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- True Republican
September 27, 1939
Herbert Gibb Lloyd of Chicago, a native of South Grove township and a relative of Sycamore folks, died of a heart attack Saturday, while at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary Edwards in Cleveland, Ohio. He had accompanied her and her daughter, Julia, to their home following the funeral and burial services of the late Prof. E. Edwards. Mr. Lloyd's Chicago home was at 7214 Sheridan road. He had been retired from active business several years ago. At the time of his death he was president of the Martha Washington hospital and the Washingtonian home.
Mr. Lloyd was a descendant of the pioneer Hon. A. W. Lloyd family, who came to DeKalb county in 1854 from Massachusetts. He was born May 24, 1868 in South Grove. He received his education in the schools of that vicinity and at Wheaton college.
On April 15, 1896, Mr. Lloyd was married to Effie Preston, daughter of George and Louise Preston, pioneer settlers of Genoa township. She preceded him in death four years ago. The decedent had been a resident of Chicago for more than 40 years and until his retirement in 1935 he was general sales manager of the E. F. Houghton company.
Born of those prominent pioneer settlers of South Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Sergius Lloyd, the decedent possessed the sturdy characteristics of his forebears and carried these traditions into the business life which he established for himself.
In his younger years he was associated with the Joliet Home Furnishing Co. of Chicago as its superintendent, including in his sales territory the towns of Joliet, Lockport, Morris and Aurora. As general sales manager of the E. F. Houghton Company of oil refiners, Chicago, Mr. Lloyd experienced a wide scope of travel, the furthest destination of his extensive tours being into Central America in the interests of the firm. Two sons, C. Herbert, a salesman in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Sergius C. Lloyd, associated with the Connecticut Mutual Insurance Co., Chicago, and two daughters, Miss Loraine, a teacher in Milwaukee and Miss Eloise, a secretary, Chicago, survive, one son, Preston having passed away at the age of seven years. Others left to mourn his passing are his two brothers, Louis Lloyd of Sycamore and Charles Lloyd of Rockford also three sisters, Miss Jennie Ruth Lloyd of this city, Miss Alice Lloyd of Los Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. Mary Edwards of Cleveland, Ohio and three grand children, Herbert, Janice and Myrna Lloyd, children of Herbert Lloyd Jr.
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