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Lydia <I>Davis</I> Kizer

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Lydia Davis Kizer

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
25 Dec 1908 (aged 84)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Lydia was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Davis.


Mrs. Lydia Kizer died at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon at the family residence, 325 West Cerro Gordo street. Had she
lived another week she would have been eighty-five years old. She was born in Kentucky, but came to Illinois with her parents when she was only one year old. For the last
twenty years she had resided in Decatur. Her hueband died in 1902. Mrs. Kizer had been an invalid for a number of years. Last Monday she suffered a stroke of paralysis and her advanced age made recovery impossible. She is survived by the following eight children: Mrs. J. R. Wortham and
T.J. Kizer of Hammond; W.R. and M.D. Kizer of Dallas, Tex.; J. R. Kizer of Flasher, N. D.; Mrs. W. L. Wortham
of Oklahoma City, and Misses Ella and Clara Kizer of Decatur. For the past twenty years, Mrs. Lydia Kizer as been a member of the First Methodist church in Decatur.
She was a church member all her life. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the residence, 325 West Cerro Gordo street. The interment will be in Greenwood. Rev. J.C. Willets will conduct the service.

Decatur, IL Review Saturday Dec 26, 1908

The funeral of Mrs. Lydia Kizer will be held from the residence, 325 West Cerro Gordo street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev. J.C. Willets, pastor of the First Methodist church. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery.

Herald Sunday Dec. 27, 1908
Lydia was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Davis.


Mrs. Lydia Kizer died at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon at the family residence, 325 West Cerro Gordo street. Had she
lived another week she would have been eighty-five years old. She was born in Kentucky, but came to Illinois with her parents when she was only one year old. For the last
twenty years she had resided in Decatur. Her hueband died in 1902. Mrs. Kizer had been an invalid for a number of years. Last Monday she suffered a stroke of paralysis and her advanced age made recovery impossible. She is survived by the following eight children: Mrs. J. R. Wortham and
T.J. Kizer of Hammond; W.R. and M.D. Kizer of Dallas, Tex.; J. R. Kizer of Flasher, N. D.; Mrs. W. L. Wortham
of Oklahoma City, and Misses Ella and Clara Kizer of Decatur. For the past twenty years, Mrs. Lydia Kizer as been a member of the First Methodist church in Decatur.
She was a church member all her life. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the residence, 325 West Cerro Gordo street. The interment will be in Greenwood. Rev. J.C. Willets will conduct the service.

Decatur, IL Review Saturday Dec 26, 1908

The funeral of Mrs. Lydia Kizer will be held from the residence, 325 West Cerro Gordo street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev. J.C. Willets, pastor of the First Methodist church. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery.

Herald Sunday Dec. 27, 1908


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  • Originally Created by: kpet
  • Added: Feb 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47826480/lydia-kizer: accessed ), memorial page for Lydia Davis Kizer (31 Dec 1823–25 Dec 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47826480, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476).