A clipping from a Newspaper... I assume it was a newspaper in Ottawa, IL. (No Date Listed) Date of newspaper was no doubt about the 19th or 20th of Aug 2004. Submitted By: Susan Scidmore 1912-2004 Funeral services will be a t 11 a.m. Saturday at Epworth United Methodist Church with the Rev. James Crone officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Mueller Funeral Home and one hour prior to services Saturday at the church. Mrs. Arthur was born July 3, 1912, in South Ottawa Township, to Leonard and Alvina (Gromm) Scidmore. She married Harry Arthur on Sep. 19, 1937, in the home of her parents. He died in [11 Jul] 1979. She was a graduate of Westside Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago and worked as a private duty nurse in Ottawa and Sandwich. She was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church, a Gold Star Mother, Ottawa American Legion, Ottawa Women’s Club and a 50-year member of the La Salle County Home Extension. She is survived by a daughter, Lois (Glen) Gullakson of Ottawa; two grandchildren, Susan (A.P.) Rosche of Roscoe and Charles (Linda) Gullakson of Jacksonville, Fla; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Allen, who was killed in 1967 in the Vietnam War; a sister Esther Gunderson; and a brother, Elmer Scidmore. Memorials may be directed to Allen Arthur Memorial Scholarship Fund at Serena High School or Epworth United Methodist Church. Pallbearers will be Charles and Gordon Gullakson, A. P. Rosche, Thomas Scidmore, James Gromm and Gary Arthur.
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