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Tree the wood and estimated

Thorwegen it would contain nearly
1,000 board foot of wood
PEORIA, ILL. planks after processing.
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Blanford was paid $455
Norma M. Thorwegen, 86, of ther’s family is all from for the tree.
Peoria, Ill., passed away at 8:10 the Perryville area and is “I have been work-
a.m. on Tuesday, February 13, Word count:
familiar with the sawmills233ing with trees all my
2017, at OSF HealthCare Hospice @in.20theper word:
area $46.60life,” Blanford said. “I
so he decided
Home in Peoria. Norma was born Set-up
to see iffee:
anyone was $10.00
inter- see trees like that maybe
on July 14, 1930, to Henry and Total
estedcharges:
in buying it. $56.60 a few times a year, those
Mary Ruth (nee Layton) Grass in On Tuesday afternoon are things that I just take
Brewer, Mo. She married Albert H. he delivered the tree to notice of. Even though it
Thorwegen (Al) on Nov. 17, 1951, Please
Altenburg verify content ishad been dead for years
Hardwoods,
Norma in Brewer, Mo. He preceded her in where it weighed
correct and approve in at aforthe guys at the mill said
death. whopping 9,370 pounds. that, even for them, it was
Thorwegen Survivors include daughter- publication.
The workers inspected a sight to see.”
in-law, Melodee Thorwegen of
Portland, Ore.; aunt, Dorothea
Mae Unterreiner of Brewer, Mo.; sister, Glenda Pruitt
Thank you,
of Georgetown, Texas; brother, Gerald Grass (Rose- Kelcee
mary) of St. Charles, Mo.; niece, Linda (Tony) Tanner khill@perryvillenews.com
of New Braunfels, Texas; nephew, Ray Pruitt of Austin, Fax - 573-547-1643
Texas; nephew, Eric Grass of St. Charles, Mo.; niece,
Julie Pruitt of Austin, Texas; great nieces, Hannah and
Sarah Tanner of San Marcos, Texas; great nephew,
Derek Pruitt of Austin, Texas; cousins, Carol Moore and
Ann Baudendistel of Perryville and Gail Litchenneger
of Jackson, Mo.; many more relatives, friends and care
givers; and, special thanks to Norma’s dear friend and
minister, Rev. Stephen Barch.
Norma was preceded in death by her son, James
Thorwegen; one brother, Ronnie Grass; nephew, Mi-
chael Grass; and cousin, Dale Layton.
Norma was a homemaker all her life, and lived in
many places throughout the United States as an engi-
neer’s wife.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 21, from
10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at Wright & Salmon Mortuary. Fu- Photos by Amanda Hasty and Submitted
neral services will follow with the Rev. Stephen Barch Top, Darryl Blanford and his girlfriend Amy McCoy stop at Parket Restaurant on Monday evening when they
officiating. Burial will be at Butler National Cemetery first arrived in Perryville on their way bringing the nearly 10,000 pound white oak tree to the Altenburg Hard-
in Springfield, Ill, directly following the services. wood Lumber Company. Bottom, Blanford and McCoy stand with the tree for a photo at a local gas station.

History
of the Mississippi but “I have to be care-
occasionally he visits ful where I go,” Johnson
public land like con- said.
servation areas or rural “There are a few peo-
From Page 1A
campgrounds. ple I know who go with
type and style of each The best time to go on hunters to places they
find. He can also identify a hunt is after a rainfall visit and take over the
the area that each of the because the water will spot. It’s kind of cut-
artifacts originated from. wash another layer of throat actually, so you
“Some arrowheads I rocks clear and turn up have to be careful who
have found come from new stones. you tell where you go.
the Indiana or Kentucky Even though he occa- “You also have to
areas because they had sionally visits neighbor- watch out for private
more of a flint type stone ing counties, most of his property lines, I had one
to use for their tools,” collection has come from guy come at me with a
Johnson described. the Perry County area. gun because I accidently
“Around here we have Though most of what wandered onto the edge
more of a white colored he has found come from of his property.”
limestone or red clay, and areas such as those he Johnson has recently
that’s what the natives does make a special find gotten married and now
from here would use. The in unusual places. takes his wife, Crissy,
people would trade and One time following and step-children Saman-
travel and pick up things a visit to the St. Mary’s tha, Benjamin and Mya
in different areas to use Antique Mall he noticed with on hunting trips.
wherever they ended up a pile of dirt where work Little Benjamin has
staying.” on a water line was being already started his own
Most of the places completed. collection of arrowhead
Johnson frequents are Stopping to look, he points and things.
near some sort of water found a very large arrow- Though he does not
supply like a local creek head just beneath the sur- share his locations with
bed or even the bank face on the dirt pile. other hunters he did say
that it’s enjoyable to Photo by Amanda Hasty
share it with those who Paul Johnson shows off his best artifacts which include hematite shells and fossils as well
mean so much to him. as multiple native American pieces including beads, hand tools, points and arrowheads.
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