Here are the obits for Floyd & Dorothy
Lord as published in the Star
Courier newspaper, Kewanee, IL:
Floyd's was published Friday, 2-28-1992 page A5
Floyd M. Lord
Floyd M. Lord, 89 of
Bradford died at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 27. 1992, at Heartland Health Care Center, Henry.
Born July 14, 1902, in
Milo Township, son of Lawrence S. and Louise (
Griesemer)
Lord, he was married to Dorothy E. Adkins on June 9, 1932.
She survives as well as a daughter, Mrs. Edward (Marilyn J.) Bevan of Safety
Harbor, Fla; a son,
Farrell S. of Chattanooga, Tenn.; four grandchildren Julie (
Lord)
Robinson, Jill C. Lord and Melanie J. and James E. Bevan; and three sisters, Eva
Larson of Sandwich, June Mansnerus of
Princeton, Mrs. Dean (Helen)
Peach of Kewanee. Preceding him in death were an infant grandson, two brothers and four sisters.
He had farmed his entire life in
Milo Township,
Bureau County, until moving to
Bradford in March of 1989. He was a member of Boyd's
Grove United Methodist Church, and served as trustee, steward and on various other church-related committees and offices. He proudly wore the small gold cross lapel pin awarded to him by the Boyd's
Grove United Methodist Women, making him an honorary member of the organization.
He had been township supervisor,
Bureau County Board Supervisor and precinct committeeman. He headed the committees that brought about the combination of the area's one-room schools to become the
Milo Commuinity Consolidated
Schools. He then served on the school's board of directors and for many years was board president.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at his church near
Bradford with the Rev. Bill Burton officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the
Bradford City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to his church or to the
Bradford Rescue Squad.
Johnson-Dunlap Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Dorothy's was published Wednesday, 2-23-2005, page A5
Dorothy
LordBRADFORD - Dorothy E. Lord, 95 of Toulon Rehabilitation and Health Care Center and fomerly of
Bradford, died at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, at the center.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 26, at noon at Grant-Johnson Funeral Home,
Bradford, with the Rev. Lee
Legg officiating. Burial will be in
Bradford Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 26, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Dorothy
Lord Memorial
Reading Fund. The
Bradford Grade School will be the recipient of an annual grant from this fund.
She was born in rural
Buda on Sept. 14, 1909, the daughter of Frank R. and Effie (
Denton)
Adkins. On June 9, 1932, she married Floyd M. Lord. He died in 1992.
Survivors include a son,
Farrell Lord of Metamora; a daughter, Marilyn Bevan of Safety
Harbor, Fla.; three brothers, Harold of LaMoille, Frank of Camp
Grove and Gene of rural Buda; four granddaughters, Julie of Mapleton, Ill., and Melanie, Jill and Jessica, all of Florida; one grandson, James of Florida; and five great-grandchildren, all of Florida.
She was preceded in death by a brother and a granson, in infancy.
She was a grduate of
Bradford High School and an active member of the Boyd's
Grove United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women, holding many offices in both. She also wrote the history and planned the Boyd's
Grove centennial celebration in 1951. She served on the
Milo Township Election Board and was treasurer for the
Milo Consolidated School District as well as a 4-H leader.
She was a reporter and columnist for the
Bradford Republican and Kewanee Star
Courier during the 1950s and '60s.
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