hmtl5 Lucille Starr b. 18 Aug 1899 Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 18 Sep 2004 Paxton, Ford County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy

Lucille Starr

Female 1899 - 2004  (105 years)


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  • Name Lucille Starr 
    Born 18 Aug 1899  Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Sep 2004  Paxton, Ford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Buried Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I197  Gritton
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

    Father Jared Riley Starr,   b. 2 Apr 1853, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1928, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Potter,   b. 5 Apr 1858, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1926, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1875  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1875-1877. Page 41. Mary E. Potter, 26, Newell Township. Jared R. Starr, 22, Newell Township. William Potter, father signed for Mary.
    Family ID F106  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stacy Fairchild,   b. 23 Jun 1897, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1989, Rankin, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Aug 1899 - Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Sep 2004 - Paxton, Ford County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • GIFFORD - Lucile Fairchild, 105, of Gifford, formerly of Rankin, died at 2:45 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 18, 20004) at Country Health Nursing Home, Gifford.
      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Knapp Funeral Home, 130 N. Main St., Rankin. Burial will be in Marysville Cemetery, Potomac. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
      Mrs. Fairchild was born Aug. 18, 1899, in Henning, a daughter of Jared and Mary Potter Starr. She married Stacy Fairchild on Aug. 31, 1917, in Decatur. He died April 24, 1989.
      Survivors include five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by five brothers, three sisters, a son and two great-grandchildren.
      She was a 50-year member of Rankin Methodist Church and a 1916 graduate of the Chicago Conservatory of Music. She enjoyed cooking, crocheting, quilting and gardening.
      Memorials may be made to the church or Country Health Nursing Home." - The News-Gazette, Urbana, Illinois, Sunday, September 19, 2004 (Obituary provided by Kartomb)
      [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S2] Find a Grave.

    3. [S17] Obituary.

    4. [S6] 1900 US census.

    5. [S12] Illinois Marriages.

    6. [S52] Marriage License Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1875-1877, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 1994).