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NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER, 2020
OBITUARIES
- 1982 - Katheryn R. Johnson, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2001 - Leroy W. Johnson (Memorial Card), Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown, IL
- 1993 - Fred L. Johnson, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown, IL
- 1990 - Arthur Johnson, Crown Hill Cemetery
- 1983 - George A. Johnson, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown, IL
- 1986 - Michell Lindquest
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NEW ENTRIES FOR SEPTEMBER, 2020
OBITUARIES
- 2020 - John L. Melton, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2020 - Loretta J. Crow, Liberty Ctr. Cemetery, Liberty Center, IA
- 2020 - Eureatha Elva Bollivar, Leon Cemetery
- 2020 - Roger Thicksten, Cremation, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2020 - Sheila June Raser, Riverside, Prophetstown
- 2018 - Sammy Kent Johnson, Cremated
- 2019 - James Hixson, Rock Island Nat'l Cemetery
- 1987 - Oral (Raser0 Johnson, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2019 - Diane C. DeJarnatt
- 2019 - Doris Elaine McKenzie, River Hills Memorial Garden, Batavia, IL
- 2006 - Wendell S. Johnson, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
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SEPT 14, 2020 - Blanch Lakin Cook
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE, 2020
OBITUARIES
- 2016 - Mary Swanson, Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison
- 2020 - Sharon Tornow, Private
- 2019 - Betty Ellen Stutzke, Oak Knoll Mem. Park, Sterling
- 2019 - Russell W. Hall, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
- 2020 - Ethel Mae Howard, Coloma Twp. Cemetery
- 2019 - Robert J. VanDeVelde, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico, IL
- 2020 - Ruth D. Brininger, Grant Hill Cemetery, Galena, IL
- 2020 - William C. Lease, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico, IL
- 2019 - Ervin 'Cork' Goodell, Coloma Twp. Cemetery
- 2019 - Donald R. Fortune, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2019 - Arlene L. Johnson, Walnut Cemetery
- 2017 - Jerry L. Bumphrey, First Parish Cemetery, York, ME
- 2018 - Ronald L. Kelly
- 2017 - Leo S. Spotts, Calvaru Cemetery, Sterling, IL
- 2017 - Larry L Gerlach, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown, IL
- 1994 - Edward Colclasure
- 2017 - Lois A. Richmond, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
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June 13 - Adams Family
June 14 - McKenzie, Plymouth Colony Descedents
New Entries for April, 2020
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OBITUARIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER 2019
Announcements
- October 31, 2019 - 10:00 - 4:00 - Last day the Reagan Birthplace is open for 2019 season. Please contact Joan Johnson to schedule an appointment in the 'off season.' 815-622-8705 or reaganbirthplace@thewisp.net
- Nov. 26, 2019 - 7p.m. - TAHS Regular Meeting
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR SEPTEMBER 2019
TAHS SEPTEMBER meeting: Tues., Sept. 24, 2019, 7 p.m. Speaker: Larry
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS
ACQUISITIONS
- Assorted items from the Burden home from the estate of Pat McCabe Clark
- Documents on Dr. Sheldon, Yorktown, IL submitted by Krystle & Kevin Thomas
Photo Albums
NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST, 2019
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS
PHOTO ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY, 2019
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE, 2019
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY, 2019
OBITUARIES
- 2019 - Betty J. Clark, Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling
- 2019 - Joyce A. Sandrock, Yorktown Cemetery, Yorktown
- 1992 - Dean Pierceson, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1915 - Virgil McKenzie, Yorktown Cemetery
- 2018 - Mary Nelle Hill, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2018 - Timothy J. Church, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2018 - Jana N. Tonkinson, Cremation, Sterling
- 1992 - Kenneth Moore, Oak Knoll, Sterling (added photo to obit)
- 2018 - Judy R. Kropf, Out-of-State
- 2018 - Dean A. Blackert, Hooppole Cemetery
- 1917 - Mary Olds, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
- 2018 - Arny Johnson, Coloma Twp Cemetery, Rock Falls
- 2018 - Erica Jean Adams,
- 2018 - Carol Hassler, Walnut Cemetery
NEW ENTRIES FOR MARCH, 2019
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY 2019
PHOTO ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER 2018
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR SEPTEMBER 2018
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST, 2018
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
TAHS MEETINGS
Our annual Potluck meeting is Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at 6 p.m. in the Community Building on W. Market St. Bring a dish-to-pass & your own table setting. Beverages will be available. Join us for a nostalgic evening as Jeff Hinton shares hundreds of Tampico photos. Share an evening of Food-Fun-Friends and bring a friend or two with you.
Contacts: President Duane Thompson, 815-499-8673; Treasurer Joan Johnson, 815-622-8705; or Denise McLoughlin, 815-590-2143.
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY, 2018
OBITUARIES
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE, 2018
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY, 2018
OBITUARIES
- 1954 - Myrtle Stevens, Annawan Cemetery
- 1995 - Eileen Pierceson, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1962 - Harold L. Glassburn, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1958 - Addie Waite, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1960 - Amanda Croswell, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1996 - Maurine VanDeMark, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2017 - Michael W. Hoogerwerf, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
RESEARCH REQUESTS
- Dessie Dulaney
- U. Grant Stipp
NEW ENTRIES FOR APRIL, 2018
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR MARCH, 2018
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY 2018
MESSAGE BOARDS
NEW ENTRIES FOR JANUARY 2018
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- Jan. 23, 2018 - TAHS Regular meeting. Guest Speaker: WC Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi
- Feb 6, 2018, 10a-4p - Annual Ronald Reagan Birthday Celebration.
OBITUARIES
BIOGRAPHIES
MESSAGE BOARDS
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
ILLINOIS SOLDIER'S & SAILOR'S HOME AT QUINCY - Admissions of Mexican and Civil War Veterans 1887-1898
NEW ENTRIES FOR NOVEMBER, 2017
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS
NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER 2017
TAHS PROGRAM FOR OCTOBER 24TH: CCC Camp Annawan presented by PMS principal, Steve Kastorff. 7 p.m., 119 Main Street, Tampico. Contact: Denise McLoughlin, 815-590-2143 tampicohistoricalsociety@gmail.com
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NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST 2017
MESSAGE BOARDS
OBITUARY
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY 2017
ACQUISITIONS
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
- July 25th, 7p.m. in Historical Bldg. 119 Main St. - CANCELED!
- August 22nd, 6:00 p.m. - ANNUAL POTLUCK! Bring a dish to pass & your own place-setting w/utensils. Beverage provided. We will meet an hour earlier in the Tampico Community Bldg. on W. Market St. Program: Hal Yeager will display his collection of Kaleidoscopes with an interesting inter-active history on them. As always, open to the public - bring a friend.
- Sept. 26th, 7 p.m. in the Historical Bldg., 119 Main St. Ron Koehn will give a presentation: "Illinois Connection - Lincoln, Grant, Reagan, and Obama."
- October 24th, 7 p.m. in Historical Bldg., 119 Main St. Steve Kastorff on Camp Annawan.
- November 28th - State's Atty.Trish Joyce
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE 2017
COMMUNICATIONS
RESEARCHING:
Christopher MILLER (b/ 20 Jun 1840, Bern, Switzerland) - d. 25 Aug 1907, Cook, IL) & family. Married Mary CARNEY. Children: Anna, John, Margarite, and Edward. Lived on Sect. 36, Montmorency Twp., Whiteside Co., (bordered County Line Rd./Harmon, Lee Co.). The property is now owned by B. Atchison. Miller daughter lives around the corner on County Line Rd. (I have his obit from Sterling Gazette. Does not give parents' names or POB). Went back to home and found owners home. Christopher Miller was her gr-grandfather! I have connected her with Mr. Cox in California. He is the great, great, grandson of Christopher Miller. Goal: Identify the ancestral town where they were born in Switzerland; and identify the name of Christopher's parents. We are still seeking living descendants that may help to provide that information. Please contact me at tampicohistoricalsociety@gmail.com or call me at 815-590-2143.
PROJECTS/REQUESTS
- Fulfilled requests on Find-A-Grave for headstone photos in TMC, St. Mary's & Yorktown Cemeteries.
OBITUARIES
UPDATES:
MESSAGE BOARDS - Can you help?
TAHS PROGRAMS FOR 2017
June 27 - 7:00 p.m., Historical Building, 119 Main St., Tampico, History of the Tampico Methodist Church, Denise McLoughlin, Roy Haney & Pastor Leann Keate.7:00 p.m. in Historical Building, 119 Main St., Tampico.
July 25 - CANCELED!
Aug 22 - 6:00 p.m. W. Market Street, Tampico Community Building. POTLUCK! Bring your own table setting (plate, utensils, cup). Beverages will be provided.NOTE THE EARLIER TIME AND LOCATION! Hal Yeager will display his collection of Kaleidoscopes from around the world. He also gives an inter-active demonstration.
Sept. 26 - 7:00 p.m., Historical Building, 119 Main St., Tampico. Ron Koehn, The Illinois Connection: Lincoln, Grant, Reagan, Obama.
Oct. 24, 7:00 p.m., Historical Building, 119 Main St., Tampico. Steve Kastorff, principal of Prophetstown Middle School, author of CCC - Citizen Conservation Corp., Annawan Camp. (part of the Work Program initiated by FDR).
Nov. 28, 7:00 p.m., Historical Building, 119 Main St., Tamipco. TBA
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY 2017
OBITUARIES
- 2017 - Velma Zimmerman, St. Patrick's Cemetery, Rochelle, IL
- 2017 - Jerria Baumgartner, Elm Lawn Mem. Park, Princeton, IL
- 2017 - Roland Egan, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico, IL
- 2017 - Colin "Jude" Buyno
- 2015 - Willis "Bill" Ottens, cremation
- 2017 - Mary E. Burke, Out-of-State
- 2017 - Bonnie R. Cox, Annawan Twp. Cemetery, Annawan
NEW ENTRIES FOR APRIL 2017
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - APRIL 2017
OBITUARIES
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS - MARCH
OBITUARIES
- 2017 - Sierra Burress, Oak Knoll Mem. Pk., Sterling
- 2016 - Lanae Joy Newman, Erie Cemetery
- 2016 - Kenneth D. Hall, Coloma Twp. Cemetery, Coloma Twp. Cemetery
- 2016 - Vernon L. "Sonny" Rosenow, Private family burial
- 2016 - James W. Hostetler, Fairfield Amish Cemetery
- 2016 - Ruth M. Finley, Coloma Twp. Cemetery
- 2015 - Eugene J. Calsyn, St. Patrick's Cemetery, Sheffield
- 2016 - Virginia Hicks Cole, Oak Knoll Mem. Pk., Sterling
- 2017 - Terry Blackert, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
NEW ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY, 2017
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR JANUARY, 2017
OBITUARIES
- 2016 - Donald W Krug, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2017 - Jeremy 'Chet' Forward, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Tampico
- 2008 - Dorothy Webb, Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, IL
- 2012 - Maurice Webb, Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, IL
- 2016 - Marla Webb, Out-of-State
- 2016 - Marla Gardner, Out-of-State
NEW ENTRIES FOR DECEMBER, 2016
OBITUARIES
NOVEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS
November 11, 11:00 AM - Memorial Service in Reagan Park, South Main St. All are welcome and encouraged to join us in prayer, a gun volley presented by The Tampico American Legion Post 574, and Taps. Immediately following the service, everyone is invited to stop in the Tampico Historical Society for refreshments and some friendly visiting with some of our Vets.
The Village of Tampico - E-Waste Recycling. Details on their website.
MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES
NEW ENTRIES FOR NOVEMBER, 2016
UPDATES FOR OCTOBER, 2016
OCTOBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS - The Ronald Reagan Birthplace closes it's 2016 season on Oct. 31, 2016 - Feb. 5, 2017. Please call to schedule an appointment during that time. See the Reagan Birthplace page on this website for details of hours, events and contact information.
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST, 2016
OBITUARIES
- 2016 - Audrey Mae Sandrock, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2016 - Harold Dietz, Greenwood Cemetery, Harmon
- 2016 - Anita Pratt, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2016 - Barton Hoogheem, Rock Island Nat'l Cemetery, Rock Island
- 1941 - John Donnelly, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- 2016 - Stanley P. Loechel, Lyndon Twp. Cemetery
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY, 2016
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
OBITUARIES
- 2016 - Margaret Sommers, Riverside Cemetery, P-town
- 2016 - Bonnie L. Hill, Lyndon Township Cemetery
- 2016 - Phyllis E. Jones, Fulton Twp. Cemetery/Calvary Addition
- 2016 - Sharon A. Cady, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2016 - Florence VanDeWostine, Leon Cemetery
- 2016 - Keith Curry, Ft. Snelling
- 2015 - Lawrence K. Burmeister, Cremation Rites Accorded (THS Graduate)
- 2015 - Elsie M. Heward, Manlius Cemetery
- 2016 - Darrell Zigler
- 2016 - William "Bill" Louis Phelps
- 2015 - Norman M. Frederick,
- 2016 - Timothy R. Lundquist, Sr., Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2016 - Larry Wilcoxen, Walnut Cemetery
- 2016 - Bonnie Pearl Meyer, Cremation
- 1961 - Willard Brooks, Spring Hill Cemetery, LaGrange
- 1950 - George Avery, Sharon Cemetery
- (unk date) - Andilusia Britt, Rood Cemetery
- 2016 - Barbara Nelms, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1897 - Ole Anderson
- 1897 - Marion M. Heavens McKenzie, Prophetstown Cemetery
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE, 2016
FAMILY HISTORIES
- Daniel Wetzel (1815-1902) & Family - We have had an extensive file donated to us on this family. It is too large to post on the website. Please contact Denise McLoughlin at tampicohistoricalsociety@gmail.com for more information.
OBITUARIES
*Many thanks to Fama Prokup & Robin Pardus for all of their due diligence in researching the Sharon Cemetery and continueing to keep us updated.
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY, 2016
OBITUARIES
- 2015 - Betty Lou Church Thomas
- 2015 - Allen Deelsnyder, Fulton Township Cemetery
- 2015 - Arthur L. Temple, Fulton Township Cemetery, Fulton, IL
- 2015 - Irma Tiesman, Grove Hill, Morrison
- 2015 - Ronald W. Poling
- 2015 - June A. Powell, Fairview Cemetery, Annawan
- 2015 - Nicholas Garza, Calvary Cemetery, Sterling
- 2015 - Irene Beswick, Grove Hill, Morrison
- 2015 - Clifford Kuepker, Elm Lawn Memorial Park, Princeton
- 2007 - Larry Kuepker, Elm Lawn Memorial Park, Princeton
- 2015 - Allen J Dornbush, Fulton Township Cemetery
- 2015 - Michael G. Kreassig, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2015 - Naomi A. Noord, Grove Hill Cemetery, MOrrison
- 2015 - Kent J. Renkes, Creation Rites, Fulton Twnp Cemetery
- 2015 - Doris Andrea Brinkman
- 2016 - Doris Lancaster, Erie Cemetery
- 1896 - Thomas L. Britt, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2015 - Dale DeCrane, St. Mary's Cemetery (Tampico)
- 2015 - Donald L. Wilkinson, cremation rites
- 2016 - Carol Ingle, Cremation rites
- 2015 - Orville E. Kuehl, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
NEW ENTRIES FOR APRIL 2016
OBITUARIES
- 2016 - Michael Perino, St. Mary' s Cemetery, Tampico
- 2016 - Ronald Peterson, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2016 - Marjorie Mills, Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling
- 2016 - Gene Janssen, Riverside, Prophetstown
- 2016 - Dennis Lubbs, Greenville-Fairfield Cemetery
- 2016 - Gail Skinner
- 2016 - Richard Bruder, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2016 - Jul E Adams-Watkins,
- 2016 - Daryl Smiley , cremation rites
- 2016 - Roger Frank, Walnut Cemetery
- 2016 - Thomas Russ, Cremation Rites
NEW ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY, 2016
CEMETERIES
FAMILY HISTORIES
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR JANUARY, 2016
OBITUARIES
PICASA WEB ALBUM
NEW ENTRIES FOR DECEMBER, 2015
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR NOVEMBER, 2015
OBITUARIES
- 2015 - Roger Skromme, Riverside Cemetery Prophetstown
- 2015 - LaVerne Thompson, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
- 2015 - Richard L Shearer, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2015 - Theodore Crynock, private service
- 2015 - George "Tony" Shierry
- 2015 - Richard Thiem
- 2015 - Crystal Merryman, Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo
- 2015 - Genevieve Wirth, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2015 - Tyler DeVault, Erie Cemetery
- 2015 - Lucile Cornelious, Lyndon Cemetery, Lyndon
- 1886 - Benjamine Lane, Yorktown Cemetery
- 2015 - Darlene Martin, Fairfield A.M. Cemetery, Rural Tampico
- 2015 - Urias Miller, Fairfield A.M. Cemetery, Rural Tampico
- 2015 - Dale DeCrane, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
- 1941 - August Mathis, Hooppole
NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER, 2015
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - OCTOBER, 2015
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR SEPTEMBER, 2015
OBITUARIES
- 2015 - Beulah Gentz, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2015 - Sue A Schroeder, Cremation/Oakwood Cemetery, Dixon, IL
- 2015 - John A Mitchell, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1904 - Rev. George Bernreuter, North Prairie Cemetery, Washington Co., IL
- 2014 - Lee Ann Kirst-Salle Out of state
- 2015 - Ronald Hay, Coloma Twp. Cemetery, Rock Falls
- 2015 - Max Tieman, Cremated
WHITESIDE COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES - 1908
MESSAGE BOARDS
NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST, 2015
ANNOUNCESMENTS:
August 25, 2015 -Tampico Area Historical Society annual "Potluck". Bring dish to pass & own table setting. Beverage provided. Program: Sharon Atkins from Roscoe, IL will give a presentation (dressed in period costume) on Victorian Funeral Customs. We will meet in the Tampico Community Bldg., 106 W. Market St., at 6:00 p.m. Please join us and bring a friend.
OBITUARIES
- 1936 - Ida Hewitt, Rock Falls Cemetery
- 2015 - Harold Wetzell,Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2015 - Elizabeth Van Landuit, St. Mary's Cemetery
- 2015 - Dean Winchell, Calvary Cemetery, Sterling
- 2015 - Gloria Marschang
- 2015 - Thomas Rogiewicz, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2015 - Linda Brooks, Leon Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2015 - Donald Ballard
- 2015 - Stacy Arnett, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2015 - John Skwiercz, St. Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, IN
- 2015 - Rev. Paul Olson
- 2015 - Glenda J Meadows, Lyndon Twp. Cemetery
- 2015 - Timothy Boonstra
- 2015 - Nicole VanDeVelde
- 2015 - Flora Chamberlain
MESSAGE BOARDS
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY, 2015
ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMMUNITY CLUB will not meet in August or September
TAHS Meets Tuesday, July 28 @ 7pm in the Historical Bldg., 119 Main St. Speaker: Marcia Widolff with the Whiteside County Health Dept.
OBITUARIES
PICASA WEB ALBUM
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE, 2015
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY, 2015
OBITUARIES
- 1986 - Anna Gudgell, Yorktown Cemetery
- 2015 - Elaine Wolf, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2015 - Gene Carey
- 1950 - Addie L Aydelott, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1940 - Dora Wroten, Greenville-Fairfield Cemetery (aka: Union)
- 1923 - Robert Wroten, Whittington Cemetery (aka: Union or Greenville-Fairfield)
- 1973 - John T Meyer, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
- 1987 - Louis H Meyer, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS - Many thanks to Les Niemi for photographing the headstones in Yorktown Cemetery, Yorktown.
NEW ENTRIES FOR APRIL, 2015
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - APRIL
OBITS
- 1916 - Sarah Arnold, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1935 - Dr. E. L. Dow, Erie Cemetery
- 2014 - Margaret Graham, Buried out of state: Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, IN
- 1965 - Rhoda Hotchkiss, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1947 - Robert S Brainerd, Jr., [Headstone Application - obit to follow] Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1921 - Andrew Wylie Arnold, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2015 - Alma "Amy" McElhiney, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2015 - Margery VanDeVelde, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
- 2015 - Marie Wright, Walnut Cemetery
- 2015 - Arthur Radake, Yorktown Cemetery
- 2015 - Clyde Rosene, Red Oak Cemetery
PICASA WEB ALBUMS - CEMETERIES
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
NEW ENTRIES FOR MARCH, 2015
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
CENSUS RECORDS
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
- Tampico Tornado Gossip Column, April 10 - Dec. 25, 1886, transcribed & sumitted by Les Niemi
- Tampico Tornado Gossip Column, May 31 - July 12, 1884, transcribed & submitted by Les Niemi
- Tampico Tornado Gossip Column, Jan 1 - Dec. 24, 1887, transcribed & submitted by Les Niemi
- Tampico Tornado Gossip Column, Jan. 7, - Nov. 17, 1888, transcribed & submtted by Les Niemi
- Tampico Tornado Gossip Column, Jan. 5 - April 27, 1889, transcribed & submitted by Les Niemi
- Tampico Tornado Gossip Column, May 3 - Dec. 20, 1890, transcried & submitted by Les Niemi
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS - MARCH
NEW ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY, 2015
MESSAGE BOARDS FOR FEBRUARY
REINDEXED
ANNIVERSARIES
OBITUARIES
- 2014 - Ruth Alaine (Bernhardy) Frary
- 2014 - Raymond Verdick, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2014 - Gale Ellis, Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison
- 2014- Robert Hill, Cremation Rites
- 2015 - Lory Wirth, Fenton Cemetery, Fenton
- 2015 - Helen Joynt, Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Dixon
- 2015 - Avis Horton, Oak Knoll Cemetery, Sterling
- 2015 - Mary Gallegos, Cremation Rites
NEW ENTRIES FOR JANUARY, 2015
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
January 27, 7pm: TAHS Regular meeting. Discuss plans for the Reagan Birthday Party on Feb. 6.
February 6, 10a-4p: 104th Ronald Reagan Birthday Party. Open to public. Free Tours of Birthplace & Historical Society. Refreshments in Historical Society. Joan Johnson, garyjoan@thewisp.net or 815-622-8705.
CORRECTIONS
- Corrected the death date in the obituary & TM Cemetery Index for Ora Lillian (Coates) Noon from 1912 to 1923
OBITUARIES
- 2015 - John Steien - Cottonwood Cemetery, Morrison, IL
- 2015 - Brent Zaagman
- 2014 - Dorothy M Johnson
- 2014 - Gertrude "Trudy" Branson
- 2014 - Kelly Reilly, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico, IL
- 2014 - Rosalie Spears, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2014 - Iola Warner Stanley, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2014 - Joyce Dickenson
- 2015 - Richard Renkes, Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison
- 2015 - Robert Meier
- 2015 - Shirley Blumhoff
- 2015 - Phyllis Lofgren, Leon Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2015 - Arthur "Art" Johnson
- 2015 - Ernest "Ernie" Waldbusser, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
MESSAGE BOARDS
NEW ENTRIES FOR DECEMBER 2014
OBITURARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR NOVEMBER, 2014
OBITUARIES
PICASA WEB ALBUM
NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER 2014
ILLINOIS SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' HOME IN QUINCY 1887-1898
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR SEPTEMBER, 2014
Next TAHS meeting, , Sept. 23, 2014, 7 p.m. in Historical Bldg, 119 Main St., Tampico. Guest Speaker: Robt. Anderson, President, Manlius Historical Society. Contact: Joan Johnson, President - 815-622-8705 or garyjoan@thewisp.net
SEPTEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Revised the MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION form. You may also use the form to donate and/or volunteer.
PICASA WEB ALUBMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST, 2014
ANNOUNCEMENTS - Silent Auction now through Oct. 31, 2014. One-of-kind Reagan Plate/Clock. Call: 815-622-8705
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - August 2014
MESSAGE BOARDS - AUGUST
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
OBITUARIES
WHITESIDE COUNTY HISTORY by W. Bastian
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY, 2014
OBITUARIES
- 2014 - Danny Swanson - Oakridge Cemetery, Effingham, IL
- 2014 - Aaron Swanson
- 2014 - Arlyn Cady, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2014 - Lawrence Thome, Sacred Heart, Annawan
- 1949 - Laura Gaskill, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
- 2004 - Ferne Berge, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1922 - Rebecca Kepner, St. Johns Church Cemetery, Markelsville, PA
- 2006 - Homer W Kepner, Walnut Cemetery
- 1975 - Cora Braasch, Walnut Cemetery
- 1984 - Ida M Bruder, Yorktown Cemetery
- 1975 - Vernon Bruder, Yorktown Cemetery
- 1935 - Bertha Buchwald, Yorktown Cemetery
- 1957 - Frederic Berge, Yorktown Cemetery
- 1955 - Mary (Sandrock) Berge, Yorktown Cemetery
- 2004 - Donald Brophy, Cremation - Ladd, IL
- 2013 - Dorothy Moews, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetown
- 2013 - Patty Fritsch, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2013 - Rosalind Reed
- 1999 - Gerald Franks, Walnut Cemetery
- 2014 - Gailya Chapin, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2014 - Pricilla Shelton, St. Patrick Cemetery, Rochelle, IL
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE, 2014
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
OBITUARIES
- 2014 - Janice Crenshaw, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2014 - Delores R Lench, Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling
- 2014 - James E Stevens, Scottsdale, AZ
- 2014 - Dean Pierson, , Rockford, IL
- 2012 - Marilyn Pierson, Rockford, IL
- 2014 - Emmagene Ulrich
- 1995 - Otis Paul Nicely, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2014 - Lois Willis, Erie Cemetery
- 1915 - Henry P Allen, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
PICASA PHOTO ALBUM
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY, 2014
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
OBITUARIES
BIOGRAPHIES - WHITESIDE CO., 1900
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
MESSAGE BOARD - MAY, 2014
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
- Sharon Cemetery - Kudos to Robin Pardus and Fama Prokup for their diligent work in indexing the Sharon Cemetery. They are going above and beyond by providing any/all information, such as obits, photos of headstones, biographies, etc. She has asked for your help - If you have an obit, headstone photo, military information, biography, etc. for anyone buried in the Sharon Cemetery, please contact Robin. She welcomes any pertinent information or even just a name of person(s) buried there. I am providing alink to the information she and Fama have collected to date, including her sources.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Tampico Memorial Cemetery Board has Cemetery Lots available for purchase.
NEW ENTRIES FOR APRIL, 2014
APRIL CALENDAR OF EVENTS
OBITUARIES
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
- McCOMBS - Obituaries submitted by Dave & Ginger Mackie (descendant of McCombs)
SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' HOME AT QUINCY 1887-1898
NEW ENTRIES FOR MARCH, 2013
MARCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS - GENERAL
OBITUARIES
- 2014 - Hattie Wolever, Erie Cemetery
- 2011 - Quinten "Quinn" Barclay, Fitzgerald Funeral Home and Crematory
- 1994 - Lamont "Monte" Mathias, Oak Knoll Cemetery, Sterling
- 1964 - Larry Hockman, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1969 - William E Adams, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
- 2014 - Kenneth Thorman, out-of-area
- 2014 - George J Bass, Coloma Twp. Cemetery
- 2014 - Paul Kaiser, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY, 2014
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
OBITUARIES
- 2014 - Mary P Warren Leon Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2014 - Bette Sherman, Oak Knoll Memorial Pk, Sterling
- 2013 - Jeanette C Frank, Yorktown Cemetery
- 2014 - Roger Chriest, Coloma Twp. Cemetery, Rock Falls
- 2014 - Judith Barnes, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
- 2013 - Robert I Coats, East Jordan Cemetery
- 2014 - Louise Taber, Sharon Cemetery, Erie
- 2014 - Vernon Elgin, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1967 - Added photo to obit of Orpha Underhill Kempster, submitted by Deb Peterson
- 2014 - Ruby Chapin, (buried out-of-state
- 1925 - Besse Shere Lewis, Yorktown Cemetery
- 2014 - Milo Smith, Crown Hill Cemetery, IN
- 2014 - Karen L Owens, cremation
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside County 1900
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
MESSAGE BOARDS
NEW ENTRIES FOR JANUARY, 2014
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS
NEW ENTRIES FOR DECEMBER, 2013
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
OBITUARIES
- 2013 - Robert E Anderson, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2013 - Donald Hamstra, Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison
- 2013 - Justin G Curtin, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2013 - Marjorie R Zigler, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2013 - Thelma Eilers, Hopkins Cemetery
- 2013 - Tony Lanphere
- 1883 - Malinda Booth Emmons
- 2013 - Ora Newman, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2013 - Charles Adams, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
- 2013 - Helen Oldham, Greenville/Fairfield Cemetery, New Bedford (Bureau County, IL)
- 2013 - Bernadine Yaklich
- 2012 - Emma Alberta Tornow, Walnut Cemetery
- 2012 - Delores Hamblock, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
- 2013 - Jesse Jones (interment is private)
- 2013 - Jill Ringenberg, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
MESSAGE BOARDS
NEW ENTRIES FOR NOVEMBER, 2013
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside Co., 1885
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER, 2013
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR SEPTEMBER, 2013
OBITUARIES
PICASA PHOTO ALBUM (& Google +)
NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST, 2013
AUGUST 27, 2013: 6PM, Community Bldg. - TAHS Annual Potluck PicNic. Bring-a-dish-to-pass & own table setting. Beverages furnished. Speaker: PAT GORMAN, Lee Co. Genealogical/Historical Societies. "Military Markers in Cemeteries." Please note the earlier time we are meeting and the location. Public invited - Please join us and bring a friend! Contact: President, Joan Johnson, garyjoan@thewisp.net or 815-622-8705
OBITUARIES
IL SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' HOME AT QUINCY 1887-1898
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY, 2013
OBITUARIES
- 2013 - Helen C Buckley, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2013 - Lawrence Thome, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2013 - Edna Schrock, Fairfield Amish Mennonite Cemetery
- 2013 - Maynard D Kropf, Fairfield Amish Mennonite Cemetery
- 2013 - Connie Jean Kropf, Fairfield Amish Mennonit Cemetery
- 2013 - Pastor Lauren Gerber, Elm Lawn Mem. Pk., Princeton, IL
- 2013 - Rose E Johnson, Lyndon Cemetery
- 2013 - Larry Sandrock, Yorktown Cemetery
- 2013 - Linda Hansen, Lakeside Cemetery, Phillips, WI
- 2013 - Marie Vetter, Hooppole Cemetery, IL
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE, 2013
TAMPICO DAYS SCHEDULE (off-site link)
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY, 2013
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
OBITUARIES
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
NEW ENTRIES FOR APRIL, 2013
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
MESSAGE BOARDS
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR MARCH, 2013
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
OBITUARIES
- 1960 - Frank R Emmons, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Rock Falls, IL
- 2012 - Alice Mae Kropf, Fairfield Amish Mennonite Cemetery, Tampico, IL
- 2013 - Laurine Nusbaum Hoffman, Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling
- 2013 - Jesse O Leathers, Walnut Cemetery
- 2013 - Ruth Blosser, Fairfield Amish Mennonite Cemetery
- 2013 - Mark Newman, Cremation Rites
- 1974 - Elmira Eyrich, Sharon Cemetery
- 2013 - Genevieve Devine, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
MESSAGE BOARDS
IL SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' HOME @ QUINCY
NEW ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY, 2013
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARD
NEW ENTRIES FOR JANUARY, 2013
IL SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' HOME @ QUINCY
OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES
- 1898 - Timothy Harty, died in Iowa
- 1933 - Edmond Elmer Brady, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1949 - Kate Myers Brady, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1960 - Vera Miller Marshang, Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling
- 1971 - Harry A Marshang, Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling
- 1994 -James D Marshang
- 2005 - Helen Marshang McNeil, Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling
- 2013 - Dean Hamilton
- 2013 - Kathryn McKinney
- 2013 - Betty Zigler, Cremation Rites
- 2013 - Sheila J Gallentine
- 2013 - Lyle Frank, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2013 - Ruth Blosser, Amish-Menonite Cemetery
- 2013 - Margaret Glassburn, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2013 - Becky Williams, Lyndon Cemetery
- 2013 - Fred W. VanDeWostine, Lyndon Cemetery
- 2013 - Shirely Randolph, Cremation Rites
MESSAGE BOARDS - January, 2013
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
ENGAGEMENTS & MARRIAGES
NEW ENTRIES FOR DECEMBER, 2012
MESSAGE BOARDS
OBITUARIES
- 1999 - Walter Brown, Clinton Lawn Cemetery
- 2001 - Virginia Weisenberger, Leon Cemetery
- 2012 - Lois J. Wetzell, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2001 - William Poe, National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal
- 2001 - Wayne Carlson, Rose Lawn Memorial Estates
- 2002 - Willard Baker, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2012 - Wells Shearer, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2012 - Wayne Wheelock, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2013 - Ruth Danielson, Oakland Cemetery, Princeton
SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' HOME @ QUINCY
NEW ENTRIES FOR NOVEMBER, 2012
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
FAMILY HISTORIES & GEN CHARTS
OBITUARIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER, 2012
CALENDAR OF EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
- ANNOUNCEMENT - The Ronald Reagan Birthplace & Museum 2012 Season will end Oct. 31, 2012. If you would like to visit after this time, please contact Joan Johnson, 815-622-8705 or Shirley Lester, 815-499-4770. Or email reaganbirthplace@thewisp.net.
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS
NEW ENTRIES FOR SEPTEMBER, 2012
CALENDAR OF EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
OBITUARIES
- 1988 - Grace Bos, Sharon Cemetery
- 1918 - Mrs. Margaret Rieger, Sharon Cemetery
- 2012 - Margaret E Johnson, Greenville/Fairfield Cemetery, New Bedford
- 2012 - David E Gerdes, South Elkhorn Cemetery in rural Milledgeville.
- 2012 - Howard C Rasmussen, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2012 - Doris May (Hostetler) Gerdes, Fairfield A. M. Cemetery, Tampico
- 2012 - Dora Fay Hostetler, Fairfield A.M. Cemetery, Tampico
- 2012 - Curvin Kropf, Fairfield A.M. Cemetery, Tampico
- 2012 - Dorothy Etheridge, Yorktown Cemetery
- 2012 - Lawrence J Rajnowski, Cremation
- 1881 - William Booth
- 1911 - Mary J (Wood) Glassburn, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2012 - Kirk Williams, cremation
- 2012 - Hazel Lou, Walnut Cemetery
- 2012 - Gerald R Girardi St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Tampico
- 2012 - Sheila Schipper, Grove Hill, Morrison
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
MARRIAGES
NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST, 2012
CALENDAR OF EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Aug. 28, 6p - Tampico Area Historical Society's Annual Potluck in Community Bldg. Bring dish to pass & own table setting. Beverages will be provided. Program: Remembering the HY&T - 'The Dummy' - presented by Prof. Gene Wright. Please join us and bring your memories of this little train. The train ran from Hooppole to Yorktown and on to Tampico from 1909 - 1954. Bring a friend as we walk down memory lane. Contact: Joan Johnson, 815-622-8705/garyjoan@thewisp.net or Denise McLoughlin, 815-590-2143/tampicohistoricalsociety@gmail.com
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS
RESEARCH REQUESTS
- Surname: CHRISTIE
- Schwender/Swender, Young
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside County, 1908
ILLINOIS SOLDIER'S & SAILOR'S HOME AT QUINCY - Admissions of Mexican War & Civil War Veterans 1887-1898
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY, 2012
MARRIAGES
OBITUARIES
New Entries for June, 2012
OBITUARIES
- 2012 - Otto E Dobbeke Hopeland Cemetery in Buda
- 1978 - Ethel Howlett Parent, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1982 - McKenzie Parent, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2009 - Patricia Wiebenga, Fulton Twp Cemetery, Fulton
- 2009 - Marian Meyers, Clinton Lawn Cemetery
- 2008 - Fay E Morgan, Fulton Twp Cemetery, Fulton
- 2008 - Michael Rippy
- 2008 - Donald Hollaway, Oak Knoll Memorial Park
- 2007 - Donald Morthland, Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison
- 2007 - Frank Vavra, Memorial Service
- 2006 - Warren N Shady, Monmouth Cemetery
- 2006 - Francis M "Pat" Keegan, Erie Cemetery
- 2005 - Arvilla A Cox, Erie Cemetery
- 2005 - Phyllis Brown, Clinton Lawn Cemetery
- 2012 - Norman "Butch" Heeren, St.Mary's Cemetery
- 2012 - Lawrence Batten, Burial of cremains will be at later date
- 2012 - Grace Brandenburg, St. Mary's Cemetery
SOLDIER'S & SAILOR'S HOME - QUINCY 1887-1898
MESSAGE BOARDS
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY, 2012
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
IL SOLDIERS & SAILORS HOME AT QUINCY 1887-1898
OBITUARIES
MARRIAGES
NEW ENTRIES FOR APRIL, 2012
OBITUARIES
- 2012 - Ruth Ellen Jacobs Cummings, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1982 - Elma Bruder, Yorktown Cemetery
- 1982 - Maurice Linsay, Prophetstown (memorial service)
- 1982- Hilda Anderson, Riverside Cemetery
- 1982 - Lela Tonkinson, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1982 - Louis Sandrock, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1978 - Mildred Tyler, Body Donated
- 1998 - Norman Crowder, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Tampicoy
- 2010 - Helen Andreas, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
- 2012 - Kenneth Roman
- 2012 - Duane Wetzell, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
- 2011 - Ruby Newman, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2011 - James Chalupnik, cremated
MESSAGE BOARDS
BIOGRAPHIES - BUREAU COUNTY, 1885
FAMILY HISTORIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR MARCH, 2012
RESEARCH REQUESTS:
- Ford
- Crook
- Seymour
- Historic Preservation
- Davis
- Humphreys
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BIOGRAPHIES - WHITESIDE COUNTY, 1885
BIOGRAPHIES - WHITESIDE COUNTY - 1900
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
MESSAGE BOARDS
OBITUARIES
- 2012- Norma Hatten, Yorktown Cemetery
- 1953 - Beryl DAvis, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1943 - Frank Davis, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2012 - S Stanley Maxfield, Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo
- 1929 - Charles Fisher, Erie Cemetery
- 1896 - Asa Crook, Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo
- 2012 - Mary Creston, Henreyville Cemetery
- 1929 - Rod Lee Douglas, Sharon Cemetery
- 2008 - Rebecca Findley, Sharon Cemetery
- 1929 - Myrtle Urick, Sharon Cemetery
- 1896 - Lottie Arnett, possibly Sharon Cemetery
- 2011 - Donald Bons, Sharon Cemetery
- 2004 - Verlon G Croft, Sharon Cemetery
- 2009 - Pauline Stone, Sharon Cemetery
- 1999 - Buell Young, out-of-state (from Erie, IL)
- 2003 - Keith "Casey" Young, Sharon Cemetery
- 2012 - Edward Seyller, Hooppole Cemetery
FAMILY HISTORIES & GEN CHARTS
NEW ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY, 2012
RESEARCH REQUESTS
- Josiah E. Scott & Descendants
- Swinke
- Chief Shabbona
- Carl Mott
- Looney Reece
- Larsen/Jensen
- Julian Jacobson
- Frank & Sadie Davis
- Scotchbrook
- Howell Searcy
- Scott
MARRIAGES
OBITUARIES
- 1930 - Added additional info for Charles R. Aldrich obituary
- 1956 - Bernard Droste, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1956 - Mrs. Wm. Luning, Prophetstown
- 1956 - Helena Hathaway, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2012 - Blair Bryan, Jr., Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2012 - Juanita Roman, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1972 - Leonard J O'Bryan, Lyndon Cemetery
- 1972 - Arthur Skarin, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1972 - Wilfred Dietz,
- 1972 - Erma Travis, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
MESSAGE BOARDS
BIOGRAPHIES - WHITESIDE CO., 1900
SOLDIER'S & SAILOR'S HOME @ QUINCY 1887-1897
- OZIAH (David, Thomas & William)
NEW ENTRIES FOR JANUARY, 2012
January Calendar of Events
GENERAL INFO
OBITUARIES
- 1900 - Thomas Glassburn - Tampico Memorial Cemetery (brother of Tampico's Founding Father)
- 1950 - Mrs. A. E. Bennett - added another article with obituary for Mary Frances Peckahm Bennett
- 2012 - Leamon D Hill - Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown, IL
- 2000 - Howard Foley - St.Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Tampico, IL
- 2006 - Mark Van DeVelde - St.Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Tampico, IL
- 1945 - Otto Swinke, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1956 - Homer D Gudgell, Fairfield-Greenville Cemetery
- 1956- Walter Burnham Forward, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1956 - Lucy Linaweaver, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1988 - Paul VanDeMark, Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1988 - Kathryn Forward
- 1982 - Helen James, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
MESSAGE BOARDS - JANUARY
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
BIOGRAPHIES - WHITESIDE COUNTY - 1908
MARRIAGES
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
ILLINOIS SOLDIER'S & SAILOR'S HOME AT QUINCY
NEW ENTRIES FOR DECEMBER, 2011
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS
New Entries for November, 2011
OBITUARIES
- 1880 - Samuel Emmons
- 1904 - L L Emmons, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, IL
- 2011 - Mary J. Mosher, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Tampico
- 2010 - Henry Wiersema, Fulton Twp Cemetery, Fulton, IL
- 2010 - Myron Cox
- 1880 - Samuel Emmons - Sterling, IL
- 1904 - L L Emmons - Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, IL
- 2011 - Catherine DeSplinter - St. Mary's CatholicCemetery, Tampico, IL
- 2011 - Delmar Bates - Cremation
- 2011 - Gladys V Smith - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1944 - August Jensen - Fairfield Cemetery
- 1944 - Hugh R Hermes - St Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
- 1944 - Dolly Margaret Cox - Leon Cemetery
- 1944 - George Davey - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1944 - Walter J Thompson - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1944 - Nettie Hayes - Greenville-Fairfield Cemetery
- 1896 - Tillie (Olsson) Morse
MESSAGE BOARDS
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
BIOGRAPHIES - Past & Present of Bureau County, IL 1906
NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER, 2011
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Oct. 22, 2011, 5p-p: Tampico Ambulance Soup & Sandwich Supper, Oct. 22, 2011
Oct. 23, 2011, 5p-9p - Jessie Coleman Fund Raiser, Dinner, Silent Auction & 50/50 drawing @ Dutch Diner 815-438-2096
Oct. 29, 2011, 1p. - "Team Jess" Benefit Race @ Lancaster TNT tracks - 1870 Coleta Rd., Tampico, IL, 815.438.7985
OBITUARIES
- 2011 - Mary Bateman - Out of State
- 2010 - Oscar Hostetler Out of State
- 2011 - Donald Howlett - Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling
- 2011 - Joseph Ryan Rosenow
- 1927 - Gerald Glenn Weaver IOOF, Rock Falls
- 1938 - Lewis Winchell, Yorktown Cemetery
- 1930 - Fay Fred Yerdes, Lyndon Cemetery
- 2004 - Marvin Ackeberg, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2008 - Nathan L Tabor, Out-of-State
- 2004 - Mary C Adams, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Tampico
- 2005 - Velma Car-Skaden, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling
- 2007 - Alta Allison, Southside Cemetery, Pontiac, IL
- 2004 - Ronald Reagan, Simi Valley, CA
- 2003 - Helen Kaiser Anderson, Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, IL
- 2003 - William Baltzell, Carbondale, IL
NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST & September, 2011
NEW MEMBERS
- Maggie Hill - Lifetime member
- Glenn William (Bill) Matthews
- Donna Deane Frogler, VA - Surnames: GLENN, BARBER, ABBOTT
- Nancy Finch Laich, OH - Surnames: SEYMORE, STEWART, DORATHY
MESSAGE BOARDS
OBITUARIES
- 2011 - James A Pratt - Oak Knoll Cemetery, Sterling
- 2011 - James Warren - Leon Cemetery
- 2011 - Jos. Heeren - Cremation Riteser,
- 2004 - Noel Dean Little - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2004 - Valine "Elaine" Jones - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1983 - Marie Verhulst - St. Mary's Cemetery, Tampico
- 1983 - Billy Fritsch - Out-of-state
- 1983 - Bernice Pedersen - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1983 - Milan Fotzler - Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1983 - Blanche McNabb - Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1983 - Elfreda "Tilda" Olson - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1952 - Gayle Ann Corlett, buried out of area
- 1989 - Ralph Naftzger, Leon Cemetery
- 1924 - Job Greenman - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2011 - Elizabeth Matthews - Leon Cemetery
- 1989 - Martha Matthews - Leon Cemetery
- 1924 - I. J. Booze - Tampico Cemetery
- 1937 - Amanda J (Smith) Miller - Greenville/Fairfield Cemtery
- 1937 - John J Copeland - Leon Cemetery
- 1937- Charles Stuart Smith, Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1937 - Louisa Ann Woodworth - partial obit - Leon Cemetery
- 1937 - Clara B (Shugart) Thackaberry - Greenville/Fairfield Cemetery
- 1926 - William Dietz - Tamico Memorial Cemetery
- 1974 - Mae (Doty) Smith - Sheffield Cemetery
- 1937 - Lourde Devine - St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- 1991 - Verna I (Egert) Klockenga - Riverside Cemetery
- 1991 - Helen (Rosene) RAnk - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1991 - James Isley - Memorial Service only
- 1991 - Fern (Whipple) Knapp - Oak Knoll Mem. Pk., Sterling
- 1991 - Seth Chriest - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1990 - Victor Tate - Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 1990 - Merle J. Marx - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 2011 - Lowell Batten - Tampico Memorial Cemetery
- 1974 - Florence Johnson - Greenville/Fairfield - aka: Union Cemetery
- 2011 - Pauline E Dorathy - Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2011 - Mureil Neyrinck - Erie Cemetery
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside County, 1887 Note: Whiteside County History, by Charles Bent is now available on line for FREE in Google Books
MARRIAGES & Engagements
LIBRARIES & SOCIETIES
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
- Roxana Dow - The caption for this photo would not fit when I transfered it to the Picasa Album so I have included it in our A&LH files
- Lauer Dow & Son Durell - originally submitted by Les Niemi. When I transfered the photos to Picasa, all of the informaiton did not fit, so it is now included in our A&LH files..
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
AREA ATTRACTIONS & ACCOMMODATIONS
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY, 2011
MESSAGE BOARDS
OBITUARIES
- 2011 - Rosie Meier - Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
- 2011 - Herman Hostetler - Fairfield Amish Cemetery
- 2011 - Cyrus Rumfelt - Grove Hill Cemetery
- 2011 - Bradley Foy - private burial @ later date
- 1928 - Matthew Halligan, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- 1886 - George Stewart, Prophetstown Cemetery (Riverside)
- 2011 - Francis J. Burke, Sts. Peter & Paul, Peterstown
- 2011 - Raymond Temple, out-of-state
- 1991 - El;izabth Stickel Crandall, Riverside, Prophetstown
- 2011 - Frances Castlelein- Riverside Cemetery, Prophetstown
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside County, IL - 1885
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside Co., IL - 1900
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside County, 1908
AREA ATTRACTIONS & ACCOMODATIONS
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE, 2011
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside Co., 1885
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside Co., 1900
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside Co., 1908
MESSAGE BOARDS
OBITUARIES
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
NEW MEMBERS
- Nancy Kay "Finch" Laich, OH Surnames of interest: Seymore, Stewart, Dorathy
MARRIAGES
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY, 2011
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Tampico, IL, birthplace of Ronald Reagan is officially a SISTER CITY to Privolnoya, Russia, birthplace of Mikhail Gorbachev. This is due to the due diligence of Andy Hinton!
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
OBITUARIES
ANNIVERSARIES
FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS moved to PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR APRIL, 2011
OBITUARIES
Many thanks to Melva L. Taylor for her contributions
NEW MEMBERS
DONATIONS
- April1, Audrey Lange - Monetary donation (for Steadman/Aldrich research in our Family History Library)
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
MARRIAGES & ENGAGEMENTS
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR MARCH, 2011
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS - March 2011
New Entries for February, 2011
FEBRUARY CALENDAR OF EVENTS (click to go to Calendar)
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARD - FEBRUARY, 2011
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
DONATIONS
- Connie Essig - Monetary, for the Family History Library & Research Center
- Duane & Ruth Thompson - HP7500 Copy/printer/scanner for TAHS
PICASA WEB ALBUMS (91)
MARRIAGES
New Entries for January, 2011
OBITUARIES
MESSAGE BOARDS - January, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECEMBER 2010 UPDATES
MESSAGE BOARDS
OBITUARIES
NOVEMBER UPDATES
ANNOUNCEMENTS - Dutch Diner now has a website! http://dutchdiner.webs.com/
- OLSSON Family - I have made spelling corrections. We have Olson & Olsson families buried there. We were fortunate enough to hear from an out-of-state relative that has submitted updated information, obits, birth/death dates, etc. Links have been added to pictures of headstones, obits, etc.
- Correction - Changed "Asa Lydeck" to "Asa Lydick."
KUDOS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS
- Many thanks to Melva L. Taylor for the many obit transcriptions and to Paul Kampikas for submitting information on the Olsson family.
WELCOME VISITORS
- Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cox visited the Tampico Family History Library & Research Center from Abeline, TX. Mr. Cox is researching his Dir ancestors. His gm was Cora Dir, d/o John Dir. If you have information to share, please contact me.
NEW MEMBERS
- Robt. & Jean Anderson, Naperville, IL Surnames: ANDERSON, BROWN, WAIT, WHIPPLE
NEW ENTRIES FOR OCTOBER, 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - OCTOBER
- Oct. 4, 12noon - COMMUNITY CLUB - meet at Good Times for Pork Loin lunch, then over to Community Bldg. Speaker is Beth Etheridge on CPR
- Oct. 7, 6p.m. - MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES in Tampico Comm. Bldg.
- Oct. 9, 1 p.m. - Dedication of Historic Marker in Reagan Park. Public invited. Contact: Joan Johnson.
- Oct. 10, (no time given) - Tampico United Methodist Church will do a "reverse Trick or Treat" and pass out treats to homes in the community.
- Oct. 11, 7:00 p.m. - Tampico LIONS Club, meet in back room in Good Times. Meal served.
- Oct. 14, 6 p.m. - MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES - Tampico Comm. Bldg.
- Oct. 17, 12noon/1p.m. - LAWNMOWER AND MOTORCYCLE RACES. Concession stand provided by R&B Dutch Diner. $5 Entry fee and $15 rider fee. 12 and under are free. Bring your own lawn chairs. For more infromation on classes contact Ron Lancaster at 815-438-7985.
- Oct. 21, 12:30 - Meeting has been rescheduled for Nov. 18, 12:30 p.m. -TAMPICO AREA LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
- Oct. 21 (Thursday), 6 p.m. - MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES - CHANGE IN VENUE - Meet in back of Good Times (Main St.)
- Oct. 23 - A presentation on Corrie TenBoom will be held at the Tampico UMC
- Oct. 24, 12noon/1 p.m. - LAWNMOWER AND MOTORCYCLE RACES. Concession stand provided by R&B Dutch Diner. $5 Entry fee and $15 rider fee. 12 and under are free. Bring your own lawn chairs. For more infromation on classes contact Ron Lancaster at 815-438-7985.
- Oct. 25, 7 p.m. - Tampico LIONS Club - meet in back room of Good Times. Meal served.
- Oct. 26, 7 p.m. - Tampico Area Historical Society regular meeting. Meet in Historical Bldg. 119 Main St. Program: Video of the Reagan Trail. Contact Joan Johnson, 815-438-7581, 815-622-8705, garyjoan@thewisp.net
MESSAGE BOARDS - OCTOBER
OBITUARIES
Shirley BUCK; Douglas DRAPER; Hazel FOY; Niels HANSEN; Dorothy GANTZERT; Catherine MERiDAN; Phillip D. MORATH; Chester NORMAN; Ronald ONCKEN; Mary TEACH; Betty TOPPERT; Stanley VERDICK; Carl WOELLERT;
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
BIOGRAPHIES
NEW ENTRIES FOR SEPTEMBER, 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- Sept. 1, 1:30 p.m. - Tampico UMC Guest Day. Program and Dessert. Contact: Ann Martin, Pres., Martha's Circle,815-438-7039, or Lorraine Gaskill, Pres. of Rebecca Circle, 815-438- 2789 if you would like to attend.
- September 11 from 4pm-7pm at the Tampico Ambulance Building. On the menu will be BBQ pork & Beef sandwiches, Hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, pickle spears, cookies and drink. Cost is a free will donation. DJ & 50/50 drawing. Contact: Karen @ 815-632-7880.
- Sept. 9, 6 p.m. - MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES. (Change in venue) Will be played at GOOD TIMES this week instead of the Community Bldg.
- Sept. 16, 23 & 30, 6 p.m. (Thursday), MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES played in Community Bldg.
- Sept. 13, 12 noon - Tampico Community Club - meet at noon for lunch in Good Times (back room). After lunch, they will stay at Good Times for dessert and games. (They will NOT meet in the Community Bldg. this month)
- Sept. 13, 10a.m. - IL Historic Homes Organization will visit the R. Reagan Birthplace and Tampico Historical Museum. Extra volunteers appreciated for both buildings. Contact: Joan Johnson, 815-622-8705, or reaganbirthplace@thewisp.net
- Sept. 16, (Thursday) - 12:30 p.m.. - TALRPC - Meet in back room of Good Times, Main St., Tampico. The Tampico Area Long Range Planning Committee is an umbrella group for area Businesses, Organizations and residents that have an interest in Tampico. This group offers a platform to discuss planned events as well as ideas to better the community. Contact: Terry Gaskill for more information. 815-535-3665
- Sept. 28, 6 p.m. - TAHS (Tampico Area Historical Society). Meet in the Tampico Memorial Cemetery - Program: Moore Monument will have a representative there to demonstrate the proper care for various headstones and how to clean them using appropriate preservation etiquette. A brief business meeting will be held in the historical building afterward.
- Sept.. 30, 6 p.m. - MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES - Comm. Bldg.
- Oct. 4, 12noon - COMMUNITY CLUB - meet at Good Times for Pork Loin lunch, then over to Community Bldg. Speaker is Beth Etheridge on CPR
- Oct. 7, 6p.m. - MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES in Tampico Comm. Bldg.
- Oct. 9, 1 p.m. - Dedication of Historic Marker in Reagan Park. Public invited. Contact: Joan Johnson.
- Oct. 10, (no time given) - Tampico United Methodist Church will do a "reverse Trick or Treat" and pass out treats to homes in the community.
- Oct. 11, 7:00 p.m. - Tampico LIONS Club, meet in back room in Good Times. Meal served.
- Oct. 14, 6 p.m. - MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES - Tampico Comm. Bldg.
- Oct. 17, 12noon/1p.m. - LAWNMOWER AND MOTORCYCLE RACES. Concession stand provided by R&B Dutch Diner. $5 Entry fee and $15 rider fee. 12 and under are free. Bring your own lawn chairs. For more infromation on classes contact Ron Lancaster at 815-438-7985.
- Oct. 21, 12:30 - Meeting has been rescheduled for Nov. 18, 12:30 p.m. -TAMPICO AREA LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE
- Oct. 21 (Thursday), 6 p.m. - MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES - CHANGE IN VENUE - Meet in back of Good Times (Main St.)
- Oct. 23 - A presentation on Corrie TenBoom will be held at the Tampico UMC
- Oct. 24, 12noon/1 p.m. - LAWNMOWER AND MOTORCYCLE RACES. Concession stand provided by R&B Dutch Diner. $5 Entry fee and $15 rider fee. 12 and under are free. Bring your own lawn chairs. For more infromation on classes contact Ron Lancaster at 815-438-7985.
- Oct. 25, 7 p.m. - Tampico LIONS Club - meet in back room of Good Times. Meal served.
- Oct. 26, 7 p.m. - Tampico Area Historical Society regular meeting. Meet in Historical Bldg. 119 Main St. Program: Video of the Reagan Trail. Contact Joan Johnson, 815-438-7581, 815-622-8705, garyjoan@thewisp.net
- November 18, 12:30 p.m. - TAMPICO AREAL LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE, meet in back room of Good Times.
Many thanks to Melva L. Taylor for her obituary contributions!
Clarence ACKLAND; Harold ANDERSON; Mervin "Bud" BRADLEY; Maurice "Dutch: BRUNS; Elizabeth CALLAHAN; Marianna CARLSEN; Clarence C. CULLEY; Marvin Art DeMAY; Paul DETRA; Leo GUDGELL; Forence HEDRICK; Doris HERALD; Thomas HENNEGAN; Harold HOOVER; Curtis D. HUNT; Mary E. Jacobs; Melvina LOGAN; Mary MURPHY; Nicholas PERINO; George PERKINS; Nellie OSBORNE; Virgil PETERSON; Dwight OETZEL; Elwood "Pete" RAKOW; Kris W. SOMMERS; Leonard STAELENS; Genevieve SWANSON; Laura VERDICK; Cora WENDLING; LaRoy WESCOTT;
NEW ENTRIES FOR AUGUST, 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- AUGUST - SATURDAYS - 8 A.M. - 12 NOON - FARMERS MARKET in Reagan Park. Area residents welcome to set up booth to sell hand-crafted or baked good items. Contact Dennis Morath.
- AUGUST - WEDNESDAYS, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Lancaster Sprints track open for practice.1870 Coleta Road, Tampico. Contact: 815-438-7985 or 815-499-8055
- AUGUST - THURSDAYS - Mexican Train Dominoes in Community Bldg. 6.p.m.
- August 2, 12:00 - Tampico Community Club - Eat at Good Times Grill. After lunch, go over to Community Bldg. Program: IL State Police to discuss Thompson Prison. Root Beer Floats for dessert.
- August 4 - TACB sponsored trip to see "Big River" on the showboat in Clinton, IA. Includes lunch at Candlelight Restaurant in Clinton. Reservations requested by July 4th. Contact Terry Gaskill: 815-535-3665. WAITING LIST ONLY
- Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, 6 p.m. - Mexican Train Dominoes played on Thursdays in the Community Bldg. Contact: Terry Gaskill 815-535-3665
- August 6th & 7th, 6p.m. - TAMPICO BATTLE OF THE BANDS in the Ball Diamond (west of town). This is a non-alcoholic event for all ages. Gates open at 5p.m. Early ticket prices, $10. At-the-gate tickets - $15. Purchase at: Dutch Diner, Tampico; Happy Joes, Morrison or Rock Falls. Contact: Ken - 815-499-3511 or kcranehondo@yahoo.com, or www.tampicobattleofthebands.webs.com. Saturday Tournaments include: Volleyball (5 person teams), Bag Toss (2 person teams) and Tug-of-war teams. Food/Drinks & Bonfires.
- August 14, 10a.m. - 2p.m., Booth Park - BACK TO SCHOOL BASH! Inflatables, Smoke House. Everyone is invited.
- August 15, Lawn Mower & Motorcycle Races, 12:30 sign up. Races at 1:30. Lancaster Sprints, 1870 Coleta Road, Tampico, IL. Contact: 309-507-1680 or Ron: 815-438-7985
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August 28th, 10:30 - 2, 4-H Fundraiser Cookout at Poston's Market 10:30- 2 or when the sandwiches run out. Brats, Ribeyes, PorkChops and Hotdogs - please come help support your local 4-H Club!
- August 24, 6 p.m. - TAHS Annual Pot Luck Picnic in the Community Bldg. Bring a dish to pass, your own plate & utensils. Beverages provided. PROGRAM: Country Schools - Plans are underway to have a speaker(s) on the old country schools in Whiteside County. It would be great if there are any teachers of that era could attend. Public invited. Come share your stories of this by-gone era. If you know of teachers or persons that are knowledgable on this topic, please contact Denise McLoughlin, 815-590-2143 or email tampicohistoricalsociety@gmail.com (Note: We are meeting at an earlier time for this event.)
- Sept. 1, 1:30 p.m. - Tampico UMC Guest Day. Program and Dessert. Contact: Ann Martin, Pres., Martha's Circle,815-438-7039, or Lorraine Gaskill, Pres. of Rebecca Circle, 815-438- 2789 if you would like to attend.
- September 11 from 4pm-7pm at the Tampico Ambulance Building. On the menu will be BBQ pork & Beef sandwiches, Hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, pickle spears, cookies and drink. Cost is a free will donation. DJ & 50/50 drawing. Contact: Karen @ 815-632-7880.
- Sept. 13, 12 noon - Tampico Community Club - meet at noon for lunch in Good Times (back room). After lunch, head over to Community Bldg. for dessert and games.
- Sept. 13, 10a.m. - IL Historic Homes Organization will visit the R. Reagan Birthplace and Tampico Historical Museum. Extra volunteers appreciated for both buildings. Contact: Joan Johnson, 815-622-8705, or reaganbirthplace@thewisp.net
- Sept. 16, (Thursday) - 12:30 p.m. - TALRPC - Meet in back room of Good Times, Main St., Tampico. The Tampico Area Long Range Planning Committee is an umbrella group for area Businesses, Organizations and residents that have an interest in Tampico. This group offers a platform to discuss planned events as well as ideas to better the community. Contact: Terry Gaskill for more information. 815-535-3665
- OCTOBER - The following was printed in the Prairie State Gazette, an online newspaper for the IL State Historical Society:
The 100th anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Reagan will be commemorated with an ISHS motor-coach tour of "Reagan Country" this fall. Additional tour destinations include sites associated with the Black Hawk War and Abraham Lincoln; the John Deere Interpretive Center at Grand Detour; Dixon and the Rock River Valley; ISHS historical markers along the way; and the Laredo Taft monument to Native Americans on the bluffs above Oregon. The dates for the tour are Friday and Saturday, October 8-9, 2010.
The fall tour will also include a historical marker dedication in Tampico, Ronald Reagan's birthplace, approximately 15 miles south of Sterling. The marker dedication is being planned with the Tampico Historical Society and the Ronald Reagan Foundation of Simi Valley, California. The tour promises to be one of the highlights of the fall season, amidst the the beautiful autumnal colors of the Rock River Valley. The tour will operated from the Comfort Inn in Dixon, Illinois. Registration deadline is September 15, 2010. Society member rates are $145.00 per person; non-member rates are $165.00, which include tour, all meals, and entry fees. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Comfort Inn at the rate of $73.00 per night. For more information call the ISHS office at 217-525-2781.
OBITUARIES
Many thanks to Melva L. Taylor for obituary contributions.
2010 - Helen Church
2010 - Mona Prestley
2010 - Dorothy Sandrock
1965 - Guy Renner
1965 - Mary Christina (Kilroy) McCormick
1965 - Dale C. Longman
1965 - Mary Wirth Lauff
1965 - Shirlie Hunter
1965 - Lillian Ellison
1961 - Agnes Reynolds
1960 - Hugh V. Mott
1960 - Abram Thompson
1960 - Frederick W. Johnson
1960 - Mrs. Bert Woodward (nee: Leatherman)
1947 - Rudie Reese
1946 - Dora C. Seyller
1946 - Otis DeHaven
1946 - George Senning
1946 - Edward Cunningham
1946 - Mary Anna Moloney
1946 - Jeanette Sells
1946 - Harry Whitver
1946 - Mrs. Mark Stiver
1946 - Elmer Hopkins
1946 - Fred John Tornow
1946 - Sadie (Glassburn) Harrison
1946 - Cora B. Stewart
1946 - Della Gowen
1946 - Alice Murphy
1946 - Bessie Irene Graham
1946 - Laura Larson
2010 - Ardis Shearer Foes
1972 - Lloyd Abell
1965 - Charles A. Foy
1965 - Bernice Herring
2010 - Elsie Lysell
1916 - Willliam Henry Atwood
2010 - Phillip Decker
SWAN Family
Country Schools
Where Is That? - Richel Store/Post Office (new life has been breathed into this long-time discussion that started back in 2006!)
1893 - Tampico News - from Sterling Standard, October 19, 1893
CHEEK (John, James, Thomas)
NEW ENTRIES FOR JULY, 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - JULY
- FARMERS MARKET,Saturdays, 8a-12n - in Reagan Park. They welcome others in the area to set up individual booths for sales of their handicraft or baked items. Contact: Dennis Morath
- July 1st - Mexican Train Dominoes is CANCELLED due to visitation for Art Wetzell.
- July 5, 12n - TAMPICO COMMUNITY CLUB - Fish Dinner at Good Times Grill. About 12:45p.m., go to Community Bldg. Program: Genesis Nursery from Tampico. Contact: Lorraine Gaskill, president. 815-438-2789
- July 8, 6 p.m. - MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES in Tampico Community Bldg. Contact: Terry Gaskill
- July 10 & 11 - The Whiteside County Barn Tour will be July 10 & 11, with 10 local area barns being featured, including the Birthplace. Cost of the tour is $15.00 per car and people can stop at Broers/Roesslein's to buy lunch, as well as at Terry Bright's in Rock Falls, or Dutch Diner.
- July 15, 12:30p - TALRPC, meet in back of Good Times (Main Street, Tampico). Contact: Terry Gaskill,815-535-3665. This is the Tampico Area Long Range Planning Committee
- July 27, 7 p.m. - TAHS regular meeting. (119 Main St., Tampico) PROGRAM: Gary Sarver of Walnut will speak on their Cemetery Marker Restoration Program. Tom Garland of Garland Funeral Home may be available as well. Contact: Joan Johnson, president. 815-622-8705
- July 29, 6p.m. - Mexican Train Dominoes played Thursdays in Tampico Community Bldg. Contact: Terry Gaskill
- Sept. 28, 6 p.m. - TAHS regular meeting. Program: Moore Mortuary will give a presentation in the Tampico Memorial Cemetery on the proper way to clean and care for headstones. We will meet one hour earlier than usual. Meet in Tampico Memorial Cemetery at 6 p.m. Public invited!
- October 9, 2010 - Dedication of an Historic Marker to be placed in the Reagan Park. Donations & questions can be directed to Joan Johnson, coordinator of the Reagan Birthplace & Museum. 815-438-7581, 815-622-8705.
- February 4, 2011 - RONALD REAGAN CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY GALA Dinner Dance. Special Speaker! Deer Valley Country Club, 3298 Hoover Road (IL Rt. 40), Deer Grove, IL, 61283. Contact: Joan Johnson, 815-622-8705, or email garyjoan@thewisp.net or reaganbirthplace@thewisp.net
AREA ATTRACTIONS & ACCOMMODATIONS
- Rock Falls Tourism - This is a new website that offers a very nice view of what is happening in our vicinity. It includes links to websites (including the TAHS) and will update their Calendar of Events as they receive new information. Cathy Brunner is the Director of the RF Tourism. I will keep them listed in our Table of Contents - "Area Attractions & Accommodations."
Contributors: Denise McLoughlin, Melva L. Taylor
CORRECTIONS - ADDITIONS - MISCELLANEOUS
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside County
NEW ENTRIES FOR JUNE, 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- June 2, 12:00 noon - TAMPICO COMMUNITY CLUB: Meet for lunch at the Good Times for Chicken Strips. After lunch, go to Community Bldg. Program: Pastor Monty Fox will speak on Photography and Astronomy.. Flyers posted in Tampico Post office & TAHS website Calendar of Events. Contact: Lorraine at 815-438-2789. Reservations requested by June 4th.
- June 10, 6p - Mexican Train Dominoes, played at home of Ruth Thompson. 815-438-2414
- June 17, 6p - Mexican Train Dominoes played in Community Bldg.
- June 22, 7p - TAHS regular meeting in Historical Bldg (119 Main St.)
- June 24, 2010, 6:30p - Kick off Tampico Days with FREE Game Night in Community Bldg.
- June 25, 2010 - Tampico High School Alumni Dinner @ Deer Valley Country Club. Info: 815-438-5895
- June 25, 26, 27 - TAMPICO DAYS! Watch paper for itinerary
- June 26, (Saturday), 9 - 11 a.m. - FISHING DERBY on the Canal (Rt 172 bridge). Prizes for every child. Contact: Shirley Lester, 438-7447
- June 26, 9-4p - Mud Volleyball in the Beer Garden - PNB/Tampico has the sign up forms. Each team must be co-ed and have 8 players (2 ladies on court at all times). Application fee is $100.00. Saturday, June 26th from 9:00 am to 4:00 p.m. Application and fee must be turned in by Thursday June 24th to Tampico Men’s Club-PO Box 214-Tampico IL 61283. Larry Specht is contact 815/438-2680 or 815/499-8613
- June 26, 2-4p - Booth Park Kids' Fun Day. Greased Pig games, Straw Hunt, Rubber Duck Pond, Face Painting and more. $1/child for all events of the day.
- June 26, 4:30p - Pie Eating Contest in front of R&B Dutch Diner
- June 26, 5:00p - Bathtub races, Main St., $10 entry fee (Proceeds to RR Statue Fund)
- June 26, 5:30p - Bed Races, Main St., $10 entry fee (Proceeds to RR Statue Fund)
- June 26, 6p - Lawnmower Races at Middle School
- June 26, 8p - Band in Beer Garden
- June 26 - Townwide Garage Sale
- June 27, 7a - Fire Dept. Breakfast
- June 27, 12n - 4p - Ice Cream Social in Community Bldg.
- June 27, 1p: Parade. Line up at Middle School at 12n. Parade begins at 1p.m. Contact: Terry 815-535-3665
- June 27, 2p - Bean Bag Tournament in Kickback Saloon
- June 27 3:30 p -Firemens' Water Fight in front of Casey's
- July 5, 12n - TAMPICO COMMUNITY CLUB - Fish Dinner at Good Times Grill. About 12:45p.m., go to Community Bldg. Program: Genesis Nursery from Tampico. Contact: Lorraine Gaskill, president. 815-438-2789
- August 4 - TACB sponsored trip to see "Big River" on the showboat in Clinton, IA. Includes lunch at Candlelight Restaruant in Clinton. Reservations requested by July 4th. Contact Terry Gaskill: 815-535-3665.
- October 9, 2010 - Dedication of an Historic Marker to be placed in the Reagan Park. Donations & questions can be directed to Joan Johnson, coordinator of the Reagan Birthplace & Museum. 815-438-7581, 815-622-8705.
FUND RAISERS
Memorial Bricks are being sold to raise funds for the Reagan Statue in Reagan Memorial Park. Bricks can be laser printed with up to 35 characters and will create a path to the Reagan Statue. Contact: Terry Gaskill, 815-535-3665.
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR MAY, 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS -May, 2010
Adopt-a-Grave" - The TAHS will again offer the "Adopt-a-Grave" program. This is a fund raiser for the TAHS, but it is also a wonderful way to decorate the graves that may no longer have perpetual care. Flower arrangements are provided by Flowerland in Prophetstown. Stop in FLOWERLAND to see pictures of the arrangements. Contact president Joan Johnson to order. 815-438-7581, (c) 815-622-8705 or garyjoan@thewisp.net.
- May 1, 2010 - FUND RAISER: Hog Roast Benefit for Lynn Brady
Start Time: Saturday, May 1 at 5:00pm
End Time: Saturday, May 1 at 10:00pm
Where: Arnies Happy Spot, Deer Grove ILDONATIONS CAN STILL BE MADE - An Account has been established at the Prophetstown Farmer's Nat'l Bank in the name of Rhonda Lynn Brady.
- May 3, 2010, 7:00 p.m. - TAHS Board Mtg.
- May 3, 2010, 12:00 p.m. - TAMPICO COMMUNITY CLUB meets at Good Times for lunch. After lunch, go to Community Bldg (W. Market St.) for dessert and program. Guest speaker is Russ Seifkin who will speak on the "Feed The Children" program. If you need a ride, contact Lorraine Gaskill, 815-438-2789.
- May 20, 2010, 12:30 - Tampico Area Long Range Planning Committee (TALRPC) to be held in the back room of the Good Times tap on Main Street. This is an umbrella group for area businesses, organizations & private individuals to express ideas, inform community of up-coming events, & to coordinate efforts of the community and its citizens. Open to all. Meeting starts at 12:30 p.m. If you want to eat lunch, arrive earlier. Contact: Terry Gaskill, president 815-535-3665
- May 25, 2010, 7 p.m. - Tampico Area Historical Society regular meeting. Your Membership dues are due for the 2010-2011 year. Please remit to the TAHS, P.O.Box 154, Tampico, IL 61283 - Attn: Joan Johnson. We will be inspecting the Farm Museum to assess what is needed and how to achieve it. Please dress accordingly.
- May 31, 2010, 10:00 a.m. - The annual Tampico Memorial Day Cemetery Walk, in conjunction with the Tampico American Legion, Post 574. The Legion will display the AVENUE OF FLAGS in each cemetery. Program begins in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Families to be honored will be: DARBY and EGAN. The Walk will end in the Memorial Cemetery. Honored families will be RENNER and WELCH. More details will follow. Contact: Denise McLoughlin, 815-590-2143, tampicohistoricalsociety@gmail.com, or Joan Johnson, president @ 815-438-7581 or garyjoan@thewisp.net
HEADS UP for future events:
- June 24, 2010 - Kick off Tampico Days with Game Night - Details TBA
- June 25, 2010 - Tampico High School Alumni Dinner @ Deer Valley Country Club. Info: 815-438-5895
- June 25, 26, 27 - TAMPICO DAYS! Watch paper for itinerary
- June 27, 1:00 p.m. - PARADE Entry forms for Parade can be picked up at Ronald Reagan Birthplace in Tampico
- October 9, 2010 - Dedication of an Historic Marker to be placed in the Reagan Park. Donations & questions can be directed to Joan Johnson, coordinator of the Reagan Birthplace & Museum. 815-438-7581, 815-622-8705.
OBITUARIES (Many THANKS to Melva Taylor for her contributions!)
MESSAGE BOARDS
BIOGRAPHIES
PHOTO ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR APRIL, 2010
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
Anna BRACE; Frances DECKER; Jennette L. HULL; Mallory HULL; Jennie Lower; James SCARRITT, Jr.; Minerva SCARRITT; Oliver VIOLET; Veronica VIOLET;
BIOGRAPHIES - Whiteside County, 1900
NEW ENTRIES FOR MARCH, 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
March 6, 13, 20, 27 - SATURDAY, 10-4p.m. - Ronald Reagan Birthplace Open for Tours. Contact: Volunteer Coordinator, Joan Johnson, 815-438-7581, garyjoan@thewisp.net
March 7, 14, 21, 28 - SUNDAY, 1p-4p - Ronald Reagan Birthplace Open for Tours. Contact: Volunteer Coordinator, Joan Johnson, 815-438-7581, garyjoan@thewisp.net
March 16, 2010, TUESDAY, 1p - Martha's Circle will meet in Dutch Diner. Contact: President Ann Martin, 815-438-7039.
March 23, 2010, TUESDAY, 7p - Tampico Area Historical Society - Regular meeting of TAHS. Program: Video of Michael Reagan's visit to Tampico. Public welcome. 119 Main St., Tampico. Contact: Denise McLoughlin, 815-590-2143, tampicohistoricalsociety@gmail.com
March 25, 2010, THURSDAY, 6p - Mexican Train Dominoes, Tampico Community Bldg. Contact: Terry Gaskill, 815-535-3665.
April 1, 2010, THURSDAY, 6p - Mexican Train Dominoes, Tampico Community Bldg. Contact: Terry Gaskill, 815-535-3665.
April 1, 2010, The RONALD REAGAN BIRTHPLACE WILL BE OPEN 7 DAYS/WEEK. MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 10a.m. - 4 p.m. & SUNDAY, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Contact: Joan Johnson, 815-438-7581. See TAHS website for more infomation on the Birthplace.
April 5, 2010, MONDAY, 12n - Tampico Community Club - Tampico Community Club will start its 2010 year by meeting at 12 Noon in the back room of the Good Times on Main Street in Tampico, IL. The meal will consist of chicken strips with salad, and vegetable for $6. Reservations are due into President Lorraine M Gaskill (815)-438-2789 by Friday April 2nd. After the meal everyone will go over to the Tampico Area Community Building to listen too guest speaker from Hospice of the Rock River Valley.Afterwards a game will be played.
April 15, 2010, THURSDAY, 12:30p.m. - Tampico Area Long Range Planning Committee (TALRPC) meet in back room of Good Times (Main St., Tampico). Come early if you want to eat prior to meeting. Contact: Terry Gaskill, 815-535-3665
May 1, 2010 - FUND RAISER: Hog Roast Benefit for Lynn Brady
Start Time: Saturday, May 1 at 5:00pm
End Time: Saturday, May 1 at 10:00pm
Where: Arnies Happy Spot, Deer Grove IL
The TAMPICO RONALD REAGAN STATUE FUND now has a dedicated website for information and donations. http://www.reaganstatue.org/
MESSAGE BOARDS - MARCH, 2010
NEW ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY, 2010 (see our Table of Contents for a complete Menu)
MESSAGE BOARDS - JANURARY/FEBRUARY 2010
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
OBITUARIES
LaVerne CHANEY; Ethel FORWARD; Russell McCOWAN; Mary (Sheldon) REMINGTON; Nettie G. WHITTINGTON; Ann Wyne;
PICASA PHOTO ALBUMS
NEW ENTRIES FOR JANUARY, 2010
- Jan. 4, 7, 14, 21 & 28 (THURSDAYS): MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES. Play begins at 6p.m. in Community Bldg. Meet @ 4p.m. at Good Times for supper. Click for details Contact: Terry Gaskill, 815-535-3665
- Jan. 20, 5:30 p.m. - The Reagan Birthplace Volunteers and Historical Society members and interested friends are planning a combined meeting on Wed. nite, January 20 at 5:30 PM at the Dutch Diner. A 2 meat buffet (Chicken Dutch & Roast Beef, along with salads, veggies, etc) will be available for $8.50, including tax & tip - beverage and dessert will be extra. Following a short TAHS meeting, we will concentrate on making plans for the 99th Birthday Party honoring President Reagan to be held Feb. 6. We are open to all suggestions and volunteers will be welcomed. Please plan to attend and give us your input. Reservations must be made with me by Sat. Jan. 16. Contact: Joan Johnson, 815-438-7581, 815-622-8705 or e-mail me at garyjoan@thewisp.net.
- Jan. 21 - TALRPC meeting cancelled. Tentative plans are to meet Feb. 18. Contact: Terry Gaskill, 815-535-3665
- Jan. 26 - NO regular meeting for the TAHS (special meeting held on Jan. 20 at the Dutch Diner)
- Jan. 27, 4:30-7:00 p.m. - CHILI & HAM SUPPER - Meal will consist of all you can eat chili with relish, dessert and beverage for only $4 and a ham sandwich is $1.50 extra. Advance tickets or if you need a ride please call (815)-535-3665 (815)-535-3665. This is being sponsored by the Tampico United Methodist Men’s Group and children 5-12 years eat for only $2 and children under the age of 5 eat free! Come and enjoy a wonderful meal and fellowship at the Tampico First United Methodist Church.
- Jan. 30, 6:00 p.m. - S.O.S. meeting. Topic: Fundraising. Meet in Tampico Ambulance Bldg Contact: Denise Mickelson
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February 4, 11, 18 & 25, (Thrusdays), MEXICAN TRAIN DOMINOES. Play begins at 6 p.m. Click for details. Contact: Terry Gaskill, 815-535-3665
- February 6, 9:00 - 4:00 p.m. - RONALD REAGAN ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. Michael Reagan to visit the Reagan Birthplace & Museum (111 Main Street, Tampico) approximately 9:15/9:30 a.m. The Tampico Area Historical Society (119 Main St., Tampico) will also be open and serving cake and beverages. Contact: Joan Johnson, 815-438-7581, or 815-622-8705 or email garyjoan@thewisp.net. Other activities planned for the day.
MESSAGE BOARD - JANUARY 2010
Gertrude BENSON; George BRINKMAN; Bertha BUCKWALD; Rachel BUSH; Edward D. CALLAHAN; William CHRIEST; Minerva DAVIS; Irene DEVINE; Lester DEVINE; Loren DEWAELE; Terry DRILLING; Frank EADES; Joseph ELMENDORF; Wayne ELMENDORF; Rubah FARRELL; Cecil FRANK; Emma C. GREENMAN; Mabel HAMILTON; Eugene HANSEN; Ellen HANSON; Hans O. HANSON; Ida HARRINGTON; Laura HENSON; Mary HILGER; Eliza Jane (BUNKER) HIXSON; Glenn HOPKINS; Delbert I. JAQUET; Irma JOHNSON; Elizabeth LANE; Eileen LaRussa; CynthiaMAXFIELD; Martha MCDONALD; Donald A. MUNGOR; Bertha NORMAN; Esta M. OBENDORF; Bessie OLSSON; Clara OLSSON; Glenn PIERCESON; John "Tude" PIERCESON;Amiel PIERSON; Mrs. W. L. QUAINTANCE; Lowell ROCKWELL; Dorris I. ROSENE; Charles SANDROCK; Mrs. George SEYLLER; Hilda Josephine SIBLEY; Gustave STEINKE; Peter SWANSON; Mrs. Carl SWENKE; Dorla THOME; Alice UNDERWOOD; Bill WARLING; Ralph WINKLER; Flora YAGER; Wilbur YONK;
MARRIAGES & ENGAGEMENTS
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY
- Leon Cemetery - I consolidated multiple listings for this cemetery. Hopefully, I have corrected all the links to it. See the TOC for current link
- Riverside Cemetery , Prophetstown, IL- This is a new album in the Picasa Photo Albums. I will only be adding photos to this per request for specific graves.
AREA ATTRACTIONS & ACCOMMODATIONS
- POSTEN'S MARKET - We have added a dedicated web page for Tampico's new grocery store. Mark it in your favorites to watch for specials and events planned in this quaint, old fashioned grocery store.
New Entries for December, 2009
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- December 19. 9:30 a.m. - Ribbon Cutting by TALRPC for the R & B Dutch Diner in Tampico
- Jan. 21st., 12:30 p.m. - TALRPC meets in back room of Good Times. Contact: Terry Gaskill, Chairperson, 815-535-3665
NEW ENTRIES FOR NOVEMBER, 2009
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - NOVEMBER
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November 2 (Monday), 12n - COMMUNITY CLUB. Meet at Good Times for lunch, then go over to Community Bldg. for program, dessert & games. Public invited. Contact: Mary Lou Haney,
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