Elba Worsham

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Alton Evening Telegraph 18 Oct 1930 page 6

Mr .and Mrs. Howard Worsham of 914 East Fourth street are the parents of a daughter, born thi s morning. The baby is the couple's first child. Mrs. Worsham was before her marriage, Miss M ildred Matthews.

Elba VanekCOLOMA -- Elba Vanek, 74, of Coloma, formerly of Downers Grove, Ill., passed awa y Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph.A Celebration of Life Servic e will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday (Central Standard Time) at Elliston Funeral Home, Grant an d First Streets, Hinsdale, Ill. Burial will follow at Bronzewood Cemetery in Oak Wood, Ill. F riends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday (CST) at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to I t Is Written, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Local arrangements are entrusted to Kerley-Starks & Me nchinger Family Funeral Home, St. Joseph. Those wishing to share a memory or sign the guest b ook online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com .Mrs. Va nek was born Oct. 17, 1930, in Alton, Ill., to Howard and Chelsea (Matthews) Worsham. On Jul y 4, 1947, she married Percy Hickerson in Alton. He preceded her in 1967. On June 5, 1969, sh e married Paul Vanek in Nashua, Iowa. Elba was employed at Hinsdale Hospital as supervisor o f the telecommunications department for 23 years before her retirement in 1990. In 1991, Elb a and Paul retired to Coloma. She was a member of Hinsdale Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hi nsdale and Pioneer Seventh-day Adventist Church in Berrien Springs. She enjoyed flower garden ing, crocheting and knitting.Mrs. Vanek is survived by her husband, Paul; her daughter, Pegg y (George) Walker of Coloma; two grandchildren, Jessica (Jacob) Nunley and Nicholas Walker; h er sister, Jackie (Earl) Traylor of Alton, Ill.; and several nieces and nephews.Elba was pre ceded in death by her first husband, Percy Hickerson; her daughter, Pamela Hickerson, in 1949 ; two brothers, Gary and Larry Worsham; and her sister, Sandra Harris.

Elba married Percy J. Hickerman on 4 Jul 1947 in Alton, Madison Co, Illinois. Percy was born on 2 Oct 1920 in Kentucky; died on 9 Apr 1967 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Alton, Madison, Illinois; was buried on 12 Apr 1967 in Valhalla Memorial Park, Godrey, Madison, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elba married Paul Vanek on 5 Jun 1969 in Nashua, Iowa. Paul was born about 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peggy married George Walker about 1968. George was born about 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alton Evening Telegraph 15 Oct 1949
Private Funeral Rites For Hickerson Infant
Private funeral services will be conducted Monday in Gent funeral home for Pamela Sue, infan t daughter of Mr. and MRs. Percy Hickerson of 3 Henderson place, who died Friday at 9:30 p.m . in Alton Memorial Hospital. The baby had been in ill health since birth, July 30, and had r emained a patient in the hospital.
Surviving in addition to the parents are the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Worsh am, Bethalto, and the paternal grandfather, William Hickerson, Alton