Dessa Elizabeth Updegraff 
F, (22 July 1915 - 17 April 1999)
- Relationship
- 9th great-granddaughter of Herman Op Den Graeff
Dessa Elizabeth Updegraff was born on 22 July 1915 at Clark County, Illinois.1 She was the daughter of Grover Ansel Updegraff and Stella Seaton. Dessa Elizabeth Updegraff married, at age 18, Max E. Combs, age 19, son of Jesse H. Combs and Bertha Woodburn, on Monday, 18 June 1934 at Clark County, Illinois.2 Dessa Elizabeth Updegraff died on 17 April 1999 at age 83 years, 8 months and 26 days.1 She was buried on 21 April 1999 in the Washington Street (Casey) Cemetery, located in Casey, Clark County, Illinois.
As of circa 1988, Dessa Elizabeth Updegraff lived at Box 131, Allerton, Illinois. Her obituary was published sometime in April 1999 in the local paper, printed in Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois. Her obituary stated:
Mrs. Dessa Elizabeth Combs, 83, 203 E. Chestnut, Box 131, Allerton and formerly of Casey, died at 12:50 p.m. Saturday (April 17, 1999) at the Covenant Hospital in Urbana. She was a retired sales manager at Carson Pirie Scott of Urbana and Courson Hardware of Homer.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Allerton with the Rev. Carl Fox officiating. Pall bearers will be Derrick Ennis, Damon Ennis, Larry Updegraff, Dennis Updegraff, Ray Updegraff and Paul Anderson. Burial will follow in Casey Washington Street cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening at Markwell's Funeral Home in Casey and from 9 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the church.
Mrs. Combs was born July 22, 1915, in Clark County, the daughter of Grover Ansel and Stella Seaton Updegraff. She married Max Combs on June 18, 1934, in Clark County.
Survivors include her husband of Allerton; one sister, Pauline Ennis of Allerton; and one brother, Dallas Updegraff of Casey. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Harry, Marvin, Bruce and Willy Updegraff.
She attended the Allerton United Methodist Church. Mrs. Combs was a graduate of the Casey High School Class of 1933. She was a member of the O. E. S. Chapter #260 of Newman.
The family suggests, for those who wish, memorial may be made to the United Methodist Church in Allerton.
As of circa 1988, Dessa Elizabeth Updegraff lived at Box 131, Allerton, Illinois. Her obituary was published sometime in April 1999 in the local paper, printed in Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois. Her obituary stated:
Mrs. Dessa Elizabeth Combs, 83, 203 E. Chestnut, Box 131, Allerton and formerly of Casey, died at 12:50 p.m. Saturday (April 17, 1999) at the Covenant Hospital in Urbana. She was a retired sales manager at Carson Pirie Scott of Urbana and Courson Hardware of Homer.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Allerton with the Rev. Carl Fox officiating. Pall bearers will be Derrick Ennis, Damon Ennis, Larry Updegraff, Dennis Updegraff, Ray Updegraff and Paul Anderson. Burial will follow in Casey Washington Street cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening at Markwell's Funeral Home in Casey and from 9 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the church.
Mrs. Combs was born July 22, 1915, in Clark County, the daughter of Grover Ansel and Stella Seaton Updegraff. She married Max Combs on June 18, 1934, in Clark County.
Survivors include her husband of Allerton; one sister, Pauline Ennis of Allerton; and one brother, Dallas Updegraff of Casey. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Harry, Marvin, Bruce and Willy Updegraff.
She attended the Allerton United Methodist Church. Mrs. Combs was a graduate of the Casey High School Class of 1933. She was a member of the O. E. S. Chapter #260 of Newman.
The family suggests, for those who wish, memorial may be made to the United Methodist Church in Allerton.
Last Edited=13 Apr 2014
Citations
- [S151] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at http://ssdi.rootsweb.com (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, January 2004 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. DESSA E COMBS, birth listed as 22 Jul 1915, died listed as 17 Apr 1999 (V), issued in the State of Illinois. Last residence Allerton, Vermilion, IL, last benefit (none specified). Accessed 10 May 2004.
- [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family (Grand Rapids, Michigan; 1433 Elderwood Ct. N.W.: J. S. Lutz, 1988), p. U-35.