Rock Island-Mercer County IL Archives Obituaries.....IVES, Atha Jessie Woods  June 27, 1995
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Rock Island Argus Dispatch
Birth:  Oct. 5, 1906
Henderson County
Illinois, USA 
Death:  Jun. 27, 1995
Aledo ,Mercer County
Illinois, USA 

Atha J. (WOODS) IVES

Atha Jessie Woods was born in Henderson Co., IL, October 5, 1906. She was the 
daughter of Edwin Clarence and Esther Sarah Bricker Woods. She had two 
brothers Clarence and William and a sister Evelyn. She attended Western 
Illinois Teachers College in Macomb, IL. She taught in one-room schools during 
the 1920's and 1930's. During the 1950 - 1960 she was a substitute teacher at 
the Keithsburg Elemetary School, Keithsburg, IL. She married Lloyd Clifford 
Ives in Monmouth, Warren Co., IL March 6, 1937. They resided on a farm near 
Keithsburg, IL. On February 23, 1941, a son was born to this union;they were 
loved dearly by their many nieces and nephews. The couple had been married 53 
years at the time of Lloyd's death in April, 1990. Atha was a 50 year member 
of OES Mary Burns Chapter 24. Affiliated with the First Christian Church of 
Keithsburg, IL. She enjoyed gardening;canning and visiting with family,friends 
and neighbors. She is survived by a Son, Larry (Alicia) Ives; two 
granddaughters,Kimberly Ives Boyd and Jacqueline Kaye Ives; two step-
grandchildren Shane Morrow and Gaye (Morrow) Schneider; seven great 
grandchildren. On June 27,1995, 10:05 PM, Atha died quietly in her sleep at 
the Aledo Healthcare Center where she had resided since 1985. She was 88 years 
of age. Her body was laid to rest at Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery, 
Monmouth,IL on June 30, 1995. 


 
 
  
Burial:
Warren County Memorial Park 
Monmouth,Warren County
Illinois, USA 
 
 


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