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Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mt Carmel, Wabash County IL

Gilbert Chris Alka

  Gilbert Chris Alka     Born: 9 Apr 1903    Died: Mar 1978    Plot:

Where born:   Wabash Co IL
Where died:   Mt Carmel IL
Son of:   George H Alka (Dec 1859 IL-7 Aug 1924 m: ca 1884) & Alice S Pritchett (16 Mar 1865 IL-9 Mar 1925) both buried Rose Hill Cem
Married:   23 Dec 1922 Danville - Vermilion Co IL Melva M Whitten*
Lived at:   1920 Lick Prairie 1924 RR 1 Decker - Knox Co IN 1930 Royal Oak MI 1940 Friendsville
Children:
- Melva (6 Jan 1924 Knox Co IN)
- Gilbert (6 Jan 1924 Knox Co IN-25 Mar 2006 buried Evansville IN m: Mona Wilkerson)
- Esther Mae (11 Feb 1926 IN-9 Oct 2004 OH m: 1944 Moses E Petros)
- Helen L* (20 Jan 1929 Detroit MI)
- Richard L (10 Nov 1930 MI-30 Nov 2016; m1: div; m2: Anita Elliott Fairless; buried Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Kansas City MO)
- Shirley Ann (ca 1936 IL m: ? Curry-Tampa FL)
- Roseanna* (1938 Wabash m: Larry E Peterson)
- Larry Wayne* (1944).
(obits of Richard and Rosanna)

      * indicates buried with Gilbert Chris Alka in Highland Memorial Cemetery.

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About Highland Memorial Cemetery:
Highland Memorial Cemetery, founded in 1916, is the largest cemetery in Wabash County and receives more interments each year than all other cemeteries in the Mt Carmel area. Other cemeteries in Mt Carmel include Sand Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill Cemetery, St Mary's Cemetery and Simonds Cemetery.
Burials: 8587
Location: 1827 College Drive, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County