NOTE: Temperance Elizabeth Wall - Sheff: b. Sept. 1869 d. 1943. Mrs. T.E. Sheff Deies at Age 75 Mrs. Temperance Elizabeth Sheff, 75 died at 6:30 a.m. today at her home, 1737 Alby. She had been an invalid for the past 17 years as result of a hip fracture incured in a fall. She was the widow of William Sheff, who died 11 years ago. Mrs. Sheff was born at New Douglas, and moved from there to Grafton in childhood. She had resided in Alton for the past 29 years. Surviving are her two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Nicholson, who had resided with her mother in recent years and assisted in caring for her, and Mrs. Lily Epperhelmer, Alton, and a son, Charles Ellery Sheff, West Los Angeles, Calif. She also leaves a brother, John Wall, and a sister, Mrs. Ellen Bushey, both of Grafton, and 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral rites will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Streeper funeral home. The body is at the funeral home where friends may call Sunday evening and until time of the service. --------------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, 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: Lorie Sheff