Individual Details
Clyde Holland HUNTER
(19 Mar 1889 - 8 Feb 1989)
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SEVENTH GENERATION
1502. Clyde Holland Hunter was born on 19 Mar 1889 in WilliamsonCounty, Illinois. He appeared on the census on 7 Apr 1930 in Quincy,Adams County, Illinois. (1604) He died on 8 Feb 1989 in Quincy, AdamsCounty, Illinois.
CLYDE HOLLAND HUNTER
My father had a warm friendship with many people, and particularlywith the descendants of Jacob Hunter and the many other relatives hehad in and about Williamson County. He carried on a longcorrespondence with Lettie and Lawrence Hunter, without whose tirelesswork this Scrapbook could not exist. The entire family owes them bothan enormous debt.
We should also acknowledge a huge debt to Dr. Richard H. Hunter andLawrence Hunter for resurrecting the Jacob Hunter Cemetery, which hadfallen into disgraceful ruin, on the verge of oblivion. We can onlyhope that this important historical landmark will now receive theattention and support that it deserves.
We have included my father's obituaries from the Chicago Tribune andthe Quincy paper. They give much of the factual information. What theycannot impart is the intense enthusiasm and love he had for so manythings, such as (but not necessarily in this order) his ancestors,Williamson County, Rotary, fishing, books, singing (a basso profundo,he sang in concert under the direction of Stokowski, and for manyyears with the Congregational Church Choir), gardening (a consistentprize winner at flower shows), the accounting profession, hisaccounting firm (Gray Hunter Stenn & Co.), his fraternity (Theta DeltaChi), the University of Illinois (he sang Hail to the Orange withgreat gusto on his 99th birthday), athletics (a member of the MarionHigh School team, the best high school football team in SouthernIllinois and once holder of the state record for the 440 yard dash -for which he was then known as "Rabbif') and, above all, his countlessfriends. He had only one avowed hatred -- crabgrass, with which hefought a continuing, and usually winning, battle.
My father had three children: James Gordon (b. 12-6-15), RobertShannon (b. 8-13-19) and John Richard (b. 10-16-27). They, theirdescendants, and some family friends are shown in the facing picture.He was living and in good mental health but not able to make the trip.His descendants are indicated by showing the name of their parent[shown in brackets, thus] who was a descendant following their names..
Robert S. Hunter, Quincy, Illinois December 31, 1991
FRONT ROW - Rebecca Paull [Margaret Belle Hunter Paull]; Mr. McLane[father of Louise McLane Hunter, John Richard Hunter [Clyde Hunter];Louise [Mrs. John R.] McLane Hunter.
SECOND ROW - Karen Jackman; Thomas Paull; Nell Catherine Hermann[Robert S. Hunter]; Dorothy L. Behrensmeyer (Mrs. Robert S.) Hunter;Janice Kay Hunter [William R. Hunter]; Shellie Ann Hunter Bebble[James G. Hunter Jr.]; Laureen; Kathleen Hayden [Mrs. John McLane]Hunter.
THIRD ROW - Kavin J. Hunter [James G. Hunter]; Margaret Belle HunterPaull [John R. Hunter]; Linda Louise Hunter (Mrs. Ronald R.) Hermann[Robert S. Hunter]; William R. Hunter [James G. Hunter]; James GordonHunter [Clyde H. Hunter]; James Gordon Hunter, Jr. [James G. Hunter];John McLane Hunter [John R. Hunter].
MEMORIAL
On Feb. 8, 1939 the Williamson County Historical Society lost a verygood friend who had, over the years, been a member of our society.Clyde Hunter who passed away at the age of 99, lived in Quincy,Illinois, but he was born in our county and never lost interest in hisroots here. Related not only to the Hunter family of Carterville andthe Peterson family of Johnston City, as well as a great many of ourearly citizens, Clyde told me once that he was born in a house whichsat just where our Williamson County Historical society Area Museumnow stands at 105 S Van Buren. St.. in Marion. He offered to give ourMuseum (and at my suggestion finally donated to John A. Logan College)four historically significant chairs which had been given as a weddingpresent from Mrs. John A Logan to her childhood friend Annie Cox whomarried a prominent Marion banker, Shannon Holland. The beautifullyhandcrafted chairs with deep wine colored velvet covering are nowdisplayed at John A. Logan along with other Logan memorabilia.
Always generous, Clyde donated a $500 Missouri Pacific R.R. couponbond from which our Society draws 4.5% interest yearly. He alsoinsisted on giving the writer a similar bond as a token of hisappreciation for some very small research for him. Interested ingenealogy, Clyde had done a great deal of work on his own family, andhad hoped to be able to find out something about an ancestor who mayhave been connected with the history of the Cherokee Indians beingtransferred to Oklahoma from the eastern part of the U.S., but Iregret to say I failed in being able to help him in that regard.
Clyde would have turned 100 on March 19th. He was born March 19, 1889,the son of Emma Cox Hunter and John Hunter. He had first gone toQuincy to attend Gem City Business College. He graduated from there,and after working as a bookkeeper for more than a year, attended theUniversity of Illinois and Northwestern University studying accountingand pre-law. He became a C.P.A. in 1915, and later worked for PriceWaterhouse where he, with two more employees Arthur Anderson and a mannamed Dulaney formed the forerunner of one of the nation's largestC.P.A. firms. He left that firm and later co-founded Gray, Hunter,Stenn with, P.H. Gray and Harry M. Stenn in Chicago, later expandingto Quincy and Marion. A West Frankfort office opened around 1982. "Hecame into the profession when it wasn't a profession,'' his son RobertHunter has said. In 1974 Mr. Hunter recalled setting up the first"double-entry systems'' in some of the downstate school systems inIllinois. Mr. Hunter was also active in a number of projects andorganizations in the Quincy area. His first wife, Florence E. Geib,the mother of his three sons died 1948. His second wife, ElizabethKuhlo survives.
Our Society has received a monetary donation from. Emily Stotlar inClyde's memory. Several years ago he suggested to the widow of one ofhis cousins, Mrs. Bert Peterson of Johnston City, that she, in herwill donate to the Society museum a table which had been constructedby an early citizen of our county and an ancestor of his. That earlyfurniture-maker was Manuel Hunter of Williamson County who, during thecholera epidemic of the 19th century, is said to have made caskets fora number of the victims, and died of cholera himself in that epidemic.The table, a gift of the estate of Hattie Peterson, may be seen in theMuseum's parlor.
by Pearl Roberts
The Quincy Herald-Whig, Thursday, February 9, 1989
Quincy accounting pioneer Clyde Hunter dies
By Edward Husar
Herald-Whig Staff Writer
Clyde H. Hunter, 99, a Quincy accounting pioneer who helped establishmany local businesses and was an adviser and confidant to numerousindustrial and community leaders, died at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday (Feb.8, 1989) in his home at 2308 Aldo Boulevard.
Mr. Hunter, who was in falling health, would have turned 100 on March19.
A certified public accountant since 1915, he was the oldest livingmember of the 23,000-member. Illinois CPA Society.
Mr. Hunter cofounded the Gray Hunter Stenn accounting firm in 1917 andspent his career helping industries, businesses, schools andindividuals balance their books. He is credited with playing anInfluential role in Quincy's industrial and civic growth in the earlypart this century.
Mr. Hunter retired in 1967 at age 78, turning over the reins of theaccounting firm to Troy Mallory, who continues to run the Quincyoffice. Gray Hunter Stenn also has offices In Chicago, Marion and WestFrankfort.
Mr. Hunter was born in Marion on March 19, 1889, the son of John andEmma Cox Hunter. He first came to Quincy in 1906 to attend Gem CityBusiness College, where he also played football, performed in trackand field, and sang bass with the college's quartet.
After graduating In 1907, he worked as a bookkeeper for 1 1/2 yearsfor the C. S. Nichols Co. of Quincy, later known as NollHauworth. Hethen attended the University of Illinois and Northwestern University,studying accounting and pre-law.
After becoming a CPA in 1915, Mr. Hunter worked for Booth FisheriesCo. and with several accounting firms, including the famed PriceWaterhouse Co. in Chicago. After a time, he and two other PriceWaterhouse employees a young man named Arthur Anderson and anothernamed Dulaney - formed Anderson-Dulaney & Co., forerunner of one ofthe nation's largest CPA firms.
"He was the '& Co.,' " said Quincy attorney Robert S. Hunter, one ofMr. Hunter's three sons.
Hunter said a review of his father's notes show he wasn't happyworking with Anderson, who taught an accounting class at night andwould sometimes come to work in the morning tired and grouchy. "And Iwas his whipping boy," Mr. Hunter wrote.
He left the firm and co-founded his own with P.H. Gray and Harry M.Stenn Gray Hunter Stenn originally opened in Chicago before expandingto Quincy and Marion. The West Frankfort office opened around 1982,according to Mallory.
Mr. Hunter launched the Quincy office after coming here on anaccounting assignment in 1918 and discovering a great demand for CPAs."He came into the profession when it wasn't a profession," RobertHunter said.
"I don't think there's any question he was the first CPA in Quincy,"added Mallory.
Mr. Hunter's accounting skills were in great demand, and many localbusinesses, including some of the community's most prominent names,sought his services, such as Excelsior Stove, Moorman Manufacturing,Quincy Paper Box, Dick Brothers Brewery, Knapheide Manufacturing andComstock Castle Stove.
Mr. Hunter played a role in some of the largest business mergersinvolving local companies, including the merger of Gardner GovernorCo. with Denver Rock Drill Co., forming Gardner-Denver; Gates Radiowith Harris-Intertype, forming what has become Harris Corp. division;and Huck Manufacturing with the S.S. Kresge Co., forerunner of K mart.
Mr. Hunter brought modern accounting practices to this area. In a 1974interview, he recalled setting up the first "double-entry systems" insome downstate Illinois school districts. CPAs were a rare commodityin the early 1900s, and Hunter provided a much-needed service. Inaddition to his business involvements, he served on the commissionsthat built the Quincy Municipal Airport, Memorial Bridge across theMississippi River and the city's sewage disposal plant.
He also served on the St. Mary Hospital board, was a former vicepresident of the Central Illinois Hospital Association and was adirector of the Woodland Home for orphans and the Anna Brown Home forthe elderly.
Mallory said Mr. Hunter provided considerable behind-the-scenes helpto struggling -businesses, assisting them not only with his financialknowledge and skills but also, from time to time, by loaning orinvesting his own money.
Mallory recalls Mr. Hunter helping one area village prepare to sellbonds to establish a natural gas distribution system. "He bought themall," Mallory said.
Mr. Hunter - an avid fisherman, gardener, singer, genealogist and bookcollector - was a member of First Union Congregational Church, theSons of the American Revolution, Theta Delta Chi fraternity, theQuincy Area Chamber of Commerce and, since 1928, the Rotary Club,which bestowed on Mr. Hunter its highest award, the Paul HarrisFellow, in 1985.
Mr. Hunter married Florence E. Geib on May 9, 1914, and they had threesons. She died July 14, 1948. Mr. Hunter, married Elizabeth Kuhlo onSept. 3, 1949.
Survivors include his wife; sons Robert S. Hunter and James G. Hunter,both of Quincy, and John R. Hunter of Whitewater, Wis.; sixgrandchildren, James G. Hunter of Palo Alto, Calif., William R. Hunterof, Garland, Texas, Christopher B. Hunter of Alton, Linda Hermann ofChampaign, John Hunter of Milwaukee, Wis., and Margaret Paull ofMadison, Wis.; and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hansen-Spear FuneralHome by the Rev. James T. Liebnow and the Rev. William Foose. Burialwill be in Greenmount Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturday morning untilthe time of services.
The family requests no flowers and suggests memorials to the FirstUnion Congregational Church or the Salvation Army of Quincy.
Chicago Tribune, Friday, February 10, 1989
Obituaries
Clyde Hunter, 99, retired accountant
By Kenan Heise
Clyde Hunter, 99, a founding member of the accounting firm of Gray,Hunter, Stenn, was the oldest accountant in the 23,000-member IllinoisSociety of Certified Public Accountants. He helped establish theChicago based Arthur Anderson & co., one of the largest accounting andconsulting organizations in the world.
Services for Hunter, a resident since 1918 of Quincy, will be held at11 a.m. Saturday in Quincy. He died Wednesday in his home.
"He worked in the profession before it was a profession," said hisson, Circuit Court Judge Robert S. Hunter. "He was an extremelyconscientious man who played a major role in the business and industryof the entire community.
Mr. Hunter, a native of Marion, was born March 19, 1889. He attendedGem City Business College in Quincy, the University of Illinois andNorthwestern University.
In Chicago, he went to work for Price Waterhouse and worked withArthur Anderson and Clarence Delaney. He left in 1913 to help foundAnderson, Delaney & Co., later known as Arthur Andersen & Co.
"He was the '& Company,'", his son said.
Mr. Hunter left the firm to start his own with P. H. Gray and Harry M.Stenn. Their company eventually expanded to Quincy, Marion and WestFrankfort.
On a visit to Quincy, he had learned there was a great demand foraccountants in the area and moved there. He. served as an accountantand consultant for many of the largest businesses and projects in thearea. He was on the commission that constructed the Quincy MemorialBridge across the Mississippi River.
He retired in 1967 at the age of 78.
Survivors, besides his son, include his wife Elizabeth; two othersons, James and John; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was married to Florence Elsie Geib (daughter of John Geib and Mary)on 9 May 1914 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Florence Elsie Geibwas born on 23 Mar 1889 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She died on14 Jul 1948 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. (1605) Clyde HollandHunter and Florence Elsie Geib had the following children:
+2146 i. James Gordon Hunter.
+2147 ii. Robert Shannon Hunter.
+2148 iii. John Richard Hunter.
He was married to Elizabeth Kuhlo (daughter of Ernst H. Kuhlo andKatherine Marsh) on 3 Sep 1949. Elizabeth Kuhlo was born on 14 Mar1902 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. She died on 26 Apr 1999.
From the Jacob Hunter Turst Newsletter, Volume 9, No. 1, January 2000:
Elizabeth Kuhlo Hunter
Elizabeth K. Hunter, second wife of Clyde H. Hunter of Quincy, diedApril 26, 1999. She was 97. Mrs. Hunter has been the Trust's mostardent financial supporter. She provided generous gifts each year tothe Trust along with encouraging letters expressing how much Clydewould have appreciated our work. Clyde H. Hunter devoted much of hislife to researching Hunter family history. Elizabeth often remarkedthat the Jacob Hunter Trust was carrying forward the work of herhusband. Elizabeth was born on March 14, 1902 in Quincy, a daughter ofErnst H. and Katherine Marsh Kuhlo. She married Clyde H. HunterSeptember 3, 1949. He died February 8, 1989.
Elizabeth taught in the Quincy Public Schools for many years andestablished libraries in several Quincy-area schools. She lectured inCentral and Southern Illinois on elementary school library proceduresand books for children.
She will be missed.
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SEVENTH GENERATION
1502. Clyde Holland Hunter was born on 19 Mar 1889 in WilliamsonCounty, Illinois. He appeared on the census on 7 Apr 1930 in Quincy,Adams County, Illinois. (1604) He died on 8 Feb 1989 in Quincy, AdamsCounty, Illinois.
CLYDE HOLLAND HUNTER
My father had a warm friendship with many people, and particularlywith the descendants of Jacob Hunter and the many other relatives hehad in and about Williamson County. He carried on a longcorrespondence with Lettie and Lawrence Hunter, without whose tirelesswork this Scrapbook could not exist. The entire family owes them bothan enormous debt.
We should also acknowledge a huge debt to Dr. Richard H. Hunter andLawrence Hunter for resurrecting the Jacob Hunter Cemetery, which hadfallen into disgraceful ruin, on the verge of oblivion. We can onlyhope that this important historical landmark will now receive theattention and support that it deserves.
We have included my father's obituaries from the Chicago Tribune andthe Quincy paper. They give much of the factual information. What theycannot impart is the intense enthusiasm and love he had for so manythings, such as (but not necessarily in this order) his ancestors,Williamson County, Rotary, fishing, books, singing (a basso profundo,he sang in concert under the direction of Stokowski, and for manyyears with the Congregational Church Choir), gardening (a consistentprize winner at flower shows), the accounting profession, hisaccounting firm (Gray Hunter Stenn & Co.), his fraternity (Theta DeltaChi), the University of Illinois (he sang Hail to the Orange withgreat gusto on his 99th birthday), athletics (a member of the MarionHigh School team, the best high school football team in SouthernIllinois and once holder of the state record for the 440 yard dash -for which he was then known as "Rabbif') and, above all, his countlessfriends. He had only one avowed hatred -- crabgrass, with which hefought a continuing, and usually winning, battle.
My father had three children: James Gordon (b. 12-6-15), RobertShannon (b. 8-13-19) and John Richard (b. 10-16-27). They, theirdescendants, and some family friends are shown in the facing picture.He was living and in good mental health but not able to make the trip.His descendants are indicated by showing the name of their parent[shown in brackets, thus] who was a descendant following their names..
Robert S. Hunter, Quincy, Illinois December 31, 1991
FRONT ROW - Rebecca Paull [Margaret Belle Hunter Paull]; Mr. McLane[father of Louise McLane Hunter, John Richard Hunter [Clyde Hunter];Louise [Mrs. John R.] McLane Hunter.
SECOND ROW - Karen Jackman; Thomas Paull; Nell Catherine Hermann[Robert S. Hunter]; Dorothy L. Behrensmeyer (Mrs. Robert S.) Hunter;Janice Kay Hunter [William R. Hunter]; Shellie Ann Hunter Bebble[James G. Hunter Jr.]; Laureen; Kathleen Hayden [Mrs. John McLane]Hunter.
THIRD ROW - Kavin J. Hunter [James G. Hunter]; Margaret Belle HunterPaull [John R. Hunter]; Linda Louise Hunter (Mrs. Ronald R.) Hermann[Robert S. Hunter]; William R. Hunter [James G. Hunter]; James GordonHunter [Clyde H. Hunter]; James Gordon Hunter, Jr. [James G. Hunter];John McLane Hunter [John R. Hunter].
MEMORIAL
On Feb. 8, 1939 the Williamson County Historical Society lost a verygood friend who had, over the years, been a member of our society.Clyde Hunter who passed away at the age of 99, lived in Quincy,Illinois, but he was born in our county and never lost interest in hisroots here. Related not only to the Hunter family of Carterville andthe Peterson family of Johnston City, as well as a great many of ourearly citizens, Clyde told me once that he was born in a house whichsat just where our Williamson County Historical society Area Museumnow stands at 105 S Van Buren. St.. in Marion. He offered to give ourMuseum (and at my suggestion finally donated to John A. Logan College)four historically significant chairs which had been given as a weddingpresent from Mrs. John A Logan to her childhood friend Annie Cox whomarried a prominent Marion banker, Shannon Holland. The beautifullyhandcrafted chairs with deep wine colored velvet covering are nowdisplayed at John A. Logan along with other Logan memorabilia.
Always generous, Clyde donated a $500 Missouri Pacific R.R. couponbond from which our Society draws 4.5% interest yearly. He alsoinsisted on giving the writer a similar bond as a token of hisappreciation for some very small research for him. Interested ingenealogy, Clyde had done a great deal of work on his own family, andhad hoped to be able to find out something about an ancestor who mayhave been connected with the history of the Cherokee Indians beingtransferred to Oklahoma from the eastern part of the U.S., but Iregret to say I failed in being able to help him in that regard.
Clyde would have turned 100 on March 19th. He was born March 19, 1889,the son of Emma Cox Hunter and John Hunter. He had first gone toQuincy to attend Gem City Business College. He graduated from there,and after working as a bookkeeper for more than a year, attended theUniversity of Illinois and Northwestern University studying accountingand pre-law. He became a C.P.A. in 1915, and later worked for PriceWaterhouse where he, with two more employees Arthur Anderson and a mannamed Dulaney formed the forerunner of one of the nation's largestC.P.A. firms. He left that firm and later co-founded Gray, Hunter,Stenn with, P.H. Gray and Harry M. Stenn in Chicago, later expandingto Quincy and Marion. A West Frankfort office opened around 1982. "Hecame into the profession when it wasn't a profession,'' his son RobertHunter has said. In 1974 Mr. Hunter recalled setting up the first"double-entry systems'' in some of the downstate school systems inIllinois. Mr. Hunter was also active in a number of projects andorganizations in the Quincy area. His first wife, Florence E. Geib,the mother of his three sons died 1948. His second wife, ElizabethKuhlo survives.
Our Society has received a monetary donation from. Emily Stotlar inClyde's memory. Several years ago he suggested to the widow of one ofhis cousins, Mrs. Bert Peterson of Johnston City, that she, in herwill donate to the Society museum a table which had been constructedby an early citizen of our county and an ancestor of his. That earlyfurniture-maker was Manuel Hunter of Williamson County who, during thecholera epidemic of the 19th century, is said to have made caskets fora number of the victims, and died of cholera himself in that epidemic.The table, a gift of the estate of Hattie Peterson, may be seen in theMuseum's parlor.
by Pearl Roberts
The Quincy Herald-Whig, Thursday, February 9, 1989
Quincy accounting pioneer Clyde Hunter dies
By Edward Husar
Herald-Whig Staff Writer
Clyde H. Hunter, 99, a Quincy accounting pioneer who helped establishmany local businesses and was an adviser and confidant to numerousindustrial and community leaders, died at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday (Feb.8, 1989) in his home at 2308 Aldo Boulevard.
Mr. Hunter, who was in falling health, would have turned 100 on March19.
A certified public accountant since 1915, he was the oldest livingmember of the 23,000-member. Illinois CPA Society.
Mr. Hunter cofounded the Gray Hunter Stenn accounting firm in 1917 andspent his career helping industries, businesses, schools andindividuals balance their books. He is credited with playing anInfluential role in Quincy's industrial and civic growth in the earlypart this century.
Mr. Hunter retired in 1967 at age 78, turning over the reins of theaccounting firm to Troy Mallory, who continues to run the Quincyoffice. Gray Hunter Stenn also has offices In Chicago, Marion and WestFrankfort.
Mr. Hunter was born in Marion on March 19, 1889, the son of John andEmma Cox Hunter. He first came to Quincy in 1906 to attend Gem CityBusiness College, where he also played football, performed in trackand field, and sang bass with the college's quartet.
After graduating In 1907, he worked as a bookkeeper for 1 1/2 yearsfor the C. S. Nichols Co. of Quincy, later known as NollHauworth. Hethen attended the University of Illinois and Northwestern University,studying accounting and pre-law.
After becoming a CPA in 1915, Mr. Hunter worked for Booth FisheriesCo. and with several accounting firms, including the famed PriceWaterhouse Co. in Chicago. After a time, he and two other PriceWaterhouse employees a young man named Arthur Anderson and anothernamed Dulaney - formed Anderson-Dulaney & Co., forerunner of one ofthe nation's largest CPA firms.
"He was the '& Co.,' " said Quincy attorney Robert S. Hunter, one ofMr. Hunter's three sons.
Hunter said a review of his father's notes show he wasn't happyworking with Anderson, who taught an accounting class at night andwould sometimes come to work in the morning tired and grouchy. "And Iwas his whipping boy," Mr. Hunter wrote.
He left the firm and co-founded his own with P.H. Gray and Harry M.Stenn Gray Hunter Stenn originally opened in Chicago before expandingto Quincy and Marion. The West Frankfort office opened around 1982,according to Mallory.
Mr. Hunter launched the Quincy office after coming here on anaccounting assignment in 1918 and discovering a great demand for CPAs."He came into the profession when it wasn't a profession," RobertHunter said.
"I don't think there's any question he was the first CPA in Quincy,"added Mallory.
Mr. Hunter's accounting skills were in great demand, and many localbusinesses, including some of the community's most prominent names,sought his services, such as Excelsior Stove, Moorman Manufacturing,Quincy Paper Box, Dick Brothers Brewery, Knapheide Manufacturing andComstock Castle Stove.
Mr. Hunter played a role in some of the largest business mergersinvolving local companies, including the merger of Gardner GovernorCo. with Denver Rock Drill Co., forming Gardner-Denver; Gates Radiowith Harris-Intertype, forming what has become Harris Corp. division;and Huck Manufacturing with the S.S. Kresge Co., forerunner of K mart.
Mr. Hunter brought modern accounting practices to this area. In a 1974interview, he recalled setting up the first "double-entry systems" insome downstate Illinois school districts. CPAs were a rare commodityin the early 1900s, and Hunter provided a much-needed service. Inaddition to his business involvements, he served on the commissionsthat built the Quincy Municipal Airport, Memorial Bridge across theMississippi River and the city's sewage disposal plant.
He also served on the St. Mary Hospital board, was a former vicepresident of the Central Illinois Hospital Association and was adirector of the Woodland Home for orphans and the Anna Brown Home forthe elderly.
Mallory said Mr. Hunter provided considerable behind-the-scenes helpto struggling -businesses, assisting them not only with his financialknowledge and skills but also, from time to time, by loaning orinvesting his own money.
Mallory recalls Mr. Hunter helping one area village prepare to sellbonds to establish a natural gas distribution system. "He bought themall," Mallory said.
Mr. Hunter - an avid fisherman, gardener, singer, genealogist and bookcollector - was a member of First Union Congregational Church, theSons of the American Revolution, Theta Delta Chi fraternity, theQuincy Area Chamber of Commerce and, since 1928, the Rotary Club,which bestowed on Mr. Hunter its highest award, the Paul HarrisFellow, in 1985.
Mr. Hunter married Florence E. Geib on May 9, 1914, and they had threesons. She died July 14, 1948. Mr. Hunter, married Elizabeth Kuhlo onSept. 3, 1949.
Survivors include his wife; sons Robert S. Hunter and James G. Hunter,both of Quincy, and John R. Hunter of Whitewater, Wis.; sixgrandchildren, James G. Hunter of Palo Alto, Calif., William R. Hunterof, Garland, Texas, Christopher B. Hunter of Alton, Linda Hermann ofChampaign, John Hunter of Milwaukee, Wis., and Margaret Paull ofMadison, Wis.; and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hansen-Spear FuneralHome by the Rev. James T. Liebnow and the Rev. William Foose. Burialwill be in Greenmount Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturday morning untilthe time of services.
The family requests no flowers and suggests memorials to the FirstUnion Congregational Church or the Salvation Army of Quincy.
Chicago Tribune, Friday, February 10, 1989
Obituaries
Clyde Hunter, 99, retired accountant
By Kenan Heise
Clyde Hunter, 99, a founding member of the accounting firm of Gray,Hunter, Stenn, was the oldest accountant in the 23,000-member IllinoisSociety of Certified Public Accountants. He helped establish theChicago based Arthur Anderson & co., one of the largest accounting andconsulting organizations in the world.
Services for Hunter, a resident since 1918 of Quincy, will be held at11 a.m. Saturday in Quincy. He died Wednesday in his home.
"He worked in the profession before it was a profession," said hisson, Circuit Court Judge Robert S. Hunter. "He was an extremelyconscientious man who played a major role in the business and industryof the entire community.
Mr. Hunter, a native of Marion, was born March 19, 1889. He attendedGem City Business College in Quincy, the University of Illinois andNorthwestern University.
In Chicago, he went to work for Price Waterhouse and worked withArthur Anderson and Clarence Delaney. He left in 1913 to help foundAnderson, Delaney & Co., later known as Arthur Andersen & Co.
"He was the '& Company,'", his son said.
Mr. Hunter left the firm to start his own with P. H. Gray and Harry M.Stenn. Their company eventually expanded to Quincy, Marion and WestFrankfort.
On a visit to Quincy, he had learned there was a great demand foraccountants in the area and moved there. He. served as an accountantand consultant for many of the largest businesses and projects in thearea. He was on the commission that constructed the Quincy MemorialBridge across the Mississippi River.
He retired in 1967 at the age of 78.
Survivors, besides his son, include his wife Elizabeth; two othersons, James and John; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was married to Florence Elsie Geib (daughter of John Geib and Mary)on 9 May 1914 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Florence Elsie Geibwas born on 23 Mar 1889 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She died on14 Jul 1948 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. (1605) Clyde HollandHunter and Florence Elsie Geib had the following children:
+2146 i. James Gordon Hunter.
+2147 ii. Robert Shannon Hunter.
+2148 iii. John Richard Hunter.
He was married to Elizabeth Kuhlo (daughter of Ernst H. Kuhlo andKatherine Marsh) on 3 Sep 1949. Elizabeth Kuhlo was born on 14 Mar1902 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. She died on 26 Apr 1999.
From the Jacob Hunter Turst Newsletter, Volume 9, No. 1, January 2000:
Elizabeth Kuhlo Hunter
Elizabeth K. Hunter, second wife of Clyde H. Hunter of Quincy, diedApril 26, 1999. She was 97. Mrs. Hunter has been the Trust's mostardent financial supporter. She provided generous gifts each year tothe Trust along with encouraging letters expressing how much Clydewould have appreciated our work. Clyde H. Hunter devoted much of hislife to researching Hunter family history. Elizabeth often remarkedthat the Jacob Hunter Trust was carrying forward the work of herhusband. Elizabeth was born on March 14, 1902 in Quincy, a daughter ofErnst H. and Katherine Marsh Kuhlo. She married Clyde H. HunterSeptember 3, 1949. He died February 8, 1989.
Elizabeth taught in the Quincy Public Schools for many years andestablished libraries in several Quincy-area schools. She lectured inCentral and Southern Illinois on elementary school library proceduresand books for children.
She will be missed.
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Events
| Birth | 19 Mar 1889 | Williamson Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | Carterville, Williamson Co., IL, ED 109 Sh 2B; Clyde Hunter, son, born Mar 1889, 11, born IL both parents born IL. | |||
| Census | 15 Apr 1910 | Carterville, Williamson Co., IL, ED 153 Sh 19B; Clyde Hunter, son, single, 21 (1888-89), born IL both parents born IL, no occupation listed. Lives wtih parents. | |||
| Marriage | 9 May 1914 | Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois - Florence Elsie GEIB | |||
| Military | 5 Jun 1917 | World War I Draft Registration card: Clyde Holland Hunter, born March | |||
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 | Quincy, Adams Co., IL, ED 58 Sh 6B; Clyde H. Hunter, head, 41 (1888-89), 25 at first marriage, born IL both parents born IL, certified public accountant-own office, owns home of $18, 000. | |||
| Marriage | 3 Sep 1949 | Elizabeth KUHLO | |||
| Death | 8 Feb 1989 | Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois | | ||
| Reference No | 6490 |
Families
| Spouse | Florence Elsie GEIB (1889 - 1948) |
| Child | James Gordon HUNTER (1915 - 2003) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | John Richard HUNTER (1927 - 2005) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth KUHLO (1902 - 1999) |
| Father | John Jacob HUNTER (1859 - 1938) |
| Mother | Emma COX (1863 - 1948) |
Endnotes
1. Social Security Death Index.
2. Social Security Death Index.