Jeannette Wirt
 

Princeville Telephone, July 1939
Transcribed by Mike McMullen

 

MRS. JEANNETTE WIRT LAID TO REST FRIDAY

Jeanette May Camp was born May 25, 1868, on a farm near Laura, Peoria county, Illinois and died July 11 1939, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Carlson of Galva, Illinois, at the age of 71 years, 1 month and 16 days.

Her marriage to Albert Webber occurred in 1888. One son to them, Sanford Gilbert.

In 1892 she was united in marriage to John Francis Wirt and to this union three children were born, Margaret Elizabeth, Hazel Maude and John Francis, the later passing away at birth.

Surviving are one son, Sanford with whom she had made her home; and two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Carlson of Galva, Ill. and Mrs. Hazel Maude Miller of Princeville, Ill. She is also survived by eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. The deceased was one of a family of eleven children, three of whom remain: Frank Camp of Princeville, Ill., Hayes Camp of Kewanee, Ill. and Mrs. Dora Webber of Galesburg, Ill.

Mrs. Wirt lived in Laura vicinity practically all of her life. She joined the Monica Methodist church in 1886.

 


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