Hancock County Historical Society Siegfried IV
Page 60Della Long
Funeral services for Mrs. Della Long, 81, Bushnell, were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Martin-Hollis Funeral Home in Bushnell with the Rev. Ernest Louderman officiating. Burial was in Bushnell Cemetery.
Mrs. Long died Saturday morning, Jan. 18, 1969, in McDonough District Hospital, Macomb, after a short illness.
She was born Dec. 19, 1887, in Webster. She married Harve Long in 1905 in Carthage. He died in 1956. He had lived in Bushnell for 19 years.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Hanan of Bushnell, Mrs. Blanche Kent of Galesburg, Mrs. Helen Fazio of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Leota Quinn of New Lennox; two sons, Robert Long of Bushnell and Glenn Long of Galesburg; a sister, Mrs. Elvie Wier of Macomb; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a daughter and two sons.