Bertie E. Tillotson

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Name Bertie E. Tillotson Born 19 May 1872 Armstrong, Illinois [1, 2, 3]
Gender Male Occupation farmer [1] Census 1900 Pilot, Vermilion County, illinois Census 1910 Middlefork, Vermilion County, Illinois Census 1920 Pleasant, Porter County, Indiana Census 1930 Kouts, Porter County, Indiana Died 7 Apr 1936 Kouts, Porter County, Indiana [1, 3, 4]
Buried Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois [3]
Person ID I978 Hedges Last Modified 30 Apr 2023
Father Luther Martin Tillotson, b. 13 Aug 1849, Indiana , d. 19 Jan 1920, Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois
(Age 70 years)
Mother Mary Ellen Myrick, b. 15 Sep 1853, Higginsville, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 31 May 1924, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois
(Age 70 years)
Married 21 Sep 1871 Vermilion County, Illinois [5]
Family ID F577 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Minnie Flora Hedges, b. 21 Dec 1877, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 21 Feb 1915, Biloxi, Mississippi
(Age 37 years)
Married 26 Dec 1897 Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana [1, 6]
Children 1. Flora Ellen Tillotson, b. 10 Apr 1899, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana , d. 28 Jul 1963, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri
(Age 64 years)
2. Bertie "Arden" Luther Tillotson, b. 22 Sep 1901, Armstrong, Illinois , d. 11 Sep 1984, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
(Age 82 years)
3. Charles Albert Hedges Tillotson, b. 26 May 1908, Potomac, Rantoul County, Illinois , d. 16 Nov 1908, Potomac, Rantoul County, Illinois
(Age 0 years)
Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F226 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Dies of Heart Attack After Repairing Car
A heart attack suffered after he had change a “flat” fire while returning to his Kouts home from a visit to Hebron caused the death Tuesday night of Bert Tillotson, age 64 years, well know Pleasant township farmer.
Death ensued in the office of Dr. S.E. Dittmer, in Kouts, where Tillotson was rushed by his sister, Mrs. Cora Stearns, of Urbana, Ill., who had been visiting at his Kouts home.
According to Mrs. Stearns, she accompanied her brother early last evening to Hebron to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Richardson.
On the return trip, tire trouble developed and Mr. Tillotson got out and changed the tire. The exer-
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tion proved too great and he became faint.
Mrs. Stearns drove the car to Kouts to the office of Dr. Dittmer. Just after being carried into the doctor’s office, Mr. Tillotson suffered a relapse and died before medical aid could be administered.
Mr. Tillotson, a native of Pontiac, Ill., had lived in Kouts and vicinity since 1910. He maintained homes on his farm north of Kouts and also in Kouts.
Surviving are one son, Arden; a granddaughter, of Danville, Ill.; one daughter Miss Florence Tillotson of Center Point, Ia.; one sister, Mrs. Stearns of Urbana, Ill., and three brothers, L.E. Tillotson of Urbana, Ill, and Alden and Charles Tillotson, of St. Louis, Mo.
Memorial services have not been arranged, pending word from the daughter living in Iowa.
Vidette-Messenger of Porter County, Valparaiso, Indiana. Wednesday, 8 April 1936, page 1.
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