 1888 - 1970 (82 years)
-
| Name |
Ellis Preston Jecks |
| Born |
29 Sep 1888 |
McHenry County, Illinois, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
4 Oct 1970 |
Carroll, Iowa, USA |
| Buried |
Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, United States |
| Person ID |
I7739 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
3 Feb 2025 |
| Father |
Thomas Preston Jecks, b. 25 Dec 1857, McHenry County, Illinois, USA , d. 10 Oct 1953, Rockford, Illinois, USA (Age 95 years) |
| Mother |
Estella M. Wright, b. 15 May 1864, Stockton, Illinois, USA , d. 1 Feb 1907, Woodstock, Illinois, USA (Age 42 years) |
| Married |
3 Mar 1886 |
Woodstock, Illinois, USA |
| Family ID |
F17505 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Dora Isabel Grantham, b. 4 Sep 1888, Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA , d. 27 Mar 1973, Moline, Illinois, USA (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
27 Oct 1909 |
Woodstock, Illinois, USA |
- It seems that Ellis & Dora remarried on 18 Dec 1940 in Davenport, Iowa.
|
| Children |
| + | 1. Lamoyne Olive Jecks, b. 22 Dec 1910, Illinois, USA , d. 8 Jan 1962, Elgin, Illinois, USA (Age 51 years) |
| + | 2. Lyle Preston Jecks, b. 5 Oct 1913, McHenry County, Illinois, USA , d. 29 Jan 1981 (Age 67 years) |
| + | 3. Willard Thomas Jecks, b. 1 Oct 1918, Wauconda Township, Illinois, USA , d. 26 Jul 1995, Moline, Illinois, USA (Age 76 years) |
|
| Last Modified |
2 Feb 2025 |
| Family ID |
F17508 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
-
| Event Map |
|
 | Born - 29 Sep 1888 - McHenry County, Illinois, USA |
 |
 | Married - 27 Oct 1909 - Woodstock, Illinois, USA |
|
 | Died - 4 Oct 1970 - Carroll, Iowa, USA |
|
 | Buried - - Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, United States |
|
|
| Pin Legend |
 : Address
 : Location
 : City/Town
 : County/Shire
 : State/Province
 : Country
 : Not Set |
-
| Headstones |
 | Ellis & Dora Jecks
JECKS
Ellis Preston
Sept. 29, 1888
Oct. 4, 1970
Dora Grantham
Sept. 4, 1888
Mar. 27, 1973 |
| Obituary & Death Notice |
 | Ellis P. Jecks
ELLIS P. JECKS
Ellis P. Jecks, 82, of 3224 16th Ave., Rock Island, died Sunday at St. Anthony's Hospital 'after an extended illness.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. at Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Visitation is after noon Tuesday at the funeral home, where Masonic services will be conducted at 7 p.m. by Rock Island Lodge No. 658, AF & AM.
Mr. Jecks was born in McHenry, Ill. He married Dora I. Granthem Oct. 27, 1909, in Woodstock, Ill.
He had owned and operated a dairy in Cary, Ill., and later was employed at the Rock Island Arsenal. He had been employed at the Hydraxtor Co., Moline, until retiring in 1959.
Survivors include his wife; sons, Willard T., Rock Island, and Lyle P., Chattanooga, Tenn.; six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
--Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa, October 5, 1970 Page 13 |
|
|
