Lloyd James Turner (1899 - 1970)

Born 25 Sep 1899 in Garden Prairie, Boone County, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruby Margaret (Greenlees) Turner — married 6 Jun 1929 in Boone County, Illinois, United States

Died 13 Nov 1970 at age 71 in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois, United States

Biography

Lloyd Turner is buried in Scottish Cemetery, Caledonia, Illinois.

Lloyd was born in 1899. He was the son of James Turner and Mary Brown. ^[1]

He married Ruby Greenlee in 1929.

He passed away in 1970.

Children

1. James L. Turner 1930-2015
2. Shirley E. (Craig) 1935-2014

Others still living

Obituary

Belvidere Daily Republican, Saturday, November 14, 1970 Lloyd J. Turner, 71, R.R. 1, Garden Prairie, died Friday at 4:20 p.m. at Highland Hospital after a short illness. He had lived in the Garden Prairie - Belvidere area all his life. He was a retired farmer.

Mr. Turner was born on the home farm near Garden Prairie Sept. 25, 1899, son of James and Mary Brown Turner. He married Ruby Greenlee on June 6, 1929 in Argyle.

He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, Boone County Farm Bureau, and Boone County Service Co. He served on the Boone-McHenry Counties Federal Land Bank Board for 18 years and was also active on 4-H Council.

Survivors include the wife; one son, James L. of Garden Prairie; three daughters, Mrs. Roy Smiley, Garden Prairie, and Mrs. Fred Craig and Mrs. George Gibson, Belvidere; 11 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and nieces and nephews. Two brothers preceded Mr. Turner in death,

Funeral rites will be conducted by the Rev. Duane E. Heap of First United Presbyterian Church at 1 :30 p.m. Monday in Buck-Wheeler Funeral Home. Burial will be in Scottish Cemetery at Argyle. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday. A memorial has been established for the building fund of First Presbyterian Church.

Consanguinity

Lloyd and Ruby are third cousins. Charles Brown is their second great-grandfather.

1930 US Census

Bonus, Illinois ^[2]

• Lloyd Turaxer Head 30 Illinois
• Ruby Turaxer Wife 26 Illinois

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSSQ-HJB : accessed 12 August 2019), Loyd Turner in household of Jas Turner, Bonus Township, Boone, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 7B, family 136, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,237.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSR4-WGV : accessed 12 August 2019), Lloyd Turaxer, Bonus, Boone, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 4B, line 69, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 406; FHL microfilm 2,340,141.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #53309559: accessed 12 August 2019), memorial page for Lloyd J Turner (25 Sep 1899–13 Nov 1970),, citing Scottish Cemetery, Caledonia, Boone County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Amelia Crombie-Christy (contributor 46861625) .