Mrs. Bessie Myrtle Crouch, 35, wife of Joseph C. Crouch and a native of Belleville, died at her home, 5225 Kensington Avenue, St. Louis, late Saturday afternoon after an illness of 10 months.

Mrs. Crouch was born here December 24, 1894, a daughter of William F. and Emma Fester, nee Meyer.

She is survived by her husband, her father and four sisters, Miss Mayme Fester, Louisville, Ky.; Miss Elizabeth Fester, St. Louis; Mrs. Ed Kaegel, Jackson, Miss.; and Mrs. A. J. Schnipper, Belleville; and one brother, Eugene Fester, Belleville.

The funeral will be held at 1:30 Wednesday afternoon from the Gaerdner funeral home, where the body is lying in state. Interment will be in the Walnut Hill cemetery...Daily Advocate, Belleville...30 June, 1930.



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