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Anna CASSENS

Female 1888 - 1975  (86 years)


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  • Name Anna CASSENS 
    Birth 13 Jul 1888  Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 27 Jan 1975  [1] 
    Person ID I20792  bmds
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2020 

    Family Jacob W. BURKHOLDER,   b. Apr 1878, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1965, Milledgeville, Carroll, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Children
    +1Female. Hazel Ann BURKHOLDER,   b. 11 Dec 1920, Coleta, Whiteside, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2017, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     
    Family ID F8199  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Jul 1888 - Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois
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    1. [S4] Obituary.
      Burkholder, Anna (Cassens), 86, rural Milledgeville, died Monday afternoon at Community General Hospital where she had been a patient for the past week. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Woodin Funeral Home in Milledgeville with the Rev. James Black, pastor of the Milledgeville Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in South Elkhorn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
       Anna Burkholder was born July 13, 1888 in rural Sterling, one of 16 children of George and Louise (Schrader) Cassens. She was baptized in St. John’s Church in Sterling. She married Jacob Burkholder at Dixon on Feb. 9, 1907. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Roy (Ethel) Smith, Mrs. Glenn D. (Caroline) Miller and Mrs. Marvin (Ruth) Cheeseman, all of Milledgeville, Mrs. Richard (Marcella Haney of Texas and Mrs. Benton (Hazel) Ruff of San Luis Obispo, Calif.; two sons, Kenneth Burkholder of Sterling and Hase Burkholder of Mt. Carroll, 17 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Verhon (Louise) Schultz of Lanark; three brothers, Bernard Cassens and Theodore Cassens, both of rock Island and Art Cassens of Lancaster, Pa. She was preceded by her husband, four sisters, seven brothers, one son and one daughter. (Source: Unknown newspaper/date, c. January 1975. Contributor’s note: date of death January 27, 1975)

      Funeral services for Mrs. Jacob Burkholder were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Woodin Funeral Home. The Rev. James Black, pastor of the Milledgeville Brethren Church, officiated. Mrs. Earl Woodin was organist for the service. Mrs. Lewis Glenn, soloist, sand "Just As I Am." Robert Furgason of Mt. Carroll, Ivan Livingston, Carl Kackbarth, Lewis Glenn, Leslie Richter, and Kyle Turner served as pallbearers. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thorngren, Mrs. Kyle Turney, Mrs. Robert Schryver, and the Milledgeville Greenhouses cared for the floral tributes. Burial was in South Elkhorn cemetery. (Source: The Sterling Daily Gazette, February 1, 1975, page 4, column 2; contributed by Larry Reynolds)