Subject: Mary (Phillips) Killion Obit
April 8, 1931 Pantagraph Bloomington,Illinois McLean County
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Farmer City, Illinois
-April
8, 1931
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Killion, 76, who died Monday night at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. A.M. Wilkes, in Farmer City, Illinois, will
be held from the Wilkes home at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be at
Downs.
Mrs. Killion, nee Mary Phillips, was born at Green
County, Pennsylvania, 76 years ago. Sixty years ago she was married to
Mathias Killion at Downs,Illinos. Most of her life was passed in Downs
and LeRoy until the last 10 years, which were spent in Farmer City. She
was preceded in death by her husband 24 years ago: one son, Ed and one
daughter, Nellie. The following sons and
daughters are living: Bert Killion, Mansfield, Illinois Elmer Killion,
Atlanta, Illinois; Mrs. Smith Fuller, Fullerton, Illinois; Mrs. A.M.
Wilkes, Farmer City, and Herbert Killion of Kansas City, Missouri; also
six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Baylor,
90 years old, who lives in Downs, is in a very feeble condition and not
able to be told of her sister's death. Her only brother, Joseph Phillips
died Monday at Westfield. His funeral was held Wednesday at Westfield.
His fneral was held Wednesday in Westfield. Mrs. Killion's death was
caused from shock when she fell in her house Sunday and broke one hip.