"Dr. F. M. Conkey, Retired Homer Dentist, Oldest Alumnus, Dies
Dr. Frank M. Conkey, 99, oldest resident of the Homer area, died at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 17 in Burnham Hospital where he had been a patient 4 weeks.
He had lived in a Champaign nursing home for about a year prior to his hospitalization.
Dr. Conkey was a practicing dentist in Homer for 54 years. He was the oldest Royal Arch Mason in Illinois, the oldest graduate of Homer High School and the oldest member of Homer Presbyterian Church.
Services were held Jan. 30 in the Homer Presbyterian Church with Rev. Paul Holland officiating. Burial was in GAR Cemetery. Masonic services were conducted at Kirby Funeral Home Jan. 29.
Dr. Conkey was born on May 3, 1868, near Homer, a son of Dr. William Conkey, a pioneer physician, and Sarah Sadler Conkey. Dr. Conkey was told that his birth occurred during a severe flood.
After graduation from Homer High School in 1885, he served as a dental apprentice for a year in Crawfordsville, Ind. He took the 2nd year of his professional training at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
For a number of years he served on the committee for the annual reunion of Homer High School alumni and he was recognized at many of the banquets-the last time in 1967-as the oldest graduate present.
A trustee of the Presbyterian Church for many years, he was elected to life membership on the church board.
Dr. Conkey owned and managed farmland near Homer. His family was among the early settlers in the Homer-Fairmount area and the pioneer settlement of Conkeytown on the Salt Fork River was named for his father.
He leaves a son, William Harold of Elkhart, Ind.; a grandson, William Harold II, serving in the Navy in Vietnamese waters; 7 nieces, and 2 nephews. He was preceded in death by 7 brothers and 2 sisters.
The family suggests that tangible expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Homer Presbyterian Church." - February 1, 1968, Homer Enterprise (Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)
Dr. Frank M. Conkey, 99, oldest resident of the Homer area, died at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 17 in Burnham Hospital where he had been a patient 4 weeks.
He had lived in a Champaign nursing home for about a year prior to his hospitalization.
Dr. Conkey was a practicing dentist in Homer for 54 years. He was the oldest Royal Arch Mason in Illinois, the oldest graduate of Homer High School and the oldest member of Homer Presbyterian Church.
Services were held Jan. 30 in the Homer Presbyterian Church with Rev. Paul Holland officiating. Burial was in GAR Cemetery. Masonic services were conducted at Kirby Funeral Home Jan. 29.
Dr. Conkey was born on May 3, 1868, near Homer, a son of Dr. William Conkey, a pioneer physician, and Sarah Sadler Conkey. Dr. Conkey was told that his birth occurred during a severe flood.
After graduation from Homer High School in 1885, he served as a dental apprentice for a year in Crawfordsville, Ind. He took the 2nd year of his professional training at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
For a number of years he served on the committee for the annual reunion of Homer High School alumni and he was recognized at many of the banquets-the last time in 1967-as the oldest graduate present.
A trustee of the Presbyterian Church for many years, he was elected to life membership on the church board.
Dr. Conkey owned and managed farmland near Homer. His family was among the early settlers in the Homer-Fairmount area and the pioneer settlement of Conkeytown on the Salt Fork River was named for his father.
He leaves a son, William Harold of Elkhart, Ind.; a grandson, William Harold II, serving in the Navy in Vietnamese waters; 7 nieces, and 2 nephews. He was preceded in death by 7 brothers and 2 sisters.
The family suggests that tangible expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Homer Presbyterian Church." - February 1, 1968, Homer Enterprise (Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)
"Dr. F. M. Conkey, Retired Homer Dentist, Oldest Alumnus, Dies
Dr. Frank M. Conkey, 99, oldest resident of the Homer area, died at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 17 in Burnham Hospital where he had been a patient 4 weeks.
He had lived in a Champaign nursing home for about a year prior to his hospitalization.
Dr. Conkey was a practicing dentist in Homer for 54 years. He was the oldest Royal Arch Mason in Illinois, the oldest graduate of Homer High School and the oldest member of Homer Presbyterian Church.
Services were held Jan. 30 in the Homer Presbyterian Church with Rev. Paul Holland officiating. Burial was in GAR Cemetery. Masonic services were conducted at Kirby Funeral Home Jan. 29.
Dr. Conkey was born on May 3, 1868, near Homer, a son of Dr. William Conkey, a pioneer physician, and Sarah Sadler Conkey. Dr. Conkey was told that his birth occurred during a severe flood.
After graduation from Homer High School in 1885, he served as a dental apprentice for a year in Crawfordsville, Ind. He took the 2nd year of his professional training at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
For a number of years he served on the committee for the annual reunion of Homer High School alumni and he was recognized at many of the banquets-the last time in 1967-as the oldest graduate present.
A trustee of the Presbyterian Church for many years, he was elected to life membership on the church board.
Dr. Conkey owned and managed farmland near Homer. His family was among the early settlers in the Homer-Fairmount area and the pioneer settlement of Conkeytown on the Salt Fork River was named for his father.
He leaves a son, William Harold of Elkhart, Ind.; a grandson, William Harold II, serving in the Navy in Vietnamese waters; 7 nieces, and 2 nephews. He was preceded in death by 7 brothers and 2 sisters.
The family suggests that tangible expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Homer Presbyterian Church." - February 1, 1968, Homer Enterprise (Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)
Dr. Frank M. Conkey, 99, oldest resident of the Homer area, died at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 17 in Burnham Hospital where he had been a patient 4 weeks.
He had lived in a Champaign nursing home for about a year prior to his hospitalization.
Dr. Conkey was a practicing dentist in Homer for 54 years. He was the oldest Royal Arch Mason in Illinois, the oldest graduate of Homer High School and the oldest member of Homer Presbyterian Church.
Services were held Jan. 30 in the Homer Presbyterian Church with Rev. Paul Holland officiating. Burial was in GAR Cemetery. Masonic services were conducted at Kirby Funeral Home Jan. 29.
Dr. Conkey was born on May 3, 1868, near Homer, a son of Dr. William Conkey, a pioneer physician, and Sarah Sadler Conkey. Dr. Conkey was told that his birth occurred during a severe flood.
After graduation from Homer High School in 1885, he served as a dental apprentice for a year in Crawfordsville, Ind. He took the 2nd year of his professional training at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
For a number of years he served on the committee for the annual reunion of Homer High School alumni and he was recognized at many of the banquets-the last time in 1967-as the oldest graduate present.
A trustee of the Presbyterian Church for many years, he was elected to life membership on the church board.
Dr. Conkey owned and managed farmland near Homer. His family was among the early settlers in the Homer-Fairmount area and the pioneer settlement of Conkeytown on the Salt Fork River was named for his father.
He leaves a son, William Harold of Elkhart, Ind.; a grandson, William Harold II, serving in the Navy in Vietnamese waters; 7 nieces, and 2 nephews. He was preceded in death by 7 brothers and 2 sisters.
The family suggests that tangible expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Homer Presbyterian Church." - February 1, 1968, Homer Enterprise (Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)
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