Date Of Burial: 06/21/1952
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Mrs. Etta Mae DeFrates, of 1028 E. Enterprise St., died suddenly yesterday morning at a hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. She had gone to California to visit a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Thean, who resides at Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles. Mrs. DeFrates was 70 years old.
She was born in Sangamon county March 17, 1882, and resided in the county her entire lifetime.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Sanders and was married to William R. DeFrates in 1897.
Mrs. DeFrates is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Thean; Mrs. Dorothy Townsend, San Francisco, Calif.; and Mrs. Myrtle Samonds, Springfield; four sons, Everett, Alton; Earl, Lawrence and Melvin DeFrates, all of Springfield; and one brother, Frank Sanders, Springfield.
Remains will be returned to Springfield and will be received by Ellinger & Kunz funeral home.
Date: Monday, June 16, 1952
Paper: Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, IL)
Page: 13
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Spouse:
William Reese "Bill" DeFrates
The marriage ended in divorce in 1940.
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Date Of Burial: 06/21/1952
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Mrs. Etta Mae DeFrates, of 1028 E. Enterprise St., died suddenly yesterday morning at a hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. She had gone to California to visit a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Thean, who resides at Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles. Mrs. DeFrates was 70 years old.
She was born in Sangamon county March 17, 1882, and resided in the county her entire lifetime.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Sanders and was married to William R. DeFrates in 1897.
Mrs. DeFrates is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Thean; Mrs. Dorothy Townsend, San Francisco, Calif.; and Mrs. Myrtle Samonds, Springfield; four sons, Everett, Alton; Earl, Lawrence and Melvin DeFrates, all of Springfield; and one brother, Frank Sanders, Springfield.
Remains will be returned to Springfield and will be received by Ellinger & Kunz funeral home.
Date: Monday, June 16, 1952
Paper: Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, IL)
Page: 13
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Spouse:
William Reese "Bill" DeFrates
The marriage ended in divorce in 1940.
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Family Members
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Everett DeFrates
1897–1983
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Earl R "Tim" DeFrates
1898–1966
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Myrtle DeFrates Samonds
1900–1994
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William Leroy DeFrates
1904–1947
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Anderson Alfey DeFrates
1906–1942
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Lawrence M "Larry" DeFrates
1910–2007
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Dorothy M DeFrates Townsend
1914–2003
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Marjorie DeFrates Thean
1916–2004
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Melvin Pressley DeFrates
1919–2007
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