From my own family files. This is from the Henderson Quill Feb. 1955
Stronghurst (JGF)-Funeral services for Mr. Joe Long were held in the Mellor Funeral Home on Sunday
afternoon with the Rev. Cyril Jackson, pastor of the Methodist Church officiating. Mrs. Vern Wood and
Mrs. Wayne Meek sang "What a Friend We Have In Jesus" and "Under His Wings" Mrs. Robert Powerll
accompanied them at the piano. Edison Park, William Pendry, Clarence Dixon, Wilkie Lant, Jesse Denum
and Harry Coffman, members of the Odd Fellows lodge were pallbearerrs. Burial was in the Stronghurst
cemetery.
Joseph Edward Long, son of Jonathan and Mary Long, was born in Olena, Illinois, September 18, 1875.
He passed away at his home in Stronghurst, Thursday, February 17, 1955. He is survived by his wife,
Mae; a step-sister, Helen Coleman of Chicago; a step-son, Elmer Coleman of Texas; a half brother and
three half sisters, John Long, Mrs. Mary Watson, Mrs. Maude Burrell, and Julia Frances all of
Burlington, Iowa and a host of friends and neighbors. He was a member of the Stronghurst Methodist
Church.