. He has likewise increased and perfected the detective department, and his work on the whole has won him high commendations and encomiums.
In 1892, in Peoria, Mr. Rhoades was united in marriage to Miss Emma Heitzmann, a daughter of Albert Heitzmann, who was at one time a tailor of Peoria but is now deceased. Three children have been born of this marriage: Inez and Ethel, twins; and Marjorie. In his fraternal relations Mr. Rhoades is a prominent Mason, having attained his Thirty-Second Degree in the Scottish Rite. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen Camp, the Maccabees Tent and the Royal Arcanum Lodge, and finds in their beneficent teachings the high principles and rules which govern his conduct and shape his relations with his fellowmen."
PEORIA CITY AND COUNTY ILLINOIS, Volume II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.
"MASONIC BODIES TO CONDUCT CHIEF RHOADES FUNERAL SERVICES
Masonic bodies will be in charge of funeral services tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Cathedral for William W. Rhoades, former Superintendent of Police for Peoria, who dropped dead yesterday morning at his home at 1306 North Jefferson Avenue.
The body will lie in state at the cathedral from noon tomorrow until the time of the services. Illinois Lodge No. 263, with Hilbert lodge newly-installed worshipful master officiating, will conduct the services. The Rev. Clinton Lee Scott, pastor of the First Universalist Church, will deliver the sermon. Charles O. DeMoure, Commander in Chief of the Illinois Consistory, will conduct the last rites.
Mayor Edward N. Woodruff, who first appointed Chief Rhoades to head the police department in 1903, and for whom he served as superintendent for fourteen years, will be one of the pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will include men who were in the police department while Chief Rhoades was at the head, including Superintendent of Police J. E. Wombacher, and State's Attorney H. E. Pratt.
A police escort of twenty-four officers under command of Lieutenants Arthur Filkins and Charles Schofield will be provided for the funeral procession. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery."
THE PEORIA EVENING STAR, Tuesday, December 2, 1930
William Weaver Rhoades, serving for the second term as chief of police of Peoria, has in the discharge of his official duties instituted various reforms and modern improvements which have largely promoted the efficiency of the service. As a public officer his course has won wide endorsement from law-abiding citizens, the consensus of public opinion regarding his record being altogether favorable.
Mr. Rhoades is one of the residents that Pennsylvania has furnished to Peoria, his birth having occurred in Phoenixville of this former state on the 29th of March, 1867. In the schools of his native city, W. W. Rhoades pursued his education and was twenty-three years of age when, in 1890, he came to Peoria. He was a potter by trade and for ten years followed that pursuit in this city, on the expiration of which period he engaged with the Acme Harvester Company, which he represented here for two years. He entered into his connection with the police department without any previous knowledge of or experience in work along this line but the natural resourcefulness of the man, his determination to "make good," and his fidelity to the obligations devolving upon him have made him an officer whose record is above reproach. He was called to the office of chief of police in May, 1903, as a successor of Mr. Kennedy, and remained at the head of the department for two years. He then retired at the change of administration and became connected with the sheriff's office as deputy, so continuing until May, 1909. At that date he was again called to the office of chief of police, which position he has since filled. He has bent his energies to the improvement of the department in many ways, has installed a new flash light system, motor driven vehicles have taken the place of the old patrol wagons, and the civil service plan has been adopted. He has given special attention to the personality of the men on the force, endeavoring to install as patrolmen such men as will make duty paramount to all else. He has likewise increased and perfected the detective department, and his work on the whole has won him high commendations and encomiums.
In 1892, in Peoria, Mr. Rhoades was united in marriage to Miss Emma Heitzmann, a daughter of Albert Heitzmann, who was at one time a tailor of Peoria but is now deceased. Three children have been born of this marriage: Inez and Ethel, twins; and Marjorie. In his fraternal relations Mr. Rhoades is a prominent Mason, having attained his Thirty-Second Degree in the Scottish Rite. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen Camp, the Maccabees Tent and the Royal Arcanum Lodge, and finds in their beneficent teachings the high principles and rules which govern his conduct and shape his relations with his fellowmen."
PEORIA CITY AND COUNTY ILLINOIS, Volume II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.
"MASONIC BODIES TO CONDUCT CHIEF RHOADES FUNERAL SERVICES
Masonic bodies will be in charge of funeral services tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Cathedral for William W. Rhoades, former Superintendent of Police for Peoria, who dropped dead yesterday morning at his home at 1306 North Jefferson Avenue.
The body will lie in state at the cathedral from noon tomorrow until the time of the services. Illinois Lodge No. 263, with Hilbert lodge newly-installed worshipful master officiating, will conduct the services. The Rev. Clinton Lee Scott, pastor of the First Universalist Church, will deliver the sermon. Charles O. DeMoure, Commander in Chief of the Illinois Consistory, will conduct the last rites.
Mayor Edward N. Woodruff, who first appointed Chief Rhoades to head the police department in 1903, and for whom he served as superintendent for fourteen years, will be one of the pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will include men who were in the police department while Chief Rhoades was at the head, including Superintendent of Police J. E. Wombacher, and State's Attorney H. E. Pratt.
A police escort of twenty-four officers under command of Lieutenants Arthur Filkins and Charles Schofield will be provided for the funeral procession. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery."
THE PEORIA EVENING STAR, Tuesday, December 2, 1930
Mr. Rhoades is one of the residents that Pennsylvania has furnished to Peoria, his birth having occurred in Phoenixville of this former state on the 29th of March, 1867. In the schools of his native city, W. W. Rhoades pursued his education and was twenty-three years of age when, in 1890, he came to Peoria. He was a potter by trade and for ten years followed that pursuit in this city, on the expiration of which period he engaged with the Acme Harvester Company, which he represented here for two years. He entered into his connection with the police department without any previous knowledge of or experience in work along this line but the natural resourcefulness of the man, his determination to "make good," and his fidelity to the obligations devolving upon him have made him an officer whose record is above reproach. He was called to the office of chief of police in May, 1903, as a successor of Mr. Kennedy, and remained at the head of the department for two years. He then retired at the change of administration and became connected with the sheriff's office as deputy, so continuing until May, 1909. At that date he was again called to the office of chief of police, which position he has since filled. He has bent his energies to the improvement of the department in many ways, has installed a new flash light system, motor driven vehicles have taken the place of the old patrol wagons, and the civil service plan has been adopted. He has given special attention to the personality of the men on the force, endeavoring to install as patrolmen such men as will make duty paramount to all else. He has likewise increased and perfected the detective department, and his work on the whole has won him high commendations and encomiums.
In 1892, in Peoria, Mr. Rhoades was united in marriage to Miss Emma Heitzmann, a daughter of Albert Heitzmann, who was at one time a tailor of Peoria but is now deceased. Three children have been born of this marriage: Inez and Ethel, twins; and Marjorie. In his fraternal relations Mr. Rhoades is a prominent Mason, having attained his Thirty-Second Degree in the Scottish Rite. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen Camp, the Maccabees Tent and the Royal Arcanum Lodge, and finds in their beneficent teachings the high principles and rules which govern his conduct and shape his relations with his fellowmen."
PEORIA CITY AND COUNTY ILLINOIS, Volume II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.
"MASONIC BODIES TO CONDUCT CHIEF RHOADES FUNERAL SERVICES
Masonic bodies will be in charge of funeral services tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Cathedral for William W. Rhoades, former Superintendent of Police for Peoria, who dropped dead yesterday morning at his home at 1306 North Jefferson Avenue.
The body will lie in state at the cathedral from noon tomorrow until the time of the services. Illinois Lodge No. 263, with Hilbert lodge newly-installed worshipful master officiating, will conduct the services. The Rev. Clinton Lee Scott, pastor of the First Universalist Church, will deliver the sermon. Charles O. DeMoure, Commander in Chief of the Illinois Consistory, will conduct the last rites.
Mayor Edward N. Woodruff, who first appointed Chief Rhoades to head the police department in 1903, and for whom he served as superintendent for fourteen years, will be one of the pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will include men who were in the police department while Chief Rhoades was at the head, including Superintendent of Police J. E. Wombacher, and State's Attorney H. E. Pratt.
A police escort of twenty-four officers under command of Lieutenants Arthur Filkins and Charles Schofield will be provided for the funeral procession. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery."
THE PEORIA EVENING STAR, Tuesday, December 2, 1930
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