Evelyn Matilda "Lina" Pendleton
1869 - 1962 (93 years)
Generation: 1
1. Evelyn Matilda "Lina" Pendleton was born in Feb 1869 in Kentucky; died on 6 Oct 1962 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois; was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Sweet Water, Menard County, Illinois. Notes:
GREENVIEW - Mrs. Riley Gilkison, 93, died at 9:40 a.m. Saturday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Paul G. Cantrall in Peoria.
Surviving are nine children, Mrs. Hubert Montgomery, of Greenview; Mrs. Walter Snyder; Mrs. Robert Fitzgerald, Mrs. Paul Cantrall, Mrs. John Kerr, and Mrs. John Antle, all of Peoria; Alvin Gilkison, of Greenview; Irving, of Long Beach, Calif.; and Ike, of DeKalb; 25 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services were at the Sweetwater Church of Christ with burial in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois). October 07, 1962.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35348793/evelyn-mathilda-gilkisonEvelyn married Riley Gilkison on 27 Dec 1888. Riley (son of Harry "Burgess" Gilkison and Harriet Elizabeth Million) was born on 29 Jun 1864 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 29 Jan 1953 in Peoria County, Illinois; was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Sweet Water, Menard County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]