George Samuel Scroggin

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Mount Pulaski Times-News, 9 April 1959

GEORGE S. SCROGGIN DIED THURSDAY

George Sanford Scroggin, better known to his relatives and many friends as "Sant", passed away at 7:25 p.m. Thursday, April 2, 1959 in St. Clara's Hospital, Lincoln.  He was aged 88 years, 10 months, and 19 days.  Mr. Scroggin resided on North Vine St. in Mount Pulaski for many years, but for the past three years was a patient in the Mary Henry Nursing Home in Lincoln.
Mr. Scroggin was born May 13, 1870, west of Lake Fork, Ill., a son of Thomas Jefferson and Jane Dean Scroggin.  He attended the rural school near his home an, at the age of 10 years, began working on a farm, earning 50 cents a day.  All through his long career, he was an industrious worker and a good citizen.
Sept. 17, 1895, Mr. Scroggin and Elizabeth Wyland drove from the Lake Fork community in horse and buggy method of transportation to Lincoln, where they were married by a justice of the peace..  Farming in the Lake Fork neighborhood for a few years, they moved to a place near Rochester.  They also resided in Springfield, Bloomington, and Frazee, Minn.  Returning to Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Scroggin located in the Mount Pulaski area and, about 25 years ago, built the present homestead on North Vine St.
Mr. and Mrs. Scroggin quietly observed their 63rd wedding anniversary on Sept. 17, 1958.  They recalled that, when they were young, square dancing was the principal form of entertainment.  Decedent was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, Rochester, and the Mount Pulaski Christian Church.
Besides his wife, who is a patient in the Mary Henry Nursing Home in Lincoln, he is survived by two sons, George L., of Springfield, and Clell, of Mount Pulaski; four daughter, Eva, wife of Tom McCurry, living between Mt. Pulaski and Lincoln; Mrs. Gertrude McHenry and Elverda, wife of Kenneth Burkhardt of Springfield; and Violet, wife of Elbert Bond, Springfield, Mo.; one brother, Ben of Lincoln; a sister, Mrs. Anna Wyland of Decatur; 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
The body was removed to the Schahl Funeral Home, Mt. Pulaski, where funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 5, conducted by Rev. Paul Burdick, pastor of the Christian Church.  Three hymns, "The Old Rugged Cross", "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder", and "Beyond the Sunset", were sung by Mrs. Dean Schultz with Mrs. Frank Turley, of Decatur, as organ accompanist.  The Odd Fellows had charge of the rites.
Burial was in the Mount Pulaski Cemetery.  Pallbearers were Arie Deibert, Floyd Bobell, Theodore Aderman, J. A. Veech, Harold Deibert, and Lawrence Montgomery.