The Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois
July 20, 1968 - Saturday, pg. 2, col. 4 & 5

LEWIS EDGAR LaDUE

Lewis Edgar LaDue Dies In Hospital

Prophetstown - Lewis Edgar LaDue, 81, a retired farmer of Prophetstown, passed away early this morning in the Jane Lamb Hospital, Clinton, Iowa, after being a patient for four weeks.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Gardner Chapel, Richard Sprague, pastor of the Prophetstown Church of Christ and the Rev. David Yordy of Flint, Mich., officiating, with burial in Riverside Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday between 7 and 9 p.m.

Lewis LaDue was born Nov. 16, 1886 in Yorktown Township, the son of Marion and Harriet (Griffin) LaDue. He was educated in the Tampico schools and lived in Prophetstown all his life, except 17 years in Canada. He was a member of the Tampico Church of Christ.

He is survived by his widow, one son, Howard LaDue of Prophetstown; two grandchildren, Miss Lorene Schutt and Mrs. David (Kathleen) Yordy.

He was preceded by his parents; daughter, Evelyn Schutt; brother, Stanley LaDue; sister, Mrs. Ralph (Georgia) Glassburn and one grandchild.