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La Harpe Hancock County, Illinois, USA

Birth: Nov. 27, 1893
Henderson County
Illinois, USA
Death: Feb. 26, 1988
La Harpe
Hancock County
Illinois, USA

Nora E. Galbraith is the daughter of William Simpson and Lutishia Merilda Prier Booton. She married(1)John Marion Hicks and (2)Cecil Galbraith.



The Burlington Hawkeye, Monday, February 29, 1988, page 4B

Nora Galbraith

Nora E. Galbraith, 94, of Stronghurst, Ill., died at 10:35 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26, 1988, in the La Harpe Extended Care Facility.

Born Nov. 27, 1893, in Henderson County, Illinois, she was the daughter of William and Lutitia Booton. She married John Hicks. He died in 1943. On Jan. 16, 1954, in Burlington, she married Cecil Galbraith. He died March 9, 1984.

She attended Henderson County schools and lived in Olena and Stronghurst community most of her life. She was a member of the Community Senior Citizens and the Stronghurst Methodist Church.

Survivng are two step-daughters, Maida Navratil, Rock Island, Ill., and Pearl Simpson, Downers Grove, Ill.; four grandchildren; one stepgranddaughter; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.

The service for Mrs. Galbraith was held at 11 a.m. today at Banks & Beals Funeral Home, Stronghurst, Ill., with the Rev. Ed Snow officiating. Burial will be in the Olena Cemetery.

A memorial has been established for the Stronghurst Ambulance Service. Contributions may be left at the funeral home.