Mrs. Esther Winchester of 1120 Harlem Boulevard died at home. Her funeral will be at home
Mrs. Winchester was a pioneer of a Northern Illinois farm
She was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on 10/16?/1850
She moved at age 3 to Pecatonica with her father, Squire Corwin
She was married in Pecatonica to the late Thomas Winchester, prominent area builder and stonecutter
A daughter, Mrs. Edith Pitney, preceded her in death
Four children survive her: Mrs. Nellie Tole and Mrs. McIntosh of Rockford, Mrs. Harry Tear of Galena, IL and Mr. Thomas Winchester, Jr. of Lincoln, Nebraska
Reverend John Gordon will officiate, with burial in Forest View Abbey


Source: Rockford Morning Star, 02/11/1936
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