The Carthage Gazette
Carthage, Illinois
Friday
May 26, 1950
Page 3
Column 1Mrs. Mae Mort
Dies in Peoria HospitalAgain the reaper of death came into our midst and took one from an earthly life to her eternal home.
Mae Gillenwater Mort, daughter of Jesse and Bertha Newman Gillenwater, was born in Hancock township, Hancock county, March 18, 1894, and passed away in a Peoria hospital May 18, 1950, at the age of 56 years and two months.
Her girlhood days were spent on a farm near Oak Grove, where she attended Oak Grove school, church and Sunday school.
Nov. 18, 1911, she was united in marriage to Wilburn C. Mort, who passed away Oct. 29, 1988. To this union three daughters were born. The eldest, Nelda Mae, passed away when nine days old. She leaves two daughters, Mary Day, of Majorville, and Helen Logan, of Tennessee, Ill., two grandsons, Jimmy Day and Dennis Wayne Logan, two sisters, Mrs. Lula Belknap and Mrs. Hazel Agnew, of Carthage, several nephews and nieces.
As a mother, Mae was kind and devoted, not only willing to minister to the wants of her immediate family, but to others as well. As a friend, she was loyal and true. As a neighbor, she was sociable and generous, always anxious to share with them the things that came into her life.
She had been in failing health for the past two years and was cared for by her daughter, Mary, and husband. Only the past two months were they unable to give her the care she needed and she was taken to a hospital. She was a member of the Majorville social club.
Sleep on, dear mother;
Take thy rest.
God called thee home--
He thought it best.Funeral services were held at the Majorville church Sunday afternoon, May 21, at 2 o'clock, Rev. Louderman, of Colchester, officiating.
Herbert Hulson, accompanied by his wife at the piano, sang "In the Garden", "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "The Beautiful Garden of Prayer."
Pallbearers were Faye Brooks, James Whitten, Harry Spangler, Harley Parker, Frank Peck and Guy Garrison.
Burial was in Majorville cemetery.
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Marcia Farina
RITES HELD FOR MRS. MAE MORT AT MAJORVILLE
Funeral services for Mrs. Mae Mort were held Sunday afternoon at the Majorville church, with Rev. Ernest Louderman officiating. Herbert Hulson accompanied by Mrs. Hulson sang "In the Garden" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." The pall bearers were Harry Spangler, Harley Parker, Fay Brooks, James Whitten, Frank Peck and Guy Garrison. Burial was in the Majorville cemetery.
Mae Gillenwater, eldest daughter of Jesse and Bertha Newman Gillenwater was born in Hancock township March 18, 1894. She passed away Thursday night May 18 in a Peoria hospital after a long illness.
She attended the Oak Grove school, church and Sunday school. She was married Nov. 18, 1911 to Wilburn Mort, who died Oct. 29, 1938. They were the parents of three daughters, the oldest Nelda Mae, died in infancy. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Day of Majorville and Mrs. Helen Logan of Tennessee; two grandsons, Jimmy Day and Dennis Wayne Logan and two sisters Mrs. Lula Belknap and Mrs. Hazel Agnew of Carthage.
