Bond County IL Archives Obituaries.....Markey, John July 23, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Thomilson eunicepeabody1@aol.com December 21, 2011, 2:35 pm Greenville Advocate John Markey, 61, retired diaryman of Pocahontas, passed away at St. Joseph hospital Highland, Il, July 23, 1945. Mr. Markey was born April 2, 1884 at Mount Olive. he was maried December 7, 1909 in Greenville to Ella Lutz and she with two sons, Louis Markey of Franklin, Missouri, and John Markey, Jr. of Pocahontas and two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Jenner and Mrs. Julia Pruitt of Pocahontas survives. One son, Samuel, died in 1939. He is survived by Mrs. Kate Solovich of Mt. Olive. He came to Pocahontas when a young man. His parents natives of Yugoslavia, returned to their native county many years ago and while the family knows the father has passed away they are uniformed as to his wife. Additional Comments: * John Markey was actuall born in Croatia, his parents came to America but returned to Croatia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/bond/obits/m/markey469gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb