Macon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Oldridge, Ellen Martin May 6, 1922 ************************************************ 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: jean conover blaney thomas_blaney@comcast.net December 19, 2012, 11:38 am Decatur (IL) Review, 6 May 1922, pg 10, Saturday Mrs. Ellen Oldridge Mrs. Ellen Oldridge, widow of the late Ex-Alderman, John B. Oldridge, died at 5 o'clock Saturday morning at the family residence, 1253 East Eldorado street. She would have been forty-nine years old in June. Her death was caused by a complication of diseases, after an illness of two months. Mrs. Oldridge was born in Wapella June 12, 1873. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Martin. She and John B. Oldridge were married in October 1895. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic church and had many friends. Mrs. Oldridge was also a member of the Ladies Auxillary O.R.C, Degree of Honor #1 and Triumph Court #17 Tribe of Ben Hur. She is survived by three sons - Roy, George and Harold Oldridge all of Decatur. She also leaves four sisters and a brother - Mrs. J. S. Cahill of Franklin, Neb., Mrs. James Galligan, Mrs. S. E. O'Connell and Mrs. Sarah Kilroy, all of Decatur and D. J. Martin of Carlinville, Ill. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning at St. Patrick's church. Interment at Calvary. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/macon/obits/o/oldridge993nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb