Mathew Lawrence Havard
1906 - 1970 (64 years)-
Name Mathew Lawrence Havard Born 14 May 1906 Homer, Champaign County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1930 Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Census 1940 Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Occupation barber [3] Died 19 Nov 1970 Homer, Champaign County, Illinois [1, 2] Buried GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois [1, 2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87256657/mathew-lawrence-havard
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Person ID I3754 Gritton Last Modified 28 Mar 2024
Father Estella Julia Yeazel, b. 3 Aug 1880, South Homer Township, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 2 Nov 1945, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 65 years) Mother Charles Havard, b. 29 Dec 1875, Oakwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 21 Nov 1945, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 69 years) Married 1901 Champaign County, Illinois [4] Family ID F1581 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Freda Marie Bickel, b. 17 Feb 1908, Sidney, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 28 Apr 1972, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois (Age 64 years) Married 21 Feb 1927 Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois Children 1. Patricia Anne Havard, b. 12 Oct 1928, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 10 Nov 2005 (Age 77 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1582 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 14 May 1906 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois 
Married - 21 Feb 1927 - Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois Census - 1930 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Census - 1940 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Died - 19 Nov 1970 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois 
Buried - - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Lawrence Havard Succumbs at 64. Rites Nov. 21
The Homer Enterprise. Saturday, November 21, 1970, page 1.
Funeral services for Matthew Lawrence Havard, 64, lifetime resident of Homer, will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 21 in Homer United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Harold Flessner officiating. Interment will be in GAR Cemetery.
Mr. Havard, who had been a barber in Homer since 1926, died unexpectedly at 1 p.m. Nov. 19. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
The son of Charles and Stella Yeazel Havard of Homer, he was married Feb. 21, 1927, in Kankakee to Freda Bickel.
He leaves his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Frederick (Patricia) Zeisler of Livonia, Mich.; a son, Matthew Lawrence of Rochester; 8 grandchildren and 2 sisters, Mrs. Floyd (Ruth) Elliott and Mrs. Ronald (Helen) Anderson, both of Danville.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
Mr. Havard was a member and elder of the Presbyterian Church and served as Sunday School superintendent for many years. He was the organizer of the homer Alumni Association, charter member and past president of Homer Lions Club, former member of the Homer school board, member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and an honorary member of homer Volunteer Fire Department. He formerly served as a volunteer fireman.
A veteran of World War II, he was a member of Homer Post 290, American Legion.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Homer High School Student Loan Fund.
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