Mrs. Rebecca Ashmore Dies At Age Of 94

Mrs. Rebecca Ashmore Dies At Age Of 94
Funeral Services At Methodist Church Tuesday Afternoon

Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca Jane Ashmore were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Oakland Methodist church, Reverend J. L. Goleman officiating. A quartet composed of Mrs. Pauline McIntyre, Mrs. Eva Crawford, Mrs. Minnie Lancaster and Mrs. Grace Kurtz sang three selections, "Going Down the Valley," "Abide With Me" and Beautiful Isles." Pallbearers were John D. Winship, Everett King, James King, Owen Tennill, Charley Palmer and Cpl. Robert Bennett. Flowers were in charge of Mrs. Louella Tennill, Mrs. Lola Maud Cecil, Mrs. Leta Vaught, Miss Beluah King, Miss Evelyn Belle Ashmore, Mrs. Vera Swinford.

Mrs. Rebecca Gough Ashmore was born in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, near Warfordsburg, June 23,1849. She came to Illinois with her parents at the age of sixteen. She was united in marriage to James A. Ashmore, Nov. 4, 1868, and to this union twelve children were born, eleven of whom are still living, one dying in infancy. The surviving children are: Mrs. Nettie King of Albion, Ill.; Mrs. Minnie Markle of Jasonville, Ind.; Mrs. Olive Weaver of Wessington Springs, South Dakota; Mrs. Dollie Foltz of Upton, Wyoming; Mrs. Ida Liston of Fairfiled Ill.; Mrs. Winona Bennett of Kansas, Ill.; Frank Ashmore of Springfield , South Dakota; Scott Ashmore of Los Angeles, Calif.; Earl Ashmore of Alton, Ill.; John Ashmore and Mrs. Loretta Winship of Oakland. Mrs. Ashmore had 57 grandchildren, 78 great grandchildren and 17 great great grandchildren -- a total of 163 living descendants.

There are 13 grandsons and 5 great grandsons in the service of their country. Two granddaughters and two great granddaughters' husbands are also in the service. While the writer does not know it to be a fact, we doubt if any lady in the country has a record for more relatives in service.

Mrs. Ashmore, who was 94 years of age at the time of her death, passed away at her home in this city Friday morning at 11 o'clock. She had been ill for some time following a stroke of paralysis, but was confined to her bed only a few days. Mrs. Ashmore kept all her mental faculties almost until the time of her death; she loved to talk of current events and kept well posted on what was going on all over the world. She had a kindly disposition and was loved by all who knew her, and this included most everybody in this community.

Oakland has lost a splendid citizen, and the sons and daughters have lost a mother in the true sense of the word.