Wayne Co PRESS
Fairfield, IL
Nov 1974

Mrs. Lillian Flanders, 92, a life-long Wayne County resident who lived many years in Fairfield, died at 1 p.m. Saturday at memorial Hospital.

She had been a patient in Way-Fair Nursing Home since it opened several years ago.  She was t he mother of Kenneth "Bus: Wood and Mrs. Bill Mason, both of Fairfield.

Friends may call at the funeral home between 6 and 9 p.m. Monday (tonight).

Mrs. Flanders was born Oct. 2, 1881, in Wayne County, the daughter of Posey  and Isabell (Simms) Overall..  In 1893, she was married to Tom Wood, who was the blacksmith around Fairfield.  He died Dec. 19, 1944.

She later married a Rinard man, Francis Flanders, and the couple moved to Rinard.  He died about 10 years ago.  Mrs. Flanders then moved back to Fairfield and lived on Southeast Seventh Street, before moving into Way-Fair.

She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and a life-long member of the First Christian Church.

Surviving are four sons, Kenneth Wood, of Fairfield; Bernard Wood, of San Diego, Calif.; Bob Wood, of Medford, Ore.; and Carroll Wood, of Danville; two daughters, Mrs. Bill (Mildred) Mason, of Fairfield; Mrs. Ruth Roush, of Milwaukee, Wis.; 22 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren and two  great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one son and two daughters.