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Beverly Ann Delury on December 27, 1969 and one son was born to this union: Ryan
John Kilpatrick. He taught in Hanover High School from 1971 until 1983, when he
transferred to become the Principal in the Mount Carroll Junior/Senior High School. He
later transferred to the Alden-Hebron School District in Wisconsin and retired in 2001.
John died December 27, 2004 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Kilpatrick, John Pressly was born June 11, 1942 in Clarion, Iowa and was the son of
the Reverend Marion Clifford and Erma Claire (Pressly) Kilpatrick. The family moved
to Hanover in 1946. John graduated from Hanover High School in 1960 and from
Monmouth College in 1964 with a double major of math and physics. John and Anne
were married in 1966 and three sons were born to this union: Tom Kilpatrick, John
Kilpatrick, and Rob Kilpatrick. John worked in the telecommunications industry
beginning at Western Electric in Chicago. He then spent over 30 years in St. Louis,
Missouri, first with Western Electric, then with AT & T and finally with Lucent
Technologies. In 2000 John and Anne moved to Leelanau County, Michigan. John died
in Traverse City, Michigan on February 3, 2009.
Kilpatrick, Marion Cathern (Dresser) was born January 14, 1914 in Elizabeth, Illinois
and was the daughter of LeRoy Stanley and Effie M. (Rodden) Dresser. She graduated
from Elizabeth High School in 1930. She married David William Kilpatrick on
December 14, 1935 in Galena and four children were born to this union: Thomas David
Kilpatrick, Helen Mae Kilpatrick (1940-1942), John Phillip Kilpatrick, and Robert
Stephen Kilpatrick. Marion and her husband farmed in rural Hanover until the early
1970s, when they moved to the village of Elizabeth. Marion died March 9, 2003 and is
buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Kilpatrick, Orris Andrew was born September 29, 1923 in Hanover and was the son of
Robert and Selena Lynly (Gordon) Kilpatrick. He was a World War II Veteran. Orris
was a sheet metal presser and cutter for Pittman Manufacturing Company in Grandview,
Missouri for many years. Orris died August 13, 1988 and is buried in Log Church
Cemetery.
Kilpatrick, Robert Hugh was born in about 1907 and was the son of Robert “Roy”
Andrew and Selena (Gordon) Kilpatrick. He graduated from Hanover High School in
1925.
Kilpatrick, Robert Nairn was born May 27, 1912 in Elizabeth Township, Jo Daviess
County and was the son Howard Thomas and Fannie Estella “Stella” (Weede)
Kilpatrick. He lived on and worked the family farm north of Hanover his entire life.
Nairn died November 6, 1995 and is buried in Log Church Cemetery.
Kilpatrick, Ross Campbell was born May 9, 1910 in Hanover and was the son of
Howard Thomas and Fannie Estella “Stella” (Weede) Kilpatrick. He graduated from
Hanover High School in 1928. Ross attended Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas and
graduated from Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois. He was employed for 25 years
as a caseworker for the Illinois Department of Public Aid, retiring in 1980. He was a
World War II veteran. He married Evelyn Newman in Monmouth. He later married
Margaret L. Harrison Bilderback on May 5, 1956 in Pekin, Illinois. Ross had one
daughter, Carolyn Jean (Kilpatrick) Davis and three stepsons: Marvin Bilderback,
Robert Bilderback, and Roger Bilderback. Ross lived in Galesburg, Illinois for many
years. Ross died December 24, 1985 and is buried in Bowen Cemetery, Bowen, Illinois.