Hancock County Journal
Carthage, Illinois
Thursday
August 25, 1966
Page 6B
Column 6

Mrs. Lula Belknap

Funeral services for Lulu Belknap of Carthage, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday, Aug. 23 at the Fecht Funeral Home in Carthage.  The Rev. D. E. Skiles was in charge of the service and burial was in Moss Ridge cemetery.  Mrs. Kenneth Cutler was the organist and she also sang, "The Old Rugged Cross."  Pall bearers were Wendell Walker, Arthur Haffey, Merlin Gibson, William Hayes, Bryan Hardy and Alfred Wear.

Mrs. Belknap died Saturday, Aug. 20, in Graham Hospital in Keokuk, Iowa.

Born in Carthage, Sept. 14, 1899, she was the daughter of Jesse and Bertha Newman Gillenwater.  On Sept. 16, 1915 she was married to Fred Belknap.

Surviving besides her husband are Mrs. Glen (Alletia) Hale, of Carthage; Mrs. Albert (Eleanore) Whiteside, Keokuk, Iowa; Mrs. Mildred McHugh, Carthage; Mrs. Ralph (Erma Lee) Inman, Stanton, Texas; Mrs. Kenneth (Ruth) Howell, Keokuk, Iowa; Mrs. Robert (Rosa Lee) Hoing, Rock Island; Mrs. Howard (Dorothy) Bundy, Rock Island; Mrs. Ronald (Evelyn) Brown, Moline; Mrs. Pete (Betty) Castelli, Wheaton; Frank and Willis both of Carthage and Jesse, of Reynolds.  One sister, Hazel Agnew, also survives.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three daughters and one son.

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Children:

Elda Eleanor Belknap	04-Aug-1922	23-Oct-2001
Mildred Belknap	.	.
Vera Belknap	.	before 1967
Alletia Belknap	.	.
Erma Lee Belknap	.	.
Norma Ruth Belknap	11-Nov-1927	02-Jun-2004
Rosa Lee Belknap	14-Apr-1930	16-May-2005
Dorothy Belknap	.	.
Evelyn Belknap	.	.
Franklin Belknap	.	.
Mary Ellen Belknap	27-Aug-1933	17-Apr-1936
Willis J. Belknap	09-Feb-1936	19-Feb-2008
Betty Belknap	.	.
Jesse Belknap	.	.
Mr. Belknap	.	before 2002
Miss Belknap	.	before 2002

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