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When Isaac was born the townships in McDonough County had not yet been named.
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Blandinsville Star-Gazette, page 1
Thursday, November 16, 1922
Death of Isaac Ray
Blandinsville people were shocked on Thursday morning by the news that Isaac Ray was dead. He had been ailing for many months and on Wednesday went to Macomb to consult a doctor. When he came home he went to bed and Mrs. Ray went to his bedside from time to time to look after his comfort. At one o'clock she asked him and he replied that he did not want anything. When she went again to his bed at four o'clock he was cold in death[.]
Isaac Ray was one of our best and most useful citizens, known and esteemed by all the neighbors and friends among whom his busy and useful life was spent. He was born in Hire township on December 11, 1853 and was at the time of his death aged 68 years, 10 months and 11 days. when a child of five years he moved with his parents to Kentucky where he lived until 23 years old when he returned to Blandinsville.
He was married to Miss Jeannette Sell in Blandinsville in 1884, and they have made this their home the remainder of his life. He followed the occupation of Mason [sic], bricklayer, and cement worker and was a master of his trade whose handiwork forms part of a great part of the buildings in Blandinsville.
Ten children were born to these loving parents, but six of them were called away in infancy or early life and two sons and two daughters are left to mourn the death of an honored and beloved father. They are: Clarence and Mrs[.] Fred Mills of Brewster, Minn[.], Lucien of Rushville, Ill[.], Alta of Rushville, Neb. There is one granddaughter Berniece Mills.
Isaac Ray was an honest upright man, fair and manly in every walk of life. He was quiet and unassuming, kindly and generous to everyone and industrious and dependable in his business. He was an honored useful citizen, a lifelong and faithful member of the Baptist church with which he united in early life and he was a consistent follower of its teachings. An indulgent and provident father, a loving husband and a generous and faithful friend, he passes away loved and mourned by a host of friends by whom he will long be held in kindly remembrance.
Funeral services were held in the Baptist church at 2:00 p[.] m[.] on Saturday, November 11, the Rev, E[.] F. Peterson officiating, and he was laid to rest in the South cemetery.
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Card of Thanks
We wish to express our thankful appreciation of the kindness and sympathy extended to us in our deep sorrow occasioned by the sickness and death of our beloved husband and father Isaac Ray.
Mrs. Isaac Ray and Children.
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