Bradford Evening Star
May 27, 1936Mrs. Lucy V. Brown, died this morning at 7:30 o'clock at the home 49 Jerome avenue after several months illness. Born on Colborne, Ont., June 18, 1860, she has resided in Bradford for the past 40 years.
She was a well known and highly respected resident of this community and was a member of the Asbury Methodist Church.
She is survived by three daugters, Mrs. W. S. McDonald, Colburn, Ont.; Mrs Harry Trace and Mrs. Newton Mix, of this city; two sons, William Ingalls of Verdon. South Dakota, Alfred Ingalls, Smithfield, Can.; 20 grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
Find-a-Grave
Norman E. Rooksby, aged 73 of Lake Vista Apartments, on March 6, 1975. He is survived by his wife, Edna; one son, Robert; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Johnson, Mrs. Emily Kase; three grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Mr. Rooksby was a retiree of Eastman Kodak Co. and a member of Hope Lutheran Church.
32825. Delbert E. Drinkwalter Sr.
Local newspaper
Funeral services for Delbert Drinkwalter, Sr., who died a 7 o'clock last Thursday morning at his home here, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the local Methodist Church ....
Mr. Drinkwalter, wh was 68 years of age, was born Dec. 3, 1871 in Wilson, N.Y., son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Drinkwalter. He spent most of his boyhood days there, later moving to Niagara Falls, N.Y., with his parents where he worked as a carpenter. He was married to Gertrude Schmuck Oct. 8, 1901 in Buffalo, N.Y. They lived in Pittsburgh and moved to Chicago. In 1916, he entered the civil service and in July, 1917, came to Rantoul, where he was employed as an instructor in the basic department of the Air Corps Technical School. He was retied from this position in April of 1938.
He joined the Masonic lodge here in April, 1918, and has been active in this lodge since that time. He was also a member of the Macabbees.
He is survived by his wife and the following children: Delbert, Rantoul; ,Kenneth, at home; and Mrs, Gertude Hackwit, Paxton; also the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Bird Gifford, Bangor, Mich.; Fred Drinkwalte, Bangor, Mich.; Chester Drinkwalter, San Francisco, Calid.; Miss Kate Drinkwalter, Chicago, and Mrs. Marion Johnson, Chicago.
The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL)
August 26, 2002RANTOUL - Mary Josephine Drinkwater-Collins, 86, formerly of Rantoul, died Friday (Aug. 23, 2002) in Ennis, Mont.
Mrs. Collins was born March 31, 1916, in Rantoul, a daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Cleary Head. She married Kenneth Drinkwater on Feb. 15, 1941. He died in 1971. She married Richard Collins. He died in 1987.
Survivors include two stepsons, Douglas Collins of Thomasboro and Donald Collins of Logansport, Ind.; a daughter, Nancy Drinkwater of Ennis, Mont.; seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, a brother and five sisters.
Mrs. Collins was a member of St. Malachy Catholic Church and its Altar and Rosary Society, and the Women of the Moose.