William Alfred Levering

1873 - 1959  (86 years)

• Name	William Alfred Levering
  Born	15 Oct 1873
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Nov 1959	Evanston hospital   [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Cook County, Illinois
  Person ID	I67967	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2010

  
  

  Family	Edith Eleanora Bosworth,   b. 28 Sep 1873, Elgin, Illinois ,   d. 21 Nov 1964  (Age 91 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1902
  Family ID	F25324	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Cook County, Illinois  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "History of the Wheeler Family in America", 1914, Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., p 112.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov 1959. 1959-11-18Chicago Tribune (IL) LEVERING Edition: Chicago Tribune William Alfred Levering of 553 Washington avenue, Glencoe, Nov. 17, 1959, husband of Edith Bosworth Levering. Memorial service, 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Glencoe Union church, Park avenue, Glencoe. Record Number: 19591118dn117 [S142] Newspaper Article, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov 1959. 1959-11-18Chicago Tribune (IL) William A. Levering Edition: Chicago Tribune William Alfred Levering, 86, of 553 Washington av., Glencoe, died Tuesday in Evanston hospital. He retired 30 years ago as a partner in the former stock brokerage firm of Child Levering company. Mr. Levering was former president of the Standard Asphalt and Rubber company, and at the turn of the century was superintendent of water pipe extension for the city of Chicago. He leaves his widow, Edith. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Glencoe Union church. Record Number: 19591118ob007 [S142] Newspaper Article, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan 1960. W. A. LEVERING LEAVES $900,000 IN HIS ESTATE The will of William Alfred Levering of 553 Washington av., Glencoe, who was 86 when he died Nov. 17, showed his estate was $900,000, Bernard J. Korzen, clerk of Probate court, who received it for probate Thursday, said. After bequests of $5,000 each to six charities, the remainder of the estate was left in trust with the First National Bank of Elgin for his widow, Edith. The charities are Piney Woods Country Life school, Piney Woods, Miss.; Arden Shore camp, Lake Bluff; Orphans of the Storm, Deerfield; and the Children's home, Sherman hospital, and the Old People's home, all of Elgin.