Rock Island County IL Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Minnie March 2, 1959
************************************************
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:
Sandra Juhl gsjuhl@peoplepc.com June 7, 2007, 3:05 am

THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS NEWSPAPER, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1959
"THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS NEWSPAPER
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1959
OBITUARY, EAST MOLINE DEATHS
MRS. MINNIE GRIFFIN
    Mrs. Minnie Griffin, 83, Route 2, East Moline, died at 7:25 last night in 
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lena Whipple, East Moline.
Services will be at 1:30 Thursday afternoon in the Esterdahl Chapel with the 
Rev. David Goodwin, pastor of the Watertown Baptist Church, officiating.  
Burial will be in Bowlesburg Cemetery, Friends may call after 4 tomorrow 
afternoon at the chapel.
Mrs. Griffin, the former Minnie Hansen, daughter of Claus and Annie Hansen, 
was born Sept. 13, 1875, in East Moline, and resided in this community her 
entire life.  She was married to Joseph G. Griffin on March 12, 1896.  She was 
of Protestant faith.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Whipple, East Moline, and Mrs. Hazel 
Walters, Moline; six sons, Ralph, Colona; Clyde and Warren, both of East 
Moline, and Roy, Coal Valley; 48 grandchildren and 47 great-grandchildren.
Her husband, three sons and a daughter preceded her in death."

Additional Comments:
  Minnie states in the 1920 census that both of her parents were born in 
Holstein, Germany.  Her father, Claus, was living with the family at the time 
of the census and he too gives Holstein, Germany as his birth place. Minnie's 
mother had died previous to the 1920 census.  
  Minnie married Joseph Finley G. Griffin in Moline, Rock Island County, 
Illinois on March 12th, 1896, and they had a total of twelve children during 
their marriage; Infant, Ralph, Bert F., Clyde I., Lina M., Pearl, Owen W., 
Lloyd A., LeRoy E., Hazel Eleanor, Joseph Finley Jr., and Warren Noah 
Griffin.  She is buried with her husband and with many other family members at 
the Bowlesburg Cemetery, Silvis, Hampton Township, Rock Island County, 
Illinois.   

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/rockisland/obits/g/griffin68gob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/

File size: 2.4 Kb