Mitchell, Lawrence James

1920 - 2004  (83 years)

• Name	Mitchell, Lawrence James
  Birth	29 Feb 1920	Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  	The 1940 Census lists him as "J. Lawrence"
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Carpenter  [2]
  Reference Number	MITC.L008
  _FGRAVE	37094502
  Funeral	13 Feb 2004 (83 years)	Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [2]
  Death	10 Feb 2004	Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Burial	13 Feb 2004	Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  		Headstone, Mitchell, L. Maxine and Lawrence J.
  Person ID	I8897	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Fulk - Barnett Levi Foster Preston Fulk Sr. and Minerva Jane Barnett Descendants, Good - Foster Harold R. Good and Anna Madge L. Foster Descendants, Patterson - Nash John William 'Splitfoot' Patterson and Elizabeth G. 'Eliza' 'Betsy' Nash Descendants
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Mitchell, Thomas Edmund,   b. 10 Aug 1894, Noble, Richland County, Illinois d. 6 Nov 1966, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Fulk, Ola F.,   b. 10 Aug 1901, Illinois d. 13 Jan 1958 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4]
  Family ID	F3251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thatcher, Leona Maxine,   b. 23 Jun 1924, Wayne County, Illinois d. 19 Apr 2004, Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1941  [1]
  Children	> 1. Mitchell, L. > 2. Mitchell, Lawrence Wayne 'Wad',   b. 5 Feb 1948, Olney, Richland County, Illinois d. 11 Aug 2021, Ascension St. Vincent Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana (Age 73 years) > 3. Mitchell, P.
  Family ID	F4430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Feb 1920 - Richland County, Illinois Death - 10 Feb 2004 - Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Funeral - 13 Feb 2004 - Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - 13 Feb 2004 - Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lawrence J. Mitchell, 83, of Noble, died at 3:27 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at Burgin Manor in Olney. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with Rollie Sarver and Dale Parker officiating. Burial will be in Hanna Cemetery in rural Noble. Mr. Mitchell was born on February 29, 1920, in Richland County, the son of Thomas Edmond and Ola (Fulk) Mitchell. He married Leona Maxine Thatcher on June 23, 1941, in St. Louis, Mo. She survives. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Local Union #634 in Salem. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife, Leona Mitchell, of Noble; three sons, Leroy Mitchell and his wife, Frances, of Noble, Wayne Mitchell and his wife, Loretta, of Noble, and Perry Mitchell and his wife, Regina, of Claremont; eight grandchildren, Kevin Mitchell and his wife, LaNae, Buck Mitchell and his wife, Becky, Shawna (Mitchell) Hill and her husband, John, Kendra Mitchell, Kent Mitchell, Brandon Mitchell, Brock Mitchell and Bryce Mitchell; four great-grandchildren, Jessica Mitchell, Dylan Mitchell, Cody Mitchell and Haley Mitchell; two brothers, Charles Mitchell and Thomas "Tom" Mitchell, both of Noble; and five sisters, Lois (Mitchell) Hagen, of Noble, Maxine (Mitchell) Fryburger, of Noble, Kathleen (Mitchell) Hagen, of Flora, Ruth (Mitchell) O'Brien, of Bunker Hill, and Kay (Mitchell) Miller, of Noble. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Beulah (Mitchell) Brown, and five infant brothers and sisters. Memorials may be made to Richland Memorial Hospital Foundation. The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, February 2004

  
  

• Sources

  [S2616] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Mitchell, L. Maxine and Lawrence J., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37094502/lawrence-j-mitchell), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2617] Olney Daily News (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), Obituary, Mitchell, Lawrence J., 83, (Olney Daily News (Olney, Richland County, Illinois), 11 February 2004), none. (Reliability: 2). [S245] Ancestry.com, 1940; Census Place: Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, (http://www.ancestry.com), Page 2A (Reliability: 2). [S2225] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Mitchell, Thomas E. and Ola F., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45036964/thomas_edmund-mitchell), none. (Reliability: 2).