THURSTON, Christena 1896 - 1920

THURSTON, ELLIOTT

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:22:46

"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Saturday, January 17, 1920
Page 2, Column 2

MRS. JOHN THURSTON DIED THIS MORNING AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS

Mrs. John C. THURSTON, formerly Miss Christine ELLIOTT of this city, died suddenly this morning in Peoria, Ill. Her death comes as a surprise and shock to her many friends here who were not aware of her illness.

Mrs. B. H. ELLIOTT, Mrs. THURSTON's mother, yesterday received a message stating that her daughter was ill and wished to see her. Mrs. ELLIOTT left last evening and was at her bedside when she passed away. This morning a message called Mr. ELLIOTT to Peoria, but about ten o'clock a second one notified him of Mrs. THURSTON's death at the Proctor hospital in Peoria. He left on Burlington train No. 6 this afternoon.

Christine ELLIOTT was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. ELLIOTT. She graduated from the Fairfield High School with the class of 1916. On September 19, 1919, she was united in marriage to John C. THURSTON, and has since made her home in Peoria. She had just passed her 22nd birthday at the time of her death.

Besides her husband and her parents she is survived by a brother, Curtis ELLIOTT, of Glendale, and a sister Dorothy, at home.

No arrangements have been made for the funeral.

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"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Monday, January 19, 1920
Page 3, Column 1

--Funeral services for the late Mrs. John C. THURSTON, formerly Miss Christine ELLIOTT, of this city, who died at Peoria, Ill., Saturday, will be held in this ciay (sic) Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. ELLIOTT and Mr. THURSTON will arrive with the remains tonight.

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"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Tuesday, January 20, 1920
Page 2, Column 3

MRS. JOHN C. THURSTON FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TOMORROW

The funeral services for the late Mrs. John C. THURSTON will be held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock from the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. B. H. ELLIOTT, over 102 North Main street, and from the Christian church at 11:00 o'clock, conducted by Rev. R. H. Polly. The body will be laid to rest in Fairfield Abbey (see note below).

Mrs. THURSTON passed away Saturday morning at Proctor Hospital, Peoria, Ill., death resulting from diabetes. The body arrived here last evening.

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Note: The Fairfield Abbey was a mausoleum that stood in Evergreen Cemetery at the east end of Kirkwood Avenue, built between 1913 and 1915, and torn down in 1971 due to structural problems. Those who had been buried there were removed and reinterred in other locations. Christine and her parents were originally interred in the Abbey, and later moved to Union Cemetery.