Christian County IL Archives Photo Group.....John Vincent Durbin - Obit January 24, 1941 ************************************************ 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: Shirley Harris http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002491 June 2, 2010, 4:16 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/christian/photos/johnvinc1967gph.jpg Image file size: 4.2 Kb JOHN VINCENT DURBIN, 73, OF NEAR CLARKSDALE, DIED AT 7:25 THIS MORNING , JAN. 24, 1941, AT ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL. HE HAD BEEN ILL A WEEK SUFFERING FROM PNEUMONIA. MR. DURBIN WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1867 IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY. HIS ENTIRE LIFE WAS SPENT IN THIS COMMUNITY EXCEPT FOR A FEW YEARS HE SPENT IN MISSOURI. HE AND SARAH JANE DURBIN WERE MARRIED MAY 19, 1891 AT LEBANON, MO. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THIS CITY. MR. DURBIN ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE OCCUPATION OF A FARMER. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, SARAH JANE AND THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: MRS. C. L. (MELINDA) KETCHUM, SPRINGFIELD; MRS. BUELA F. (MARY) DURBIN, HUNTERSVILLE MO.;MRS. RAYMOND (GOLDIE) WATERMAN, NEAR TAYLORVILLE; MRS. LLOYD (FERN) COCAGNE, ASSUMPTION; JOSEPH J. DURBIN, TAYLORVILLE;MRS. ALEX (HAZEL) CAMPBELL, TAYLORVILLE, MRS. LEO (RUTH) DURBIN, TAYLORVILLE, AND ANDREW AT HOME. TWO CHILDREN PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH A FEW YEARS AGO; JAMES T. DURBIN AND MRS. FRANCIS (MARGARET) WICKER, BOTH OF THIS CITY. THE BODY WAS REMOVED TO THE J. R. MASTERSON FUNERAL HOME TO BE PREPARED FOR BURIAL AND WILL BE TAKEN TO THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. ALEX CAMPBELL, 721 W. ENGLAND STREET SATURDAY. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 9 O’CLOCK MONDAY MORNING IN THE ST. MARY’S CHURCH, REV. FR. GEORGE POWELL WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK HILL CEMETERY. Additional Comments: Source: BREEZE COURIER, TAYLORVILLE, IL JAN 24, 1941 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/christian/photos/johnvinc1967gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb