“ Elroy J. Duvall, 87, of 5160 Plum Creek Dr. died at 10:15 p.m. Thursday in Mercy Memorial Hospital where he had been the past six weeks. He had been ill the past five y;ears, living in Frenchtown Nursing Care Center, and seriously ill the past six week.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday at the Allore Funeral Home, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday. The Rev. William McBride of Calvary United Methodist Church will officiate and burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park in LaSalle.

Born Sept. 7, 1902 in Monroe, he was the son of William and Clara (Frankhouse) Duvall. His first marriage was to Gladys Furstenburg, who he later divorced. He then married Minnie Cole, who died July 3, 1967.

A laborer with Monroe Auto Equipment Co. for many years, he was a member of Monroe Senior Citizens.

Surviving are a son, Roy, of Monroe; 3 daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Cooper, Mrs. Orla Absalom and Mrs. Peggy Lanier, all of Monroe; 22 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

Memorials may be to a charity of the donor’s choice. “13259

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“ Orla M. Absalom
April 5, 1920 - Nov. 13, 2002

Services have been set for Orla M. Absalom, 82, of Monroe, who died at 2:10 a.m. Wednesday at Medilodge of Monroe. She had been in poor health for 1 1/2 years.

Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today at Rupp Funeral Home, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle.

Born April 5, 1920, in Monroe, she was the daughter of Roy and Gladys (Sterling) Duvall. She married Harry Lewis Absalom. He died May 22, 1967.

She worked form the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department from April 15, 1968 to May 1, 1985. She became a deputy Nov. 21, 1976.

Surviving are a son, Lewis L. (Ruth) of LaSalle; a brother Roy of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Cooper and Peggy Lanier. “13275

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George Zinner and Dorothy Jane Duvall lived together until 6 January 1939.13265

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“ Elroy J. Duvall, 87, of 5160 Plum Creek Dr. died at 10:15 p.m. Thursday in Mercy Memorial Hospital where he had been the past six weeks. He had been ill the past five y;ears, living in Frenchtown Nursing Care Center, and seriously ill the past six week.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday at the Allore Funeral Home, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday. The Rev. William McBride of Calvary United Methodist Church will officiate and burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park in LaSalle.

Born Sept. 7, 1902 in Monroe, he was the son of William and Clara (Frankhouse) Duvall. His first marriage was to Gladys Furstenburg, who he later divorced. He then married Minnie Cole, who died July 3, 1967.

A laborer with Monroe Auto Equipment Co. for many years, he was a member of Monroe Senior Citizens.

Surviving are a son, Roy, of Monroe; 3 daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Cooper, Mrs. Orla Absalom and Mrs. Peggy Lanier, all of Monroe; 22 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

Memorials may be to a charity of the donor’s choice. “13259

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“ Mrs. Gladys M. Furstenberg, 81, of 5158 Plum Creek Dr., Monroe, died at 1 this morning in Toledo Hospital. She had been ill a year and seriously ill 10 days.

Friends may call after 7 tonight in the Allore Funeral Home, Monroe, where services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Gary Allward of Calvary United Methodist Church will officiate and burial will be in the Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

She was born Mary (sic May) 1, 1899, in Hammonsburg, Ohio, to Andrew and Maggie (Masters) Sterling. She married Fred Furstenberg in 1945 in Napoleon, Ohio. He died in 1970.

Ms. Furstenberg is survived by a son, Roy Duvall, of Toledo; 3 daughters, Mrs. Orla Absalom, Mrs. John (Dorothy) Cooper and Mrs. Peggy Lanier, all of Monroe; a sister, Mrs. Fern Brandeberry and a half-sister, Mrs. Edith Moore, both of Findlay, Ohio; a sister-in-law, Ruby Sterling, of Bloomdale, Ohio; 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and a sister. “13267

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“ Orla M. Absalom
April 5, 1920 - Nov. 13, 2002

Services have been set for Orla M. Absalom, 82, of Monroe, who died at 2:10 a.m. Wednesday at Medilodge of Monroe. She had been in poor health for 1 1/2 years.

Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today at Rupp Funeral Home, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle.

Born April 5, 1920, in Monroe, she was the daughter of Roy and Gladys (Sterling) Duvall. She married Harry Lewis Absalom. He died May 22, 1967.

She worked form the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department from April 15, 1968 to May 1, 1985. She became a deputy Nov. 21, 1976.

Surviving are a son, Lewis L. (Ruth) of LaSalle; a brother Roy of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Cooper and Peggy Lanier. “13275

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John William Cooper
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