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Boyd Pershing Bridges, Jr.

Boyd Pershing Bridges, Jr. (I21591)

Male 1922 - 2015  (92 years)

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  • Name Boyd Pershing Bridges  [1, 2] 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Relationshipwith Albert Leopold Vitter
    Birth 11 Nov 1922  Trowbridge, Shelby, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1930  Ash Grove, Shelby, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 5 Apr 2015  Campbell, Coles, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Cochrans Grove Cemetery, Windsor, Shelby, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Siblings 2 brothers and 3 sisters 
     1. Boyd Pershing Bridges, Jr. (current person),   b. 11 Nov 1922, Trowbridge, Shelby, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 2015, Campbell, Coles, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    ▻Erna Engle,   b. 11 Oct 1925, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 2017, Coles, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years),  m. 13 Sep 1949, First Christian Church, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     2. Dwight Verl Bridges,   b. 21 Nov 1923, Shelby, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 2009, Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. Living
     4. Emma Jean Bridges,   b. 10 Dec 1926, Shelby, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 2019, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    ▻Karl R. Sanders,   b. 1925   d. 21 May 1992  (Age 67 years),  m. 1947  
     5. Living
     6. Living
     
    Person ID I21591  Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2023 

    Father Boyd Bridges,   b. 9 Jun 1895, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1974 (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Leota E. Cox,   b. 30 Nov 1894, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1963 (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F7429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Erna Engle,   b. 11 Oct 1925, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 2017, Coles, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 13 Sep 1949  First Christian Church, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F26768  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Nov 1922 - Trowbridge, Shelby, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Ash Grove, Shelby, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Sep 1949 - First Christian Church, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Apr 2015 - Campbell, Coles, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Cochrans Grove Cemetery, Windsor, Shelby, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1240] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Ash Grove, Shelby, Illinois; Roll: 561; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 540.0.
      Name: Junior P Bridges
      Birth Date: abt 1923
      Birth Place:
      Residence Date: 1930
      Residence Place: Ash Grove, Shelby, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=87733382&ti=0&indiv=try
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    2. [S1251] Find A Grave, Boyd Pershing Bridges.
      CHARLESTON -- Boyd Pershing Bridges, 92, of Charleston, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2015 at his sons’ home, surrounded by family.

      Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the Harper-Swickard Funeral Home. His memorial service will begin at 7:00 p.m. Memorials in his honor may be made to Paul McVey V.F.W. Post #1592.

      Boyd was born November 11, 1922 at Trowbridge, Illinois, son of Boyd and Leota (Cox) Bridges. He married Erna Engel, September 3, 1949 at the First Christian Church, Mattoon. Surviving is his wife of more than 65 years, Erna; two sons: Larry Bridges and David (Melody) Bridges, both of Charleston; grandchildren: Derek (Kim) Bridges of Charleston, Brooks (Anita) Bridges of Sacramento, CA, J.R. Boyce and significant other Melissa Storm of Lerna, and Tricia Boyce of Charleston; great-grandchildren: Geniffer Bridges, Adrianna Bridges, Kira Bridges, Jaxon Boyce, and Jace Boyce; siblings: Emma Sanders of Mattoon, Jeanne Ferguson of Mattoon, James (Barbara) Bridges of Windsor, and Ann (George) Terry of Abingdon, IL. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother: Verl Bridges, and daughter-in-law: Terry Bridges.

      Boyd was an U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He held memberships at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Mattoon and Paul McVey V.F.W. Post #1592. Boyd worked at Kressge’s for nine years and retired from Anamet, where he had worked in production control. He loved tinkering on anything, sometimes just to see how it worked. Boyd loved to read, but his two favorite topics were cars and military history.

      Journal-Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois)
      April 6, 2015
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184004122/boyd-pershing-bridges


 


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