WORLD WAR II
John Edward Held (Obituary) 09 December 1999 , Metamora Herald Newspaper
Woodford County, Metamora, Illinois, Prairie District Library Obituaries 1887 - Present
Metamora Herald Newspaper
dated 12-09-1999 Page 15 Column 4
__John Edward Held, 77, of Portage passed away Sunday, Nov. 28, 1999. He was a former Streator resident. He had been a Portage resident since 1961.
He retired from the Anderson Company. He was also a World War II Army veteran. He was a member of the Bonner Senior Center.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte Held, two daughters, Linda J. (Eugene) Marshall of Waco, Texas, and Joyce L. Stotler of Hayward, Calif.; three grandechildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Wesley (Anna) Held of Washington, two sisters, Phyllis Ulrich and Dorothy (Robert) Tomlinson, both of Washburn; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services were held Wednesday, Dec. 1, at Rees Funeral Home, Hobart. Burial of remains was in Riverview Cemetery, Streator.
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The great photo of John's stone is very kindly provided by Timothy Coplin, to whom we will be forever grateful.
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WORLD WAR II
John Edward Held (Obituary) 09 December 1999 , Metamora Herald Newspaper
Woodford County, Metamora, Illinois, Prairie District Library Obituaries 1887 - Present
Metamora Herald Newspaper
dated 12-09-1999 Page 15 Column 4
__John Edward Held, 77, of Portage passed away Sunday, Nov. 28, 1999. He was a former Streator resident. He had been a Portage resident since 1961.
He retired from the Anderson Company. He was also a World War II Army veteran. He was a member of the Bonner Senior Center.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte Held, two daughters, Linda J. (Eugene) Marshall of Waco, Texas, and Joyce L. Stotler of Hayward, Calif.; three grandechildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Wesley (Anna) Held of Washington, two sisters, Phyllis Ulrich and Dorothy (Robert) Tomlinson, both of Washburn; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services were held Wednesday, Dec. 1, at Rees Funeral Home, Hobart. Burial of remains was in Riverview Cemetery, Streator.
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The great photo of John's stone is very kindly provided by Timothy Coplin, to whom we will be forever grateful.
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