Josephine Izora Dollander^{[1, 2]}

1922 - 2000  (77 years)

• Name	Josephine Izora Dollander  [3]
  Born	28 Sep 1922	Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois   [4]
  Gender	Female
  Buried	Apr 2000	Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois
  Died	15 Apr 2000	Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois
  Notes	100% Belgian
  Person ID	I007	Vigor Family Tree | Matthew Vigor's side of the family tree
  Last Modified	15 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Joseph Frank Dollander,   b. 27 Mar 1891, Watervleet, Belgium ,   d. 23 Jan 1987, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois  (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Lillian Izora Hedburg,   b. 9 Dec 1896, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois ,   d. 27 Dec 1991, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois  (Age 95 years)
  Married	23 Jun 1918	Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lester Edwin Nelson Vigor,   b. 6 Jul 1920, Andover, Henry County, Illinois ,   d. 27 Dec 1982, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois  (Age 62 years)
  Married	13 Jun 1943	Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living   4. Christy Jo Vigor,   b. 15 Aug 1956, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois ,   d. 14 Dec 2020, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2005
  Family ID	F005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Parents with baby. Joseph Dollander family. Left to Right: Joseph Frank Dollander | Lillian Izora Hedburg | Baby Josephine Izora Dollander Thank you Me. Vigor for scanning and contributing this photograph.
  		Parents with toddler. Joseph Dollander family. "Joe & Izora Dollander & daughter Josephine" Back Row, Left to Right: Joseph Frank Dollander | Lillian Izora Hedburg Front: Josephine Izora Dollander Thank you Me. Vigor for scanning and contributing this photograph.
  		Bernard & Floyd Van Waes and Josephine Dollander - 1926 Left to Right: Bernard Van Waes | Floyd Van Waes | Josephine Izora Dollander Thank you Me. Vigor for scanning and contributing this photograph.
  		Photo of Josephine Dollander Thank you Me. Vigor for scanning and contributing this photograph.
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  		Dollander family picture Josephine standing in back, Joseph and Izora sitting in front.
  		Josephine, Izora and Joe
  		Portrait of Josephine Dollander Thank you Me. Vigor for scanning and contributing this photograph.
  		Parents with daughter. Joseph Dollander family. "Josephine Dollander, Izora Dollander, Joe Dollander -- about 1940" Left to Right: Josephine Izora Dollander | Lillian Izora Hedburg | Joseph Frank Dollander Thank you Me. Vigor for scanning and contributing this photograph.
  		Josephine Dollander High School Graduation picture
  		Head shot for Josephine Dollander Cropped from wedding photo
  		Wedding photo for Josephine and Lester
  		Wedding ring of Lester Vigor Worn by Josephine after Les's death if I remember correctly. You can see the resizing band.
  		Photograph of a page from a family picture album. Enlarged scan of an old Polaroid photograph taken of a page spread inside a family picture album created by Lillian Izora for C. Vigor. Book whereabouts known.
  		Josephine Vigor - about 1944 Thank you Me. Vigor for scanning and contributing this photograph.
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  		Lester Vigor and Josephine Dollander photo Caption: "Here are your parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Vigor, ready for K.H.S. Class Reunion 7/29/80. Mother graduated in 1940."
  		Josephine Dollander portrait Taken for Church Directory
  		Josephine Dollander Vigor in her room at the nursing home. Josephine lived about 15 years here after her stroke.
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  		Josephine Dollander and Lester Vigor after their wedding First Presbyterian church on Tremont Street in Kewanee, Illinois. 13 Jun 1943.
  		First Presbyterian Church on Tremont Street in Kewanee, Illinois Where Josephine and Les were married.
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  		Josephine Dollander-Vigor in the nursing home in Kewanee after her stroke.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Birth announcement for Josephine Izora Dollander. Mentioned: Josephine Izora Dollander | Joseph Frank Dollander | Lillian Izora Hedburg Thank you Me. Vigor for scanning and contributing this document.
  		Letter 1945-01-08 Lester Vigor to sister Gertrude Page 1 of 4. Click source link to view entire letter contents together on one page.
  		Letter 1945-01-08 Lester Vigor to sister Gertrude Page 3 of 4. Click source link to view entire letter contents together on one page.
  		Letter 1945-01-08 Lester Vigor to sister Gertrude Page 4 of 4. Click source link to view entire letter contents together on one page.
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  		50th Wedding Anniversary dinner newspaper article 50th Anniversary Noted at Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dollander, 119 W. 13th St., observed their golden wedding anniversary at a family dinner held at New Boston on June 23. The event was arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Lester E. Vigor, son-in-law and daughter of the couple, who had observed their silver wedding anniversary on June 13. Miss Izora Hedburg and Joseph Dollander were united in marriage in the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. V. Hedburg of Kewanee on Sunday, June 23, 1918. The late Rev. L. C. Trent, then pastor of First Baptist Church, officiated at the double ring ceremony. Also participating at the service was the late Rev. Lewis Bacheller, a cousin of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Dollander are the parents of one daughter, Josephine Izora Vigor. They have three grandsons, Kent Arthur, Bryon D. and Michael Lester Vigor; one granddaughter, Christy Jo, and a grand-daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kent (Becky) Vigor.
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  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.
  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor [2] In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.
  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor [3] In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.
  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor [4] In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.
  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor [5] In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.
  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor [6] In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.
  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor [7] In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.
  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor [8] In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.
  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor [9] In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.
  		Drawings by Josephine Izora (Dollander) Vigor [10] In about 1986 Josephine had a stroke which left her with the use of only the left side of her body and partially unable to speak. One activity which brought her endless joy during her years living at the nursing home in Kewanee was making marker drawings and proudly showing them to her visitors. If you have some of Josephine's drawings and would like to see them included here, please contact me by clicking on email link in the header.

  
  

  Headstones

  Lester Edwin Nelson Vigor and Josephine Dollander Headstone Burial site is Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois. Cemetery is south of Kewanee on route 34. Cemetery is on the west side of the road. Burial is in the Masonic Area, north side of the south road, in the row beginning with Headley. Section H, about #88.

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1861] Ancestors and Descendants of Viletta (Lettie) Locele Buffett Hedburg, Lillian Izora Dollander, 1 (Reliability: 2). [S1984] Obituary for Christy Vigor, Schuneman Tumbleson Funeral Home, http://m.schuenemantumblesonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/events?obituaryId=19348950., 20 Dec 2020. [S1822] Birth Announcement for Josephine Izora Vigor, Lillian Izora (Hedburg) Dollander (Reliability: 2), 28 Sep 1922. [S1822] Birth Announcement for Josephine Izora Vigor, Lillian Izora (Hedburg) Dollander, 28 Sep 1922. [S1826] Newspaper article 50th Wedding Anniversary for Joseph Dollanders, (Star Courier Newspaper) (Reliability: 2), 23 Jun 1918. Miss Izora Hedburg and Joseph Dollander were united in marriage in the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. V. Hedburg of Kewanee on Sunday, June 23, 1918. Wedding date is included in this 50th anniversary article. [S1827] Newspaper article Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dollander, (Star Courier Newspaper) (Reliability: 2), 23 Jun 1918. Military Wedding Takes Place Sunday. The marriage of Miss L. Izora Hedburg and Joseph Dollander took place at 9:30 o'clock last evening at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Viletta Hedburg of West Thirteenth St. In the Monday, June 24, 1918 newspaper. [S1826] Newspaper article 50th Wedding Anniversary for Joseph Dollanders, (Star Courier Newspaper) (Reliability: 2), 23 Jun 1968. The event was arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Lester E. Vigor, son-in-law and daughter of the couple, who had observed their silver wedding anniversary on June 13. Month and day of Vigor wedding anniversary included in the article for 50th anniversary of Josephine's parents (Dollander).