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Nix, Frank Joseph

Nix, Frank Joseph

Male 1889 - 1977  (87 years)


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  • Name Nix, Frank Joseph 
    Birth 30 Mar 1889  Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number NIX.F002 
    _FGRAVE 24421762 
    Death 7 Jan 1977  Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Holy Cross Cemetery, Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I24537  Carl Wayne Gray Research
    Last Modified 10 May 2022 

    Father Nix, Silas Celestine,   b. 1853   d. 1932 (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Desch, Regina Cecilia,   b. 1854   d. 1898 (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F10681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Buerster, Margaret F. 'Maggie',   b. 1 Apr 1890, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1953 (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1919  [1, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Nix, Maurice Jerome,   b. 1912   d. 1987 (Age 75 years)
     2. Nix, Carl Lawrence,   b. 1913, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2002 (Age 89 years)
    >3. Nix, Dolores Dorothy,   b. 1915, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2008 (Age 93 years)
    +4. Nix, Leo George,   b. 5 Aug 1917, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1993 (Age 76 years)
    >5. Nix, Marie E.,   b. 1919, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2011 (Age 92 years)
     6. Nix, John F.,   b. 1922, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1986 (Age 64 years)
    >7. Nix, Pauline A.,   b. 17 Sep 1923, Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 2018, Asperion Care, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     8. Nix, Gerald V.,   b. 1925, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2007 (Age 82 years)
     9. Nix, Lowell Eugene 'Gene',   b. 1927, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2000 (Age 73 years)
    >10. Nix, Josephine L.,   b. 1928, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2019 (Age 91 years)
    +11. Nix, Dorothy R.,   b. 22 Aug 1930, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 2022, Lavender Ridge Dignified Memory Care, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     12. Nix, Ethel Louise,   b. 1931, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1999 (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F10671  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Mar 1889 - Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jan 1977 - Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Holy Cross Cemetery, Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Frank J. Nix, age 87, a former resident of the Wendelin community and for the past few years a resident of 908 Beech Street, passed away last evening at the Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.

      Funeral Mass will be at 9.00 a.m. Monday in St. Joseph's Church in Olney, with the Rev. Fr. Donald Eichenseer the Celebrant. Interment will be in the Holy Cross Cemetery at Wendelin.

      Visitation will be in the Summers Funeral Home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with the Holy Rosary to be recited in the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

      Mr. Nix was born in Clay County and was the son of Silas Nix and Regina Desch Nix. He was married to Margaret Buerster in Wendelin on Nov. 23, 1919 and she preceded him in death March 19, 1953.

      He and his wife operated a farm.

      He is survived by twelve children: Maurice Nix, John Nix, Carl Nix, Leo Nix, Gerald Nix, Mrs. Gilbert (Marie) Kapper, Mrs. Pauline Rohr, Miss Ethel Nix, all of Olney; Eugene Nix of Duncanville, Texas, Mrs. Elmer (Dolores) Keller of Noble, Mrs. Marion (Josephine) Kapper of West Liberty and Mrs. Ernest (Dorothy) Kuhl of Newton. There are 58 grandchildren and 61 great grandchildren.

      He also leaves a brother, Celestine Nix of Ste. Marie and a sister, who is a Nun, Sister Mary Celeste of St. Louis.

      Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents, an infant son, Cletus, 4 grandchildren, and the following brothers and sisters: Johanna Hinterscher, Adam Nix, Fr. Henry Nix, Mrs. Dora Deimel, Mrs. Frances Amend and a Nun, Sister Marka.

      Olney Daily Mail (IL)

  • Sources 
    1. [S6737] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 10, page 5b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00441?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S2432] Ancestry.com, 1930 Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 16, page 6b, (http://www.ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S15265] Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, Obituary, Kuhl, Dorothy R, 91, (https://www.kistler-patterson.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=24807961&fbclid=IwAR1qoc7fcTwjLjR91ub3hE0kpmESxomgB9), none. (Reliability: 2).


 

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