A WEBB CITY RESIDENT FOR 27 YEARS DIES THIS MORNING
Mrs. Lizzie Dillender, 87 years old, a resident of Webb City for 27 years until last July when she moved from the city, died at 7:40 this
morning in St. John's Hospital where she had been a patient for two days.
Mrs. Dillender was born May 20, 1860, in Missouri, and was the widow of Lorenzo Dillender. She resided in Webb City with her daughter, Mrs. Estella Wilks at 424 W. Broadway, in property now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Veatch. Since July of last year she had been living at 314 East Fifth Street, Joplin.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Vivian Love of Webb City; Mrs. Estella Wilks and Mrs. Minnie DeHart both of Joplin; two sons, Krueger
Dillender of Kansas City and Carl Dillender of Joplin; seven grandchildren and three brothers, Sherman Decker of Guthrie, Okla., Pat Decker of Sparks, Okla., and Walter Decker of Covington, Okla. The body was returned to Webb City to the Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home.
Obituary from the Webb City Sentinel, March 22, 1948 Front Page
Note: The obituary states that Walter Decker is Elizabeth's brother, but he is her oldest son.
Mrs. Lizzie Dillender, 87 years old, a resident of Webb City for 27 years until last July when she moved from the city, died at 7:40 this
morning in St. John's Hospital where she had been a patient for two days.
Mrs. Dillender was born May 20, 1860, in Missouri, and was the widow of Lorenzo Dillender. She resided in Webb City with her daughter, Mrs. Estella Wilks at 424 W. Broadway, in property now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Veatch. Since July of last year she had been living at 314 East Fifth Street, Joplin.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Vivian Love of Webb City; Mrs. Estella Wilks and Mrs. Minnie DeHart both of Joplin; two sons, Krueger
Dillender of Kansas City and Carl Dillender of Joplin; seven grandchildren and three brothers, Sherman Decker of Guthrie, Okla., Pat Decker of Sparks, Okla., and Walter Decker of Covington, Okla. The body was returned to Webb City to the Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home.
Obituary from the Webb City Sentinel, March 22, 1948 Front Page
Note: The obituary states that Walter Decker is Elizabeth's brother, but he is her oldest son.
A WEBB CITY RESIDENT FOR 27 YEARS DIES THIS MORNING
Mrs. Lizzie Dillender, 87 years old, a resident of Webb City for 27 years until last July when she moved from the city, died at 7:40 this
morning in St. John's Hospital where she had been a patient for two days.
Mrs. Dillender was born May 20, 1860, in Missouri, and was the widow of Lorenzo Dillender. She resided in Webb City with her daughter, Mrs. Estella Wilks at 424 W. Broadway, in property now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Veatch. Since July of last year she had been living at 314 East Fifth Street, Joplin.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Vivian Love of Webb City; Mrs. Estella Wilks and Mrs. Minnie DeHart both of Joplin; two sons, Krueger
Dillender of Kansas City and Carl Dillender of Joplin; seven grandchildren and three brothers, Sherman Decker of Guthrie, Okla., Pat Decker of Sparks, Okla., and Walter Decker of Covington, Okla. The body was returned to Webb City to the Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home.
Obituary from the Webb City Sentinel, March 22, 1948 Front Page
Note: The obituary states that Walter Decker is Elizabeth's brother, but he is her oldest son.
Mrs. Lizzie Dillender, 87 years old, a resident of Webb City for 27 years until last July when she moved from the city, died at 7:40 this
morning in St. John's Hospital where she had been a patient for two days.
Mrs. Dillender was born May 20, 1860, in Missouri, and was the widow of Lorenzo Dillender. She resided in Webb City with her daughter, Mrs. Estella Wilks at 424 W. Broadway, in property now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Veatch. Since July of last year she had been living at 314 East Fifth Street, Joplin.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Vivian Love of Webb City; Mrs. Estella Wilks and Mrs. Minnie DeHart both of Joplin; two sons, Krueger
Dillender of Kansas City and Carl Dillender of Joplin; seven grandchildren and three brothers, Sherman Decker of Guthrie, Okla., Pat Decker of Sparks, Okla., and Walter Decker of Covington, Okla. The body was returned to Webb City to the Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home.
Obituary from the Webb City Sentinel, March 22, 1948 Front Page
Note: The obituary states that Walter Decker is Elizabeth's brother, but he is her oldest son.
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