Will County IL Archives Obituaries.....Pilcher, Nora N Anson February 21, 1921 ************************************************ 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: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com November 10, 2006, 9:46 pm Herald, Feb 22, 1921 Mrs. R. Pilcher Taken by Death Herald, February 22, 1921 Mrs. Nora Pilcher, donor, with her husband, Robert Pilcher, of Pilcher park, died last night at 9 o’clock in her home, 407 South Raynor avenue. Active Social Worker Noted for her philanthropic and social work, Mrs. Pilcher, who was 70 yeas old at the time of her death, has been an active worker on Silver Cross hospital board and in the Silent Workers’ Circle of King’s Daughters. With her husband and son, Ray, Mrs. Pilcher affixed her signature to the deed which made the Forest of Arden the property of the people of Joliet. She has been an active booster for the city of Joliet and endorsed the proposal of her husband to make the gift to the community in order that it might be a garden spot for the public of today and of the future. Born in New York, Mrs. Pilcher, who was Miss Nora M. Anson before her marriage, was married to Robert Pilcher at her home in Ottawa, Ill., where she went as a young girl. Lived in Marseilles For a year Mr. and Mrs. Pilcher made their home in Marseilles, where he was interested in a paper mill. Returning to Joliet, he was with Young and Reibling for two years, having charge of their mill, after which he accepted a position as superintendent of the mill at Marseilles. Three years later they returned to Joliet and Mr. Pilcher took a similar position in F. Reibling’s mill. The presentation by Mr. and Mrs. Pilcher and their son, Ray, of the 327 acres to be used as a public park, came as a climax in a history of generous giving to the community by both Mr. and Mrs. Pilcher throughout their residence in Joliet. Surviving her are her husband, her son Ray, a grandson, Robert Pilcher, Jr., and a brother, W.W. Anson, of Joliet. For more than a decade Mrs. Pilcher has been a member of the women’s advisory board of Silver Cross hospital. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home, the Rev. T. DeWitt Tanner, pastor of Christ Episcopal church, officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst cemetery. Hold Funeral of Mrs. Pilcher Here Tomorrow Members of the force of the Robert Pilcher paper and woodwork establishment, will be active pallbearers at the funeral of Mrs. Robert Pilcher, 407 Raynor avenue, tomorrow afternoon. An honorary escort will also be provided. The Rev. T. DeWitt Tanner, pastor of Christ Episcopal church, will officiate at the services to be held at 2:30 o’clock at the home. Burial will be in Elmhurst. Mrs. Pilcher died after a long illness Monday night at her home. With her husband and son Ray, she presented Pilcher park to the city of Joliet last summer. Honorary pallbearers will be H.B. Banks, Col. Fred Bennitt, N.J. ComerFord, Henry Leach, E.W. Willard and Jonathan Mather. Active pall bearers are J.A. Thomas, J.B. Ireland, Frank Wylie, W.J. Frederick, Edward A. Rafter and John Callighan. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/obits/p/pilcher477nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb