Hancock County Journal
Carthage, Illinois
Thursday
August 20, 1964
Page 3B
Column 6

Mrs. Wm. Patterson

Funeral services for Mrs. William E. (Alta) Patterson, 92, of LaHarpe were held Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 2 p.m. in the Banks and Beals Funeral Home in LaHarpe, the Rev. Glen R. Grammer officiating.  Burial was in the LaHarpe cemetery.

Mrs. Patterson died Friday, Aug. 14, in the Wells Nursing Home in LaHarpe, where she had been for the past three weeks.

Born in Ipava May 25, 1872, she was a daughter of Thomas Sherman and Sarah Marrow Clanin.  She was married to William E. Patterson in 1897.  He died in 1935.

She was a member of the Christian church.

Surviving are two grandsons, who were reared in the Patterson home, Milan Johnson, who is stationed with the air force in Japan, and Verrill Johnson of LaHarpe; a brother, Henry Clanin of Ipava; and six other grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son; a daughter; three sisters; and a brother.

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