Ida Ellen Painter Knowles Obit*

*Mrs. Ida Knowles
Mrs. Ida Ellen Knowles, 90, of 1003 James, died at 7:50 a.m. yesterday (Feb, 9, 1969) in the Vermilion Nursing Home where she had been a patient one year. She had been ill since last October. She had lived at the James address 13 years.
Born Oct. 15, 1878, in Wabash County, Ill., she was a daughter of James and Sarah Teasley Painter. Her schooling was in Wabash County.
She was married March 30, 1895, in Belmont, Ill., to Alpha Knowles who preceded her in death in 1924.
Surviving are a son, Floyd Knowles, Danville; four daughters, Mrs. Paul (Ruth) Bell of Sarasotam, Fla., Mrs. Gladys Nolan and Mrs. Elmer (Elizabeth) Nolan, both Danville, and Mrs. James (Hazel) Duncan of Cairo, Ga.; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren, and several great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Knowles was preceded in death by a daughter and several brothers and sisters.
She was a member of Lincoln United Methodist Church. Her hobby was sewing.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Pape Memorial Home, 10 E. Williams. The Rev. Patrick Flaherty will officiate. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home Monday night.