Resident of Lot 103, Plot 8
G. Lionel Worth
Birth: 3 Sep 1865;
Death: 5 Aug 1918;
Burial: 8 Aug 1918;
Nativity: Cook County, Illinois
Location: Lot 103, Plot 8 (block G)
Ledger Notes:
Ledger Notes: Age: 52 Years Funeral: W. W. Hollingsworth |
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General Notes:
Husband of Jennie (Sprouls) Worth; Father of Ila Belle (Haywood) and Helen (Seely)
Obituary:
Obituary: Tualatin Valley News, August 23, 1918 In Memorium
G. L. Worth was born in Cook County, Illinois, Sept. 3, 1865, living there until 1886. He was married to Jennie Sprouls Dec. 16, 1886. They went to Wymore, Nebr. early in 1887 where he was electrician for the C.B.&Q.R.R. Co.: from there to Lincoln, Nebr. in 1906; from there to Sheridan, Wyo. in 1910 as Electrical Engineer for Acme Coal Mining Co.: from there to Sherwood, in Feb., 1916, farming until Jan., 1918, when he became Manager of the Sherwood Telephone co. He had been failing for the past three months with progressive paralysis and died at 4:10 P.M. Aug. 5. Funeral services were held by a Christian Science Reader in the Friends Church, Aug 8th. Interment was made in the Hood View cemetery. He is survived by widow and three daughters, Miss Helen Worth, Mrs. C. I Haywood, of Sherwood, Mrs. W. A. Davis of Sheridan.
Mr. G. L. Worth was held in high esteem by all who knew him.
"Mourn not the last! in realms of changeless gladness, Where friendship's ties are never crushed and broken, we still may meet: He who beholds our sadness.
Hath to the trusting heart assurance spoken of that blest land, where free from care and pain, Fond friends unite again." |
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