Mary Elliott Head

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OBITUARY

Chicago Tribune; 10 August 2006, Edition: Chicago Final, Page: 10

Mary H. Grahek, nee Head, age 86, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.

Survived by her children, Sarah Swienton of Bolingbrook, Cecilia (Terry) St. Germain of Naperville, James (Kathy) Grahek of Syracuse, NY, Margaret (George) Madden of Vienna, VA, Robert (Laurie) Grahek of Lebanon, IL and Susan (James) Kratz of Channahon; 11 grandchildren; nine greatgrandchldren; a sister, Esther Westra and sister-in-law, Cecilia Wicklund.

Preceded in death by her husband, Clarence M. Grahek; greatgrandson, Jordan A. Marceau; parents, Dr. Luther and Lucy, nee Fox, Head; sisters, Dorothy Thomas and Lucy Trimm; brothers, Luther and James Head.

Born in Caroline County, VA, lived in Virginia and Minnesota before settling in Joliet in 1956. Mary taught at St. Joseph's School of Nursing for 21 years retiring in 1982. Member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, C.C.W. and the Paulites. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and was an avid gardener.

Funeral from the Blackburn-Giegerich-Sonntag Funeral Home, 1500 Black Rd., Joliet, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006 to St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Entombment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Friday 4 to 8 p.m. Memorials to the Joliet Area Community Hospice would be appreciated. Info, 815-744-4444



Birth:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Mary H. Grahek
Last Residence: 60436 Joliet, Will, Illinois
BORN: 26 Feb 1920
Last Benefit: 60436 Joliet, Will, Illinois
Died: 9 Aug 2006
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)

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Mary married Clarence M. Grahek. Clarence was born 1917; died 1999, Joliet, Will Co. IL; was buried , Resurrection Cemetery, Joliet, Will Co. IL. [Group Sheet]

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Luther was the son of Marcena Watts Head and his wife Elizabeth Esther Jerrell. He was born near Penola.

He was a graduate of the University of Virginia and in 1903 of the University College of Medicine in Richmond. He served as an intern at the Retreat for the Sick in Richmond, before settling down to practice in Carolina County. He was a member of the Caroline County School Board for over 30 years and a steward of St. Paul's Methodist Church.

Luther married Lucy Gwynn Fox on June 7, 1905. They had eight children: an infant son, who died in 1906, Dorothy Elizabeth Head Thomas, Rachel Margaret Head (1908-1918), Luther Jerrell Head, Jr., James Edward Head, Esther Ann Head Westra, Lucy Fleet Head Saunders and Mary Elliott Head Grahek.

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Luther married Lucy Gwynn Fox. Lucy (daughter of Richard Woolfolk Fox and Elizabeth Temple (Lizzie) Fleet) was born 17 Sep 1877, King William Co. VA; died 11 Aug 1944, Caroline Co. VA; was buried , Wrights Burying Ground, Ladysmith, Caroline Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Lucy was the daughter of Richard Woolfolk Fox, Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth Temple Fleet.

Lucy married Dr. Luther Jerrell Head on June 7, 1905. They had eight children: an infant son, who died in 1906, Dorothy Elizabeth Head Thomas, Rachel Margaret Head (1908-1918), Luther Jerrell Head, Jr., James Edward Head, Esther Ann Head Westra, Lucy Fleet Head Saunders and Mary Elliott Head Grahek.

Per the Caroline Progress Newspaper of August 17th, "she was killed instantly as she was waiting for a bus, when a north-bound army truck went out of control, hit a tree, which struck Mrs. Head to the ground".

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Richard married Elizabeth Temple (Lizzie) Fleet. Elizabeth was born 20 Apr 1855; died 01 May 1899, King William Co. VA; was buried , Corinth Christian Church Cemetery, Enfield, King William Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Richard married Mary Elliott TRENT. Mary (daughter of George R. TRENT and Mary E. WALKER) was born 1814, Virginia; died 1872, Virginia; was buried , Retreat Cemetery, Aylett, King William Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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