GEORGE ALEXANDER, son of CLARA BELL STAMBAUGH and JACOB ALEXANDER, was born June 1, 1894 in Wabash County, Indiana,456 and died April 10, 1966 in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois.456 He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Le Roy, McLean, Illinois.456
He married NONA RUTH CRAIG on May 26, 1926 in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois.8112 She was born December 6, 1894 in Empire Township, McLean, Illinois,8112 and died May 21, 1985 in McLean County Nursing Home, Normal, McLean, Illinois.8112 She is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Le Roy, McLean, Illinois.8112, 456
Children of NONA RUTH CRAIG and GEORGE ALEXANDER:
Pantagraph, May 22, 19858112
LeROY — Nona Ruth Alexander, 90, of Hillcrest Apartments died at 6:30 a.m. yesterday (May 21, 1985) at the McLean County Nursing Home, Normal, where she had been a resident five weeks.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Bruce Memorial Home, the Rev. David Hurley officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, LeRoy.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the memorial home.
She was born Dec. 6, 1894, on a farm in Empire Township, a daughter of James and Loretta Johns Craig. She married George Alexander May 26, 1926, at Bloomington. He died April 10, 1966.
Surviving are two sons, Hobart, Charlotte, N.C., and Robert LeRoy; a daughter, Nancy Jane Short, Lakewood, Colo.; a brother, Clifford Bloomington; a sister Lena Williams, LeRoy; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
A brother and a sister preceded her in death.
Mrs. Alexander lived her entire life in the LeRoy area, attending schools and churches there.
She was a avid collector of antique dishes and also enjoyed crocheting.
Memorial may be made to the LeRoy Ambulance Service.
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