BIRDY S. PAUL, 71 of 202 W. Dement, Polo, died this morning at KSB Hospital in Dixon. Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Benson-Brown-Seidel Funeral home with the Rev. Monte Cox, pastor of the Open Bible Church, officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery in Dixon. Visitation will be Thursday from 5-8:30 with the family present from 7-8:30 p.m. Mrs. Paul was born Dec. 15, 1913 in Jonesboro, Tenn., the daughter of Shelby and Loretta McNicols Riddle. On Nov. 26, 1938 she married Russel Paul in Maquoketa, Ia. The deceased was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Polo and the Polo VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois July 24, 1985 - Wednesday, pg A4
Contributed by Melva L. Taylor
