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Obituary: Nancy M. Gordon 1946

"Mrs. Nancy M. Gordon, 94 year old resident of Blandinsville, passed away at 4:30 p. m. Monday at the James Hainline home here where she had been staying for about the past year. She had been in failing health the last year. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church at 2 p. m. Wednesday with Rev. John R. Spillman officiating. Burial was in the south cemetery near Blandinsville with the Walters funeral home in charge. Mrs. Gordon was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Walters and she was born Oct. 6, 1852, in Nelson county, Ky. She came to McDonough county at the age of 12 and spent! the rest of her life in this county. She was married Dec. 26, 1872, to Thomas Ashby, who died in 1908. She was married March 18, 1913 to Thomas Gordon, who is deceased. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Florence Fisher of Blandinsville, Mrs. Nellie Nielson of East Moline, and Mrs. Pearl (Guy) Hardisty of Macomb. She leaves a brother, Alfred Walters of Pekin, a sister, Susie Burton of Mystic, Ia., and a step-daughter, Mrs. Belle Pensinger of Tennessee. Two children, Mrs. Mary Farris and Mrs. Dollie White, are deceased. Mrs. Gordon also leaves 23 grandchildren and 48 great-grand-children. She was a member of the Blandinsville Baptist church since 1887."

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