| Father | Raymond S. Cantonwine (b. 1 March 1937, d. 31 October 2018) |
| Mother | Phianna Kay Shockley (b. 15 May 1938, d. 1 February 2008) |
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| Daughter | Sara Elizabeth Cantonwine |
| Daughter | Molly Lynn Cantonwine |
Obituary -- (Findagrave.com Memorial #226012505):
Steven Raymond Cantonwine, age 64, passed away on December 26, 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born in Vinton, Iowa on January 30, 1956 to Phianna and Raymond Cantonwine. Steve lived in Vinton until 1970 and graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 1974. Steve was active in football and basketball while in high school. Steve received a Master of Science in Business degree at the University of Iowa and went on to earn his Juris Doctorate at the University of Missouri School of Law in Kansas City, Missouri. Steve married and became the father of two lovely daughters, Sara, and Molly. He enjoyed attending their sport and academic events. Steve enjoyed traveling with his family and spoke of Alaska and Costa Rica among his favorite places to visit. Steve especially loved animals, his Palomino, Tony, he rode when growing up, always helping out on the farm and his German Shorthair Pointer, Gunner. Gunner was beside Steve until the very end of Steve's illness. A true and loyal companion. Steve also loved visiting family in Nebraska and Iowa sharing his current research in the genealogy of the Cantonwine and Shockley families. Steve was adventurous when it came to cars driving old convertibles and driving fast.
Steve spent 34 years as a defense attorney helping those in need. As one client said, "he will always be remembered as a kind soul when it came to being there for his clients and defending them". Steve enjoyed his life's work but always put his family first. His daughters meant the world to him.
Steve is survived by his daughters, Sara Cantonwine, Los Angeles, California, and Molly Cantonwine, St. Louis, Missouri, his sisters, Christy (Doug) Nielsen, Louisville, Nebraska, Julie (Jon) Vogt, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, half-sister Kelly Wulfkuhle, Topeka, Kansas. Nieces, Jenny Vogt and Anna Doeschot. Nephews, Chad Anson, Lee Cimfel, Jared Vogt, Blake and Casey Wulfkuhle and Grandnieces Lexi and Laney Anson. Steve is preceded in death by his mother, Phianna Kay Shockley (2008), his father, Raymond Steven Cantonwine (2018) and by his nephew, Matthew Christopher Cimfel (1997).
A memorial mass was held for Steve on January 5, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Cantonwine family wishes to invite family and friends of Steve to a 'Celebration of Life' gathering planned for Saturday, May 15, from 2-5 pm at the Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. This will be an informal event with an opportunity to reminisce and reflect on moments we have shared with Steve during his lifetime. Memorial donations may be made in person or to Steve's favorite dog rescue, the National German Shorthaired Pointer (GPS) Rescue https://www.gspca.org/Rescue/donate.html.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); Wednesday, 02 January 2008; pages 1 & 8; (Newspapers.com):
Home life has lessons for chief of schools
Byline: Steve Giegerich;
The older daughter mastered the intricacies of the square root at the age of 6. Now a freshman at one of the country's top engineering schools, she is a member of Mensa International, the organization limited to those with an IQ in the upper 2 percent of the world's population.
Her sister, a junior at a county high school, defies even greater odds.
She is one of the rare people on the planet who have been diagnosed with the genetic aberration identified in scientific circles as the "interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 1."
The axis formed by sisters Sara and Molly Cantonwine extends far beyond the south St. Louis County subdivision they call home, transcending family to inform the education of the 30,000 children under the supervision of their mother, the superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools.
When it comes to describing her children, Diana Bourisaw is disarmingly direct.
Sara, a first-year double-major at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, is "gifted and talented."
Molly, 16, is not.
At least not as the term is generally defined.
They are two daughters, at two extremes, each with gifts that reach into the lives touched by their mother and father, lawyer Steven Cantonwine.
"They say there is a reason parents of special-needs kids are given a challenge," Bourisaw said.
For Bourisaw and Cantonwine, the reasons are abundantly clear.
At home, Molly applies deeper meaning and understanding to the family's faith.
At school district headquarters, Bourisaw said, her children "help me appreciate the strengths of all kids. Some parents think the only way to excel is academically, to earn a place on the Honor Society or a spot in a top college. Sara excels at academics. But Molly excels in other ways. She excels by serving (Mass) at church and helping our neighbors and volunteering."
The intersection of Bourisaw's personal and professional lives rarely displays itself in public. During the first stormy year of her tenure atop the state's largest school district, she remained serene in the face of barbs from the former School Board president, tension over state intervention and the transition to the appointed board now running the schools.
It's in conversations with reporters or addresses to small audiences that Bourisaw's passion for education, and a glimpse at the forces behind it, emerge.
Sometimes Bourisaw mentions how she was the first in a family of steel workers to receive a degree, or how her mother, inspired by example, later put herself through college as an adult.
Steve Cantonwine's journey took him from an Iowa farm to odd jobs (the couple met while Cantonwine was a prison guard and Bourisaw a student at Iowa State University), a bachelor degree and then law school.
Parenthetically, Bourisaw does occasionally reveal that her children have special needs, each in her own way.
Sara, as a college freshman, is moving in her own direction now.
Molly, meanwhile, is nurtured by a network that moves from home into the neighborhood, her school, church, advocacy groups for the disabled and other organizations that support those efforts.
Her differences, Cantonwine and Bourisaw say, were obvious almost from the start. Her parents waited nine months for her sit up; 14 months passed before she slept through the night.
Until geneticists identified her disorder in 2001, the source of wide-ranging neurological symptoms that veered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to obsessive-compulsive disorder to emotional withdrawal remained a mystery. The disorder is marked by a mutated chromosome, which leads to a host of cognitive problems.
Not programmed to equate darkness with rest, Molly often wanders the house most of the night, able to subsist on sleep of two hours or less. Naturally gregarious, she withdraws when teased or criticized. Her attention span is short, but not so much that she can't read, write or understand basic mathematics.
"She's kind of been all over the map," said Bourisaw. "She doesn't fit into anything that is normal, that's all I can say."
The observations of Bourisaw the parent provided incomparable lessons for Bourisaw the administrator.
In hiring for the city schools(and before that, the Fox School District and as an area superintendent in Sacramento, Calif.) Bourisaw's gold standard is the teacher who showed Sara how to capitalize on her intelligence and, when Sara's sister entered her class years later, tapped into every avenue of Molly's capabilities.
"That teacher knew how to adapt to the needs of the kids in her class. And that's what I want for our kids," said Bourisaw, "I want to create schools that are supportive of all kids; schools that challenge the gifted child and also challenge the special needs child."
At first shy, Molly later warms up and is eager to share her life's triumphs -- which are many -- with a stranger. She begins by proudly displaying photographs of her service at Mass. A favorite of priests and parishioners alike, she has long been a staple of the family's parish.
The photographs are followed by certificates attesting to Molly's standing as manager of her high school volleyball team and details of volunteer efforts with the Magic House and the City Museum.
Molly also volunteers for agencies that work with young people with special needs. In her senior year, Molly will hold a seat on the student council.
After graduation, her parents hope to enroll Molly in a hospitality curriculum at a local community college. It makes sense, said Bourisaw, for a kid known as the "concierge."
The ultimate goal is the day Molly can live on her own or independently under supervision.
Bourisaw and Cantonwine have no doubt the objective will be met.
"It's not that she can't do well," said the mother, "She just does well differently."
"We tend to teach to kids' deficits," the superintendent added, "We need to teach to their strengths.
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| Daughter | Phianna Kay Shockley+ (b. 15 May 1938, d. 1 February 2008) |
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| Pedigree Link |
| Daughter | Phianna Kay Shockley+ (b. 15 May 1938, d. 1 February 2008) |
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| Father | Andrew Jackson Bruner (b. about 1838, d. 4 January 1882) |
| Mother | Alice Norman (b. 25 January 1842, d. 3 July 1898) |
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| Daughter | Clara Windle+ (b. 15 February 1891, d. 1948) |
| Son | Oscar Leroy Windle+ (b. 4 April 1893, d. 5 April 1969) |
| Son | Henry August Windle+ (b. 18 November 1897, d. 6 February 1970) |
| Son | Andrew Basil Windle+ (b. 1 January 1900, d. 23 June 1969) |
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| Daughter | Martha Rosette Bruner+ (b. 30 April 1872, d. after April 1910) |
Biography -- (Findagrave.com):
Andrew "Andy" Jackson Bruner was born in 1836 (or possibly 1837) in Indiana. The names of his parents are unknown. In the 1850 census, he was living with James and Sarah Bruner in Liberty Twp, Hendricks Co., IL. They are too young to be his parents, but are very likely close relatives.
Around 1855, Andrew moved to Bond Co., IL with his family. The source of this information was two friends and lifelong Illinois-residents, Neilly McNeil and Joseph N Skelton, who swore attestations included in Andrew's civil war pension file that they had known Andrew and his father's family since 1855.
Andrew was married on August 12, 1860 to a young widow, Mrs. Allie (Norman) Barrett. Allie's previous husband Scott B. Barrett died on March 14, 1860. Andrew and Allie were to have many children together, of whom the following names are known: Mary Ellen, John Henry, Sarah Frances, Martha Rosetta "Rosa", William W, Oscar Jason, Walter Mason, and Ginevra "Jennie."
On November 30, 1864, Andrew enlisted as a private in Company G of the 50th regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged on July 13, 1865. Andrew became ill while marching between North Carolina and Virginia and lost almost all of his vision. He was pensioned on September 17, 1867 for Opthalmia. This pension was what probably allowed Andrew and Allie to purchase a small amount of land in Clinton Co. right outside of Keyesport, becoming landowners for the first time.
On January 4, 1882, Andrew died of facial erysipelas in Keyesport, where he was buried. Andrew's widow Allie sought continuation of the pension in April 1882, but was rejected. It was not until the Dependent and Disability Act was passed in 1890, that she was able to secure a pension as widow and guardian of Andrew's children under the age of 16. Allie remarried to Ebenezer Potts on October 21, 1891.
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| Daughter | Martha Rosette Bruner+ (b. 30 April 1872, d. after April 1910) |
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| Father | William Grant Windle (b. about 1864, d. 3 November 1921) |
| Mother | Martha Rosette Bruner (b. 30 April 1872, d. after April 1910) |
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| Son | William Avery Van Cleve (b. 13 May 1915, d. September 1976) |
| Daughter | Sadie Maxine Vancleve+ (b. 15 July 1917, d. 25 July 2008) |
| Son | Henry L. Vancleve (b. 24 June 1929, d. 5 August 1989) |
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| Father | William Grant Windle (b. about 1864, d. 3 November 1921) |
| Mother | Martha Rosette Bruner (b. 30 April 1872, d. after April 1910) |
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| Son | Roger Leroy Windle (b. 12 December 1928, d. 10 March 1934) |
| Daughter | Virginia Ann Windle (b. 5 February 1931, d. 25 November 2006) |
| Son | Wilbur Owen Windle (b. 29 March 1933, d. about September 2014) |
| Daughter | Zepha Windle |
Obituary -- Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas, 4 APR 1969, p.10 (Genealogybank.com):
Oscar L. Windle
Oscar L. Windle, 75, 1924 Parker, North Little Rock, a retired attendant at Veterans Administration Hospital in North Little Rock, died Thursday. He was a Methodist. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Audrey Owen Windle; a son, Owen Windle of Quincy, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Windle Johson and Mrs. Zepha Windle Southern of Little Rock; two brothers, Henry Windle of Hawthorne, Calif., and Bacel Windle of Bloomington, Ill., and 10 grandchildren. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Owens Funeral Home by Rev. Floyd G. Villines and Rev. Charles Ashcraft. Pallbearers will be J. D. Turner, Bill Arrington, Joe Shaffer, Elmer Hargrove, B. A. Beason, and Coy Dismuke. Burial will be in Edgewood Memorial Cemetery.
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| Father | William Grant Windle (b. about 1864, d. 3 November 1921) |
| Mother | Martha Rosette Bruner (b. 30 April 1872, d. after April 1910) |
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| Son | Harry George Windle, Jr. (b. 2 November 1922, d. 16 August 1947) |
| Son | Eugene E. Windle (b. 31 May 1925, d. 4 July 1968) |
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| Father | William Grant Windle (b. about 1864, d. 3 November 1921) |
| Mother | Martha Rosette Bruner (b. 30 April 1872, d. after April 1910) |
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| Son | Irwin Windle+ (b. 1926, d. 1958) |
| Son | Ralph Cornelius Windle+ (b. 10 May 1928, d. 19 July 1974) |
| Daughter | Mary Rose Windle |
| Daughter | Penny Sue Windle |
Obituary -- The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Tuesday, 24 JUN 1969, p.25 (Newspapers.com):
Andrew Windle
Andrew Windle, 69, of 808 W. Oakland died at 4:05 p.m. Monday at St. Joseph's Hospital.
He was a retired Eureka Williams worker.
His funeral will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Beck Memorial Home, with the Rev. M. Thomas Swantner officiating. Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Windle was born Jan. 1, 1900, in Wisetown, a son of William Grant and Rose Brunner Windle. He married Virginia Dauel Jan. 14, 1944, in McLean County.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Ralph, Pekin; Garry Wirick, Pekin; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Hanson, 308 Dogwood Lane; Mrs. Frank Hill, 803 S. Summit; Miss Penny, at home; a brother, Henry, Hawthorne, Calif.; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was a member of Park Methodist Church and Lodge 1000 of the International Association of Machinists.
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| Father | Cornelius Woellms (b. 11 September 1879, d. 10 March 1963) |
| Mother | Auguste Gross (b. 1881, d. 12 October 1932) |
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| Son | Irwin Windle+ (b. 1926, d. 1958) |
| Son | Ralph Cornelius Windle+ (b. 10 May 1928, d. 19 July 1974) |
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| Father | Andrew Basil Windle (b. 1 January 1900, d. 23 June 1969) |
| Mother | Erna Martha Woellms (b. 2 September 1904, d. 23 February 1998) |
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| Son | Michael A. Windle |
| Daughter | April Windle |
Newspaper article -- The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Thursday, 17 JUL 1958, p.5 (Newspapers.com):
Police Investigate Death of Former Bloomingtonian
Springfield police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Irwin B. (Lucky) Windle of Springfield, a former Bloomington resident.
Mr. Windle, who was 32 years old, died Sunday at St. John's Hospital at Springfield. He had been a patient since July 2, when he was found unconscious in an alley beside his rooming house at 118 1/2 N. Seventh St., Springfield.
NO ARRESTS
Springfield police detectives said Thursday an investigation has been under way since July 2 but that no arrests have been made. Police said persons who found Windle in the alley reported he had been beaten. Relatives said he died of brain injuries caused by a blow on the head.
Sangamon County Coroner W. C. Telford said an inquest will be held next week after complete autopsy reports have been received.
Mr. Windle's funeral was Wednesday at Mount Sterling.
BORN IN CITY
He was born Feb. 28, 1926, at Bloomington, where he lived until about 10 years ago.
He married Vera Waldron of Dwight April, 1948, at Bloomington.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Erna Whited, Mt. Sterling; his father, Andrew Windle, 808 W. Oakland Ave.; his wife, at the El Paso Nursing home; a son, Mike; a daughter, April; a brother, Ralph, Pekin, and two half-sisters, Mary Rose and Penny Sue, both of 808 W. Oakland Ave.
Newspaper article -- The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Friday, 18 JUL 1958, p.3 (Newspapers.com):
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Probe Death
Springfield police are investigating the death of Irwin Windle, 32, formerly of Bloomington. Windle died Sunday. He was found unconscious in a Springfield alley July 2.
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| Father | Andrew Basil Windle (b. 1 January 1900, d. 23 June 1969) |
| Mother | Erna Martha Woellms (b. 2 September 1904, d. 23 February 1998) |
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| Son | Michael A. Windle |
| Daughter | Windle+ |
Obituary -- The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Sunday, p.53 (Newspapers.com):
Ralph Windle
PEKIN (PNS) -- Ralph C. Windle, 46, superintendent of the South Pekin Grade School since 1964, died at 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Francis Hospital, Peoria. He had been in the hospital since June 30 and was ill two months.
He was a graduate of Illinois State University, with B.A. and M.A. degrees.
His funeral will be at the Kuecks-Woolsey Funeral Home at 3 p.m. Monday, the Rev. William Pruett officiating. Burial will be i Glendale Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday.
He was born May 10, 1928 in Roland, Ark., a son of Andrew B. and Erna Woellms Whited. He married Doris Irene Robson April 2, 1948, in Bloomington.
Surviving are his wife; his mother, Mount Sterling; a son, Michael A., and four daughters, Mrs. Donald Schmick, Mrs. Judy Wasiloski, Jackie L. and Joanie L., all Pekin; a step-sister, Mrs. Thomas Hanson, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Frank Hill and Penny Windle, all Bloomington.
His father and two brothers preceded him in death.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1947.
He was a member of First United Methodist Church, the Moose Lodge and the American Legion. He was an executive board member of the Tazewell-Mason County Special Education District.
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| Daughter | Erna Martha Woellms+ (b. 2 September 1904, d. 23 February 1998) |
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| Daughter | Erna Martha Woellms+ (b. 2 September 1904, d. 23 February 1998) |
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| Son | Michael A. Windle |
| Daughter | April Windle |
Obituary -- The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Wednesday, 12 SEP 1962, p.23 (Newspapers.com):
Mrs. Vera Windle
PONTIAC -- (PNS) -- Mrs. Vera Windle, 32, of 732 N. Mill, died at the McDonald Nursing Home about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday after an illness of four years.
Her funeral will be Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Harris Funeral Home, the Rev. Peter Borezka officiating. Burial will be in South Side Cemetery.
Visitation begins at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
She was born April 24, 1930, in Saunemin, the daughter of Charles and Alma Brown Waldron. She was married to Irwin Windle in Bloomington in 1948. He preceded her in death.
Surviving are a son Michael; a daughter, April; two brothers, Donald, Wooddale; Roy, Saunemin; and three sisters, Mrs. Fern Faust, Mrs. Louise Gray, Mrs. Sharon Ring, all of Pontiac. A daughter and her parents preceded her in death.
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| Father | Louis William Dauel, Jr. (b. 2 August 1890, d. 12 January 1945) |
| Mother | Carrie Anderson (b. 11 December 1887, d. 5 July 1939) |
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| Daughter | Mary Rose Windle |
| Daughter | Penny Sue Windle |
Obituary -- The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Sunday, 23 APR 2000, p.9 (Newspapers.com):
Virginia E. Turner
Virginia E. Turner, 80, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Blo9omington, died at 8:58 p.m. Friday (April 7, 2000) at Tucson Heart Hospital, Tucson.
Cremation rites were accorded. Her memorial service was April 13 in Tucson. A burial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. There will be no visitation.
Memorials may be made to First Church of God, 3355 N. Fontana, Tucson, AZ 85706.
She was born Dec. 25, 1919, in Bloomington, a daughter of William Louis and Carrie Anderson Dauel. She married Robert Wirrick. He preceded her in death. She later married Andrew Windle. He preceded her in death. She later married Edgar Turner. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include three daughters, Faye Hanson, Normal; Mary Rose Hill, Normal; Penny Heins, Sierra Vista, Ariz.; one son, Gary Wirrick, Tucson; 10 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Her parents and one sister, Marion McCormick preceded her in death.
She lived in Bloomington until 1984 when she moved to Tucson. She lived in Tucson until her death.
Virginia loved her church and enjoyed her many friends and family.
She was a beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
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| Daughter | Virginia Dauel+ (b. 25 December 1919, d. 7 April 2000) |
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| Pedigree Link |
| Daughter | Virginia Dauel+ (b. 25 December 1919, d. 7 April 2000) |
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