The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois

August 18, 1969 - Monday, pg 1 

JACOB  CANTLIN  (with picture) 

Jacob Cantlin, Rock Falls Civic Leader, Succumbs Sunday 

A prominent Rock Falls attorney, Jacob Cantlin, died Sunday afternoon in his home, 1008 LeRoy Ave., at the age of 84.  He had practiced law 62 years before retiring in May of this year.  For 50 years Atty. Cantlin served as city attorney for the City of Rock Falls. 

There will be visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday (tonight) and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home, Rock Falls.  The body will be taken to the Rock Falls United Methodist Church at noon Wednesday to lie in state until the funeral.   Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church with the Rev. Ivan Obenshain, a former pastor officiating, assisted by the Rev. Harvey E. Shiffer, pastor emeritus of the Rock Falls Christian Church.  Burial will be in Tampico Memorial Cemetery. 

Born Jan. 5, 1885, Jacob Cantlin was the son of James and Mary Aumiller Cantlin, at Williams, Iowa.  He spent his early years in Earlville, Ill., and in to Tampico.  He graduated from Tampico High School and from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1906.  He opened his first law office in Rock Falls on June 3, 1907.  On May 10, 1911, Jacob Cantlin and Darlene West were married in Tampico by the late Rev. Potter. They had been married 58 years last May.  

Surviving with Mrs. Cantlin are three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Helen) Boesen of Rock Falls,  Mrs. Ethel Zimmerman of Moorehead, Minn., and Mrs. Kenneth (Marjorie) Pearson of Westwood, N.J.;  15 grandchildren;  12 great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. George (Ida) Gresty of Osakis, Minn.  A daughter, Marian, preceded in death.  

Being a strong supporter of Rock Falls, Atty. Cantlin was active in the growth of the city and served in many capacities of community life.  He was a member of the Rock Falls High School and Elementary School Boards of Education and of the Rock Falls United Methodist Church where he gave many years of service as Sunday School superintendent and as a member of the Board of Trustees. 

Atty. Cantlin was active in the Rock Falls Rotary Club and the Odd Fellows Lodge. He gave many years of service to the Boy Scouts, being a member of the Executive Board and the Advisory Committee.  He was awarded the Silver Beaver Award for meritorious service.

  A past Whiteside County Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee, Atty. Cantlin was a delegate to many national conventions of the Democratic Party.  He was affiliated with the Illinois and the Whiteside County Bar Association during his long career in the practice of law. 

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