Dewhirst, Leonard C.

1896 - 1976  (80 years)

• Name	Dewhirst, Leonard C.
  Birth	22 Jan 1896	Jasper County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	DEWH.L004
  _FGRAVE	48200818
  Funeral	Pulliam Funeral Home, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	24 Nov 1976	Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  	Leonard Dewhirst, 80, of Dundas died 5:30a.m. Wednesday in Burgin Nursing Manor, Olney.
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois
  Person ID	I38351	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Dewhirst, Orlando Thomas,   b. 1868   d. 1946 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	?, Maybelle 'Belle',   b. 1 Oct 1861   d. 9 Oct 1906 (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F14552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Birk, Lola,   b. 13 Jul 1895, Jasper County, Illinois d. 30 Dec 1981, Newton Rest Haven Nursing Home, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1915
  Age at Marriage	He : 19 years and 1 month - She : 19 years and 7 months.
  Children	1. Dewhirst, E.K.   2. Dewhirst, Frankey L.,   b. 13 Jun 1915, Jasper County, Illinois d. 3 Sep 1932, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 17 years)   3. Dewhirst, Leonard Vincent,   b. 7 Aug 1918, Shamrock d. 12 Jun 1944, France (Age 25 years) + 4. Dewhirst, Clifford Birk,   b. 4 Apr 1926, Jasper County, Illinois d. 21 Apr 2007, Newton Rest Haven Nursing Home, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F15399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 24 Nov 1976 - Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Leonard Dewhirst, 80, of Dundas died 5:30a.m. Wednesday in Burgin Nursing Manor, Olney. Funeral services will be 1:30p.m. Friday in Pulliam Funeral Home, Newton, with visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Newton. Mr. Dewhirst was born in Jasper, son of Tom and Maybelle Dewhirst. He was a member of the Blair Methodist Church, Dundas. He married Lola Birk in 1915. Surviving are his wife; son, Clifford of Newton; daughter, Mrs. Loren (Kathryn) Jones Algonquin; half brother, James Dewhirst of Mattoon; half sister, Mrs. Roe (Lillian) Bower of rural Newton. One Son, Vincent; one daughter, Frankey; and one half brother, William Eldon, preceded him in death

  
  

• Sources

  [S12473] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Dewhirst, Leonard, 80, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48200818) (Reliability: 2).