Evelyn Morrow
 

Princeville Telephone, Aug. 1955
Transcribed by Mike McMullen

 

Funeral Services For Miss Evelyn Morrow Will Be Held Friday

Miss Evelyn Morrow, 78, lifelong resident of this community, passed away Tuesday evening in the Walker Convalescent Home in Peoria after a long illness.

Miss Morrow was the daughter of Hugh and Emeline Wilson Morrow and was born in Princeville, June 8, 1877. Her parents were both pioneers of Princeville, coming to Illinois from the east. Her maternal grandparents, Aaron and Esther Baird Wilson, came from Russellville, Ohio, in the fall of 1848 and homesteaded on land three miles southeast of Princeville.

Surviving are one brother, Willard of Rockford, Iowa and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and seven brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2p.m. in the Presbyterian church with Rev. Arnold Diazell in charge. Interment will be in the Princeville cemetery.

Friends may call at the Bouton Memorial Home after 3 p.m. this afternoon.

 


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