Deaths tolls mark small town losses in Illinois notices
Verna T. Spensler 76 of N John St Jonesboro died Saturday after long illness at Union City Hospital Anna retired psychiatric aid at Anna State Hospital born Anna Sept 19 1895 daughter of Allen and Emily Townsend survived by son Elmer Bud Anna daughter Betty Lehdigh Worth half sister Mary Mathews Miami Fla five grandchildren two great grandchildren funeral Monday 1 30 p m McCarty Funeral Home Anna burial Anna Cemetery Rev Richard Teaford officiating visitation after 6 p m today Lillian Rex 79 of 807 Dogwood Lane Marion died Friday at Marion Memorial Hospital born Pope County April 3 1893 daughter of Samuel W Neeley and Henrietta McGhee Neeley married Edward Rex Wheaton 1921 he died 1970 retired school teacher member Williamson County Home Bureau and First Methodist Church Marion survived by daughter Evelyn Rex Normal brother Samuel Neeley Fort Lauderdale Fla preceded in death by one son Edward funeral today 2 p m Mitchell Funeral Home Marion burial Maplewood Marion visitation any time today George W Van Notta Funeral Home Herrin with arrangements complete for Lara Kirk 517 S 18th Herrin who died Saturday morning
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Mrs. Rex
Pope County
Samuel W
Henrietta McGhee Neeley
Edward Rex
Wheaton
Williamson County Home Bureau
First Methodist Church
Marion
Evelyn Rex
Normal
Samuel Neeley
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Edward
Mitchell Funeral Home
Max Martin
Maplewood Cemetery
George W. van Notta
Herrin
Lara Kirk
S. 18Th
Marissa Man Hurt In Weekend Road Accidents
A Marissa man, Donald Hunt, 36, suffered major injuries Saturday after his car left Rt. 460 near Nashville and hit a sign post. In a separate Friday incident on Rt. 3 near Evansville, five people were injured in a three car crash involving Raymond Bauer 33 Cynthia Riggins 18 Gerald Presley 51 and others. Bauer and Presley were uninjured, Riggins and Janet Bauer received minor injuries, with Marion Gray 43 East St. Louis and Edward Roever 48 Granite City also reporting minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
District 13
Donald Hunt
Washington County Hospital
Hunt
Rt. 460
Rt. 3
Evansville
Raymond L. Bauer
Waterloo
Cynthia L. Riggins
Cahokia
Edward E. Roever
Granite City
Roever
Doris
Gray
Frankie Harris
East St. Louis
Obituary of H E Farley Metropolis resident dies at 81
H E Farley 81 of 108 E 8th St Metropolis died at 7 a m Saturday in Massac Memorial Hospital after a month long illness He was a World War I veteran and American Legion member He married Julia Mathis in Paris Tenn 1917 Survived by son James two daughters Maudelin Logeman Luna Temple a brother Marvin sister Etta Rudd and nine grandchildren Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Akin Funeral Home in Metropolis
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H.E. Farley
8Th St
Metropolis
Massac Memorial Hospital
Marshall County
Lucy Ann Johnson
Thomas Edward Farley
American Legion
Farley
Vienna
Julia Mathis
Paris
Tenn
James
Maudelin Logeman
Luna Temple
Groton, Conn
Marvin
Paducha
Etta Rudd
Benton, Ky
Akin Funeral Home
Weather and Historical Convention Facts
Area forecast notes a Friday high of 86 and overnight 64 with 9 am Saturday reading 79 and 54 percent precipitation from Friday to Saturday. Sunset 8 00 pm Sunrise 6 10 am Monday. Two presidents Van Buren and Harrison were nominated at church conventions in Baltimore Maryland. Amedee Mannheim invented an early slide rule in 1859 per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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U.S
Martin van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Baltimore
Amedee Mannheim
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Teachers to Attend Herrin Workshop On Consumer Education
At least 50 Southern Illinois teachers are expected for a two day consumer and home making education workshop August 21 22 at Herrin High School. Sponsored by Western Illinois University and the state Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation the event aims to introduce revised curriculum materials and new teaching ideas. Bettye Swanson WIU home economics instructor directs the program with Betty Smith Herrin coordinator of vocational and technical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Herrin High School
Western Illinois University
WIU
The
State Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation
Bettye Swanson
Betty Smith
Herrin
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Verna T. Sponsler
Verna T. Spensler
N. John St
Jonesboro
Anna
Union City Hospital
Anna State Hospital
She Was
Allen and
Emily Ann Sanford Townsend
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church Guild
Elmer
Bud
Betty Lehdigh
Worth
Mary T. Mathews
Miami, Fla
McCarty
Richard Teaford
Anna Cemetery
Friends Day
Fueral
Lillian Rex
Dogwood Lane
Marion Memorial Hospital
Lura Kirk
Marissa Man
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Con
Louisiana
Texas
Nation
Midwest
Lee
Levis
SOHNS
Carbondale
W.frankfort
W. Frankfort
Spirit OF Adventure
South Illinois
Joanne Wood
Joanne
N. Illinois
E. Union
Murphysboro
Walnud
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