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Macomb Daily Journal, Sat., December 28, 1963 - Mrs. Worthington, Walnut Grove, Dies
Who: Mrs. Mable Marie Worthington, 61, a life-long resident of Walnut Grove. Died: at 3:13 a.m. today at McDonough District Hospital where she had been a patient for seven days. She had been in poor health for about four months. Funeral: services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Corman Memorial Home in Roseville; Rev. R. G. Marks will conduct the services. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Macomb. Born: Sept 19. 1902, in Walnut Grove. Parents: Frank and Cordia Hageman Cross. Married: to John Worthington on July 20, 1920, in Bushnell; he survives. Survived by: her mother; five sons, Kenneth of Roseville, John Jr. of Smithshire, Keith of Swan Creek, Frank of Good Hope, and Lyle at home; eight daughters, Mrs. Louis Bankes of Macomb, Mrs. Don Hagemeister of Hayward, Neb., Mrs. Wilbert Sutton of N. Sacramento, Calif., Mrs. Fern Helms of Macomb, Mrs. Marion Simmons of Macomb, Mrs. Wheeler Fawcett of Peoria, Mrs. Marvin Brewer of Galesburg, and Miss Linda Worthington of Galesburg; 41 grandchildren; three brothers, Chalmers Cross of Macomb, Mrs. Dorothy Tournear of Macomb, and Mrs. Fern Johnson of LaHarpe. Preceded in death by: her father, a grandchild, and a sister.

Contributed by Eileen Harper Worthington