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She was born on August 3, 1924 in Hire Township to Willis Earl and Cordia Bice Kline. She graduated from Western Academy in 1942 and attended Western Teacher’s College.Elizabeth worked for the Corps of Engineers in Chicago from 1943 to 1946. She later worked for Culligan Water Company of Macomb retiring after 25 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Blandinsville.She married Wallace P. Soule on August 3, 1948. He passed away on April 1, 2016.She is also preceded in death by one brother, Kermit Kline and two sisters, Isabel Sly and Ella Mae Lewis.Elizabeth is survived by her children, Phillip (Patti) Soule of Osterville, Massachusetts, Jacqueline (Christopher Kent) Glass of Galesburg, Brian (Bobbi) Soule of Germantown Hills and Annette (Rick) Saul of Galesburg; eight grandchildren, Ellen (Matt) Fulton, Eric Soule, Kelly Soule, Jennifer Soule, Sheena (David) Leonard, Kelcey (Mark) Steadman, Amie Saul and Taylor Saul; six great-grandchildren, Amelia Fulton, Cash Fulton, Jayce Kubis, Asher Kubis, Benett Leonard and Norah Leonard; one sister-in-law, Jean Soule of Springfield and many nieces and nephews.Cremation rites have been accorded. A Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Home in Blandinsville with Reverend Dean Reeverts officiating. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial of ashes will be in Glade City Cemetery in Blandinsville.Memorials may be made to the Blandinsville Rescue Squad.You may leave condolences and sign the guest book online at clugston-tibbittsfh.com. (Teutopolis Press-Dieterich Gazette)

I sing to you when the stars hang low;And though I sang till dawn were red,You still must hear, you could not go.You are contented, being dead-You who were used to wander far.Now I plant flowers at your head,And steal out nightly where you are.Ah, once you wandered far and long.And left me waiting hopeless here.Though I sent you my breaking heart in a song,You were too far – you could not hear.Now it is I could go oversea,And though I stayed till years were sped,You would lie peaceful, waiting me.I shall not grieve that you are dead.“Compensation” by Muna Lee, published August 1917The fighting of the Great War raged fiercely on multiple fronts during the week of Aug. 20-26, 1917. The week began viciously on the Western Front.“Verdun’s already blood-soaked lines held the center of the fighting stage today,” read the Monday Evening Mail, “over a front of from 13 to 14 miles, the French started a violent offensive, the climax to nearly a week of tremendous artillering.”On the Italian Front, Italy was “waging a determined offensive against the Austrian lines from the Adriatic to the Alps.”Henry Wood, who was with the French military in the field, wrote on Tuesday, “the greatest battle of the world war was being fought today.”Wood reported that there was now a 435-mile front of Allied offensive of multiple battles.“The Western Front has never seen such an extensive battle,” Wood wrote, “nor has the Allies’ superiority everywhere been so asserted.”On Wednesday, an infamous war spot was captured.“Dead Man’s Hill, blackened by the blood of thousands on both sides,” wrote Wood, “was entirely in French hands today. The myriad defenses on which the crown prince spent months were leveled into crumbling earth. The hill itself must remain a gigantic monument to lost hopes. It took the Germans months to capture it, more months to fortify it, and still more months to hold it. The French took it in the first morning’s advance.”Thursday’s reports brought the news that the French were capturing thousands of German prisoners, as well as hundreds of machine guns. The fi... (Galesburg Register-Mail)