Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Dorothy Marie Bair

I found this on Sunday night while looking for Bair's and Edwards' listed in cemeteries around Decatur.

 
Birth: Apr. 18, 1905
Death: Apr. 22, 1908

Dorothy Marie Blair (Bair) died at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bair, six miles west of Decatur. She was 3 years old. Her death was caused by spinal meningitis. Besides her parents she leaves two brothers, Harold and Dean Bair.

The Decatur Review (Decatur, IL), Thursday Evening, April 23, 1908

Burial:
Sharon Cemetery
Decatur
Macon County
Illinois, USA

All information taken from Find A Grave

Monday, February 21, 2011

Harold Jerome Bair

Here is more information about Harold J Bair, who shares a gravestone with his sister Dorothy.  I believe Harold is the little guy in this picture:


Birth: Jul. 25, 1903
Death: Jun. 6, 1916

Harold Jerome Bair, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Bair, living six miles west of Decatur, died at 6 0'clock Tuesday morning at the Decatur and Macon County hospital. He was thirteen years old. The boy was brought to the hospital Monday suffering from appendicitis. An operation was performed in the hope of saving his life, but peritonitis had set in and the operation came too late.Harold attended the Union school. He was an unusually bright boy and had just been promoted this spring to the ninth grade. He was fond of reading and always saved his books. Besides his parents he leaves four brothers, Dean, Frank, Willard and Carl Bair.The body was removed to the Brintlinger & Sons undertaking establishment and prepared for burial and later taken to the residence west of Decatur, where the funeral will be held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The interment will be in the Wykles cemetery.

The Decatur Review (Decatur, IL), Tuesday Evening, Jun 6, 1916

Burial:
Sharon Cemetery (formerly named Wykles)
Decatur
Macon County
Illinois, USA

All information taken from Find A Grave...