Decatur Herald & Review, Sunday,
Nov. 6, 1955

MRS. LOVEY HALCOM, CERRO GORDO, DIES

   MRS. LOVEY MAY HALCOM, 60, of Cerro Gordo, died at 8 a.m. yesterday 
in Decatur and Macon County Hospital.  She had been ill for 15 years. 

   MRS. HALCOM was born Dec. 5, 1894, in Weldon, a daughter of MENDER 
and FANNIE J. GOKEN. 

   She was married to SIMPSON HALCOM Mar. 25, l914 in Decatur. 

   She had lived in Decatur until 1926 when she moved to Cerro Gordo.
MRS. HALCOM was a member of the Cerro Gordo Methodist Church. 

   She leaves her husband; three daughters, MRS. LORA MAY KNIGHT, of
Bakersfield, Calif., MRS. LOUISE BANNING and MRS. FANNIE MARGARET 
BLOCK, both of Oreana; two sons, DALE, of Decatur, KENNETH, of 
Hoopeston;  12 grandchildren; three sisters, MRS. ESTHER KELLERHALS,
of Bloomington, MRS. VEDA SPRAGUE, of Clinton, MRS. GRACE MASCUM, 
(should be MARCUM) of Weldon; two brothers, HENRY GOKEN, of Decatur,
and CLARENCE GOKEN, of China Lake, Calif.

   Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Church of the Brethren, 
Cerro Gordo.

   Burial will be in Cerro Gordo Cemetery.  Friends may call at the 
Freese Funeral Home, Cerro Gordo, after 3 p.m. today.


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