Herdes, Earl Monroe (1910 - 1995): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1910 - 1995 (85 years)

Name	Herdes, Earl Monroe
Birth	3 Feb 1910	Clay County, Illinois [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Census	19 Jan 1920	Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois [2, 3, 4]
	1920 Census, Clay City (Township), Illinois, page 06a
		1920 Census, Clay City (Township), Illinois, page 06a 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 0003) (Township), image 11, page 06a
Census	4 Apr 1940	Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois [2]
	1940 Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 03b
		1940 Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 03b 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 06, page 03b
Reference Number	HERD.E002
_FGRAVE	68902722
Death	16 May 1995	Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois [1]
Burial	Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois [5]
		Headstone, Herdes, Earl M., Lelia M., and Donna E.
Person ID	I12486	Carl Wayne Gray Research \| Herdes - Minard Joseph Herdes and Mary Ann Minard Descendants, Hunley - Pryor Archibald Henry 'Arch' Hunley and Nancy Ellen Pryor Descendants
Last Modified	6 Sep 2023

Father	Herdes, Charles Alman 'Chart', b. 9 Nov 1886, Illinois d. 31 May 1963 (Age 76 years)
Mother	Byrne, Ruby R., b. 6 Jul 1890, Illinois d. 2 Jan 1965, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 74 years)
Marriage	1908 [2, 4, 6]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 21 years and 1 month - She : ~ 17 years and 5 months.
Family ID	F5873	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mitchel, Lelia May, b. 19 May 1911, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois d. 14 Nov 1994, Welborn Baptist Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana (Age 83 years)

Marriage 1930 [1, 2, 7, 8]

Age at Marriage He : ~ 19 years and 10 months - She : ~ 18 years and 7 months.

Children

+	1. HERDES, D.
+	2. Herdes, D.E.
	3. Herdes, Peggy d. Bef 6 Jul 2014
	4. Herdes, Donna Eugenia, b. 2 Aug 1932, Clay County, Illinois d. 6 Jul 2014, Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 81 years)
	5. Herdes, D.

Family ID F5872 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Jan 2023

Notes

Earl M. HERDES, 85, of Clay City, died at 3 a.m., Tuesday, May 16, 1995, at the Clay County Hospital.

Mr. HERDES was born on Feb. 3, 1910, in Clay County, the son of Charles and Ruby (BYRNE) HERDES. He married Lelia May MITCHEL in 1930. She died in 1994. He was a retired farmer, and a member of the Sailor Springs Christian Church.

Surviving are one son, David HERDES, of Clay City; three daughters, Donna HERDES of Clay City, Dionne CREAMER of Louisville, and Darlene LAMBIRD of Clay City; one sister, Sadie EVANS of Clay City; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, one brother, one sister and one grandson.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, at the Sailor Springs Christian Church. Brother Larry SCHNAUTZ and Brother Neal KENLEY will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery, rural Clay City. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, at the Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City. Memorials may be made to the Pine Haven or Oblong Children's Home.

Sources

[S3266] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Herdes, Earl M., 85, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68902722), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S505] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 06, page 3b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00441?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).
[S3252] Ancestry.com, 1930 Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 16, page 2a, (http://www.ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2).
[S186] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 6A, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00618&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2).
[S3265] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Herdes, Earl M., Lelia M., and Donna E., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68902773), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S4131] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Herdes, Ruby R. and Charles A., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18659080/charles-a-herdes), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S3264] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Herdes, Lelia M., 83, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68902773), none. (Reliability: 2).
[S3267] The Clay County Advocate Press, Obituary, Herdes, Donna Eugenia, 81, (http://remembering-when.com/advocatepress/obituaries.shtml), none. (Reliability: 2).