Franklin, Joseph Paul

1911 - 1997  (85 years)

• Name	Franklin, Joseph Paul
  Birth	5 Sep 1911	Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	FRAN.J005
  _FGRAVE	83937856
  Death	22 Apr 1997	OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois
  Burial	Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois
  Person ID	I27214	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Franklin, Bary,   b. 1 Jun 1885, Clay County, Illinois d. 18 Aug 1950, Union County, Illinois (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Rodgers, Laura B.,   b. 5 Nov 1891, Illinois d. Oct 1961 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F9730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tarter, Elsie
  Family ID	F19779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Sep 1911 - Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Death - 22 Apr 1997 - OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Burial - - Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  FARMER CITY - Paul Franklin, 85, of Farmer City died at 8:35 a.m. Tuesday (April 22, 1997) at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Farmer City, the Rev. Lee Reed officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens Cemetery, rural Champaign. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, with a Knights of Pythias service at 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. He is survived by his wife, Elsie; two daughters, Ranella Wills, Bloomington; and Elaine Duffner, Jonesboro, Arkansas; two sons, Lynn Franklin, Farmer City; and Leslie Franklin, Urbana; one brother, Woodrow Franklin, Marshfield, Moissouri; one sister, Genevieve Occhi, Cuba, Moissouri; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister. Mr. Franklin was born Sept. 5, 1911, in Sailor Springs, a son of Bary and Laura Rodgers Franklin. He married Elsie Tarter on Dec. 19, 1931, in DeLand. He was a retired farmer and a member of Weedman United Methodist Church, rural Farmer City. He also was a member of the Kenilworth Lodge 60 Knights of Pythias, Farmer City, and the DeWitt County Farm Bureau.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6019] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Franklin, James, 75, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18645487), none. (Reliability: 2). [S7744] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Franklin, Bary and Laura B., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18645505/bary-franklin), none. (Reliability: 2).