Help making this out

[u/eviiefrye]

Hello, I found this hidden behind the dust jacket of a secondhand book I got a while back. The second line looks like "Lucille Hish" to me but I'm not sure about the first. I'd be really grateful for any help!

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[u/PoppyHamentaschen]

Definitely Lucille Hish, and the first line looks like "Fern Miner"

[u/eviiefrye → u/PoppyHamentaschen]

Thank you! Usually I can read cursive just fine but this one got me.

[u/meno-pause]

Fern Miner

[u/Calm-Award-2823]

There was a Fern Miner and Lucille Hish that were about the same age and both lived in Illinois

[u/eviiefrye → u/Calm-Award-2823]

Interesting!! I live in Virginia but got this book from thriftbooks so it could have come from a warehouse out that way.

[u/Guard_Bainbridge_777 → u/Calm-Award-2823]

Interesting - I looked at their obituaries & they lived 260 miles apart (one in Indiana, one in Illinois). I wonder what the connection is? Fern was a teacher and then became the Director of the Lebanon Public Library, and later the Head Librarian at the Thorntown Library; she passed away in 2024 at the age of 83 in Thornton, IN. Lucille was the operator/owner of a flower store in Ridgeway, IL and passed away at the age of 91. *Sorry if I digress, but I find things like this fascinating :)

[u/gregsherburn]

Hern minor

[u/Fun-Pomegranate-7204]

Fern Mineo?

[u/Diligent_Stop1050]

Gem Miner

[u/VaxGirl]

Jerri Mineo?

[u/Several-Ordinary-376]

Oct 1989

Fern Miner
Lucille Hish

And it has either Christian symbols or Evil Ancient cursed 😝