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Submitted: 11/28/20 • Approved: 11/29/20 • Last Updated: 12/2/20 • R1353640-G1353637-S3
William
Feb 19, 1900 - May 26, 1953
Article from unidentified newspaper:
"Miner Man Found Dead Near Crowder"
Leaving his home on Route 2 north of Miner about 8 a.m. yesterday after telling his family he felt exceptionally well, William Cecil (should be Chester) Whistle, 53, went to his farm four miles west of Crowder and after making just one round of the field with his tractor, lay down under a shade tree and died of a heart condition, according to the coroner, Clyde Poe's report.
About 6:30 p.m. yesterday, Mrs. Gladys Whistle, and her daughter, Coral, drove to the farm to get Mr. Whistle. As they reached the field where he was to have been at work they saw the tractor but no sign of him. Searching they found him stretched out on the ground under the tree with his untouched lunch in the branches above.
Gladys
Jan 7, 1902 - Nov 17, 1990
Gladice Whistle Marlow, 88, of Carbondale, died at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 1990, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
Gladice was one of eight children born to Clarence and Jessie (Arnold) Vandiver. She was born on January 7, 1902, in Alicia, Arkansas. Her siblings were:
May Evelyn Vandiver Kerr
Charles Vandiver
Twins: Ophelia Vandiver Oxford Ellis and Female Vandiver (died as infant)
Twins: Ray Vandiver & Ruth Vandiver Nelson Burr Lyon
Norma Silcock
She married William Chester ("Ches') Whistle. From their marriage came four children:
William Chester Whistle (died at age 4)
Donald Hubert Whistle
Mickey Virginia Van Patten
Coral Winifred Henderson
Ches died in 1953. She then married Owen Willard Marlow on Sept. 3, 1955, in Rock Island, Illinois. They had no children. He died on Aug. 11, 1984.
At the time of her death, Gladice had eight grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.
Her funeral service was held at Meredith Funeral Home in Carbondale, Illinois with Mr. Tom Steed officiating.
Contributed on 11/28/20 by eagle12953
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