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Asa N. Norris
Asa N. Norris - Jerseyville Republican 15 September 1904: Asa Norris, 28 years old, died of typhoid fever at his home ten miles northwest of city. Buried from family home. Rev. I. D. Crawford.
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Asa N. Norris married Catherine (Kate) Weisner 8-25-1900 in Jersey County, IL. Catherine (Kate) Weisner was born in 1881 and died 10-26-1937. She was the daughter of William and Julia (Albert) Kraushaar Weisner. Catherine Weisner was born near Fieldon, English Township, Jersey County, IL, and died in Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL. She is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL.
(Note: Catherine (Kate) Weisner was a half sister of my mother Lovie (Kraushaar) Westfall's father Charles Kraushaar and a cousin to my mother. My mother Lovie (Kraushaar) Westfall's grandfather Frank Kraushaar Sr. (1836-1879) committed suicide in Sept. 1879 at the age of 43, when her father Charles Kraushaar was only 4. His wife Julia (Albert) Kraushaar and children found his body in the woods on their farm after he hadn't come home for several days. My mother's grandmother Julia (Albert) Kraushaar remarried to William Weisner 5-19-1881 after her first husband Frank Kraushaar Sr's death. They had 2 daughters-Catherine Weisner and Lena Weisner who were half sisters of my mother Lovie (Kraushaar) Westfall's father Charles Kraushaar and cousins to my mother.)
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Catherine (Kate) Weisner married first Asa N. Norris. He died in 1904 at age 28 of Typhoid Fever at his home near Fieldon, English Township, Jersey County, IL. After her first husband Asa N. Norris's death Catherine (Weisner) Norris remarried to Henry Albert Shults.
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Asa N. Norris's obituary - Asa N. Norris - Jerseyville Republican 15 September 1904: Asa Norris, 28 years old, died of typhoid fever at his home ten miles northwest of city. Buried from family home. Rev. I. D. Crawford.
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Asa and Catherine (Weisner) Norris had 2 daughters-Christena Rosa Norris and Anna Norris.
(1) Asa and Catherine (Weisner) Norris's daughter Christena R. (Norris) Kirchner, 79 , of Jerseyville died 11-3-1983. Her funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at the First Baptist church with the Revs. V. Clay Noah, Jr. And John Wilson officiating. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery. She died at 4:15 am on 3 November 1983 at Washington Christian Village, Washington, Illinois. She was born 4 October 1904 in Jerseyville, daughter of the Late Asa and Catherine (Weisner) Norris.
She is survived by her Husband, Walter A. Kirchner whom she married 28 May 1927 in Jerseyville; one daughter, Ruth Walls of East Peoria; and two grandsons. She was preceded in death by three sisters and one brother. The First Baptist church of Jerseyville of which she was a member was named as a memorial. Gubser Funeral Home arrangements.
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Christena R. (Norris) Kirchner's husband Walter A. Kirchner died 02-04-1992. Unknown newspaper, 4 February 1992: Quincy - Former Jerseyville resident, Walter A. Kirchner, 91, died at 5:45 am today, 4 February 1992 at Sunset Home in Quincy. He was a retired self-employed painter. Born on 24 June 1900 in Jersey County, he was the son of the late Charles Henry and Alvena (Hooper) Kirchner. On 28 May 1927 in Jerseyville, he married the former Christena R. Norris. She died 3 November 1983.
Surviving are a daughter, Ruth E. Walls of Decatur, Georgia, two grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. Graveside services was conducted at noon Thursday at Oak Grove cemetery in Jerseyville. The Revs. Leland and David Walls officiated. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist church of Jerseyville, where he was a member, or to the Sunset Home, 418 Washington St., Quincy, Illinois 62301. Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville is in charge of arrangements.
(2) Asa and Catherine (Weisner) Norris's daughter Anna Norris was born 10-8-1901 in Jersey County, Il. She died in a tragic automobile accident 10-14-1922 at age 18 - Miss Anna Norris, 18 years of age, was instantly killed at eight-thirty o'clock Saturday evening in Jerseyville when an automobile in which she was riding collided with a horse and spring wagon driven by James Waters and Harvey Munde. The two young men are not residents of Jerseyville, but have been employed by Richard Voorhees, a farmer in Jersey County. Miss Norris was riding with her fiance, Russell Campbell, and was on her way to Whitehall where she and Campbell were to have been married Sunday afternoon. They were going to the home of Campbell's cousin, where the marriage ceremony was to have been performed.
A heavy misty rain was falling that evening and Campbell's vision through the windshield was blurred so that he could not see the approaching horse and rig. The ordinances of the city of Jerseyville do not compel the owner of a rig to have lights, and it was impossible for Campbell to see the wagon. The horse was picked up by the front of Campbell's automobile and thrown on top of the car, the weight of the animal crushing the windshield, which caused the fracture of Miss Norris' skull just above the nose. Campbell escaped with only minor injuries, but he was rendered unconscious for several minutes. After regaining consciousness Campbell picked the girl up in his arms and carried her into the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Voorhees, where medical aid was summoned, but to no avail. The occupants of the wagon were thrown from the right, but neither was injured. The horse was severely cut and bruised and three shoes were torn from its feet. Campbell was taken from the scene of the accident to the home of his aunt in Jerseyville where he is said to be in a critical nervous condition.
The coroner's inquest was conducted by Dr. B. M. Brewster of Fieldon, Sunday morning and the jury returned a verdict of death caused by a fractured skull. Miss Norris was the daughter of Mrs. Henry Shults, of Jerseyville, and she made her home with her mother and stepfather in the northeast part of the city. The engagement of Miss Norris and Campbell was known by her family and friends, but her immediate family was not aware of the fact that the girl had left home that evening for Whitehall, where she was to have been married the following day. Miss Norris was an employee of the International Shoe Company in Jerseyville and just a few ours preceding her death she had completed payment on furniture for her new home. She is survived by a sister, Miss Christine Norris, her mother, step-father and a half brother.
Campbell and four Companions, Anthony Vahle, Edward Krueger, Leslie Bridges and Leo Tuchy, all of Jerseyville, have spent the summer in North Dakota in the harvest fields and Campbell and Vahle returned to Jerseyville only a few days before the accident. Campbell was 21 years of age and was the son of the late Charles Campbell, a prominent farmer of English township, Jersey County. The death of Miss Norris is the third in the Shults family within less than six months. In April, Mr. and Mrs. Shults lost twin daughters, nine months of age. Their deaths were due to pneumonia.
The funeral of Miss Norris will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Baptist church of which she was a member. Rev. Joseph Jenkins will officiate and the interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery beside the Shults twins, half sisters of the deceased. The automobile accident Saturday night is the first in Jersey County that has resulted in a fatality, a record that probable surpasses every other county in the state of Illinois.
Henry Albert Shults
After her first husband Asa Norris's death Catherine (Weisner) Norris married Henry Albert Shults who was born 2-4-1869, and died 12-31-1954. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. Henry Albert Shults and Catherine (Weisner) Norris Shults had a son William Henry Shults, and twin daughters Marie Florence Shults and Maurita Fay Shults.
(1) Henry Albert Shults and Catherine (Weisner) Norris Shults's son William Henry Shults was born 8-14-1814, and died 11-6-1974. William Henry Shults married Ethel Mae Boomer 10-10-1935 in Jersey County, IL. William Henry Shults's wife - Ethel M. (Boomer) McGowen, 82, died at 5:05 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, 2002, at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville. She was born Nov. 28, 1919, in Jersey County to Roy and Delia Ione (Gettings) Boomer. She married William Henry Shults Oct. 10, 1935, in Jerseyville. He died in November 1974. She married Walter E. McGowen Oct. 20, 1978, in Jerseyville. He survives. A homemaker, she was a member of Peace United Church of Christ in Jerseyville.
In addition to her husband, surviving are a daughter and her husband, Pat and Jim Rench of Jerseyville; three stepsons and their wives, Gene and Becky McGowen of Brighton, Mike McGowen and Tim and Tonya McGowen, all of Jerseyville; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; six stepgreat-grandchildren; and four sisters and their husbands, Violet and Wilbert Fraley, Inez and Joe French, Naomi and Charles Webster, all of Jerseyville, and Eva McIntire of Rosewood Heights. Besides her parents and first husband, preceding her in death was a daughter, Shirley Schnieder.
Visitation was from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where services took place at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Wilbur Cain officiated. Burial was at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville. Memorials may be made to Charity Christian Church Building Fund, Alzheimer's Disease Research or Peace United Church of Christ.
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William and Ethel Mae (Boomer) Shults had 2 daughters-Patricia Louise Shults, and Shirley Shults.
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(1a) William and Ethel Mae (Boomer) Shults's daughter Patricia Louise (Shults) Rench, 60, died at 9:10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003, at Jersey Community Hospital after a four-year fight with ovarian cancer. She was born Nov. 17, 1942, in Jerseyville to William H. Shults and Ethel Mae (Boomer) Shults McGowen. A 1960 graduate of Jersey Community High School, she began working at Rudolph's Department Store in Jerseyville, where she and her future husband both worked. After her marriage, she elected to stay home and care for her family. She enjoyed traveling, was an avid reader, reading a book a day, and especially enjoyed decorating, a hobby that was enhanced by assisting her daughter at the Red Rooster in Jerseyville. She married James K. Rench Dec. 28, 1963, in Waterloo and they have shared and enjoyed 39 years of marriage.
In addition to her husband, surviving are a daughter, Penny Rench of Jerseyville; a nephew and his wife, Robert and Bev Schneider of Jerseyville; and her mother-in-law, Lois Rench of Hillsboro. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Shirley Schneider. Her burial was at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville.
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(2a) William and Ethel Mae (Boomer) Shults's daughter Shirley Shults is deceased. She died 6-18-1978 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. She married Robert E. Schneider 10-10-1955 and they had a son Robert Schneider who is married to Bev and lives in Jerseyville, IL.
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William Shults and his wife Ethel Mae are both buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL.
(2) Henry Albert Shults and Catherine (Weisner) Norris Shults also had twin daughters who died in infancy, Marie Florence Shults and Maurita Fay Shults both born 7-20-1921 and both died at 9 months of age on the same day of pneumonia 4-23-1922.
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Henry Albert Shults and Catherine (Weisner) Norris Shults and their twin daughters and son and Catherine's daughters from her first marriage to Asa Norris are all buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL.
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