Obituary of Sylvester Ray

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Newspaper clipping from an unknown newspaper, probably the Rockford, IL evening paper of Tuesday, October 28, 1941:

SYLVESTER H. RAY

    Funeral services for Sylvester Henry Ray, 73, route two, who died at 9 a.m. yesterday at a local hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the McAllister-Julian funeral home, 304 North 5th street. Mrs. Carrie Dedmody of the First Spirtualist church will officiate. Burial will be in the Harlem cemetery.
    Mr. Ray had been in failing health for more than a year, and seriously ill the past six months. Born at Ottumwa, Ia., Oct. 29, 1868, he had lived in Rockford and on route 2 for the past 45 years. Recently he had made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Roy Riche of Davis, Ill. A farmer for many years, he was later employed as a molder in Rockford.
    Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. William Rogers of Harlem; a son, Lynn C. of Loves Park; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. His wife, Jennie, predeceased him.
    Mr. Ray was a member of the First Spiritualist church and of the Roscoe Masonic lodge.

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