Reverend Charles Edwin Lasbury

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• FindaGrave ID: 20915803

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REV. DR. C. EDWIN LASBURY

Our husband, father, grandfather, friend and minister, Charles Edwin Lasbury, age 72, died on Saturday, September 6, 2003, peacefully at home surrounded by his family.

Born in East Alton, Illinois to the late Bernice and Edwin C. Lasbury, he was raised in Hammond, Indiana.

Ed earned his bachelor's degree from Indiana University, his master's degree from Wesley Theological Seminary and his doctorate degree from Drew University. His ministry in the Peninsula-Delaware United Methodist Conference spanned 40 years.

He served at St. Paul's and Chester Bethel of Wilmington, St. John's of Fruitland, Maryland, St. Mark's of Easton, Maryland and the Hockessin United Methodist Church.

He was appointed the District Superintendent of the Wilmington District for a term of 6 years.

During retirement, Ed served as the Chaplain at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, Delaware.

He held leadership positions at the conference level with a special interest in ecumenism and social issues.

He was a longstanding member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He was an active sailor with the New Castle Sailing Club, a volunteer usher at the Grand Opera House, and an active member of Rotary.

He enjoyed camping, fishing, traveling, fitness and family.

He was a scholar, leader, teacher, preacher, counselor, administrator, friend and activist who will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

He is survived by his wife, Kaylene (McDade) Lasbury; children, Deborah Bartell, John and Tina Lasbury and Kathleen and Michal Ingram; grandchildren, Timothy, Margaret, Emily, Zachary, Sarah, Jennifer, and James; brothers, Richard and wife, Betty Lasbury and Thomas and wife, Sarah Lasbury, both of Indiana; numerous cousins; nieces and nephews.

There will be a memorial service on Saturday September 20, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. at Hockessin United Methodist Church, 7250 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, DE, 19707.

Burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 100 W. 10th Street, Suite 209, Wilmington, DE 19801 or Wesley Theological Seminary Scholarship Fund, 4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016.

Charles married Kaylene Mae McDade in Mar 1959 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA. Kaylene was born on 5 Jul 1938 in Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 Apr 2020 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Deborah Ruth Lasbury
2. John Charles Lasbury
3. Kathleen Elizabeth Lasbury

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• FindaGrave ID: 17355501
• Occupation: Agent / State Farm Insurance Company
• Occupation: Oil Company employee

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Edwin Charles Lasbury, 58, of Hammond, Ind., died at 3 a.m. today at a Hammond hospital where he had been ill for the past year.

Mr. Lasbury, a retired oil company employee, formerly resided in Wood River. He moved to Indian in 1932.

Mr. Lasbury attended Wood River Schools and was active in the Masonic lodge in Hammond.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Beatrice Lasbury, nee Thomae; his mother, Mrs. Alice Lasbury, nee McFetridge, of East Alton; three sons, the Rev. Charles Edwin Lasbury, Jr. of Salisbury, Md.; Dr. Richard Lee Lasbury of Kokomo, Ind.; and Thomas John Lasbury of Hammond, Ind.; and two brothers, William Lasbury of Wheeling, WV and Lester Lasbury of Wood River; five sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Considine of Edwardsville; Mrs. Mildred Evans of Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. Beatrice Huber of Meadowbrook; Mrs. Ada Goodman of East Alton; and Mrs. Alice Dvorchak of Wood River; and six grandchildren.

Mr. Lasbury was preceded in death by his father Edwin Woodside Lasbury and brother Thomas Edwin Lasbury.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the 1st Methodist Church in Hammond, Ind. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday at the Emmerling-Paddock Funeral Home in Hammond.

Edwin married Zoa Berenice Thomae on 12 Apr 1929. Zoa (daughter of Charles Alvin Thomae and Bessie Mable Green) was born on 3 Jul 1912 in East Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA; died on 30 May 1989 in Munster, Lake, Indiana, USA; was buried in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 17361841

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Lasbury, Z. Bernice - age 76 of Munster, passed away Tuesday, May 30, 1989 at Munster Community Hospital. Survivors: three sons, Thomas J. (Sarah) of Munster, Dr. Richard L. (Betty) Lasbury of Kokomo, Indiana, and Rev. C. Edwin (Kayleen) Lasbury of Wilmington, Delaware; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Edwin C. Lasbury.

A service of remembrance will be conducted by the McCoy Funeral Chapel at 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, June 10, at the First United Methodist Church, 6635 Hohman Avenue, Hammond, with Pastor David Schramm officiating. There will be no hours of visitation.

Mrs. Lasbury was a lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church, Hammond; the Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America, Awalim Court #9, the Order of Easter Star Hammond Chapter. An expression of sympathy may be give to the Organ Fund of her church.

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• FindaGrave ID: 17355268
• Occupation: Stillman / Standard Oil Company

Edwin married Alice Josephine McFetridge on 4 Nov 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Alice (daughter of James McFetridge, II and Mary Kathryn Beide) was born on 20 Sep 1884 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Dec 1981 in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA; was buried on 17 Dec 1981 in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 17355257
• Residence: 14 Dec 1981, East Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA; Address:
  31 Smith, East Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA

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ALICE JOSEPHINE LASBURY, 97, who with her husband and two sons, moved from Alton to Wood River about the turn of the century when "there wasnt' anything here except watermellon patches and stickers (sandburrs)", died at 4:55 p.m. Monday at Madison County Nursting Home in Edwardsville.

During a celebration of her 90th birthday, the nonagenarian recalled, "There wasn't even a grocery store in Wood River-just our house and a little bitty saloon where the men could get their beer."

It was about 18 months before there were any more people in Wood River, she said.

Born in Alton, a daughter of the late James and Mary (Beide) McFetridge, she married Edwin W. Lasbury in 1904 in St. Louis. He died February, 1939.

Mrs. Lasbury moved from Wood River in 1963 to become the second resident at the Olin Home in East Alton.

Surviving are two sons, Lester of Wood River and William K. of Wheeling, W. Va.; three daughters, Alice Dvorchak of Wood River, Ada Goodman of East Alton, and Mildred Evans of Wilmington, Del.; 17 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Wednesday at Marks Mortuary, where prayer service will be read at 7:30 p.m.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Bethalto with the Rev. William Kekeisen as celebrant, and burial will be in Valley View Cemetery at Edwardsville.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Dorothy Considine and Beatrice Huber and two sons, Charles and Thomas Lasbury.

Madison County Nursing Home has been named as a memorial.

Charles married Bessie Mable Green on Yes, date unknown. Bessie (daughter of Aaron Green and Sarah Ellen Griffen) was born on 17 Jul 1882 in Macoupin, Macoupin, Illinois, USA; died on 12 Jan 1974 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 17679429
• Residence: 7 Apr 1861, Shenley, Hertfordshire, England, UK; : 2y; Address:
  Shenley Hill, Shenley, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Emigration: 1865, Shenley, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Immigration: 1865, Griggsville, Pike, Illinois, USA

Thomas married Catherine Beatrice Freeman on 16 Oct 1882 in Bowling Green, Pike, Missouri, USA. Catherine (daughter of Charles Freeman and Eliza Emms Read) was born on 3 Oct 1864 in St. George Hanover Square, London, England, UK; died on 22 Nov 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA; was buried on 25 Nov 1947 in Creve Coeur, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 17679443

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• FindaGrave ID: 18997118
• Immigration: 18 Oct 1854, New York, New York, New York, USA

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JAMES McFETRIDGE, JR., who along with his parents James R. and Anna Ray McFetirdge immigrated to the United States from their native Edinburgh, Scotland in 1854, landing in New York Harbor on the SS Isaac Webb on October 18 of that year. They made their way to Alton, Illinois where they established their home. James, Jr. was the husband of Mary Kathryn BEIDE and father of Isabelle, Alice and Anna McFetridge.

James McFetridge, 75, for many years a mate on various steamers plying between St. Louis and New Orleans, died at 11:30 today at St. Joseph's hospital after a brief illness. his death was caused by pneumonia and he had been ill but five days. Yesterday his condition became worse and he was moved to the hospital.

Mr. McFetridge was born in Scotland and was brought to America with his parents in childhood. For the past few years McFetridge had retired and lived with his sister, Mrs. Walter Moore, 915 Hampton street.

He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Edward Lasbury, Mrs. Edward Juneau, and Mrs. William Adams of Wood River; a brother, George McFetridge of Alton and a sister, Mrs. Walter Moore.

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Plot: Block 19, Lot 7

James married Mary Kathryn Beide on 8 Feb 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Mary (daughter of Johannes Beide and Anna Marie Helm) was born on 20 Jun 1859 in Fosterburg, Madison, Illinois, USA; died on 20 Oct 1930 in Wood River, Madison, Illinois, USA; was buried on 23 Oct 1930 in Godfrey, Madison, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Katie
• FindaGrave ID: 17355052
• Residence: 7 May 1900, Mitchell, Madison, Illinois, USA

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MARY KATHRYN BEIDE McFETRIDGE DOAN, born in Fosterburg, Madison County, Illinois the daughter of Bavarian immigrants John BEIDE and Mary HELM. Mary and her five siblings were orphaned at an early age when both of their parents died in the small pox outbreak in Alton, Illinois. The Beide children were placed under the guardianship of Fritz Klinke, a neighboring farmer in Fosterburg who managed the farm and according to family lore, made off with the Beide land. Mary Beide married Scottish born JAMES McFETRIDGE on February 8, 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri. James and Mary had three daughters: Isabelle Mary, Alice Josephine and Anna Mae McFetridge. The marriage was not without its moments but proved ultimately an unhappy one and following their divorce, Mary married JOHN DOAN in Alton, Illinois on May 17, 1900. Mary and John lived with her daughter Mrs. Edward (Anna) Juneau in Wood River in their later years. Mary Kathryn Beide McFetridge Doan died in Wood River on October 20, 1930.

Mary was also referred to as "Katie" and was the sister of Barbara Beide Shannon, John Jr., Joseph, William and Fred Beide.

Mrs. Mary Doan, 69, wife of John Doan of Wood River, died unexpectedly Monday evening at 11 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Juneau, 613 Penning Ave.

Mrs. Doan was born and reared in the neighborhood of Fosterburg and was a member of the Beide family there. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Beide.

She spent the greater part of her life in Alton, moving here shortly after her marriage to James McFetridge. To this union three daughters were born. She was later married to John Doan, who survives her.

In addition to her husband and daughter, Mrs. Juneau, two other daughters, Mrs. Belle Adams and Mrs. E. W. Lasbury, and two brothers, Fred Beide of York, Neb. and Joseph Beide of Galesburg survive. She also leaves 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete, awaiting word from the brother in Nebraska. Services will be held from the Streeper funeral home in Wood River to St. Bernard's Church.

FUNERAL OF MRS. DOAN

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary McFetridge Doan, will be held at St. Bernard's Church with the Rev. Father E. J. Douglas, the pastor, officiating, at 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

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• FindaGrave ID: 86619727

John married Alice Roselia Lloyd on 19 Mar 1873. Alice (daughter of Unknown Lloyd and Catherine Sarah Dooling) was born on 16 Aug 1856 in Madison, Madison, Illinois, USA; died on 2 Aug 1904 in Bethalto, Madison, Illinois, USA; was buried in Cottage Hills, Madison, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave ID: 86619719

Aaron married Sarah Ellen Griffen on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]