He was born March 16, 1889, in Cass Township, the son of Justus and Alice (Henderson) Deakin. In 1914 he was married to Nellie B. Churchill in Peoria.
She survives and lives in Phoenix, Ariz. Other survivors include one son, Donald J. Deakin of Cuba; one daughter, Mrs. Gladys Sartoris of Phoenix, Ariz.; six grandchildren; six great grandchildren; one brother, Lee Deakin of Cuba; and one sister, Mrs. Mae Laughery of Canton.
A son, one brother, and two sisters died earlier.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Hukill Funeral Chapel, Cuba, with the Rev. Gary Spurgeon officiating. Burial will be in the Cuba Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel.
Canton Daily Ledger
Tuesday, May 5, 1970
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Transcribed by Linda Deakin Haynes
Personal Note: Grandchildren include Patricia Sartoris DeBenon, Emma Sartoris Buchanan, and Maribel Sartoris Ockenfels all of Arizona and Richard Roy Deakin, Celia Mae Deakin Beam and Linda Kay Deakin Haynes all of Fulton County, Illinois. Grandpa Roy loved to mushroom and play jokes on the grandkids. He farmed in Fiatt.
He was born March 16, 1889, in Cass Township, the son of Justus and Alice (Henderson) Deakin. In 1914 he was married to Nellie B. Churchill in Peoria.
She survives and lives in Phoenix, Ariz. Other survivors include one son, Donald J. Deakin of Cuba; one daughter, Mrs. Gladys Sartoris of Phoenix, Ariz.; six grandchildren; six great grandchildren; one brother, Lee Deakin of Cuba; and one sister, Mrs. Mae Laughery of Canton.
A son, one brother, and two sisters died earlier.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Hukill Funeral Chapel, Cuba, with the Rev. Gary Spurgeon officiating. Burial will be in the Cuba Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel.
Canton Daily Ledger
Tuesday, May 5, 1970
Page 2
Transcribed by Linda Deakin Haynes
Personal Note: Grandchildren include Patricia Sartoris DeBenon, Emma Sartoris Buchanan, and Maribel Sartoris Ockenfels all of Arizona and Richard Roy Deakin, Celia Mae Deakin Beam and Linda Kay Deakin Haynes all of Fulton County, Illinois. Grandpa Roy loved to mushroom and play jokes on the grandkids. He farmed in Fiatt.
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