ANNA ROOT
Mrs. Anna Root, 94, died Friday at 4 p.m. in the Condell Memorial Hospital in Libertyville, Ill.
Mrs. Root was born Nov. 29, 1882, in Decatur County, the daughter of John and Mary Frances (Van Hook) Martin.
She was a charter member of the Sandusky United Methodist Church and a member of the WSCS organization of the church.
Mrs. Root was a member of the Clinton Township Extension Homemakers Club and a 50-year member of the Lois chapter of OES. She was the organizer of the first 4-H Club in Decatur County.
Mrs. Root had spent most of her life in Decatur County and taught school in Clinton Township and at an elementary school on the Vandalia Road.
She was married to Guy G. Root, May 27, 1908, in Decatur County.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Janith McGraw, Libertyville, Ill., and Mrs. Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, Ryle Addition, Greensburg; a brother, Earl T. Martin, Shelbyville; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Loren M. Root, in July, 1976, two brothers: J. Frank Martin and William D. Martin and three sisters: Gertrude Martin, who died in infancy and Myrtle and Janie Martin.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home with burial in the Milroy Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday.
--Greensburg Daily News, December 1976--
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daughter of John Martin & Mary Frances Van Hook
widow of Guy G Root
last residence - R1 Greensburg
died - Condell Memorial Hospital, Libertyville, Illinois (near Chicago)
female - white - 94y 0m 4d
COD - pneumonia rt & left lobes
funeral - December 7, 10:30 a.m.
Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home
services by Rev James Austin & Rev Dorothy Hinds
pall bearers - Ora Barnes Jr, Robert A Foster, Robert Waybright, John Cook, C Arthur Smith, Elmer Jolliff
at the door - Mrs Paul (Stella K) Tetrick, Mrs Ed (Virginia) King, Mrs Zack (Lucille) Shoemake, Mrs Arthur (Dottie) Smith
survived by
daughters - Mrs Howard (Janith) McGraw, Libertyville, Illinois & Mrs Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, Greensburg
3 grandchildren - 5 great-grandchildren
nephew - Earl Thornton Martin
preceded by
husband - Guy G Root (died=1956?)
son - Loren M Root (died=July 1976)
2 brothers - Frank Martin & W David Martin
2 sisters - Myrtle Martin & Janie Martin
sister - Gertrude died in infancy
informant - Mrs Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, daughter, 49 Ryle Drive, Greensburg, Ind
Mrs. Anna Root, 94, died Friday at 4 p.m. in the Condell Memorial Hospital in Libertyville, Ill.
Mrs. Root was born Nov. 29, 1882, in Decatur County, the daughter of John and Mary Frances (Van Hook) Martin.
She was a charter member of the Sandusky United Methodist Church and a member of the WSCS organization of the church.
Mrs. Root was a member of the Clinton Township Extension Homemakers Club and a 50-year member of the Lois chapter of OES. She was the organizer of the first 4-H Club in Decatur County.
Mrs. Root had spent most of her life in Decatur County and taught school in Clinton Township and at an elementary school on the Vandalia Road.
She was married to Guy G. Root, May 27, 1908, in Decatur County.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Janith McGraw, Libertyville, Ill., and Mrs. Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, Ryle Addition, Greensburg; a brother, Earl T. Martin, Shelbyville; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Loren M. Root, in July, 1976, two brothers: J. Frank Martin and William D. Martin and three sisters: Gertrude Martin, who died in infancy and Myrtle and Janie Martin.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home with burial in the Milroy Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday.
--Greensburg Daily News, December 1976--
*****
daughter of John Martin & Mary Frances Van Hook
widow of Guy G Root
last residence - R1 Greensburg
died - Condell Memorial Hospital, Libertyville, Illinois (near Chicago)
female - white - 94y 0m 4d
COD - pneumonia rt & left lobes
funeral - December 7, 10:30 a.m.
Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home
services by Rev James Austin & Rev Dorothy Hinds
pall bearers - Ora Barnes Jr, Robert A Foster, Robert Waybright, John Cook, C Arthur Smith, Elmer Jolliff
at the door - Mrs Paul (Stella K) Tetrick, Mrs Ed (Virginia) King, Mrs Zack (Lucille) Shoemake, Mrs Arthur (Dottie) Smith
survived by
daughters - Mrs Howard (Janith) McGraw, Libertyville, Illinois & Mrs Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, Greensburg
3 grandchildren - 5 great-grandchildren
nephew - Earl Thornton Martin
preceded by
husband - Guy G Root (died=1956?)
son - Loren M Root (died=July 1976)
2 brothers - Frank Martin & W David Martin
2 sisters - Myrtle Martin & Janie Martin
sister - Gertrude died in infancy
informant - Mrs Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, daughter, 49 Ryle Drive, Greensburg, Ind
ANNA ROOT
Mrs. Anna Root, 94, died Friday at 4 p.m. in the Condell Memorial Hospital in Libertyville, Ill.
Mrs. Root was born Nov. 29, 1882, in Decatur County, the daughter of John and Mary Frances (Van Hook) Martin.
She was a charter member of the Sandusky United Methodist Church and a member of the WSCS organization of the church.
Mrs. Root was a member of the Clinton Township Extension Homemakers Club and a 50-year member of the Lois chapter of OES. She was the organizer of the first 4-H Club in Decatur County.
Mrs. Root had spent most of her life in Decatur County and taught school in Clinton Township and at an elementary school on the Vandalia Road.
She was married to Guy G. Root, May 27, 1908, in Decatur County.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Janith McGraw, Libertyville, Ill., and Mrs. Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, Ryle Addition, Greensburg; a brother, Earl T. Martin, Shelbyville; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Loren M. Root, in July, 1976, two brothers: J. Frank Martin and William D. Martin and three sisters: Gertrude Martin, who died in infancy and Myrtle and Janie Martin.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home with burial in the Milroy Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday.
--Greensburg Daily News, December 1976--
*****
daughter of John Martin & Mary Frances Van Hook
widow of Guy G Root
last residence - R1 Greensburg
died - Condell Memorial Hospital, Libertyville, Illinois (near Chicago)
female - white - 94y 0m 4d
COD - pneumonia rt & left lobes
funeral - December 7, 10:30 a.m.
Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home
services by Rev James Austin & Rev Dorothy Hinds
pall bearers - Ora Barnes Jr, Robert A Foster, Robert Waybright, John Cook, C Arthur Smith, Elmer Jolliff
at the door - Mrs Paul (Stella K) Tetrick, Mrs Ed (Virginia) King, Mrs Zack (Lucille) Shoemake, Mrs Arthur (Dottie) Smith
survived by
daughters - Mrs Howard (Janith) McGraw, Libertyville, Illinois & Mrs Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, Greensburg
3 grandchildren - 5 great-grandchildren
nephew - Earl Thornton Martin
preceded by
husband - Guy G Root (died=1956?)
son - Loren M Root (died=July 1976)
2 brothers - Frank Martin & W David Martin
2 sisters - Myrtle Martin & Janie Martin
sister - Gertrude died in infancy
informant - Mrs Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, daughter, 49 Ryle Drive, Greensburg, Ind
Mrs. Anna Root, 94, died Friday at 4 p.m. in the Condell Memorial Hospital in Libertyville, Ill.
Mrs. Root was born Nov. 29, 1882, in Decatur County, the daughter of John and Mary Frances (Van Hook) Martin.
She was a charter member of the Sandusky United Methodist Church and a member of the WSCS organization of the church.
Mrs. Root was a member of the Clinton Township Extension Homemakers Club and a 50-year member of the Lois chapter of OES. She was the organizer of the first 4-H Club in Decatur County.
Mrs. Root had spent most of her life in Decatur County and taught school in Clinton Township and at an elementary school on the Vandalia Road.
She was married to Guy G. Root, May 27, 1908, in Decatur County.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Janith McGraw, Libertyville, Ill., and Mrs. Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, Ryle Addition, Greensburg; a brother, Earl T. Martin, Shelbyville; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Loren M. Root, in July, 1976, two brothers: J. Frank Martin and William D. Martin and three sisters: Gertrude Martin, who died in infancy and Myrtle and Janie Martin.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home with burial in the Milroy Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday.
--Greensburg Daily News, December 1976--
*****
daughter of John Martin & Mary Frances Van Hook
widow of Guy G Root
last residence - R1 Greensburg
died - Condell Memorial Hospital, Libertyville, Illinois (near Chicago)
female - white - 94y 0m 4d
COD - pneumonia rt & left lobes
funeral - December 7, 10:30 a.m.
Gilliland-Howe Funeral Home
services by Rev James Austin & Rev Dorothy Hinds
pall bearers - Ora Barnes Jr, Robert A Foster, Robert Waybright, John Cook, C Arthur Smith, Elmer Jolliff
at the door - Mrs Paul (Stella K) Tetrick, Mrs Ed (Virginia) King, Mrs Zack (Lucille) Shoemake, Mrs Arthur (Dottie) Smith
survived by
daughters - Mrs Howard (Janith) McGraw, Libertyville, Illinois & Mrs Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, Greensburg
3 grandchildren - 5 great-grandchildren
nephew - Earl Thornton Martin
preceded by
husband - Guy G Root (died=1956?)
son - Loren M Root (died=July 1976)
2 brothers - Frank Martin & W David Martin
2 sisters - Myrtle Martin & Janie Martin
sister - Gertrude died in infancy
informant - Mrs Paul (Marjorie) Jolliff, daughter, 49 Ryle Drive, Greensburg, Ind
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