Bureau County IL Archives Obituaries.....Lundborg, Andrew  February 14, 1945
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Buda Plain Dealer
From the Buda Plain Dealer, Thursday, February 22, 1945-
Memorial Services are Held for Andrew Lundborg
Many relatives and friends attended memorial services for Andrew Lundborg at 
the family home Saturday afternoon. Clarence Lundquist, district deputy grand 
master of Illinois A.F. and A.M. lodge and Henry Cushing, both of Tiskilwa, 
gave Masonic funeral rites at the home and at the grave.
Buda A.F. and A.M. members attended in a body and participated in the 
services. 
Bearers were John Bittinger, C.S. Conley, Nathan Lackey, Rueben Hade, Grant 
Roberts, and D.R. Sims.
Interment was in the family lot in Hopeland Cemetery west of town. Mr. and 
Mrs. Floyd Steele of Oak Park, and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lundborg of Evanston 
came Thursday morning. Mrs. Steele and Mr. Lundborg are daughter and son of 
the deceased. Mrs. Marian Williams, a daughter in Tennessee, was unable to 
attend. Other relatives and friends from out of town were, Mrs. Geo. Malstrom, 
John and David Carlson, all of Chicago; Mrs. Arthur Lewis, Kenneth Albert, Mr. 
and Mrs. Robert Burress of Galesburg; Mrs. Henry Skinner and son of Danville; 
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nordstrom and family of LaMoille; Enos Steele, Mr. and Mrs. 
Halle Steele, and Mrs. Blanche Taylor of Princeton, and Mrs. Amy Nordstrom of 
Peoria.
Mr. Lundborg was born June 9, 1862 in Mardshyttan, Sweden, one of a family of 
17 children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lundborg. He came to the United States in 
1882 and settled in Galesburg. In 1892, he married Miss Helga Carlson in 
Chicago. They came to Buda to reside and he had since resided in the same home.
There were four daughters and a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Lundborg. Surviving 
are the daughters, Mrs. Farrar, Buda; Mrs. Alice Steele, Oak Park; Mrs. Marian 
Williams, South Pittsburg, Tenn.; and Theodore Lundborg, Evanston; nine 
grandchildren; two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Mathilda Linroth, Galesburg, 
who has been visiting in her brother's home; Mrs. Esther Reynolds, Beresford, 
S. Dak.; Oscar Lundborg of Helena, Mont., and John Lundborg of Sweden.
He was preceded in death by his wife, daughter Lillian, and several sisters 
and brothers.
He was employed for many years by the C.B. and Q. until he retired 11 years 
ago at age 73. He was a member of the village council for many years and 
always interested in Buda's progress. He was a member of the A.F. & A.M. and 
the I.O.O.F. lodges.
Andrew Lundborg came to his death sometime after dark Wed., Feb. 14, 1945, 
when he accidently fell down an embankment on the "Q" right of way about 300 
feet north of the Main street crossing.
His daughter, Mrs. Esther Farrar had left him alone in a downstairs room about 
6:30 Wed. evening, and upon her return about half an hour later, he was gone. 
She searched around the house and neighborhood about half an hour before 
calling E. L. Turnbull, night watchman. Mr. Turnbull looked over the situation 
and decided to call in the help of the fire department, which was done about 8 
o'clock. The volunteer firemen using flashlights and lanterns started 
searching and kept at the job most of the night until about 4 o'clock in the 
morning when it was decided that it was no use until daylight. Sheriff Frank 
Grissell and deputies were called in from Princeton and assisted in the search.
As soon as it was daylight, a few of the men renewed the hunt and found the 
body about 8:30 o'clock. He was dressed in dark clothing, which accounts for 
the fact that he was not found in the night search, as the men with powerful 
lights had passed the embankment a number of times not far from where he lay.
Mr. Lundborg had evidently left the house without notifying anyone, as was not 
his custom. He either had intended to call on friends in town, or went to the 
ditch to dispose of tin cans, as had been his custom. There was a section of a 
freight train across the track at the crossing and it is thought that he 
walked around the cars to get on the town side of the track. He was an 
experienced railroad man and he had walked around cars in this manner many 
times. In the darkness he misjudged the distance or slipped on some ice, and 
fell down the embankment striking his head on a concrete abutment or other 
hard object, fracturing his skull to cause instant death.
Coroner Arthur Meyer conducted an inquest Thursday morning. Jury was composed 
of E.L. Turnbull, Frank Leffelman, Verne Westervelt, Stuart Arnold, Carl 
Hansen, and James Stabler. They returned a verdict of accidental death 
resulting from a skull fracture suffered from a fall down an embankment of the 
C.B.& Q. railroad. 


Additional Comments:
My Great Grandfather. Father of Esther Farrar, Lillian, Alice Steele, Marian 
Williams, and Theodore Lundborg. 


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