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John Friedrich Wessels
b.19 Feb 1884 Crescent Township, Iroquois, Illinois, United States
d.11 May 1959 Watseka, Iroquois, Illinois, United States
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m. 28 Jun 1872
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Newspaper clipping from Ollie (Wessels) Rudowske's Scrapbook, not dated. (John Freidrich Wessels) Wessels Services Are Held in Crescent City Funeral services were held in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Crescent City, Thursday for John Wessels, 75, of Watseka. Mr. Wessels died at midnight Monday in Iroquois Hospital, where he had been a patient since May 3, when he suffered a Cerebral Hemorrhage. Mr. Wessels was born Feb. 13, 1884 in Crescent Township, where he resided all of his life. Survivors are the widow, the former Sophie Boyer; a son, Lowell A., of Watseka; daughters Mrs. Marion E Wall of Crescent and Mrs. Vernon Meents of Ashkum; a granddaughter and several grandsons; sisters Mrs. Anna McKee of Walkerton, Ind., Miss Minnie Wessels and Mrs. Lena Luke, both of Milford; and brothers , Fred of Urbana, William H. and Harry of Watseka. ---------- + ---------- John Wessels, son of George Wessels, was found in the 1910 US CENSUS, State of Illinois, Iroquois County, Crescent Township, Sheet 11 A. He was 21 years old and single. [RRW -- 1997] _FSFTID: L6L9-X8W _AMTID: 250108267703:1030:113160583 |