Cena Lois Gilkison
1902 - 1986 (83 years)-
Name Cena Lois Gilkison Born 24 Oct 1902 Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Died 17 Apr 1986 Rochester, Monroe County, New York [3, 4] Buried Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois [3] Person ID I1182 Hedges Last Modified 3 Nov 2023
Father William Isaac Gilkison, b. 13 Aug 1871, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 10 Aug 1960, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 88 years) Mother Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox, b. 3 Feb 1882, Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky , d. 5 Aug 1958, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 76 years) Married 15 Feb 1900 Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2] Family ID F243 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Wilfred Hickman, b. 10 Nov 1896, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 27 May 1964, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 67 years) Married 5 Oct 1922 Paris, Edgar County, Illinois [1, 4] Last Modified 29 Nov 2023 Family ID F674 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 24 Oct 1902 - Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Married - 5 Oct 1922 - Paris, Edgar County, Illinois 
Died - 17 Apr 1986 - Rochester, Monroe County, New York 
Buried - - Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Grace Hedges, Cena Gilkison and others 
Hedges Reunion 1932
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Notes - MHR note: Cena was a member of the Fairmount chapter of O.E.S.
[1] - Fairmount, Ill. - Cena L. Hickman, 85, of Fairmount, died at 6 p.m. Sunday (April. 17, 1988) at Pleasant Meadows Christian Village in Chrisman. She was born Oct. 24, 1902,
in Vermilion County, a daughter of William and Addie Cox Gilkison. She married Wilfred Hickman on Oct. 5, 1922. He died May 27, 1964. Survivors include: three daughters, Janet Cox Hickman of Rochester, N.Y., Wilma Kupfer of Euclid, Ohio; and Carol Hinners of East Troy, Wis.; 12 grandchildren, one great-grandson; three sisters, Miriam Hickman and Iris Davis, both of Catlin, and Dorothy Thielking of Crofton, Md. She also was preceded in death by two brothers. Mrs. Hickman was a 40-year member of the United Presbyterian Church in Fairmount and a former member of OES. She had worked as a secretary for the Fairmount Grade School and was the correspondent for the COMMERCIAL-NEWS for several years. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Carrington Funeral Home in Fairmount, with Chaplain Jim Burrell officiating. Friends will be received after 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery. Memorials: Pearl S. Buck Foundation Inc., Green Hills Farm, Bucks County, Perkasle, Pa 18944, Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency or the Buckhorn Children's Center, Buckhorn, Ky. 41721. DANVILLE COMMERCIAL-NEWS, 21 April 1988.
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- MHR note: Cena was a member of the Fairmount chapter of O.E.S.
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