Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Laible cousin Eleanor Tarmann connections to Livingston County Illinois

Laible connection


Eleanor Laible Tarmann grew up in Lacon in western Marshall County, IL. Her later years were spent in Graymont to Flanagan to rural Minonk and Dana area for church at Windtown's St. Petri Lutheran Church.

http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/obituaries/eleanor-tarmann/article_09a89f3a-d3ec-5315-8b5f-5d944091311b.html

I'm saddened that I didn't hear of her passing until after her service.

Yesterday, February 20, 2018 I had a six month follow-up ultra sound Doppler study of both legs to check for any clots after the saddle PE event in August and I had it scheduled for the OSF St. James hospital facility in Pontiac.  I begged my husband to stop by and take a few photos on our way back to Toluca. Weather was horrible with rain and wind so these pictures were taken from our car.

St. Petri Lutheran Church is east of Minonk, south of Dana, and west of Flanagan to give you sense of where "Windtown" is located. Ironically, there are wind turbines located nearby but 100-170 years ago there were reportedly lots of homes surrounding St. Petri Lutheran Church. The church grounds cover several acres with an old schoolhouse, large 2-story parsonage, beautiful architecture church, cemetery, and a few other small structures.

The church has large signs posted at Route 116 and the north/south country road (I think it is 100 North). From 116, go north 1 mile and as you continue north, the church grounds are on the NW corner as seen in the first photo below. The parsonage and church and then their cemetery are 1/10-2/10 mile more to the north.

Graymont, Eleanor's hometown, is between Flanagan and Pontiac, so from the church you would go south a mile to Route 116 and turn east traveling about 3 miles to Flanagan and continue eastward to Graymont, which is located about 1/2 mile north of Route 116.

From Windtown:




Eleanor's service was held at St. Petri however she's buried at a different cemetery closer to Flanagan.

When Earth lost Eleanor, Heaven gained a sweetheart. (Earth's loss is Heaven's gain.)