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     John Bucknell Owens was buried at Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, Boone Co., Illinois.^3,6 His Social Security Number was 483-10-0748.⁷ He was born on October 6, 1916 at Chariton, Lucas Co., Iowa.^7,4,5,6 He married Neola H. Thomas, daughter of Benjamin Richard "Ben" Thomas and Nadja Hatton Fear, on December 23, 1934 at Schuyler Co., Missouri.¹ John Bucknell Owens and Neola H. Thomas were divorced before 1952.⁶ John Bucknell Owens died on December 1, 1975 at Belvidere, Boone Co., Illinois, at age 59.⁶ He John B. Owens, 59, 7644 Appleton Road, died at 11:10 p.m. Monday St. Anthony Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 6, 1916, in Chariton, Iowa, the son of Thomas and Catherine Bucknell Owens. He married Ruth Rogers Aug. 15, 1952, in Rockford. Mr. Owens lived in Belvidere since 1952, previously in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He was employed by Chas. Ind. Co. for 20 years, and then Rockford Blacktop up to one year before his death as a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and a life-time member of the Moose Lodge No. 295, Belvidere; VFW John Hugo Kaiser Post, No. 1461, and International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 150. He went to the public schools of Beacon and Oskaloosa, Iowa. He is survived by his wife, one son, Sanford, Oskaloosa, and one stepson, Richard LeClere, Belvidere; two daughters, Mrs. Sandra Herrick, Oskaloosa; Mrs. Rhoda Perry, Monroe, Iowa, and two step-daughters, Mrs. Maxine Wendell, Belvidere, and Mrs. Marge Schultz, Belvidere; two brothers Rendel Owens, Oskaloosa, and Lester Owens, Des Moines, and one step brother, Thomas Corporon, Niobrara, Neb; two sisters, Mrs. Lorena Allgood, Oskaloosa and Mrs. Margaret Willison, West Covins, Calif., and one step-sister, Mrs. Albert Davis, Grinnell, Iowa. Mr. Owns was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister. Funeral services will be held at the Witbeck-Wheeler-Sabien Funeral Home on Thursday at 1:30 p.m., with Rev. George T. Ballein, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Belvidere, officiating. Burial will be in Belvidere Cemetery. on December 3, 1975.⁶

     His Social Security Number was 484-40-4788.⁴ Roy Stanley Carmichael was buried at Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa.¹ He married Neola H. Thomas, daughter of Benjamin Richard "Ben" Thomas and Nadja Hatton Fear.^5,6 Roy Stanley Carmichael was born on April 17, 1922 at Edwards, Garfield Co., Montana.^1,2,4,3 He died on November 22, 1980 at Iowa at age 58.¹

     Cecil W. Fullilove was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.³ He was born on February 19, 1919.³ He married Merriam Minervia Thompson, daughter of Phillip/Philip Leonard Thompson and Carrie Mae Eskew, on October 28, 1946 at Broward Co., Florida.¹ Cecil W. Fullilove and Merriam Minervia Thompson were divorced in 1949 at Dade Co., Florida.² Cecil W. Fullilove died on May 28, 2001 at age 82.³

     John Preston Butler was born circa 1908.¹ He married Merriam Minervia Thompson, daughter of Phillip/Philip Leonard Thompson and Carrie Mae Eskew, on May 13, 1950 at Broward Co., Florida.¹ John Preston Butler and Merriam Minervia Thompson were divorced in 1951 at Dade Co., Florida.²

     His Social Security Number was 577-14-0728.³ Herbert Ballantyne Woolley was born on November 19, 1917 at Logan, Cache Co., Utah.^4,3 He married Elsa Margaret "Peggy" Titsworth, daughter of John Richard Titsworth and Senta Mercedes Goldberg, on August 16, 1940 at Washington, D.C..^1,2 Herbert Ballantyne Woolley died in September, 1978 at Maryland at age 60.³