Williams
Family History
Obituaries
Garrett
Dale Rinehart Funeral services for Garrett Dale Rinehart, 34, of
Oswego, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, at the Oswego Presbyterian
Church, Route 25, Oswego, where he will lie in state from 10 a.m. until
the time of services. The Revs. Terry Hennessey and Leon Aalberts will
co-officiate. Born Jan. 8, 1969, in Park Ridge, he died Thursday, Nov.
20, 2003, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, as a result of
injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Interment will be in River
Hills Memorial Park, Batavia. Mr. Rinehart graduated from Hoffman
Estates High School, Class of 1987, and from Purdue University School
of Engineering in 1991, with a degree in computer and electrical
engineering. He was a member of the Oswego Presbyterian Church, where
he served as deacon. He was also a member of the American Motorcycle
Club and Brave Heart Tours. He was an avid woodworker and an all-around
tinkerer. Garrett is survived by his loving wife, Melissa (nee
Williams), who he married June 19, 1993, in Ramsey, Ind.; loving twins,
Stephanie and Samuel Rinehart; beloved parents, Dale and Marilyn (nee
Pratt) Rinehart; sister, Jennifer (Paul) Wilson of Hayden Conn.;
brother, Miles (Kristin) Rinehart of DeKalb; nieces, Abigail Wilson and
Lana Williams; nephews, Matthew Wilson, Chad Wilson and Jake Dickerman;
and one aunts and two uncles. Memorials may be directed toward the
education of his children, c/o Education Fund, P.O. Box 665, Oswego, IL
60543-0665. Arrangements were made by McKeown-Dunn Funeral Home, Ltd.,
Oswego. Friends may visit www.dailyherald.com/obits to express
condolences and sign the guest book. For funeral information,
(630)554-3888.
Published in the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald on
11/23/2003.
This is Isaac "IKE" Williams, son
of Pryor and Anna Williams:
(Submitted by Denise Pollard)
Publication unknown
Newspaper clipping in the Family Bible of James K.P. Williams and Maria
Reed:
DEATH OF
ISAAC WILIAMS-
We were sorry but not surprised to learn Tuesday morning, from our young
friend David Wheeler, that Mr. Isaac Williams, of Fairplay township, had
passed away the night before. Mr. Williams had been suffering for
two years
with the disease which ended General Grant's earthly career, cancer of
the
tongue. and for a number of months had been confined to his bed.
But
through all his sufferings he was wonderfully patient, and when the end
appeared to him to be inevitably near, he gave final directions
concerning
his affairs, his burial, ect, as cooly as though talking of matters of
every
day business. Mr. Williams was born Lawrence county Indiana,
fifty-two
years ago. He was never married. In 1853 he caught the California Gold
fever
and spent some time in that State. He afterward helped found Canon City,
Colorado. He located in this county, and engaged in the cattle business
and
farming with his brother James, thirteen or fourteen years ago,
achieving
financial success and winning the confidence and esteem of all that knew
him. In his death the county has lost an honorable and useful
citizen. He
was buried at Florence with Masonic honor, Wednesday, Eld. Foote, of
this
city preaching the funeral sermon. In a private note written in his
handwriting, the following words were found, which reveals the secret
of his
exemplary life and peaceful death: "The expectation of future happiness
is
the best relief of anzious thought, the most perfect cure for
melancholy,
the guide of life, and the comfort of death."
Newspaper clipping in the Family
Bible of James K.P. Williams and Maria Reed:
(Submitted by Denise Pollard)
Publication unknown
WILLIAMS
Dr. A. D. Williams, who died at
his home in Greenfield, Indiana, rather
suddenly, on August 6, 1912, of rheumatism of the heart, was for many
years
one of the most prominent physicians in St. Louis in his specialty.
He was an assistant surgeon in the Civil War, and resigned his position
near
the close, and went to Europe for the purpose, of finishing the study of
Ophthalmology and Otology. After studying under the most celebrated
physicians of Europe, he returned to the United States, and located in
St.
Louis in 1872. He is the author of standard works on diseases of the
ear and
eye, and a frequent contributor to medical literature.
He was a devoted member of the Christian church, and possessed a
beautiful
Christian character. He wife preceded him in to the "life beyond" about
two
years. His two daughters, Elizabeth and Anna, survive him, and
are living
at Greenfield, IN.
He name calls to mind, to many of us who knew him, a man of rare
modesty, of
spendid attainments, and of a spotless Christian life. Blessed is the
memory
of such men.
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