Levi Lester HARGADINE

                   Name from e-mail from Tim Chambers dated 3-21-00.  Tim got it from WFT Volume 7, Pedigree 4426

ELVA GRAY Request Information
    SSN 351-22-3439 Residence:  61523  Chillicothe, Peoria, IL
    Born 23 Jun 1908 Last Benefit:
    Died Dec 1977 Issued:  IL (Before 1951)

Elva Mary Gray - Chillicothe Bulleton
       Mrs. John (Elva Mary) Gray, 69, of 522 N. Second St., died Saturday
       Services were held Tuesday afternoon at Weber Funeral Home with the Rev. William Bohn officiating.  Burial was in Chillicothe City Cemetery.
       She was born June 23, 1908, in Dunlap, a daughter of Levi L. and Ursula Reynolds Hargadine.  She married Mr. Gray January 30, 1927, in Peoria.  He survives.
       Also surviving are four sons, John L. Jr., Wallace, Alfred "Tote", and Harley, all of Chillicothe; one daughter, Judy Secrest of Chillicothe; three sisters, Ora Fahey of Chillicothe, Edna Hargadine of Peoria, and Laura Mangold of Wyoming; three brothers, Forrest of Dunlap, Roy of Alta and Raleigh of Edelstein, and 10 grandchildren.
       She was a member of First Baptist church.
       Mrs. Gray was preceded in death by one brother and one grandson.
                  

                   Name from e-mail from Tim Chambers dated 3-21-00.  Tim got it from WFT Volume 7, Pedigree 4426
Birth date from e-mail from Tim Chambers dated 3-21-00.  Tim got it from WFT Volume 7, Pedigree 4426
Death date from e-mail from Tim Chambers dated 3-21-00.  Tim got it from WFT Volume 7, Pedigree 4426
Cause of death, auto accident

new birth and death dates from Sam e-mail dated 5-27-00

PEORIA CO. YOUTH KILLED
Peoria Evening Star
Peoria, Ill. Friday July 3, 1931

Young Farmer is Hit by Car Changing Tire

Struck by Peorians Machine East of Princeville
       Charles Hargadine, 21 years old, of Akron township, was instantly killed at 2:30 oclock this morning on route 30, two miles east of Princeville when he was struck by a car driven by Elmer G. Rohman, 1102 Knoxville Avenue, a tireman for Waugh Bros. Motor Co.
       Hargadine and his brother, Forrest, with Hal Predmore of Spear, and Otto Mangold, another young farmer from the same vicinity, were returning in Mangolds car from a fishing and swimming trip to the Spoon river when a tire on the automobile went flat.  They stopped to change tires with two wheels on the pavement.
       Mangold and Predmore were removing a spare tire from the rear of the car while the Hargadine brothers were on the pavement, Charles stopping down beside the flat tire.
Saw Light Too Late
       Mangolds car was headed east and Rohman was driving in the same direction.   Rohman said he did not see a light on the car until too late to stop.  He swerved his car but one fender struck Charles Hargadine.  His head and body were crushed, killing him instantly.
       Rohman, stopped immediately and rendered what assistance he could.  One supposition is that Rohman did not see the tail light on Mangolds car because Mangold and Predmore obscured the light with their bodies while they were removing the spare tire.
       Forrest Hargadine saw the car coming toward him in time to fling himself into Manfolds car.  He suffered an injured foot, but escaped other injury.
       Charles Hargadine was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester E. Hargadine, who reside on a farm near Dunlap.  The young man was not married.
       Rohman was questioned following the accident by Coroner William H. Elliott but was not held.  An inquest will be held this afternoon  at Princeville.


Parked Car Death Held Accidental.  (Tim found this while at Peoria Library in September 2000)

An accidental death verdict was returned in an inquest at Princeville yesterday afternoon into the death of Charles Taylor Hargadine, young Akron township farmer, who was instantly killed early yesterday morning when he was struck by an automobile driven by Elmer G. Rohman, 1102 Knoxville Avenue.

The jury found that Hargadine was killed two and a half miles east of Princeville on route 30 about 2:30 o'clock in the morning while helping to change a tire on a car belonging to Otto Mangold, which was partly parked on the hard road.  Hargadine and his brother, Forrest, Mangold and Hal Predmore were returning from a trip to the Spoon river to fish and swim.

Rohman was driving east, the same direction Mangold's car was facing, and testified he did not see the parked machine until almost upon it.  He swerved his car and struck Charles Hargadine, who was on the pavement jacking up the left rear wheel of Mangold's machine to change the tire.  Hargadine's skull was fractured and his body crushed and he was killed instantly.  His brother was remvoing the lugs from the wheel but saw Rohman's car in time to fling himself out of the way and escaped with only an injury to one foot.  A door of the parked car was standing open and Rohman's car struck it.

Predmore was holding a lantern at the rear or the car for Mangold to take a spare tire from its rack.  The men's bodies, it is believed, obscured the lantern and car's tail light from Rohmans's view.  The Hargadine brothers had a flashlight also but had its light focused on the tire they were removing.

Rohman was driving a car owned by his brother, Alfred Rohman of Metamorea.  Elmer Rohman is a tireman employed by a Peoria garage.
                  

                   http://www.hammitt-hott.com/database/h.htm (Funeral Home information)
Hargadine Forrest "Frosty" Levi Dunlap, IL 3/13/1911 1/23/1985 Dunlap, IL Prospect , Dunlap


Name and birth date from letter from Shirley Bowersock in Norma's file.  Changed death date from 26 to 23rd from Shirley's letter.

Social Security Death Index on the Internet
HARGADINE, FORREST    343-07-8486	IL
13 Mar 1911
Jan 1985 	IL     Dunlap, Illinois 61525

Forrest Hargadine - Peoria Star Journal  January 25, 1985
       Dunlap - Forrest Levi "Frosty" Hargadine, 73, of 213 Fifth St. died at his home at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
       Born March 13, 1911, in Medina Township to Lester and Ursula Reynolds Hargadine, he first married Aletha Oldfield March 24, 1932.  She died Jan. 12, 1958.  Three brothers and one sister also preceded him.
       He married Dora E. Graze Aug. 27, 1960, and she survives, along with one daughter, Shirley Bowersock of Peoria; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one stepson, Russell Graze, and one step-daughter, Gwen Detra, both of Dunlap.
       Also surviving are three sisters, Edna Hargadine of Peoria, Laura Mangold of Wyoming and Ora Fayhay of Chillicothe.
       He was employed by Caterpillar Tractor Co. 37 years, working in the foundry until retiring in 1974.  He was a member of Caterpillar Retirees Club.
       Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Hammitt Dunlap Chapel, and from 1 p.m. Saturday until services at 1:30 in Prospect United Methodist Church.  Dr. Dean Follis will officiate and burial will be in Prospect Cemetery.
       Memorials may be made to the church or Dunlap Fire & Rescue Squad.
                  

                   Name from e-mail from Tim Chambers dated 3-21-00.  Tim got it from WFT Volume 7, Pedigree 4426

Ora listed as married to Miller of Chillicothe in her mother's obiturary

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Otto (Laura) Mangold of Wyoming and Mrs. Arthur (Ora) Fahay of Chillicothe; and several nieces and nephews. Four brothers and one sister preceded her in death.

Headline: Laura Mangold
Publication Date: March 05, 1999
Source: Peoria Journal Star

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Roland (Edna) Kruger of Wyoming; one granddaughter; two great-granddaughters; two great-great-grandsons; and one half sister, Ora Fahey of Peoria.