Obituary of George W. GEER, DeWitt County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 1999 Earliene Kaelin Name of Deceased: George W. GEER Name of Newspaper: Clinton Register Date of Newspaper: 21 April 1923 Obituary: Geer: George W. GEER, 222 W. Main street, well known resident of Clinton and DeWitt County, died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, following a sudden and very short illness. Mr. and Mrs. GEER has spent winter at Biloxi, Miss, and had returned Saturday one week ago. The sudden illness was a short duration, having lasted less than a week. He had suffered from a complication of diseases. From the beginning his illness was critical, a special nurse arrived from Bloomington Sunday. George W. GEER a son of Elias and Jane GEER, was born in Marion County, Ohio, May 14, 1845, being at his death 77 years, 11 months and 6 days old. He came to Illinois with his parents in 1854, the family settling in Dewitt County, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was married to Mrs. Alma BELL, daughter of Henry and Rebecca BELL, November 4, 1870, and they began housekeeping on a farm northeast of Clinton, where they continued to reside until 35 years ago, when they retired and moved to Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. GEER were the parents of one child, Frank who died at the age of 2 years. Mrs. GEER is the only surviving relative. He was a member of a family of 6 children, of which he was the youngest, all having preceded him in death. The brothers and sisters were: Mrs. Mira NEWMAN, Mitchell and Nathan GEER of Farmer City and Orand and William GEER of Missouri. He also leaves the following nephews and nieces: Dr. Clint CAIN, Chicago; Lynn and Elva CAIN, Mills, Mich.; Ira CAIN and Mrs. Mace HARPER, North Manchester, Ind., and Dr. Mira STEWART of Oregon. When a young man he became a member of the Rucker Chapel Church, near Clinton, later transferring membership to the First United Methodist Episcopal church of this city, of which he had been a faithful member and officer. At the time of his death he was serving as a member of the board of stewards and trustees. He was also a member of the Phintagenet Lodge, No. 25, Knights of Pythias. During his lifetime Mr. GEER had accumulated a considerable amount of property and left a handsome legacy to the First United Methodist Episcopal Church of this city. He was known to the entire community and enjoyed the respect and admiration of all who knew him. The remains were removed to the Pullen Undertaking Parlors, to be prepared for burial. Funeral services will be conducted from the late home, 222 W. Main street, Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. F.B. MADDEN, pastor, will officiate and the burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Earliene Kaelin