Lillie (Hoag) Carter

Lillie (Hoag) Carter
born December 25, 1863, Serena township, La Salle county, Illinois
died March 20, 1940, in Brookfield, Illinois

Obituary:

FORMER SERENA RESIDENT DIES

Mrs. Lillie Hoag Carter, 76, a former resident of Serena, died yesterday at the British Old People’s home in Brookfield, where she had been a resident for two years.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the A. C. Hill funeral home in Sheridan. Burial will be in the Dayton cemetery.

Born in Serena township, Dec. 25, 1863, Mrs. Carter, whose maiden name was Lilllie Hoag, was the daughter of Charles and Mary Wells Hoag. She resided in the township for many years.

Mrs. Carter is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Irene Scamehorn of Chicago; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. P. B. Stockham and a brother, Adam Hoag, both of Bloomingdale, Mich.1

Lillie Hoag Carter tombstone

Carter, Lillie Hoag - death certificate


1. [Ottawa, Illinois] Daily Republican-Times, March 21, 1940

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