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     Nancy Jo Allen is the daughter of Joseph H. Allen and Mary Margaret Phillips.¹

     Kathleen Allen is the daughter of Joseph H. Allen and Mary Margaret Phillips.¹

     Christine Allen is the daughter of Joseph H. Allen and Mary Margaret Phillips.¹

     James Phillip Allen is the son of Joseph H. Allen and Mary Margaret Phillips.¹

     Jacqueline Nell Crowe was born on 15 September 1923 in Illinois, USA.^1,2 She died on 30 September 1976 at age 53.¹

     Charles Gleason Butzow was born on 4 April 1915 in St Joseph, Champaign County, Illinois, USA.¹ He married Eleanor Faye Phillips, daughter of James Richard Phillips and Mary Elizabeth Corray, on 25 April 1936.¹ He died on 22 October 2005 in St Joseph, Champaign County, Illinois, USA, at age 90.¹
     C. G. Butzow was enumerated in the census on 1 April 1940 in St Joseph Township, Champaign County, Illinois, USA, as a fence salesman, age 25 with Eleanor Butzow in his household.²
     Obituary: Gleason Butzow, 90, of St Joseph died at 7:13 a.m. Saturday (October 22, 2005) at home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Freese Funeral Home, 302 East Grand St., St Joseph. The Rev. Mark Harris will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery, Mayview. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Masonic rites accorded at 7 p.m. Mr. Butzow was born April 4, 1915, in St Joseph, a son of Edward and Zora Rudisill Butzow. He married Eleanor Phillips on April 25, 1936. She died June 27, 2000. He later married Mary B. Rudisill on Sept. 28, 2002. She survives. Survivors also include a son, Drew Butzow of St Joseph; a daughter, Linda Butzow of Madison, Wis; four grandchilden; and a great-granddaughter. He was preceded in death by two brothers. Mr, Butzow farmed in the St Joseph area and built and remodeled homes. He founded Flex-in-Gate Corporation in 1956 and sold it in 1972. He owned race and show horses for many years. He attended St Joseph United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to St Joseph Fire and Rescue or Carle Hospice.¹

     Charles Drew Butzow is the son of Charles Gleason Butzow and Eleanor Faye Phillips.¹

     Linda Butzow is the daughter of Charles Gleason Butzow and Eleanor Faye Phillips.¹

     Clara M. Shroyer was born on 2 March 1898 in Kansas, USA.^2,3 She married George Daniel Corray, son of Harmon Mason Corray and Elizabeth E. Bowers, on 19 September 1917 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA.¹ She died on 17 January 1995 in Champaign County, Illinois, USA, at age 96.³
     Clara M. Shroyer (wife, age 21) was enumerated in the census on 12 January 1920 in Stanton Township, Champaign County, Illinois, USA, in the household of George Corray.² Clara A. Corray (wife, age 32) was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1930 in Stanton Township, Champaign County, Illinois, USA, in the household of George D. Corray.⁴ Clara Corray (wife, age 42) was enumerated in the census on 16 April 1940 in 105 Iowa Street, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA, in the household of George D. Corray.⁵