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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1968
Page
15
Alec Rose, aged 59, returns to Portsmouth after 354 days at sea aboard the 36-foot ketch Lively Lady. A crowd of about 250000 greets him as he resumes his vegetable shop work and dismisses the voyage as a personal, selfish feat.
Margaret Arlene Feltmeyer 56 of Du Quoin dies after illness at Marshall Browning Hospital born July 23 1911 in Perry County. She leaves husband Ezra a son Billy D. a daughter Sharon Jennings seven grandchildren and siblings. Obie M. St John 62 of Collinsville dies at St Marys Hospital East St Louis born December 1 1905 in Williamson County. He was a steeplejack and Iron Workers Union member survived by a former wife a son two sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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