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The death certificates arrived yesterday. John Newton Poundstone's DC was signed by his wife Charlottie. Information provided includes length of stay in this place (Cerro Gordo, Illinois) 73 years; occupation: common laborer; DOB; DOD; burial date; cemetery - Cerro Gordo; funeral home - Freese Funeral Service of Cerro Gordo; and cause of death: carcinoma of the stomach, chronic myocarditis. Ora Pearl Poundstone's DC was signed by his son Herbert. Address noted of 801 N Morgan Street, Bement, Piatt, Illinois - length of residence thirty years. Occupation: drayman for the Bement Grain Company. SSN; DOB; DOD; burial date; cemetery - Bement Cemetery; funeral home - Roux Funeral Home in Bement; and cause of death carcinoma of the sigmoid (colon), chronic myocarditis. The brothers John Newton (85) and Ora Pearl (84) both died in their eighties with similar causes of death. Their father Richard Poundstone's information was provided by son Ora Pearl. Richard died

Tucson History - St. Mary’s Hospital and Sanitarium

July 16, 2010

cir 1885 cir 1910 Dedicated in 1880, St. Mary’s hospital was fully supported by the residents of Tucson. Originally it had been planned as a school, however, the Bishop Salpointe decided to make the school a hospital as it neared its completion. The hospital opened with twelve beds, Dr. John C. Hardy, and four Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelot: Sister St. Martin Dunn, Sister Julia Ford, Sister Basil Morris, and Sister Mary John Noli. A second story was added to the hospital in 1882. The physician staff grew by six and the hospital had the capacity of fifty beds by 1900. The Arizona State Genealogical Society sells a book documenting admissions to the hospital 1909 to 1920.

Sepia Saturday Sepia Saturday 163 - Lorraine and the Snow Man

February 09, 2013

Lorraine (Skibbe) Clark 1938, Chicago, Illinois This is a picture of my mother at age 4 outside her family home in Chicago, Illinois. My mother spent her youth enjoying the snow including ice skating, skiing and playing in the snow. Perhaps that is why she lives where it doesn't snow.