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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1966

Page

8

Riley Rites Today Private Funeral for Percy Resident

Private funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Walker Funeral Home in Percy for Mary Ella Riley 85 of Percy who died Thursday Rev. D R Cummins will officiate Burial will be in Cutler Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home until 1 30 p m today She was born October 1 1880 in West End daughter of Wesley and Jane Burlison She married December 15 1895 to John B Riley who preceded her in death She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Cutler She leaves a son John Riley of Steeleville and daughters Mrs Dake Fletcher and Mrs Helen Rosan both of Percy Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death

Percy Walker Funeral Home Mary Ella Riley D. R. Cummins Cutler Cemetery She West End Wesley Jane Donley Burlison John B. Riley Riley United Presbyterian Church Cutler John Riley Steeleville Dake Fletcher Helen Rosan

Louisa Clifton 74 West Frankfort Dies at Union Hospital

Louisa Clifton 74 of 510 West 8th Street West Frankfort died early Saturday at Union Hospital West Frankfort after 40 years in the city. She belonged to Monroe Street Church of God. Survived by son Francis Taylor of Peoria daughters Venita Wynn Anna and Mabel Wynn siblings Aden Williams Joe Williams Peggy Miller and Orie Threewitt also 24 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Monday Union Funeral Home West Frankfort burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Thompsonville. Friends may call after 7 pm Sunday.

Louisa Clifton 8Th St West Frankfort Union Hospital Monroe Street Church of God Francis Taylor Peoria Venita Wynn Anna Mabel Wynn Aden Williams Her_vin Joe Williams Kankakee Peggy Miller Orie Threewitt Union Funeral Home Pleasant Hill Cemetery Thompsonville

Murphysboro War Hero Thomas Grider Laid to Rest

Funeral services were held for Thomas E. Grider 69 of 931 N 11th St in Murphysboro. Burial followed at Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery. Grider earned the Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star and Purple Heart for World War I service in France and was a POW. He served in World War II from 1942 to 1945 and belonged to VFW Post 7190 and the World War I Barracks.

Murphysboro Thomas E. Grider N. 11Th St Crawshaw Mortuary Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery Grider France Veterans of Foreign Wars

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