Submitted by Melva L Taylor
The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
December 26, 1978 - Tuesday, pg
OLIVE MAE (Paddock) BALLARD
Olive Ballard Rites Wednesday
Prophetstown: - Mrs. Olive Mae Ballard, 96, Prophetstown, died Saturday evening at the Prophets Riverview Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Gardner Chapel. The Rev. Daniel Boxwell will officiate with burial in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation is at the chapel Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. A Memorial fund has been established in her memory.
Olive Ballard was a lifetime resident in Prophetstown and was born Sept. 2, 1882, the daughter of Ara and Ella (Rogers) Paddock. She was educated in Prophetstown schools and a member of the First Congregational Church in Prophetstown. She was united in marriage to John Ballard in Prophetstown Jan. 30, 1907.
Survivors include two sons, Willard, Lyndon, and Lauren, Prophetstown; three daughters, Mrs. Lucille Williamson, Rock Falls; Mrs. Mabel Hamilton, Prophetstown; and Mrs. Alta Koeppe, Corvallif, Oregon; 18 grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1958; one son in 1970, three brothers, four grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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