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The Macomb Journal, Sunday, May 24, 1998
Galesburg--Who: Keith Worthington, 67, of Galesburg. Died: 2:15 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 1998, at Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, IL. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Martin-Hollis funeral Home in Bushnell. Burial: Oakwood Cemetery in Macomb. Born: March 12, 1931, in Walnut Grove. Parents: John and Mabel (Cross) Worthington. Married: Margaret Ann Sorrells on November 27, 1949, in Bushnell. Survived by: four sons, Steve and Joe Worthington of Good Hope, IL, Tony of Davenport, Iowa, and Tim Worthington of Dubuqe, Iowa; one daughter, Kathy Dennis of Galesburg; 12 grandchildren; two brothers, Frank Worthington of Avon and Lyle Worthington of Little York and five sisters, Bernice Sutton of Herald, Calif., Bernadine Bankes of Macomb, Joyce Brewer of Galesburg, Shirley Simmons of Roseville and Linda Luper of Springfield. Preceded in death by: his parents, two brothers, three sisters and one granddaughter. History: farmed in McDonough and Warren counties for several years; was the Swan Township supervisor; was on the Warren County Fair Board; was a member of the Swan Creek Methodist Church; past member of the Roseville Odd Fellows Lodge and was a hunter and fisherman.

Contributed by Eileen Harper Worthington