hmtl5 Retha Mae Alsip b. 1 Sep 1943 Goreville, Johnson County, Illinois d. 6 Feb 1988 Champaign County, Illinois: Hedges Genealogy
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Retha Mae Alsip

Female 1943 - 1988  (44 years)


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  • Name Retha Mae Alsip 
    Born 1 Sep 1943  Goreville, Johnson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Feb 1988  Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Buried Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I4214  Hedges
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2023 

    Father Richard John Alsip,   b. 18 Apr 1904, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1973, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Mary "Rosebud" Overstreet,   b. 16 Sep 1915, Goreville, Johnson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 2000, Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 9 Jul 1942  Kankakee County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Kankakee County, Illinois marriage index, 1889-1962
    Family ID F649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Glen Roger Tracy,   b. 21 Apr 1939, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1987, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 21 Aug 1965  Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2023 
    Family ID F1855  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Sep 1943 - Goreville, Johnson County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Aug 1965 - Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Feb 1988 - Champaign County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Retha M. Tracy
      Loda – Retha M. Tracy, 44, of Loda and formerly of Raleigh, N.C., deid at 12:35 a.m. yesterday (Feb. 6, 1988) at Burnham Hospital, Champaign, after an illness of several years.
      Her funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday at Ford-Baier Funeral Home, Paxton, the Rev. Paul Walles officiating. Burial will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda.
      Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
      She was born Sept. 1, 1943, in Goreville, a daughter of Richard J. and Rosebud Overstreet Alsip. She married Glen Roger Tracy on Aug. 21, 1965, in Carbondale. He died Nov. 6, 1987.
      Surviving are her mother, Loda; three daughters, Glenda Tracy, Waleska, Ga.; Brenda Tracy, Slidell, La.; and Joanna Tracy, Loda; one stepsister, Evelyn Kissee, Lacon; and two brothers, John Alsip, Oquawka, and Jim Alsip, Loda.
      She was preceded in death by her father.
      Mrs. Tracy graduated from Buckley-Loda High School in 1961, and graduated from beauty school at Bourbonnais in 1962.
      She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C., and a former member of Paxton Rainbow for Girls.
      Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.
      The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. Sunday, 7 February 1988.
      [3, 5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S68] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S9] Obituary.

    4. [S58] California, select births and christening, 1812-1988.

    5. [S87] Newspaper article.


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