| ROBERT EMMET HANCOCK
90, SON OF JOHN A. AND CORA E.
HANCOCK, WAS BORN MARCH 22, 1901
NEAR DIXON. HE DIED AUG. 2 1991, AT
ST. JAMES FOLLOWING A LENGTHY
ILLNESS.
HE MARRIED BLANCHE HART AUG. 18,
1923. THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN.
FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS HE MADE
HIS HOME IN THE SUCCESS AREA,
WHERE HE HAD A FRUIT ORCHARD.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS
WIFE: ONE SON, HAROLD; TWO
SISTERS, LOTTIE AND ETHEL; A
GRANDSON AND ONE GREAT GRAND-
DAUGHTER.
SURVIVING ARE FOUR SONS, LOYD OF
CAMINO, CALIF., TOM OF ST. HELEN,
ORE., JOHN OF SOLO AND JIM OF
MUSKOGEE, OKLA.; THREE DAUGHTERS,
VIRGIE STILLEY OF HOUSTON, BEULAH
FAYE BAKER OF LONDELL AND CORA
LOU WADE OF PLATO, FOUR BROTHERS,
TED OF ST. JAMES, PAUL OF BUCYRUS,
PLESEY OF COLORADO AND CARROLL
OF ARIZONA; ONE SISTER, CLARA HART
OF CARTHAGE; 24 GRANDCHILDREN
AND 24 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
SERVICES WERE AUG. 5, 1991 AT THE
EVANS FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH
JOHN FRAKES AND LERRY KEY
OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE
LIBERTY CEMETERY. |