Compiled by Carl Wayne Gray
Williams, Henry Lafayette | |
B: | 30 Dec 1847 |
Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio | |
D: | 19 Oct 1922 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois |
Williams, William H. | |
B: | 1849 |
Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio | |
D: | 19 Mar 1867 |
Williams, Ira H. | |
B: | 25 Oct 1851 |
Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio | |
D: | 19 Sep 1912 |
St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri |
Payne, Melissa | |
B: | 1873 |
Illinois | |
D: | yes |
Payne, William Joseph | |
B: | 15 Mar 1874 |
Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 25 Apr 1954 |
Payne, Frank Averill | |
B: | 4 Dec 1902 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 20 Dec 1944 |
Oro Bay, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea |
WARD, Phobe Marie | |
B: | 12 Sep 1903 |
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois | |
M: | 24 Dec 1924 |
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois | |
D: | 13 Jul 1998 |
Warren, Wayne County, Michigan |
Payne, Kenneth Edward | |
B: | 17 Apr 1904 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 30 Dec 1959 |
Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa |
Conroy, Frances | |
B: | 1909 |
Illinois |
Golden, Richard Dale 'Dick' | |
B: | 11 Sep 1928 |
Flora, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 3 Mar 1982 |
Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois |
Payne, Editha L. | |
B: | 7 Feb 1906 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 22 Sep 1996 |
Louisville, Clay County, Illinois |
Golden, Orland L. | |
B: | 8 Apr 1901 |
M: | 1928 |
D: | 23 Mar 1955 |
Peebles, Wesley L. | |
B: | 30 Nov 1904 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
M: | 1952 |
D: | 19 May 1984 |
Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois |
Taylor, Randy Lee | |
B: | 1 Jan 1953 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 12 Jul 2010 |
Benton, Franklin County, Illinois |
Taylor, Donald Ray | |
B: | 11 Jun 1929 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 1 Nov 2016 |
Miller Rehabilitation Center, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois |
Taylor, James William | |
B: | 14 Jul 1931 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 22 Jul 1985 |
Chickasaw, Mobile County, Alabama |
McGowan, David Wayne | |
B: | 8 May 1975 |
D: | 8 May 1975 |
McGowan, Michael Ray | |
B: | 15 Mar 1979 |
D: | 8 May 1975 |
McGowan, Jamie Lynn | |
B: | 28 Apr 1983 |
D: | 8 May 1975 |
McGowan, James Matthew | |
B: | 8 Jan 1986 |
D: | 8 Jan 1986 |
McGowan, Gayla | |
B: | 31 Oct 1990 |
D: | 8 Jan 1986 |
Ely, M.A. | |
M: | 14 Feb 1953 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
TAYLOR, John Cannon | |
B: | 14 Feb 1936 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 26 Mar 1936 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Taylor, Judith 'Judy' | |
B: | 17 Jan 1958 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 19 Oct 2015 |
St. Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri |
TAYLOR, Howard Gordon | |
B: | 7 Jul 1937 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 15 May 1981 |
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky |
Taylor, Wayne Metcalf | |
B: | 18 Oct 1941 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 29 Oct 1992 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Payne, Lola Bernice 'Ponie' | |
B: | 6 Oct 1908 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 4 Dec 1999 |
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana |
Taylor, Earl Cannon | |
B: | 22 Nov 1904 |
Maysville, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 21 Mar 1986 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Harrison, Clarence Ray | |
B: | 2 Jan 1939 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 15 Jan 2004 |
Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Payne, Lois Marguerite | |
B: | 24 May 1911 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 3 Jun 1987 |
Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Harrison, Oran 'Bub' | |
B: | 6 Jun 1912 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
M: | 11 Sep 1937 |
D: | 7 Jan 1997 |
Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Payne, Charles Noel | |
B: | 29 Jul 1913 |
Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 10 Sep 1954 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois |
Laycoax, Barbara Elberta | |
B: | 29 Mar 1916 |
Illinois | |
D: | 4 Jan 2003 |
Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Payne, James Edward | |
B: | 9 Aug 1879 |
Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 16 Aug 1959 |
Washington, District of Columbia |
Byrne, Temperance Charlotte | |
B: | 20 Apr 1876 |
Wilsonburg, Denver Township, Richland County, Illinois | |
M: | 8 Oct 1901 |
D: | 25 Sep 1945 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Payne, Otto Pitner | |
B: | 14 Nov 1882 |
Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 19 Jan 1974 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois |
Messier, Leona Marie | |
B: | 22 Aug 1894 |
M: | Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois |
D: | 5 Nov 1986 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois |
Noll, Adam Earl | |
B: | 22 Mar 1912 |
Illinois | |
D: | 9 Jan 2000 |
Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Anderson, Ethel Berniece | |
B: | 29 Jul 1923 |
Illinois | |
M: | 14 Sep 1957 |
Louisville, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 24 Jul 2008 |
Noll, Hilda Marguerite | |
B: | 26 Jul 1913 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 24 Jan 2000 |
Flora Pavilion Nursing Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Bradham, Durward R. | |
B: | 16 Oct 1903 |
D: | 26 Oct 1986 |
Noll, Oral Otis | |
B: | 11 Nov 1916 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 25 Mar 2006 |
Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Noll, Lloyd Payne | |
B: | 26 Mar 1918 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 16 Jan 1994 |
Moultrie County, Illinois |
McDermott, Freda Florene | |
B: | 19 Mar 1922 |
Cumberland County, Illinois | |
D: | 8 Mar 2019 |
Gays, Moultrie County, Illinois |
Noll, Otto Wilbur | |
B: | 4 Jul 1920 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 15 Nov 1998 |
Clark, Randolph County, Missouri |
Mueller, Frieda Caroline | |
B: | 9 Oct 1921 |
Stewardson, Shelby County, Illinois | |
D: | 8 Apr 2017 |
Jeffersonton, Culpeper County, Virginia |
Mueller, Geraldine | |
B: | 2 Jul 1935 |
Stewardson, Shelby County, Illinois | |
D: | 23 Apr 2018 |
St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma |
Noll, Curtis Andrew | |
B: | 7 Nov 1921 |
Illinois | |
D: | 4 Apr 1998 |
Murphy, Tim | |
B: | 11 Nov 1961 |
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois | |
D: | 10 Aug 2021 |
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital, Fenton, St. Louis County, Missouri |
Carter, Rozzalyn | |
D: | Bef 15 Jan 2005 |
Noll, Vicki Florence | |
B: | 23 Jul 1959 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 15 Jan 2005 |
Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri |
Carter, Rozzalyn | |
D: | Bef 15 Jan 2005 |
Martell, William 'Todd Bill' Sr. | |
B: | 11 Dec 1943 |
D: | 26 Oct 2021 |
Noll, Stewart Wade 'Stew' | |
B: | 20 Apr 1964 |
D: | 21 Jan 2015 |
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia |
Noll, Joseph Arthur | |
B: | 10 Nov 1926 |
Illinois | |
D: | 1 Dec 1998 |
Hildebrand, Julia A. | |
B: | 12 Sep 1934 |
M: | 23 Mar 1955 |
D: | 30 Jul 2002 |
Payne, Effie Florence | |
B: | 28 Sep 1884 |
Illinois | |
D: | 4 Dec 1969 |
Noll, Leo Fred | |
B: | 6 Jan 1884 |
Illinois | |
D: | 28 Jun 1962 |
Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Kuenstler, Martha Marie | |
B: | 1934 |
D: | 1936 |
Noll, Velma Mathilda | |
B: | 10 Jul 1909 |
D: | 4 Jan 1991 |
Kuenstler, Joseph Leo | |
B: | 10 Aug 1903 |
Illinois | |
D: | 7 Dec 1972 |
Noll, Gerald Lee | |
B: | 25 Mar 1942 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 28 Jun 2017 |
Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Noll, Harold | |
B: | 11 Jan 1911 |
D: | 13 Dec 1984 |
O'Dell, Lou | |
B: | 23 Aug 1909 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | Jun 1984 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois |
Noll, Lowell H. | |
B: | 28 Mar 1913 |
D: | May 1966 |
Roberts, Roberta J. 'Bobbie' | |
B: | 30 Mar 1920 |
Spokane County, Washington | |
D: | 20 May 2010 |
Spokane County, Washington |
Noll, John Thomas | |
B: | 1 Aug 1948 |
D: | 19 Nov 1950 |
Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, |
Noll, Beverly Jean | |
B: | 12 Aug 1950 |
D: | 19 Nov 1950 |
Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, |
Noll, Elaina Ann | |
B: | 20 Nov 1951 |
Luzon, Pangasinan Province, Ilocos, Philippines | |
D: | 28 Dec 2019 |
Noll, Lorain Tom | |
B: | 19 May 1917 |
D: | 24 Nov 1982 |
Smith, Eleanor May | |
B: | 8 Dec 1923 |
Wabash County, Illinois | |
D: | 20 Dec 2002 |
Payne, Clara Margaret | |
B: | 5 Aug 1885 |
D: | 2 Dec 1967 |
Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Noll, Herman Adam | |
B: | 11 Aug 1877 |
D: | 23 Aug 1930 |
Payne, Henry Harrison | |
B: | 6 Aug 1888 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 21 Mar 1954 |
Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho |
Williams, Mary Ellen | |
B: | 14 Oct 1855 |
Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio | |
D: | 15 Feb 1890 |
Payne, Joseph Andrew Mitchell | |
B: | 15 Jun 1851 |
Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois | |
D: | 28 Dec 1907 |
Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois |
Hasler, Walter Lee | |
B: | 29 May 1911 |
Illinois | |
D: | 1 Oct 2001 |
Parr, Dorothy L. | |
B: | 20 Sep 1927 |
England | |
D: | 23 Mar 2015 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Naret, M. | |
M: | 1 Jun 1955 |
Hasler, Willard Orpha 'Wig' | |
B: | 28 Nov 1913 |
Noble, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 27 Feb 2005 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Michaels, Margaret Eileen 'Peachie' | |
B: | 7 Feb 1915 |
Noble, Richland County, Illinois | |
M: | 4 May 1935 |
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana | |
D: | 26 May 2014 |
Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Herdes, Winnie L. | |
B: | 1936 |
D: | 16 Oct 1982 |
Foerster, John Russel | |
B: | 5 May 1936 |
D: | 22 Feb 2011 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Herdes, Rick | |
B: | 28 Jan 1937 |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
Herdes, Taylor | |
B: | 28 Jan 1937 |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
Herdes, Connor | |
B: | 28 Jan 1937 |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
Herdes, Wayne | |
B: | 28 Jan 1937 |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
Herdes, Bridget | |
B: | 28 Jan 1937 |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
Burgener, B. | |
M: | 11 May 1974 |
Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois |
Herdes, Brenda | |
B: | 28 Jan 1937 |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
McCarty | |
M: | 3 Jul 1930 |
Herdes, Billy Joe | |
B: | 28 Jan 1937 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Stark, Alice Clara | |
B: | 5 Apr 1939 |
Richland County, Illinois | |
M: | 6 Jun 1957 |
D: | 6 Feb 1999 |
Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Herdes, Alta Mary | |
B: | 10 Nov 1942 |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
Lewis, H. | |
M: | 17 Sep 1945 |
Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois |
Herdes, Robert Leroy 'Bob' | |
B: | 13 Jun 1947 |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
Herdes, Tamara Sue | |
B: | 10 Apr 1957 |
D: | 5 Dec 2018 |
Hasler, Margaret A. | |
B: | 7 Feb 1915 |
Illinois | |
D: | 28 Sep 1989 |
Herdes, John W. | |
B: | 21 Aug 1914 |
Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 16 Oct 1982 |
Noble, Richland County, Illinois |
Hasler, Everett Leroy | |
B: | 13 Dec 1917 |
Illinois | |
D: | 12 Jul 1945 |
Caba, La Union, Luzon, Phillippines |
Hasler, Gladys Lorene | |
B: | 3 Dec 1924 |
Illinois | |
D: | 19 Feb 1969 |
Houston, Harris County, Texas |
Hansen, A. | |
M: | 16 Mar 1948 |
Hasler, Ira | |
B: | 11 Aug 1889 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 5 Jul 1972 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Schnautz, Winnie E. | |
B: | 11 Sep 1891 |
Illinois | |
M: | 10 Jan 1911 |
D: | 20 Oct 1985 |
Williams, Lydia Margaret | |
B: | 2 Dec 1857 |
Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio | |
D: | 11 Apr 1903 |
Hasler, Albert | |
B: | 30 Dec 1854 |
Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana | |
M: | 19 Dec 1886 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 17 Aug 1936 |
Williams, Charles M. | |
B: | 1860 |
Hunley, Hazel D. | |
B: | 14 Nov 1901 |
Clay County, Kentucky | |
D: | 11 Jun 1981 |
Fayette County, Kentucky |
Reid, Alexander James | |
B: | 24 Apr 1900 |
Illinois | |
D: | 7 Sep 1986 |
Jessamine County, Kentucky |
Hunley, Kenneth M. | |
B: | 1903 |
Illinois | |
D: | 1978 |
Hunley, Mary Deane 'Dena' | |
B: | 18 May 1905 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 23 Dec 1992 |
Flora Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Tolf, Walter A. Jr. | |
B: | 20 Jan 1908 |
D: | 8 Sep 1992 |
Hunley, Jesse Jr. | |
B: | 12 Apr 1907 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 20 Aug 1992 |
Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Purdy, Leola Fern | |
B: | 5 Oct 1906 |
Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois | |
M: | 1933 |
D: | 17 Jul 1995 |
Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Johnson, Earl L. | |
B: | 11 Jun 1918 |
El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas | |
D: | 11 Jun 2004 |
Gordon, Connie J. | |
B: | 26 Sep 1950 |
Flora, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 23 Nov 2007 |
St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois |
Dust, H.H. | |
M: | 9 Jun 1972 |
Harris, George Michael 'Mick' | |
B: | 2 Sep 1946 |
Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina | |
D: | 5 Dec 2020 |
St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois |
Gordon, Russell Everett | |
B: | 15 May 1927 |
Shelby County, Illinois | |
M: | 11 Nov 1947 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 28 Dec 1985 |
Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Hunley, Naomi Dean | |
B: | 1933 |
Illinois | |
D: | 23 May 2018 |
Hunley, Paul Ronald | |
B: | 5 Aug 1943 |
D: | 9 Jan 1983 |
Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida |
Hunley, Paul Archibald | |
B: | 14 Apr 1910 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 26 Feb 1990 |
Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Harrison, Mildred Lorena | |
B: | 25 Nov 1913 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
M: | 7 Nov 1929 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 25 Dec 2002 |
Doctors Health and Rehabilitation Center, Salem, Marion County, Illinois |
Hunley, Ronald D. 'Ron' | |
B: | 4 Sep 1943 |
Joliet, Will County, Illinois | |
D: | 21 Dec 2018 |
Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana |
King, Sherlyn A. | |
B: | 24 May 1944 |
Sacremento, Sacramento County, California | |
M: | 14 Nov 1962 |
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois | |
D: | 20 Nov 2018 |
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Hunley, Mickie | |
B: | 16 Feb 1956 |
D: | yes |
Ausbrook, T.L. | |
M: | 21 Jun 1986 |
Hunley, Garland Dale 'Slick' | |
B: | 6 Mar 1920 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 4 Mar 1986 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Froncek, Irene | |
B: | 14 Jun 1923 |
Joliet, Will County, Illinois | |
M: | 13 Jun 1942 |
D: | 13 Feb 1988 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois |
Williams, Minnie E. | |
B: | 14 Apr 1881 |
Illinois | |
D: | 19 Mar 1955 |
Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas |
Hunley, Jesse Sr. | |
B: | 6 Feb 1878 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
M: | 15 Jun 1900 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 17 Nov 1971 |
Anna State Hospital, Anna, Union County, Illinois |
Williams, Charles Monroe | |
B: | 27 Jul 1886 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 1955 |
Williams, Ira Frederick | |
B: | 24 Mar 1889 |
D: | 28 Jul 1890 |
Williams, Reese E. | |
B: | 14 Mar 1860 |
Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio | |
D: | 22 Dec 1935 |
Clay City, Clay County, Illinois |
Franklin, Mary Ann | |
B: | 25 Mar 1856 |
Hoosier Township, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 30 Apr 1908 |
Clay County, Illinois |
Williams, Elmer Elsworth | |
B: | 23 May 1863 |
WILLIAMS, Virgil Dale | |
B: | 12 Jan 1901 |
D: | 14 Dec 1979 |
VURSELL, Alice | |
B: | 1910 |
D: | 1982 |
Williams, Mary Lou | |
B: | 1927 |
D: | 1932 |
Williams, Bobby Neal | |
B: | 1929 |
D: | 1932 |
Williams, Beverly Jane | |
B: | 1932 |
D: | 2009 |
Williams, Larry Gene | |
B: | 4 Mar 1938 |
Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 22 Jan 2007 |
League City, Galveston County, Texas |
Williams, Maurice Clark | |
B: | 10 Jul 1902 |
Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 29 Mar 1971 |
Bellmont, Wabash County, Illinois |
Whipkey, Gladys June | |
B: | 9 Jun 1905 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 7 Jun 1987 |
Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey |
West, Billy Weber | |
B: | 6 Apr 1932 |
Olney, Richland County, Illinois | |
D: | 14 May 2005 |
Sansom, Anita R. | |
B: | 31 Dec 1931 |
Van, Van Zandt County, Texas | |
M: | 8 Jul 1950 |
White County, Illinois | |
D: | 4 Mar 2006 |
Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Williams, Ella Rea | |
B: | 25 Dec 1905 |
Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 26 Sep 1985 |
Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
West, Frank | |
B: | 5 Nov 1901 |
Illinois | |
D: | May 1977 |
Darkow, Ernest George 'Ernie' | |
B: | 13 Jul 1902 |
Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany | |
M: | 10 Oct 1946 |
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan | |
D: | Jul 1974 |
Williams, Alonzo 'Lon' | |
B: | 30 Jan 1866 |
Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | 6 Sep 1943 |
Olney Sanitarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois |
Clark, Maggie Jane | |
B: | 9 Nov 1871 |
Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio | |
M: | 13 Dec 1898 |
D: | 19 Apr 1955 |
Salem, Marion County, Illinois |
Williams, John M. | |
B: | 1870 |
Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois | |
D: | Soldier's Home, |
Williams, Nathan H. | |
B: | 23 Jun 1820 |
Greenbrier County, West Virginia | |
D: | 5 Aug 1908 |
Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois |
Eagle, Melissa | |
B: | 25 Sep 1835 |
Gallia County, Ohio | |
D: | 3 Apr 1890 |
Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois |
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