Thank you Vicki for the look-up. Instead of finding the obit confusing I found it hilarious. I will explain. It starts about 10 years ago when I was given a photo of the "family cemetery plot" with no name of the cemetery given, only who was buried there. The car in the photo was a late teens to early 1920's. With the help of the 1910 & 1920 census I found Jacob living in
Hartshorne,
Oklahoma. About 6 years ago I had someone do a search of the cemeteries and there were the family graves in Harshorne, only now with new headstones. With a check with the local funeral home I found that Jacob died a single man in St. Louis, MO. 1 April 1933. The bill sent to Mrs. Reynolds no other information given. I have spent the time since searching the
Missouri death records for Jacob. Last year I was given another photo, an 8x10 black and white. This one was of a man laying in a casket. But the picture was taken in Granite City. I knew of no family members being in
Illinois, and I couldn't date the picture. Any way, the Granite City is what made me stop and think. I pulled out a map this week and saw how close Granite City was to St. Louis, MO. So, I checked the
Illinois death index and there was Jacob. The obit you found is the correct one because the date is correct and the wife is also correct, but his age and place of internment are wrong. I think it is hilarious because if I hadn't of "thought outside of the box" and just excepted the funeral note in
Oklahoma, I would still be searching in
Missouri, and if I had found this obit first, I would have probably been looking in
Ohio. I can't wait to see what "miss information" is given on the death certificate.