Obituaries

Bauer, Novella L
Block, Conradina
Block, Helen M
Block, Henry
Block, Louis H
Bouchet, Marie L
Bunch, A J
Chapman, Clarence C
Cuhl, Peter

Novella Bauer

Mrs. Novella L. Bauer, 88 of Cairo died Tuesday morning at Southern Medical Center. She was a sales clerk for the P N Hirsch Co and most recently for Khourie Bros. Department Store in Cairo until her retirement. She is a member of the Tigert Memorial United Methodist Church and was preceded in death by her husband Carl Bauer in 1947.

Mrs. Bauer is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Maize Crosier of Rt. 1, Cairo; Mrs. Fleecy Yates of Miller City: sons, Earl Bauer and H.E. Bauer (Jack) both of Cairo and Carl Bauer of Ft. Wayne, Ind: ten grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren and other relatives.

Friends may call at the Barkett Funeral Home after 5pm today. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 pm Thursday at the Barkett Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Patterson officiating. Interment will follow in the McCrite Cementery at Diswood.

At the request of the family, expressions of sympathy may take for form of contributions to the Tigert Memorial United Methodist Church Building Fund in the memory of Mrs. Bauer. The Barkett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Block, Conradina

The Cairo Citizen
Thursday, 21 Apr 1898

Mrs. Carolina[*] Block, wife of Henry Block, died at her home, No. 312 Eighth Street, last Thursday, after but a short illness. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran Church, of which the deceased was a member, Saturday afternoon conducted by the pastor, Rev. Hursh, and the remains were taken to Villa Ridge for interment. Mrs. Block was a native of Germany, where she was born about fifty years ago. She leaves a husband and six children.

Block, Helen M

The Evening Citizen
Tuesday, March 20, 1973

Mrs. Helen Mae Block

Mrs. Helen Mae Block, 83, a resident of St. Anthony’s Hall, formerly a resident of 3303 Washington Avenue, died Monday at 10:20 P.M. at St. Anthony’s Hall. She was born at Rantoul, Illinois but had spent most of her life in Cairo. She was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. John Thomas Jones of Cairo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis H. Block, June 23, 1961. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Cairo. She is survived by a brother, William L. Jones of Jackson, TN, a niece Mrs. Edward Murray of South Bend, IN, a nephew William Lawrence Jones. Funeral Services will be at 9:00 A.M., Wednesday in the downstairs chapel of St. Patrick’s Church. Rev. Kasper Deis will officiate. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge. The Holy Rosary will be recited by Johnson and Lambert Funeral home at 7:30 P.M. tonight. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5:00 P.M. today.

Block, Henry

Henry Block succumbed to Pneumonia at his house in this city yesterday afternoon.

The death of Mr. Henry Block, which occurred yesterday afternoon at 3:50 o'clock at his home on Eighth Street, takes from Cairo one of its best and most highly esteemed German citizens. The decedent was 65 years of age.

Mr. Block was stricken with paralysis about four months ago from which he had partially recovered. A few days ago he was taken ill with pneumonia in which in his weakened state he was unable to combat.

The decedent for may years conducted a shoe store on Commercial Avenue but for several years past had been in the shoe repairing business on Washington Ave.

He is survived by five children. Mrs. Carl Mansperger of Gig Harbor, Wash., Mrs. J. J. Lampert of Cincinnati, Misses Louisa and Alma Block and Louis Block of Cairo.

The Cairo Evening Citizen
Tuesday, 11 Jun 1907
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois

Funeral of Henry Block - The funeral of the late Henry Block was held at the family residence on Eighth Street yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Charles H. Armstrong, pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran Church officiating. The remains were taken to Villa Ridge cemetery for interment, followed by a large number of friends of the deceased. Mrs. Lampert, of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Mansberger, of Gig Harbor, Wash., daughters of the deceased, were unable to attend the funeral.

Block, Louis H

Louis H. Block, age 83, of 3303 Washington Avenue, died suddenly Friday, June 23, 1961 at 8:00 P.M. as he entered St. Mary’s Hospital for admittance. Mr. Block had been active all day Friday and had been out shopping earlier in the day. He had lived in Cairo his entire lifetime. Mr. Block had been retired for the past several years but had been associated with Harry Halliday and the Halliday Elevators and Warehouse Company for many years. He was a member of St. Patrick’s Church of Cairo and of St. Patrick’s Holy Name Society. Mr. Block was also a member of Cairo Lodge 651 B.P.O.E. and a member of The Knights of Columbus, Cairo Council 1027.

He is survived by his wife, Helen, one sister Mrs. Alma Block Wegener of Denver, Colorado, several nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Friends may call at Karcher’s Funeral Home after 3:00 P.M. Sunday. The Holy Rosary will be recited Sunday at 8:00 P.M. at Karcher’s Funeral Home by The Knights of Columbus, Cairo Council 1027.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 8:30 A.M. at St. Patrick’s Church with Rev. Fr. Hugh Kilfoil officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Bouchet, Marie L

Old Cairo resident Laid to Rest at Beech Grove

Funeral services over the last remains of Mrs. Marie Louise Bouchet, who passed away Sunday at noon were held this afternoon at St. Patrick’s Church, Rev. Father Downey officiating. A great number of friends, especially the older residents of Cairo, were present at the impressive ceremony, the deceased being a resident of Cairo for more than half a century and well known and beloved by the many whose friendship or acquaintance she formed during that long citizenship.

Floral offerings, beautiful and numbers accompanied the body to its last resting place. The solemn procession left the residence, 813 Cedar4 Street, at 1:30 o’clock for the church, where services were held at 2:00 o’clock.
An interurban special left the corner at Ninth and Washington Avenue, at 2:30 o’clock for Mounds, where interment took place at Beech Grove Cemetery.

Contributed 14 Nov 2019 by Deborah McGee Cox. Mrs. Bouchet was my great. Her parents were German immigrants who settled in St. Louis just before the Civil War.

Bunch, A J

A. J. Bunch, old resident of McClure, died last night. Had been in failing health for a long time and his death was not unexpected.

The deceased was born on Jan 31, 1837, and was therefore 75 years of age. He was a native of Alexander county, his birthplace being near where Elco now stands.

His parents died during his infancy and he was reared at Jonesboro where, when he was old enough, learned the blacksmithing trade. He ran a shop for himself for several years, and then moved to Clear Creek where he conducted a blacksmith business for several years. Then he turned his attention to farming, which occupied his attention until in his declining years he turned over active pursuits to his sons.

Mr. Bunch was married to March 12, 1862, to Miss Minera I.Sams, daughter of Nathan Sams, and six children were born to them, Joseph, Herman and Rodney, and Miss Minnie, Norma and Eunice.

Chapman, Clarence C

Funeral services for Clarence Carter Chapman of 230 Eleventh street, who died at St. Mary's hospital Sunday morning, will be held at Karcher's Funeral Home Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Rev. S. L. Hagan, rector fo the Church of the Redeemer of which the deceased was a member, will officiate.

Interment will be made in the family lot at Villa Ridge cemetery. Casket bearers will be Arthur Thistlewood, Jr., James Groves, Adolph Brandon, Lawrence Rink, Charles Pomeroy, E. L. Steinhouse, Leo Terrell, Raymond Clutts, Carl Oehler and Clyde Hogue. Karcher Brothers are in charge of arrangements.

Cuhl, Peter

We neglected last week to chronicle the death of Mr. Peter Cuhl, a former Cairoite. Word came to Mr. H. Block, of this city, that he died on the 31st of December and was buried January 6th last, at Flenburg, Germany. Peter Cuhl was born on the 5th of September, 1834, and was therefore fifty-six years of age at his death. He came to Cairo in 1864, and for two years kept a small stand in the public market at the end of which time he had saved enough money to embark in the commission business. At this he amassed considerable of a fortune. He left Cairo in 1878. Of late years he has suffered from mental trouble. The only surviving relatives are his wife[*] and a brother, Mr. Ed Cuhl, who lives at Dongola, Ill. Mr. Cuhl leaves several valuable pieces of property in Cairo to his wife, among which is the brick building on the Ohio levee occupied by Mr. J. Pink & Co. and the fine residence property at the corner of 23d and Holbrook Ave.

Daniel, W L

W. L. Daniel, age 74, passed away at his home in Mounds Thursday night at 8:30 o'clock after a short illness.

Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. F. E. Dycus, of East St. Louis, Mrs. Verne Moore, of Center Point, Ind., and Mrs. John P. Licos, of Carbondale; three sons, Elmer, of Portageville, Mo., Lawrence and Richard, of Cairo. Two brothers, Charles, of Pulaski, and James, of Mounds; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Bernard, of San Fransisco, and Mrs. Sarah Arrington, of San Francisco, also survive.

Funeral services will be held in the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. J. Rue Reid officiating. Interment will be made in Beech Grove cemetery. J. T. Ryan Funeral Service will be in charge.

Feuchter, Anna

Mrs. George Feuchter Died This Morning
Passed Away of Tuberculosis at Home of Father on Eighth Street

Mrs. George Feuchter died at 9:50 o’clock this morning at the home of her father, Mr. Henry Block, of No. 312 Eighth Street. The deceased was 28 years of age and was formerly Miss Anna Block.

Mrs. Feuchter’s health has been very poor for some time. She recently returned from a sojourn in Denver, Colo., but received little benefit from her stay there, the altitude being too high. She had spent ten months in Florida and six in California, but received no permanent benefit to her health.

The deceased is survived by her husband, George Feuchter, of the Feuchter & Johns Bottling Works of Thirteenth and Washington. She had no children. She is also survived by her father, Mr. Henry Block, four sisters, Mrs. Carl Mansberger, of Washington (state), Mrs. Joseph Lamber, of Cincinnati, and Misses Louisa and Alma Block, and one brother, Louis Block.

The funeral will be held Friday afternoon from the Immanuel Lutheran Church on Douglas Street. The remains will be buried at Villa Ridge cemetery.

Funeral Notice

Died - Mrs. George Feuchter, Wednesday, October 17th, 1906. Funeral will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Douglas Street Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Train will leave foot of Fourteenth Street at 2:45 p.m. for Villa Ridge cemetery where interment will take place. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

Funeral of Mrs. Feuchter

The funeral of the late Mrs. George Feuchter was held this afternoon at the Immanuel Lutheran Church. The funeral was largely attended. The remains were taken to Villa Ridge cemetery for interment.

Grantham, Patricia

The Southern Illinoian, May 19, 2015, Updated Jun 24, 2016

Mounds and Bobby Isom of Granite City; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, in First Baptist Church in Mounds with Glenn Crow officiating. Private disposition will follow. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of memorials to American Lung Association in memory of Pat Grantham.

VILLA RIDGE — Patricia “Pat” M. Grantham, 60, formerly of Mounds, passed away at 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 18, 2015, at her residence. She was born Jan. 2, 1955, in Cairo, the daughter of William and Mildred (Allen) Calvert. Pat was a former secretary for various businesses.

Survivors include her husband, Rodney “Rod” Grantham of Villa Ridge; son, William Curtis Shelton of Mounds; two sisters, Crystal (Greg) Calvert Fondaw of Monkeys Eyebrow, Kentucky, and Debby (Bobby) Severs of Mounds; two brothers, Billy (Shavona) Isom of Granite City; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge is in charge of arrangements.

Hamilton, John

The detail of the accident by which Mr. John Hamilton came so near losing his life, about a month ago are familiar to all our local residents. The recovery of Mr. H. was slow and being restless in confinement, ventured out before his condition warranted it. He was out in the city yesterday and attempted to return home during the extreme heat of the afternoon. He had gained a point on Fourteenth street between the Commercial avenue and Poplar street, when he fell utterly exhausted and rolling down the decline of the street ill ( ? ), was picked up in a state of insensibility and conveyed to his home. This morning he was still alive, but he breathed with great difficulty and gave out every evidence of approaching dissolution. By the time this paper falls into the hands of its local readers he will no doubt have entered on the realities of another world. The crushing assurance that his case was beyond all medical aid, was conveyed to his wife this morning. She had watched by his bedside every moment of the night and was, therefore scarcely unprepared for the mournful truth. In her great grief she has the warmest sympathies of the entire community. Mr. Hamilton has resided in Cairo many years, has shown himself a good citizen, and a kind husband and his loss will be long and deeply felt.

Funeral of John Hamilton - At 3 o'clock to-day the members of the Arab and Rough and Ready Fire Companies, with a large number of citizens, assembled in the Church of the Redeemer, where the Rev. J. W. Coe pronounced a funeral sermon over the body of John Hamilton. At 4 o'clock a train consisting of two passenger coaches and a box car left the foot of sixth street, crowded to excess with citizens and firemen, for the Mounds City burying ground, where the remains were interred. The high esteem in which the deceased was held was manifested by the large number who attended the funeral services and participated in the last --- rites of burial. Mr. H. was a member of the Arab Fire Company.

2) John Hamilton was buried in Mounds not Mounds City at the Beech Grove Cemetery.

3) The articles on his death and funeral were very hard to read as ink had bleed through from the front pages and there were some black areas the could not be read. The 3 dashes are for a 3-letter word that I can not make out.

Hamilton, Kate

Telegrams received yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Baird and others announced the death at Dupo Saturday of Mrs. Kate Hamilton, 88 years old, for many years a resident of Cairo.

The body will be taken to Mounds for interment in Beech Grove Cemetery at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, and relatives and friends will go to Mounds at 2 o'clock on the interurban car to attend the funeral.

Arrangements had been made for an earlier services but announcement was made last night by Undertaker G. A. James, who will direct the funeral of the change in time. Services will be conducted at St. Raphael's Church at Mounds by Fr. Feeney.

Mrs. Hamilton was a daughter of Bryan Shaughnessy. She was two years old when he came here in 1838 as one of the contractors for the first Illinois Central embankment between Cairo and Mounds. He remained in Cairo and became one of the most prominent citizens, being connected with many improvement projects.

Her husband, John Hamilton, was in the mercantile business her and later erected the building at 602 Commercial Ave., where he opened a furniture and carpet store in the '80's. He was fatally injured in a fall at the store and died a few days later. Mrs. Hamilton left here soon afterward and lived in Cape Girardeau for a time but returned to Cairo and made her home her until about seven years ago when she went to live with her son, John W. Hamilton, a railroad man running between East St. Louis and Dupo.

Her son is her only near relative but she has several others living here among them Edward and Jesse Shaughnessy, sons of her brother, Mr. Baird and Mrs. E. A. Carkuff.

Contributor's Notes:

1) Her husband had to have opened his store, Hamilton Bros. Furniture in the 1860's as he died in 1869.

2) Her father, Bryan Shannessy, was a postmaster twice and a circuit court judge as well as police magistrate.

3) I have also been told by my late Grandmother and her sister that he [her father?] owned and ran a boarding house or hotel around the time of the Civil War.

Contributed by Vicky Parrin

Hauestein, Ed

Ed Hauestein, age 81, of 502 Commercial Ave., died early this morning at his residence. Mr. Haueristein was born in Tell City, Ind., and moved to Cairo as a young man. He was employed by the Oehler Wagon Works of Cairo for more than 50 years. He was a member fo St. Joseph's Church of Cairo.

He is survived by his wife, Katherine; one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Mena of Centralia, Ill., one brother, Harry Hauenstein of California; 4 grandchildren and several nieces, and nephews.

His body is at Karcher's Funeral Home where friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church in Cairo with Rt. Rev. Msgr. R. E. Jantzen, officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge. Karcher's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Contributors' Note: 15 Dec 1958 may be the newspaper date or death date, not sure.

Hixon, McHenry

McHenry Hixon, age 58, died suddenly at his home on Highway 3 at Jaco City at 11:45 p.m. Saturday.

He was manager of the Midwest Service Company in Cairo and was owner of the Warren Coal Company. Mr. Hixon was for many years an employee of the Illinois Central Railroad Company and also for many years was office manager for the Samuel Hastings Grain Company.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 237 A.F. & A.M. of Cairo, the Commandery; a member of the Methodist Church and a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He was a veteran of World War I.

Survivors include his wife, Alice; one daughter, Helen Hixon of St. Louis; two step-children, Richard T. Hollis of Jackson, Tenn., and Mrs. Betty Moes fo St. Louis; two grandchildren and other relatives.

Funeral services will be held at Karcher Brothers Funeral Home today at 4 p.m., with Rev. John Henderson, Pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be made in Thistlewood Cemetery. Karcher Brothers in charge of arrangements.

Contributors' Note: Monday, April 27, 1953 could be the day the paper came out or his death date, not sure.

Jordan, Levi R

The burial of Levi R. Jordan, who died at White Heath, Ill., last Friday, was held at Mill Creek Saturday. Mr. Jordan was born at Saulsbury (Salisbury), N. C. February 10, 1835, the youngest of seven children. His parents removed to Illinois when he was 3 years old, settling in the southern part of Union county where he lived until his marriage to Sarah Cauble in 1861. They had nine children of who four survive. His wife died in 1877 and he was again married in 1882 to Martha Kerr and nine children were the result of this union, five of them now living. The children are Francis Atchison, Mill Creek, Ida Miller, Thebes; Chester Jordan, St. Louis, Lisa Lackey, Tamms, Harvey Jordan, Cairo, Dixie Spencer, White Heath, Clara Dillow, Mill Creek, Adeline Pollard, Charleston, MO and Leona Sheffer, Mill Creek. Besides, there were 55 grandchildren and 76 great-grandchildren.

He was a good citizen, a devoted husband and father. While he did not belong to any church, he professed religion when 22 years old. For several years he has lived with his children. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dixie Spencer, at White Heath, there being three of his children at his bedside.

The remains, which were brought to Cairo and taken charge by Undertaker E. A. Burke, were taken to the home of his son, Harvey Jordan, here until they were taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frances Atchison.

His children wish to thank the many friends for their kindness during his sickness and at his death.

Contributor's Note: This obit says he was from Mill Creek which is in Union Co, but he actually lived just south of the County line in Alexander County

Lincoln, Catherine F

Mrs. Catherine LINCOLN is seriously ill at the home of her daughter on Twenty-fifth street.

Mrs. Catherine Frances SMITH died this morning at 11 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. M. GUION, who resides with her daughter Mrs. George FARRIN at 722 Twenty-fifth street. Mrs. SMITH was taken with an attack of grip a week ago Tuesday which developed into bronchitis resulting in her death.

Mrs. SMITH who was nearly 79 years old was born in Brantford, Canada and has lived in Cairo since 1859.

She was married twice, her first husband being George SMITH, after whose death she married Louis Lincoln who is also deceased. She was the mother of thirteen children, of whom four are living, Mrs. A. M. GUION, Messrs. E. A. SMITH and Cyrus SMITH of Cairo and William SMITH of Denver, Colo. She also leaves surviving her a sister Mrs. Eliza WORKMAN of Brantford, Canada, a brother Robert TURNER of Toronto, Canada and a brother Frank TURNER who lives in California. The average ages of these three is something over 69 years.

The funeral will probably be held from the house Sunday afternoon, although definite arrangements have not been made as yet.

LINCOLN--Died, at 11 a.m. Friday April 14, 1911, after a brief illness, Mrs. Catherine Frances LINCOLN, aged 79 years. Funeral services will be held at the residence of her daughter Mrs. Geo. M. FARRIN, 722 Twenty-fifth street at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 16, Rev. E. A. deRosset of the Church of the Redeemer officiating. Special train from Fourteenth street at 2:45 p.m. Interment at Villa Ridge Cemetery.

Lewis LINCOLN and Catherine (TURNER) SMITH were married on 4 December 1866, in Cairo, Alexander Co., IL. Catherine's first husband, George SMITH, was a prosperous businessman in Cairo. He died in 1864, leaving Catherine with seven children.

After their marriage, Lewis and Catherine LINCOLN lived in Carbondale, Jackson Co., IL, where twin sons, Lewis Logan LINCOLN and Bishop Grant LINCOLN, were born to them on 6 Sep 1868. They apparently moved to Cairo sometime between 1868 and 1870, where a third son, Staats Taylor LINCOLN, was born on 12 September 1870.

Lohr, Catherine S

The Cairo Daily Bulletin, Wednesday, 18 Jun 1879

When on Saturday last, we spoke of the successful removal of the ovarian tumor from Mrs. A. Lohr, and the hopes entertained of her final recovery, we indicated doubts as to the realization of the hopes. Like nine out of every ten women who subject themselves to the operation, Mrs. Lohr was unable to rally and on Monday evening last, despite the most skillful medical attention Chicago could furnish, she died. While her death will be deeply and sincerely mourned, it is true nevertheless, that her affliction was one for which there is no known cure. It was her special desire, we understand, to undergo the operation. Without it her existence would have been prolonged but a few months. The operation could do nothing more than hasten the inevitable, and it offered the only known way to reach a cure. The body, in charge of the bereaved husband, will be brought to Cairo today, at 2 o’clock p.m. Funeral notice tomorrow.

The Cairo Daily Bulletin, Thursday, 19 Jun 1879

The funeral notice of Mrs. A. Lohr appears in another column. The procession will move from Mr. Lohr’s residence, on Eighth Street, at 1 o’clock p.m., and move to the Lutheran church on Thirteenth Street, from whence, after service, the remains will be escorted to the train, which will be in waiting at the foot of Twelfth Street, to convey them to Villa Ridge.

FUNERAL of Mrs. Andrew Lohr will leave residence at one o’clock sharp, and go to the German Lutheran Church, on Thirteenth Street. Train will leave Twelfth Street for Villa Ridge at 2:30 p.m.

The Cairo Daily Bulletin, Friday, 20 Jun 1879

The funeral procession that escorted the remains of Mrs. A. Lohr from the church to the train and attended them to the grave was one of the largest that has been seen in the city for several years. The five coaches in waiting to carry the friends to Villa Ridge were filled to repletion. The general and genuine sympathy thus manifested must have been gratefully received by the bereaved husband and other members of deceased’s family. ...

The large attendance at the funeral services of Mrs. A. Lohr, deceased, held in the Lutheran church, yesterday, furnished a gratifying proof of the high esteem in which deceased was held by those who knew her. But while she is thus deeply lamented, it is scarcely probable that she would, were it a matter of will with her, return to the life of suffering from which death has freed her. All that money and medical skill could do for her relief was freely done, but without avail. We are told that a number of years ago, she addressed an eminent German surgeon, in the old country, intending to make the trip across the ocean to undergo the operation that recently resulted in her death, if the answer gave her any encouragement. The surgeon replied that the chances against her recovery from so fearful an ordeal were not less than 59 out of 60. Hence, when she left Cairo for Chicago, she well knew that the probabilities were quite all against her return alive. She must have felt that she was going out to her death. But the meager hope of escaping the life that was no longer tolerable, encouraged her to assume the risk.

McConnell, Penecia M

Penecia Mae McConnell, age 44 of Mound City, died today at 2:45 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital after an illness of three months.

She was born in Barlow, Ky., and had been a resident of Mound City for 12 years. Mrs. McConnell was a member of the Lake Milligan Baptist Church at Miller City.

She is survived by her husband, Leon; seven sons, Harold of Mounds; Andy and George of Mound City; William Eugene of the U. S. Army; Roy Earl, Donald Raymond and Charles Edward at home; two daughters, Shirley Ann and Mary Elizabeth, at home; her father, Ralph Burns, her mother, Della Burns of Mound City; six brothers, one sister and three grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Alstat Funeral Home in Mound City after 7 p.m. tonight. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced later. Alstat Funeral Home in charge.

Funeral services for Penecia Mae McConnell, age 44, of Mound City who died Friday at St. Mary's Hospital, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Baptist Church in Mound City with Rev. Silas Morgan officiating. Interment will be made in Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds. Alstat Funeral Home of Mound City in charge of arrangements.

Contributor's Note: Penecia A. MConnell was born 07 Jul 1906 and died 27 Mar 1953.

McKee, Edna

Mrs. Edna McKee, 71, died at 6:25 p.m., Friday at Cape LaCroix Mansion Nursing Home.

She is survived by her husband, Fred McKee, Thebes; two sons, Vernon F. McKee, and Leland L. McKee, both of Thebes; one daughter, Mrs. Vera Dover, Anna; one brother, Otis Light, California; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Alexander Free Will Baptist Church near Olive Branch, with Rev. Billy Heady officiating, and assisted by Dale Billingsly.

Interment was made in Rosehill Cemetery in Thebes. Farnsworth Funeral Home in Tamms was in charge of arrangements.

McKee, Fred

Fred McKee 73, died at 5:50 p.m., Tuesday, after a lengthy illness at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was a retired farmer and a member of the United Methodist Church of Olive Branch. He was preceded in death by his wife on October 8, 1971.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Vera Dover of Anna; two sons, Vernon T. and Leland L., both of Thebes; two sisters, Mrs. Iva Campbell of Lakeland Fla., and Mrs. Lela Walters of Battle Creek, Mich.; one brother Clarence McKee of Olive Branch; one half-brother, Floyd Sutton of Thebes; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 3 p.m., Thursday at the Farnsworth Funeral Home in Tamms. The body will be moved at noon Friday to the United Methodist Church at Olive Branch.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m., Friday, with the Rev. Billy Heady, pastor of the Assembly of God Church at Olive Branch, assisted by the Rev. William Rucker, pastor of the United Methodist Church officiating.

McNemer, George

Dr. George Hutchins McNemer, age 63 years, prominent physician of Cairo and well known thruout the state in the medical fraternity, died suddenly at his home, 224 Eleventh street, this morning, at 5 a.m. He had been in failing health for some time but was able to be out and visited friends Tuesday. His death came unexpectedly and was a shock to his family and friends.

Dr. McNemer was born Sept. 9, 1865, in Owensboro, Ky. He was the son of Philip and Patty Dugan McNemer and graduated from the medical school of the University of Louisville, Ky., in the class of 1889. He took a post graduate course in medicine at New York Polytechnic and Harvard medical school. He came to Cairo and started a practice March 2, 1889. He was married April 27, 1893, to Miss Adah Elizabeth Hubbard in Columbus, Ky.

Surviving Dr. McNemer are his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Roswell M. Rennie; a nephew, Dr. Phil H. McNemer; a step-brother, G. P. Crabtree, all of Cairo, a nephew Philip McNemer of Little Rock, Ark; three nieces Mable McNemer Richardson of Little Rock; Cyrine McNemer of St. Louis and Grace Octave McNemer of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Dr. McNemer was a member of the Alexander County Medical society and of the Masonic lodge of Cairo.

Arrangements for the funeral had not been completed today but will be announced Thursday. Dan A. Sullivan will direct the funeral.

Contributor's Notes: Dr. McNemer was 68, not 63 when he died. In my copy of his obit, someone had marked out the 3 and replaced it with an 8. There is a handwritten note at the top of the article that reads, "Wednesday, Oct. 18 - 1933."

Moore, Allen S

Allen S. Moore, age 57, died suddenly at his home, 2301 Walnut Street, at 11:55 p.m. Thursday.

Mr. Moore was born in Cairo, educated in the Cairo schools and spent his entire life here. For the past 15 years, he had been a salesman for the Shapleigh Hardware Company in St. Louis. Mr. Moore was a veteran of World War I and was a member of St. Joseph's Church of this city.

Survivors include his wife, Gertrude; one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Williams of Cairo; one son, Sgt. Paul C. Moore with the U.S. Army in Korea; two grandchildren; his father, Henry T. Moore; two sisters, Miss Margaret Moore of St. Louis and Miss Alice Moore of Cairo, and other relatives.

Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph's Church with the pastor, Rt. Rev. Msgr. R. E. Jantzen, officiating. Interment will be made in Calvary Cemetery. Karcher Brothers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Contributors' Notes: Saturday, May 31, 1952 may be the day the paper came out or his death date, not sure.

Neal, Thomas J

Sikeston Standard Democrat: Obituaries Column

CHARLESTON - Thomas J. "Juby" Neal, 73, died at 3:20 a.m. Feb. 20, 1999, at the Charleston Manor.

Born Aug. 27, 1925, in Morehouse to the late Matthew and Elsie Bailey Neal, he had lived for 23 years in Ste. Genevieve, where he was a member of the Ste. Genevieve Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus and was employed with the Alton and Southern Railroad until he retired in 1986. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II and was a member of VFW Post 2649 in Cairo, IL. In November 1997 he moved to Charleston, MO.

On Nov. 1, 1997, he married Jo Elma Carter, who survives of the home.

Other survivors are: one daughter, Tommie Jean Morris of Lake St. Louis; one stepson, Bill Grenier of St. Charles; three stepdaughters, Barbara Reeves of Spring, Texas, Mari Jo Sutter of Monmouth, Ore., and Janis Merideth of Charleston; and 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

One brother, James Neal, preceded him in death.

Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. today at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where services will be at I p.m. Monday. His son-in-law, Don Merideth of Charleston, will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Rick Morris, Jody Merideth, Jeff Chambliss, Alan Chambliss, Tony Chambliss and Chris Mossengren.

Memorials may be made to Southeast Hospice 760 S. Kingshighway Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63703

Oehler, Emma M

Funeral services will be held tomorrow, May 17, at 8:15 o'clock a.m., from St. Joseph's church for the late Mrs. Emma Oehler, wife of Louis J. Oehler, who passed away at St. Mary's hospital at noon Saturday.

The services will be conducted by the Rev. Father Rudolph Jantzen, pastor of the church. The funeral cortege will leave he residence, 817 Charles street at 8 o'clock for the church. Immediately after the services, the funeral party will leave for Villa Ridge where the body will be laid to rest. The pall bearers selected are: E.F. Kahn, Ward Cotter, Carl Karcher, Carl Bucher, Ben Kobler, Dr. B. A. Harris, Joe Creighton, Ed O'Donnell, Robert Swoboda and P. A. Doud. Karcher Brothers will have charge of the funeral.

Paff, Fred D

Fred D. Paff, 52, of Mounds, died at the Veteran's Hospital in Marion, IL, after a prolonged illness.

He leaves one daughter, Mrs. C. F. Hammond of New Albany, Ind., two sons, Ralph and Olen of Olmsted: two grandchildren, and one half-sister of Alton, IL.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed, awaiting the arrival of his daughter. Ryan Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Pearman, Mark A

Mark A. Pearman, age 65, died Tuesday night at his home in Olive Branch, after an extended illness.

Mr. Pearman was born in Scott County, Mo. on May 23, 1885 and came to Illinois as a small boy.

He was engaged in farming in Olive Branch and vicinity almost all his life and was one of Alexander County's most prominent farmers. Mr. Pearman at one time was superintendent of the Alexander County Farm. He was very active in political circles in this area and served as Alexader County Commissoner from 1938-40.

He is survived by his wife, Mary; one daughter, Mrs. Ludean Munsel of Memphis, Tenn.; one son, Lester of Olive Branch; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Owens of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Lillie Davis of Alton, Ill.; two brothers, Elmo of Cairo, and Ernest fo Urbandale; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the Berbling Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Berbling Funeral Home, with the Rev. W. C. Welsh of Paducah assisted by Rev. McGinnis, officiating. Interment will be in Thistlewood Cemetery. Berbling Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Perry, Giles

Beaumont Journal, Linder, La., Friday, Jan. 24. 1936

News was received in Kinder Wednesday of the sudden death of Giles Perry, 36, in Cairo, Ill., where he had been employed for several months. Mr. Perry was well known in Kinder where he spent several years before his marriage. Burial was in a Cairo cemetery.

He is survived by his widow, Agnes; a small son; his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Perry, of Kinder; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Hill, of Kinder; Mrs. Robert Fitzgerald, of Oakdale; Mrs. Don Russell, of Talahasse, Fla.; two brothers, Homer, of Kinder, and Ellis, of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Rennie, Mia

MRS. MIA McNEMER RENNIE, 3111 Washington Avenue died suddenly at 6:03 Sunday morning at St. Mary's Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Cairo and the daughter of the late Dr. George H. McNemer and Adah E. Hubbard McNemer.

Mrs. Rennie was a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and a member of the Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority. She was a member of the former Fortnightly Music Club of Cairo and was a member of the Cairo Baptist Church.

Since the death of her husband, the late Roswell M. Rennie, Mrs. Rennie and her daughter had owned and operated the Rennie Insurance Agency.

Mrs. Rennie is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Marion R.) Thistlewood, Cairo, several cousins and other relatives.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Kirby Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Larry Potts, pastor of the Cairo Baptist Church, will officiate and interment will be in the Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds. Friends may call at the Kirby Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today.

Shannessy, Bryan

Dead Bryan Shannessy, Esq., aged 73 years, died at his residence in this city yesterday morning. He was one of our oldest and most honored inhabitants. The editor of the Bulletin, who has known him 30 years, says: " 'Squire Shannessy had been a resident of the State of Illinois for a period of over forty-two years, over forty years of which time he lived in Cairo. Hence, at the time of his death he was indeed and in verity, "the oldest inhabitant." During that long period of time he had served the people in different capacities, having filled the offices of justice of the peace, county commissioner, overseer of the poor, alderman, postmaster and police magistrate; and if in any man lives who can say that in an official capacity 'Squire Shannessy wronged him out of one dollar or one cent, we have no personal knowledge of that man and never heard of him. Few citizens of Cairo are more widely known that 'Squire Shannessy, most especially among the old residents of Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky. Everywhere in those sections of the country the intelligence of his death will be received with evidences of sorrow, for wherever you find an acquaintance of the old man you will be very apt to find a friend." The funeral services were held at the residence of to-day and the remains taken to Villa Ridge for burial on a special train at 2 1/2 o'clock this afternoon.

Shannessy, Ellen

Miss Ellen Shaunessy, daughter of 'Squire Bryan Shaunessy, died on Sunday last and was burried ( sic ) from the family residence at the corner of Twelfth and Poplar streets yesterday afternoon.

Contributor's Note: Ellen Shannessy was the daughter of Bryan Shanessy and his first wife.

Shannessy, Sarah

Funeral Notice - The funeral service of the late Mrs. Shannessy will take place at the Church of the Redeemer today at 1 o'clock, pm. The remains will be conveyed to Villa Ridge for interment, on a special train at 2 o'clock. The friends of the deceased are respectfully invited to attend.

Smith, Catherine F

Mrs. Catherine Frances Smith died this morning at 11 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. M. Guion, who resides with her daughter Mrs. George Farrin at 722 Twenty-fifth street. Mrs. Smith was taken with an attack of grip a week ago Tuesday which developed into bronchitis resulting in her death. Mrs. Smith who was nearly 79 years old was born in Brantford, Canada and has lived in Cairo since 1859. She was married twice, her first husband being George Smith, after whose death she married Louis Lincoln who is also deceased. She was the mother of thirteen children, of whom four are living, Mrs. A. M. Guion, Messrs. E. A. Smith and Cyrus Smith of Cairo and William Smith of Denver, Colo. She also leaves surviving her a sister Mrs. Eliza Workman of Brantford, Canada, a brother Robert Turner of Toronto, Canada and a brother Frank Turner who lives in California. The average ages of these three is something over 69 years. The funeral will probably be held from the house Sunday afternoon, although definite arrangements have not been made as yet.

From the Cairo Evening Citizen, Saturday, April 15, 1911

FUNERAL SUNDAY

LINCOLN--Died, at 11 a.m. Friday April 14, 1911, after a brief illness, Mrs. Catherine Frances Lincoln, aged 79 years. Funeral services will be held at the residence of her daughter Mrs. Geo. M. Farrin, 722 Twenty-fifth street at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 16, Rev. E. A. deRosset of the Church of the Redeemer officiating. Special train from Fourteenth street at 2:45 p.m. Interment at Villa Ridge Cemetery.

Steckhahn, George

The Cairo Daily Bulletin
Wednesday, 03 Oct 1877

Funeral Notice.
The funeral services of the late George Steckhahn will be held at the German Lutheran Church, Thirteenth Street, today, Wednesday, October 3rd, at 1 p.m. Train will leave foot of Eighth Street, at 2:30 o’clock for Villa Ridge, where the remains will be interred. Friends of the deceased are respectfully invited to attend.

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