Living married C. Stoll [Group Sheet]

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Living married Mary Amy Loy Mary (daughter of Elmer "Happy" Arthur Loy and Virginia Rolens) was born 5 Jan 1924, Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL; died 27 Jul 1964, White Plains, Westchester County, NY; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs Mary Amy Vincent, 40, a sister of Murphysboro Postmaster, Bill Loy, died Monday in White Plains, NY.
Mrs Vincent was the former Mary Amy Loy, a Murphysboro native. She had been living in Tappan, NY for 12 years.
Death was attributed to complications following brain surgery.
She was born in Murphysboro, Jan 5, 1924, the daughter of Elmer and Virginia Rollens Loy. She married C. Geoffrey Vincent in 1947.
She is survived by her husband, a daughter, a son, her parents, a sister and a brother.
Funeral arrangements by Meyer-Denny Funeral Home in Murphysboro."
Pub: Southern Illinoisan, Jul 29, 1964

Notes:

(Research):Talked to Grandma and Uncle Bill today....got some info on the Ku Klux Klan connection.  Grandpa was indeed part of the Klan for a year or so around WWI.  Apparently there was a lot of trouble around prohibition, trouble-makers coming in from St. Louis, a lot of violence....At that time in M'boro, the Klan was more or less a young vigilante group trying to stop out-of-town bootleggers and control the rampant prostitution in the area -- at the time, apparently, the anti-black, anti-Catholic agenda took a back seat to more pressing problems.  Grandma said when the Klan began to take on that flavor, Grandpa got out of it...as I said, he was only involved for about a year.  So--rumor was right, and that's the story on it I have.  (From Wendy Vincent Stoll via email 27 March 1995).

WWI Veteran

Elmer married Virginia Rolens 1 Feb 1921. Virginia was born 26 Sep 1903, East St. Louis, St. Clair County, IL; died 27 Aug 1998, Green River, Sweetwater, WY; was buried , Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL. [Group Sheet]

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(Research):Funeral Sunday for Alfred Loy
Funeral Services for Alfred Loy, 82, retired Murphysboro grocer, fireman, and alderman, will be held at 2pm Sunday at Meyer-Denny funeral home in Murphysboro.  Burial will be in Tower Grove Cemetery.  Loy died at 6am Wednesday at his home in the Harrison community north of Murphysboro.  He had been ill for several months. He formerly operated grocery stores on North Ninth streets in Murphysboro.  He operated  the former Gem theater and sponsored the construction of the Hippodrome theater.  He was a member of the Murphysboro fire department when the fire wagons were drawn by horses.  Loy was born in Ava on January 1, 1870, and moved to Murphysboro when he was only a year old.  He married the former Amy Burton in Murphysboro on April 1, 1891, she died in 1929.  He leaves:  four sons, Elmer A., M'boro, Charles E., M'boro, George H., East St. Louis, and Walter A., Detroit, MI., a daughter Mrs. Augusta McManus, M'boro, and two granddaughters whom he reared, Mrs., Jennie Holt and Mrs., Evelyn Brantley, both of M'boro.  Two daughters and three sons preceeded him in death.

Alfred married Amy Burton 25 Apr 1891, Jackson County, IL. Amy was born 8 Dec 1873, East St. Louis, St. Clair County, IL; died 4 Jun 1929, Somerset, Jackson County, IL; was buried 6 Jun 1929, Tower Grove Cemetery, Murphysboro, Jackson County, IL. [Group Sheet]