Notes:

IN MEMORY OF

Mrs. Ida Mary Gines
Born Sumner, Ill. February 13, 1867
Entered into rest Indpls., Indiana December 20, 1946
79 yrs. 10 mo. 7 days
Interment Sumner, Illinois
December 22, 1946; 3:45 p.m.

Father's father - David Burget
Father - Daniel Burget
Mother - Matilda Burget
Deceased December 20, 1946
Wedded to John W. Gines
Services - Free Methodist Church, Washington, Indiana December 22, 1946;
1:00 p.m.
Officiating - Rev. J. L. Bright - sermon
Rev. L. B. Eggleston - assisted
Rev. E. G. Grimes - Tribute
Music - Mrs. Corinna Hawf - piano
Quartet - Mr. Guy Horton, Mr. Wm. Horton, Miss Hazel Horton, Mrs. Rena Green
Selections - Asleep in Jesus
Goodnight and Good Morning
Will the Circle be Unbroken
Bearers - Junior Gines, Forrest Gines, Edwin Gines, Bernard Thrasher, Harold Godwin, Alvin McCrackin
Flower Bearers - Nelline Gines, Carolyn Gines, Virginia Hoss, Charlene Hoss, Helen Hoss, Joanna Riggs, Joyce Thrasher, Eleanor Hoss


Handwritten obituary found in funeral book.

Mrs. Ida M. Gines, widow of John W. gines, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. John Riggs of Indianapolis at 6:00 a.m. this morning December 20. She had been ill for several years and seriously ill a week. Mrs. Gines was 79 years old. Born February 13, 1867 in Lawrence Co., Illinois. She was the daughter of Daniel and Matilda Burget. She was educated in the Illinois schools and was married November 24, 1887 to John W. Gines. Mrs. Gines came to Daviess Co. to live in 1915. Mr. Gines died January 1, 1941. Living children are Rolla, Ray, Oral, and Herald; two daughers Isis M. Hoss and Dorothy B. Riggs. A daughter Nora E. Gines preceded her in death. She leaves 26 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 3 brothers Frank Burget, John Burget and Wesley Burget of Sumner, Illinois. One sister Mrs. Susan Berlin of Calhoun, Illinois. Mrs. Gines was a member of the Free Methodist Church. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at the Free Methodist church with b



At the Berlin/Burget Reunions, we have been told a gentleman of the James gang attended.

The cross to the Uncle Berlin Gaither's Family was that his grandmother married a Berlin. Ida's sister Susan married Jake Berlin.


Wanda L. Gines has in her possession a postcard the front of which says "God is Love" in fancy lettering. The back is addressed to Mrs. Matilda Burget, Sumner, ILL. The message reads: All Well and Happy having the Best time of our lives. Jesus is so good to us. J. W. and Ida Gines. Babys name is Herald. The post mark is not clear, only the word IND. It would have to be in Dec. of 1911 or early 1912 since Herald was born December 10, 1911.

Ida married GEINES John Wesley on 24 Nov 1887 in M. at res by W. H. Wagy; witnessed by Emma Wagy, minister's wife, & Isis Kilgore. John (son of GEINES Henry Silas and HERRIN Hannah Elizabeth) was born on 25 Jun 1867 in Sumner, IL; died on 1 Jan 1941 in Washington, IN; was buried in City Cemetery, Sumner, IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Store at 11th and Walnut Streets, Washington, Indiana.

Obituaries:
Rolla Harrison Gines, 90, formerly of 1015 W. Walnut, died at the Washington Nursing Ceneter today at 8:00 a.m. (3/12/79). Born in Sumner, Illinois January 19, 1889, he was the son of John W. and Mary (Burgett) Gines.
For more than 60 years, he operated a grocery at 1015 W. Walnut, retiring in 1965. He was educated in the Sumner schools. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Washington Kiwanis Club.
Surviving are two sons, Forrest and Edwin Gines, Washington; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Riggs, Los Angeles; and a brother, Herald Gines, Washington. A daughter, Mrs. Nelline Godwin, two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Gill Chapel.

Services for Rolla H. Gines will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Gill Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Bright as minister. Burial wil be in Bethany Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 2 - 5 and 7 - 9 p.m. (3/16/79).

Service for Rolla H. Gines were Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Gill Chapel with burial in Bethany cemetery. The Rev. Ralph Bright officiated adn casket bearers were Roland Harris, Howard Blevins, Delmon Shake, Bruce Rogers, Fritz Garland and Rollie Gress.


Newspaper article from Valley Advance, Vol. 2, No. 26, Vincennes, IN, March 3, 1966.

WASHINGTON MAN NOTES 50TH YEAR AS GROCER by Larry Rodimel and David Snow

Mr. Rolla H. Gines, Washington, IN grocer, this year observes his 50th year in the neighborhood grocery business.
Mr. Gines is 77 years old and a native of Illinois. He was first introduced to the grocery business at a store established by his father in Vincennes at Second and Lyndale streets.
He told The Valley Advance that his basic knowledge of the grocery business came from those 10 years with his father.
In 1916, Mr. Gines and his brother, Oral, ventured forth in the business world with an establishment of their own at 400 West Main Street in Washington. They had only 500 dollars in cash and a 40-acre farm, given to them by their father, with which to begin their business.
After three successful years, they moved to a larger store at 1415 McCormick Avenue. It wasn't until 1926 that Mr. Gines began business for himself at 1015 West Walnut Street. Gines' Grocery has remained at this location for the past 40 years. (Oral returned to the farm at that time. He died in 1962.)
Changes have crept gradually into the grocery business over the years, Mr. Gines said. Once, a man's word was all that was needed for credit purchasing; today, however, the businessman has to check with a clearinghouse (credit bureau) for each new person's credit rating, he noted. Also, at one time, sugar and beans were stored in large barrels from which the grocer would dip the desired amount for each customer. "Now, these and other items are packaged in small individual containers for convenience," Gines mused. "Coffee was once ground fresh by the grocer; it is pre-ground or 'instant' today," he added.
Mr. Gines also remembers the days of horse and wagon delivery and fears, likewise, that the time of the small neighborhood grocery is limited due to what he called the "overwhelming success of super markets."
The major local change Mr. Gines witnessed, however, was the loss of his neighborhood customers because of the move...section by section over the years...of the B. & O. Railroad shops, the major employer of the area...Washington's West End. Diesels meant the erosion of the shops' usefulness. And that usefulness was once of major significance what with the shops equidistant from Cincinnati, Ohio and St. Louis, MO.
When asked what he would do if he had a chance to repeat his career, Mr. Gines replied that "it was by chance that I became involved in the grocery business, but I am thankful that I did have such an opportunity,."
He also said that he has considered retirement many times since he reached the age of 65, 12 years ago. "In fact," he said "I might retire any day."
The impression gained by The Valley Advance is that he loves the business too much to leave it.

There are two pictures along with the article.
(1) Taken inside the store: Mr. Gines gazes pensively out his store front as he recalls highlights of his 50 years as a grocer. He was interviewed and photographed by VU Journalism students on assignment with theValley Advance last week.
(2) This is the Gines' grocery located on the corner of West Walnut and 11th streets in Washington. A striking building in its day it still reflects a friendly atmosphere of the neighborhood grocery store of days gone by. (Valley Advance Photo)

Rolla married FITZGERALD Cora on 27 Dec 1910 in Divorced.. Cora was born on 19 Jan 1890; died in Mar 1943 in Francisco, IN. [Group Sheet]

Raymond married ALLBRIGHT Else Mae (Albright) on 27 Jul 1918 in IN. Else was born on 9 Aug 1898 in Martin County, Indiana; died on 16 Feb 1980 in Monroe County, Indiana; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Oral had a grocery store at 1415 McCormick Ave., Washington, Indiana. Date of death may be June 1962.

OPERATION FAILS TO SAVE LIFE OF CHARLES BURRIS, 10
Boy whose leg was fractured in auto acciident dies at the hospital.

Suffering an irreducible fracture of the groin line of the femur the night of January 8 when he was struck by an automobile while on the way to a motion picture show, Charles Burris, the ten-year-old son of Dave Burris, 400 northwest 10th street, died at the county hospital at 6 o'clock this morning.
The fracture not being susceptible to the ordinary methods of reduction, an operation was performed at the hospital Sunday morning to provide relief. The patient never rallied, his condition growing steadily worse. Attending physicians said the complications which caused the lad's death were general blood poisoning and emboli of the lungs.
The car which struck the youth was a Willys-Knight belonging to Rol Gines but it was being driven by his brother, Oral, at the time of the accident. The motor car was traveling west in Walnut and the accident happened between the intersection of Ogdon and Front Streets.
Witnesses said the Burris boy with a companion, stepped from the curb line into the street directly in the path of the machine which is said to have been traveling at a slow rate of speed. The bumper struck Burris, knocking him to the pavement, but his companion escaped injury, the car failing to hit him. The burris boy is said to have been lying on a line with the rear door of the automobile when it was brought to a stop.
Dr. R. S. Wood, county coroner, viewed the body at the Keller and Williams undertaking parlors but said he would hold no inquest unless an investigation was requested by either Gines or the dead boy's father, he being satisfied death resulted from surgical shock. The coroner added that what he had learned of the circumstances surrounding the infliction of the injury in an unofficial way he also is convinced that the accident was wholly unavoidable.
The dead boy was, a student at the West End School building. His mother has been dead some years, but he is survived by his father and a sister, Loretta. The sister is making her home with an aunt, Mrs. Carl Williams, at Sikeston, Missouri.
The body was removed to the home of Mrs. Frank Crabb, Jefferson Street today. While not definitely arranged, the funeral services probably will be Thursday morning with burial in Oak Grove cemetery.

Oral married NICHOLSON Lurline on 21 Apr 1929 in Evansville, Indiana or Taswell, Indiana (Divorced 1950). Lurline was born on 10 May 1903 in Wheatland, Indiana; died on 18 Nov 1981 in Bedford, IN; was buried in Oak Grove Cem, Washington, IN. [Group Sheet]

Isis married HOSS Charles 0. (Damon) on 20 Aug 1916 in Daviess Co., IN. Charles was born on 15 Jan 1894 in Lyons, Indiana; died in 1973 in Buried Plainville, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Church of the Hills, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills

A Service of Memory for Dorothy B. Riggs
Born February 19, 1906 Vincennes, Indiana
Passed Away June 18, 1982 Highland Park, California
Service Held June 26, 1982 11:30 a.m. at the Church of the Hills
Service conducted by Dr. Donald Riggs, Free Methodist Church, Oregon
Eulogy by The Reverend James Dennison
Dolos by Rich Hoover
James Alexander
Cathy Musulli
Organist Virginia King
Funeral Director Forest Loawn Mortuary, Hollywood Hills
Interment Summerland, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California

Dorothy married RIGGS John Ernest on 25 Jun 1933 in Vincennes, Indiana. John was born on 20 Jun 1907; died on 2 Aug 1979 in White Memorial HospitaL, Los Angeles, CA; was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, CA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Letter sent to Herald M. Gines

213 W. Elm, Albion, Illiois, May 13, 1957
Hello Mr. Gines,
I met your son on his tour of singing. When they gave their names and home towns I was surprised when I heard his name since my name is Gines, too. I introduced myself to him and he asked me to write you and see if we're related.
I married Francis O. Gines and his hometown is Browns, Illinois although he
is in Houston, Texas at present. His father is Francis W. Gines and his grandfather was Sam Gines - now deceased.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
A friend, Wilma Gines

Have been told there is a Gines buried in The Dunkird Church Cemetary south of Olney around east of Parkersburg.

Herald married OWENS Lorene Viola on 8 Dec 1932 in Washington, IN. Lorene (daughter of OWENS Charles Wiley and TAYLOR Veda Elvira) was born on 14 Apr 1913 in Monett, Berry Co, Missouri.; died on 4 May 1990 in Vincennes, IN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Index to Birth Records: Knox County, In. 1882-1920, Vol. 1, A-G, W.P.A. Ch.21 P. 112.

Edith married GODWIN Harold Bert on 22 Oct 1932. Harold was born on 24 Aug 1910 in Washington, Davies County, Indiana; died in in Sunday prior to May 8, 1988; was buried in Oak Grove Cem, Washington, IN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Newspaper article probably in a Washington, Indiana newspaper or perhaps a San Diego, California paper.

LOCAL MAN EXPERIENCES 'LIFE AFTER DEATH' by Ron Arvin

"There is a great sense of peace, no fear, no confusion...I never felt so good.."

Thus have many persons described what happens during the near-death experience. They tell of a sense of floating, a feeling of release of all pain, a great white light, and some even extend their experiences into five stages.
Edwin Gines of Washington knows first hand of earlier phases of the experiences which researchers have found common in hundreds of individuals who have approached a "clinical" death.
Dr. Kenneth Ring, a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut, from interviews with 102 men and women, has concluded that the near-death phenomenon is, indeed, a new stage of growth, a spiritual rebirth that permits an individual a new zest and appreciation of life. Gines and his wife Fern will attest to that theory.
Gines' experience began Dec. 19, 1978 and in succeeding weeks he was to undergo not only the near-death moments but other traumatic conditions which were partially concealed from him by his family until after he was recovering from open heart surgery.
On a visit in San Diego, the Gines' daughter, Gaetana Kratzer, convinced her father he did not appear well and insisted he enter Mercy Hospital and Medical Center for tests. These tests determined that while he had experienced no pain, he had in fact suffered a serious heart attack.
On December 29 Ed was feeling great, preparing to leave the hospital, when suddenly severe pain hit his chest and arm. He reached for the call button and remembered hearing the nurse answer immediately.
It later developed the instant response by the nurse and the fortuitous proximity fo two doctors (who were planning to visit Gines before his dismissal) saved his life. Within a short time he had electric shock...back to life.
"I had a feeling of floating higher and higher," Gines recalls. "It was beautiful and the most peaceful situation you could imagine. I was so happy and peaceful.
When the electric shock treatment took effect, I kept asing the doctors...why?...why? They wanted to know what I meant. My answer was: Why did you bring me back? I was feeling so good, so peaceful, and now I'm back and feeling all this pain."
If one is to follow documented cases (i.e. Kubler-Ross On Dearh and Dying) Gines was through the first stages - a feeling of incredible peacefulness, something which has no equal; then the feeling of detachment, of floating out-of-the-body.
Some accounts have told of being like a spectator, watching nurses and doctors working over their bodies, as if from a balcony looking down,
Gines' experience was abruptly terminated by the electric shock treatment.

Other stages, described by some persons but not by Gines, include the peaceful movement into a tunnel-like opening; then a brilliant gold-yellow light, very warm but never hurtful to the eyes; and finally a distinct calling, not necessarily a voice, in which one is told "Your life is not finished...go back."
Linked with the distinct impressions of the rising higher and higher was the appearance when he regained consciousness of the the hospital chaplain, Sister Mary La Salellette, of the Sisters of Mercy, whose kindly face, enshrouded in white, became Ed's"guardian angel" from there on.
Two more heart attacks the same day kept Ed in the hospital's intensive care for 26 days, then he was released to be prepared for open heart surgery.
The family kept from him many of the details of a shooting at a school where his daughter Gaetana, a speech therapist, was teaching. A teen-ager killed the school principal and custodian, and wounded eight children. Ed did not know for weeks Gaetana had gone from her room to drag inside an injured child, and then huddled over the child in life-saving efforts. Later the door through which she had exited was found riddled with bullets.
Finally, after he was recovering from surgery, he had to return home early because of the death of his father.
The religious aspects of near-death experiences are also being examined by scholars who say one's own religious beliefs affect their interpretation of the near-death moments.
"It is a faith-strengthening thing. Certainly we do not want to die, but we do not fear death," Ed and Fern say.
This is the conclusion of many whom scholars have interviewed: They say what they have experienced will come again and their time has simply been postponed.
Researchers are looking into all facets, such as could these stories have been induced by anesthesia, but as in Gines case, anesthesia sometimes has not been used at the time of the experience. Ed and Fern have recalled their own experiences with anesthesia and Ed says the sensation is not the same as the experience in San Diego.


There is a picture of Ed and Fern Gines sitting on a couch sharing a newspaper. The caption reads: Ed and Fern Gines read a newspaper account of a shooting in a San Diego school where their daughter was teaching. Ed was in a San Diego hospital at the time and almost died of a heart attach, experiencing the first stage of "life after death."

Edwin married FITZGERALD Fern. Fern was born on 18 Oct 1916 in Montgomery, Indiana; died in in Washington, IN.; was buried in Bethany Christian Ch. Cementery. [Group Sheet]

Forrest married CARLISLE Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Forrest married CARLISLE Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]

Joyce married THRASHER Bernard Louis. Bernard was born on 20 Oct 1920 in Monroe County, Indiana; died on 13 May 1986 in Bloomington, Indiana; was buried in Valhalla Mausoleum, Bloomington, IN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Article from recently published (prior to 2/10/88) MONROE CO. INDIANA FAMILY HERITAGE. Marie Gines said it had been written two years prior to the above date.

GINES-HAYS

The Oldest daughter of Roy Hays, Loretta Jean Hays, married John Thomas Gines on June 6, 1954. He was born in Monroe County, but his family was from Washington, Indiana, and before that, Illinois and Ohio.

Jean and Tom were high school sweethearts at Bloomington High School. After they were married, Tom was drafted into the service and was stationed in the state of Washington. Their first child, a boy named Mark David after two of Tom's friends, Mark Engledow and John David Greyson, was born five years after their marriage. By this time Jean and Tom had returned to Bloomington. Tom worked at R & S Boot Shop and Jean earned her professional hairdressers license. After trying for a second child for mnay years, they adopted a little girl, named Sherri Lynne by Mark, and within a few months found that Jean was pregnant. Alicia was born nine months after Sherri.

Tom developed a heart disease and died in April, 1976. Since his death Jean has earned her instructor of cosmetology license. She is currently a secretary at Center for Real Estate. She has raised her three children to adulthood quite successfully, and now enjoys the company of her two grandsons. Mark David married Carol Ann Kurtenbach on February 2, 1980. She is a local girl whose family is a German descent and had settled in Illinois. They have two boys, Matthew Thomas born October 6, 1983, and Christopher Raymond born April 27, 1985. Mark was a manager at Wagner's Shoe Box until it closed. He is now a salesman at Wylie's Furniture Company. Carol attended I.U. where she earned her teaching degree. She currently is working at the Inn of the Four Winds as a hostess while she works on her master's degree.

Sherri Lynne has started her freshman year at I.U. She is currently working as a dental assistant for a doctor in Ellettsville.

Alica Ann is in her final year of high school. She is active in volleyball, basketball, and softball. She plans to attend a junior college where she can play one or more of these sports.

John married HAYS Loretta Jean. [Group Sheet]

John married HAYS Loretta Jean. [Group Sheet]

Herald married BRINK Wanda Lee. [Group Sheet]

Cheryl married OSHA Robert Edwin. [Group Sheet]

Gaetana married PATTON Michael. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married GRANNON Cheryl. [Group Sheet]

Ray married CHI Tran. [Group Sheet]

James married KEMURA Noriko. [Group Sheet]

Jeanette married DIX Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Robert married DALTON Linda Joyce. [Group Sheet]

Mark married KURTENBACH Carol Ann. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Legal Name is GINES

Ronald married SCHMIDT Tracy Lynn on December 28, 2004. (daughter of SCHMIDT John Dwayne and EULER Molly Anne) [Group Sheet]

Ronda married SALAZAR Dennis. [Group Sheet]