Ashland, Sept. 7 - Joseph Leroy Conkey, 59, of Chillicothe, formerly a resident of Tallula and Ashland community, died at 4 p.m., Friday at his residence. He was manager of the Chillicothe hotel.
Mr. Conkey was born Feb. 22, 1897, in Raymond, Ia., and was married to Nellie Marcusen, Aug. 17, 1919, in Ashland.
He was a veteran of World War II a member of Ashland Masonic lodge and a farmer near Tallula for many years before moving to Chillicothe.
He is survived by eight children, Mrs. Harold Glasing, Peoria; Ray and Mary Conkey, both of Springfield; Mrs. John Reiser, Pleasant Plains, and Mrs. Robert Thompson, Ashland; John and Patricia Conkey, Chillicothe, and Robert, with the U.S. Marines at Los Vegas, Nev.; three brothers, Theodore, Tallula; Claire, of Chicago, and Merle Ewing, Ky., and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Thompson, Harms & Hurley funeral home, Petersburg, with burial in Newsmansville cemetery west of Petersburg. Rev. Kenneth V. McConkey, of Chillicothe, will officiate.
Daily Illinois State Journal Saturday, Sep 08, 1956 Springfield, IL Page: 15
Contributor: Paul Thompson (48093380)
Mr. Conkey was born Feb. 22, 1897, in Raymond, Ia., and was married to Nellie Marcusen, Aug. 17, 1919, in Ashland.
He was a veteran of World War II a member of Ashland Masonic lodge and a farmer near Tallula for many years before moving to Chillicothe.
He is survived by eight children, Mrs. Harold Glasing, Peoria; Ray and Mary Conkey, both of Springfield; Mrs. John Reiser, Pleasant Plains, and Mrs. Robert Thompson, Ashland; John and Patricia Conkey, Chillicothe, and Robert, with the U.S. Marines at Los Vegas, Nev.; three brothers, Theodore, Tallula; Claire, of Chicago, and Merle Ewing, Ky., and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Thompson, Harms & Hurley funeral home, Petersburg, with burial in Newsmansville cemetery west of Petersburg. Rev. Kenneth V. McConkey, of Chillicothe, will officiate.
Daily Illinois State Journal Saturday, Sep 08, 1956 Springfield, IL Page: 15
Contributor: Paul Thompson (48093380)
Ashland, Sept. 7 - Joseph Leroy Conkey, 59, of Chillicothe, formerly a resident of Tallula and Ashland community, died at 4 p.m., Friday at his residence. He was manager of the Chillicothe hotel.
Mr. Conkey was born Feb. 22, 1897, in Raymond, Ia., and was married to Nellie Marcusen, Aug. 17, 1919, in Ashland.
He was a veteran of World War II a member of Ashland Masonic lodge and a farmer near Tallula for many years before moving to Chillicothe.
He is survived by eight children, Mrs. Harold Glasing, Peoria; Ray and Mary Conkey, both of Springfield; Mrs. John Reiser, Pleasant Plains, and Mrs. Robert Thompson, Ashland; John and Patricia Conkey, Chillicothe, and Robert, with the U.S. Marines at Los Vegas, Nev.; three brothers, Theodore, Tallula; Claire, of Chicago, and Merle Ewing, Ky., and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Thompson, Harms & Hurley funeral home, Petersburg, with burial in Newsmansville cemetery west of Petersburg. Rev. Kenneth V. McConkey, of Chillicothe, will officiate.
Daily Illinois State Journal Saturday, Sep 08, 1956 Springfield, IL Page: 15
Contributor: Paul Thompson (48093380)
Mr. Conkey was born Feb. 22, 1897, in Raymond, Ia., and was married to Nellie Marcusen, Aug. 17, 1919, in Ashland.
He was a veteran of World War II a member of Ashland Masonic lodge and a farmer near Tallula for many years before moving to Chillicothe.
He is survived by eight children, Mrs. Harold Glasing, Peoria; Ray and Mary Conkey, both of Springfield; Mrs. John Reiser, Pleasant Plains, and Mrs. Robert Thompson, Ashland; John and Patricia Conkey, Chillicothe, and Robert, with the U.S. Marines at Los Vegas, Nev.; three brothers, Theodore, Tallula; Claire, of Chicago, and Merle Ewing, Ky., and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Thompson, Harms & Hurley funeral home, Petersburg, with burial in Newsmansville cemetery west of Petersburg. Rev. Kenneth V. McConkey, of Chillicothe, will officiate.
Daily Illinois State Journal Saturday, Sep 08, 1956 Springfield, IL Page: 15
Contributor: Paul Thompson (48093380)
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