Mary Ellen Lindsey
Mary Ellen Lindsey, nee Fraley, 82 of Cahokia, Il. born Dec. 9, 1916 in Murphysboro, Ill.,died Sunday May 30 in Belleville, Ill. She was proceeded in death by her husband, William T. Lindsey; her parents, Henry and Ada,nee Henson Fraley; and three brothers, Carl, Tony and Jesse Fraley. Surviving are a daughter Janice (Larry) Simpson, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren all of Collinsville, Ill.
Visitation at Braun Colonial Funeral Home, Cahokia, Il., Burial at Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Ill. [sub. by Jeana Gallagher]
Abner M. Wilson
WILSON, ABNER M. of 1019A St. Louis Ave. entered into rest Wednesday, March 9, 1938;father of Mrs. Gertrude Austin of this city, Mrs. Charles Fuhrhop of Sparta, Ill; W.S.Wilson of Bennett, Mo.; Col. F.W. Wilson of Guatemala, Central America; Thomas C. Wilson of San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs. Margaret Joyner of Longview, Tex, and Miss Christine Wilson of Beebe, Ark. and our dear grandfather and great grandfather. Funeral will motor to Ava,Ill., Friday, March 11, at 12 noon from Sedlacek Bros. Funeral Home, 15th St. and Winstanley Ave. Interment in Evergreen cemetery, Ava, Ill. Sedlacek Bros. service.
[East St. Louis Journal, March 10, 1938, sub. by Jeana Gallagher]
Robert Woodrow Bergmire
Newspaper: East St. Louis Journal
Submitters Name: Michael Bergmire
Robert Bergmire Dies at Age of 56
Robert Bergmire, 56 of 1516 Pleasant View Drive, French Village, died at 12:40 a.m. Sunday at Centreville Township Hospital following an extended illness. He was a driver for the former Burke Funeral Home, East St. Louis. A son of the late Fred and Carolina Bergmire, he was born in Belleville on June 26, 1913.
Surviving are his wife, Venita "Mickey" Bergmire, nee Cherry; two sons, Robert C. "Butch" Bergmire, French Village and Michael Bergmire, DeSoto, Mo.; three sisters, Gertrude, wife of Felton Koch, Cleveland, Ohio; Marguerite, wife of John Kostyo, Columbus, Ohio; and Minnette, wife of William Woods, 31 Farthing Lane, Belleville; and four grandchildren.
Mr. Bergmire was a former treasurer of the French Village Volunteer Fire Department.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday from the Holten Funeral Home, East St. Louis to Mr. Hope Cemetery. The Rev. Bill Fox, pastor of State Street Baptist Church, East St. Louis, will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
NOTES - Date of death was 19 Apr 1970. Date of Burial was 22 Apr 1970.
Mrs. Zoe Bilderback
Mrs. Zoe Bilderback, 76, of East St. Louis, died Tuesday, April 13, 1965, in Christian Welfare Hospital in East St. Louis. A former Ava resident, she was born in Ava on Sep 15, 1888, the daughter of Peter and Ruthie Smith Carr. She married Wm. Newton Underwood in 1909, and they had two daughters, Clara Bernice and Mary Evelyn. He died in 1919. She married William Alva Bilderback in St. Charles, MO on April 16, 1925. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Ava. She leaves her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Donald Brown of East St. Louis; sisters, Mrs. Mollie Fischer of Granite City and Mrs. Alice of St. Louis, MO; a brother, Walter B. Carr of Illmo, MO; and one grandson. A daughter preceded her in death. Funeral services will be at 12:45 pm Friday in the Wilson Funeral Home in Ava. Burial will be in Ava Evergreen cemetery.
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