Source Quincy Herald Whig Newspaper
Mrs. Josie Burkey, 76 of 1238 Vermont, (Quincy,Il) died Wednesday Sept. 24, 1969 at 3:11 PM in Blessing Hospital where she had been a patient since Sept. 7.
Mrs. Burkey was born February 14, 1893 in Fairmont Twp., Pike County , Illinois, a daughter of Warren and Cora Moore Meservey. She married Wilson Burkey Sept. 12, 1912. He died April 4, 1942. She had resided in Quincy for 46 years and was a seamstress working in her home. She was a former member of the Buckhorn Baptist Church, (Brown County, Illinois). And attended the First Union Congregational church in Quincy.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs Winnifred Brown of Quincy, a son Gerald M. Burkey of Quincy: Five sisters, Mrs. Oral B (Nina) Mullen of Chillicothe, Illinois, Mrs. Guy A (Vera) Nichols and Mrs. Carl (Corrine) McCormick of Beloit, Wisconsin, Mrs. A. R. (Clara) Human of Chjillicothe, Missouri, and Mrs. E. E. (Irene) Merriott of Trenton, Missouri.; four brothers Marshall Meservey of Chula, Missouri. Lozell and Delbert of Trenton, Missouri and Eldon of Browning, Missouri. Two Grandchildren Alan Burkey and Mrs Brent (Kathryn) Boden of Quincy, and a Great Grandson Donald Boden of Quincy. She was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers.
Services will be held Saturday at 2 PM in the Hansen-Spear Funeral Home. Dr. Jonathan Story will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.
Mrs. Josie Burkey, 76 of 1238 Vermont, (Quincy,Il) died Wednesday Sept. 24, 1969 at 3:11 PM in Blessing Hospital where she had been a patient since Sept. 7.
Mrs. Burkey was born February 14, 1893 in Fairmont Twp., Pike County , Illinois, a daughter of Warren and Cora Moore Meservey. She married Wilson Burkey Sept. 12, 1912. He died April 4, 1942. She had resided in Quincy for 46 years and was a seamstress working in her home. She was a former member of the Buckhorn Baptist Church, (Brown County, Illinois). And attended the First Union Congregational church in Quincy.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs Winnifred Brown of Quincy, a son Gerald M. Burkey of Quincy: Five sisters, Mrs. Oral B (Nina) Mullen of Chillicothe, Illinois, Mrs. Guy A (Vera) Nichols and Mrs. Carl (Corrine) McCormick of Beloit, Wisconsin, Mrs. A. R. (Clara) Human of Chjillicothe, Missouri, and Mrs. E. E. (Irene) Merriott of Trenton, Missouri.; four brothers Marshall Meservey of Chula, Missouri. Lozell and Delbert of Trenton, Missouri and Eldon of Browning, Missouri. Two Grandchildren Alan Burkey and Mrs Brent (Kathryn) Boden of Quincy, and a Great Grandson Donald Boden of Quincy. She was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers.
Services will be held Saturday at 2 PM in the Hansen-Spear Funeral Home. Dr. Jonathan Story will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.
Source Quincy Herald Whig Newspaper
Mrs. Josie Burkey, 76 of 1238 Vermont, (Quincy,Il) died Wednesday Sept. 24, 1969 at 3:11 PM in Blessing Hospital where she had been a patient since Sept. 7.
Mrs. Burkey was born February 14, 1893 in Fairmont Twp., Pike County , Illinois, a daughter of Warren and Cora Moore Meservey. She married Wilson Burkey Sept. 12, 1912. He died April 4, 1942. She had resided in Quincy for 46 years and was a seamstress working in her home. She was a former member of the Buckhorn Baptist Church, (Brown County, Illinois). And attended the First Union Congregational church in Quincy.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs Winnifred Brown of Quincy, a son Gerald M. Burkey of Quincy: Five sisters, Mrs. Oral B (Nina) Mullen of Chillicothe, Illinois, Mrs. Guy A (Vera) Nichols and Mrs. Carl (Corrine) McCormick of Beloit, Wisconsin, Mrs. A. R. (Clara) Human of Chjillicothe, Missouri, and Mrs. E. E. (Irene) Merriott of Trenton, Missouri.; four brothers Marshall Meservey of Chula, Missouri. Lozell and Delbert of Trenton, Missouri and Eldon of Browning, Missouri. Two Grandchildren Alan Burkey and Mrs Brent (Kathryn) Boden of Quincy, and a Great Grandson Donald Boden of Quincy. She was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers.
Services will be held Saturday at 2 PM in the Hansen-Spear Funeral Home. Dr. Jonathan Story will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.
Mrs. Josie Burkey, 76 of 1238 Vermont, (Quincy,Il) died Wednesday Sept. 24, 1969 at 3:11 PM in Blessing Hospital where she had been a patient since Sept. 7.
Mrs. Burkey was born February 14, 1893 in Fairmont Twp., Pike County , Illinois, a daughter of Warren and Cora Moore Meservey. She married Wilson Burkey Sept. 12, 1912. He died April 4, 1942. She had resided in Quincy for 46 years and was a seamstress working in her home. She was a former member of the Buckhorn Baptist Church, (Brown County, Illinois). And attended the First Union Congregational church in Quincy.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs Winnifred Brown of Quincy, a son Gerald M. Burkey of Quincy: Five sisters, Mrs. Oral B (Nina) Mullen of Chillicothe, Illinois, Mrs. Guy A (Vera) Nichols and Mrs. Carl (Corrine) McCormick of Beloit, Wisconsin, Mrs. A. R. (Clara) Human of Chjillicothe, Missouri, and Mrs. E. E. (Irene) Merriott of Trenton, Missouri.; four brothers Marshall Meservey of Chula, Missouri. Lozell and Delbert of Trenton, Missouri and Eldon of Browning, Missouri. Two Grandchildren Alan Burkey and Mrs Brent (Kathryn) Boden of Quincy, and a Great Grandson Donald Boden of Quincy. She was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers.
Services will be held Saturday at 2 PM in the Hansen-Spear Funeral Home. Dr. Jonathan Story will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery.
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