"Z" OBITUARIES

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Cairo, IL.--ENRICO ZANONE, 70, a former Cairo resident, died at 4:15 a.m. Sunday in Memphis, Tenn. Survivors are his widow, Clara; a daughter, June, and one sister, Mrs. Arthur Thompson, Lyon, Miss. Mrs. Fred Sullivan, Jr., Mounds and Mrs. Pat Beeler, Cairo, are nieces. The Memphis Funeral Home is in charge of the services which will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. James Catholic Church. Burial will be in Memphis. --From the Cairo Evening Citizen, Aug. 18, 1969, contributed by Anna Shelton.

Cairo, IL.--MRS. FANNIE ZIMMERMAN--Mrs. Fannie Zimmerman died at her home on Walnut street last Monday forenoon, of rheumatism of the heart.  She has been subject to this trouble for a long time and a more violent attack carried her off.  For many years she has conducted a grocery store at 11209 Walnut street, living in the rear with her children.  Her husband was shot many years ago at Mounds Junction by a negro.  Funeral services were held at the house yesterday, attended by the Pioneer lodge, Knights and Ladies of Honor, of which organization the deceased was a member, interment being at Villa Ridge.  Four children are left to mourn the loss of a mother:  Mary, Lena, Sarah and Louis, the latter employed at the stone depot.  Misses Mary and Sarah were absent at the time of her death, the former at Ann Arbor, Mich., and the latter at Cleveland, Ohio.  The deceased was a sister of Mrs. J. A. Goldstine and Mr. A. Roth, the latter coming down from Chicago to attend the funeral.  Mrs. Zimmerman had $4,500 life insurance and owned some property in Cairo, among which is the new building on Commercial avenue occupied by the Fair. --From The Cairo Weekly Citizen, Thursday, December 15, 1892, contributed by Anna Shelton.  (Note:  Mrs. Zimmerman and her husband are buried at Cairo City Cem. in Villa Ridge, IL)

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