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Hutchings, Zollie Cleo

Hutchings, Zollie Cleo

Male 1905 - 1983  (78 years)


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  • Name Hutchings, Zollie Cleo 
    Birth 26 Feb 1905  Clark County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number HUTC.Z001 
    _FGRAVE 80739330 
    Military Service World War II, Private First Class, United States Army 
    United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)

    In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
    United States Army
    Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores


    (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)

    United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
    World War II
    (1939-1945)
    Death 16 Jun 1983 
    Burial Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I51920  Carl Wayne Gray Research
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2024 

    Father Hutchings, Steven Ellis,   b. 12 Dec 1872, Clark County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1951, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Kester, Amanda Jane,   b. 1876   d. 1960 (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F5578  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Feb 1905 - Clark County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Services for Zollie Hutchings, 78, 215 W. North, who died Thursday, will be in the Summers Funeral Home with Rev. Dwight Jones presiding. Visitation is in the funeral home. Burial
      is in Crest Haven Cemetery with full military graveside rites.

      Memorials can be made to the Zollie Hutchings Memorial Fund.

      He was born in Clark County Feb. 26, 1905, to Stephen and Amanda (Kester) Hutchings. He married Leila Schonert in St. Charles, Mo., Oct. 13, 1940. She survives.

      He was retired from the International Shoe Company, attended the First United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of World War II, a member of the Olney Legion, V1W, and Disabled American Veterans.

      Other survivors include two step-daughters, Mrs.May Evelyn Toliver, Washburn, and Mrs. Kenneth (Ruby) Yost, West Liberty; a brother, Dennie Levi Hutchings, Parkersburg; five sisters, Violet Carlyle, California, Letha Lewis, Sumner, Grade Goss, Newton, Marjorie Staton, Florida, and a twin sister, Ollie Chance, Lawrenceville; eight step-grandchildren; 15 step-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

      He was preceded in death by five sisters, three brothers, three step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

      Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Jun, 1983.