Padgett, Veva Chloe

1899 - 2003  (103 years)

• Name	Padgett, Veva Chloe
  Birth	30 Aug 1899	Wayne County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	PADG.V003
  _FGRAVE	79620897
  Death	10 Mar 2003	Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois
  Burial	Riverview Cemetery, Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois
  Person ID	I53168	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2022

  
  

  Family	Mathes, Benjamin C.,   b. 1893   d. 1984 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1917
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 17 years and 4 months - He : ~ 24 years.
  Family ID	F19259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Aug 1899 - Wayne County, Illinois Death - 10 Mar 2003 - Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois Burial - - Riverview Cemetery, Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Chloe Mathes, 103, of 109 West 10th St. and formerly of Route 2 Streator, died March 10, 2003 at her home. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday at Winterrowd-Hagi Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Central Church of Christ. The Rev. Tim Hughes will officiate. Organist Becky Lambert will accompany great-grandson, Bryan Bentlin, vocalist. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Pallbearers will be great-grandsons: Bryan, Brad and Ben Bentlin, Joe Erio, David Bland and Wayne Hammerick. She was born August 30, 1899 in Wayne County, IL, a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Padgett. She married Benjamin Mathes on September 17, 1917 in Fairfield. He died July 18, 1984. Surviving are daughters: Berniece (Bernard) Edmonds and Lola Bundy, both of Streator; and Helen (Lloyd) Watson of Flora; six grandchildren; ten great-great-grandchildren; and several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister: Leo Bidwell; brothers: Pearl, Kenneth and Guy Padgett; and two great-grandchildren. She was a member of Central Church of Christ and was the oldest member at the time of her death. She was also a member of the Loyal Daughters Bible School Class and Young at Heart group of the church.