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Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 13

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FESRUAftV 19,1959 ALTON ObituartiGS Mrs, Nora Cope Funeral rites for Mrs. Nora B. Cope, 78. who Wednesday, married to 1908. at Miss Johanna Surviving Ws xvife; toft- hospitalized for 10 days follow-'daughters.

Mrs. FteWtee ing a fall Feb. 3, from ft rflil-j ftr and Mrs. William Haper, road trestle at East Alton, died i Alton; Mrs. Glenn Harwell Bet-i unexpectedly at 5:05 a.m.

today, rieft Springs, arid County to Pay Half the Cost PAGE of 1233 Rodemeyer died unexpectedly will be conducted (Jf 14 1 Mill llOfltl EbWARDSVlLLE. County Height of Gte fall mMI Klein to Wood Rtwr At approximately 30 feet. an two sons, the Rev. of tlie of the fall Grady Nobbe St and Wil- for Slicing the old bridge, but Is without funds and requires mm- ty aid for half the expense. Law Saturday at.

9 a.m. tn SS. Peter Paul's Church. Burial will be in Upper Alton Cemetery. The body is at Staten Funeral Home where Wends may call after 7 p.m.

today. The rosary will be recited Friday at 8 p.m. Mrs. Cope, who was the mother of 15 children, 13 of whom are living, collapsed Wednesday at 1101 Belie where she and a neighbor operated ft used furniture store. She was found by a customer, and was moved by ambulance to St.

Joseph's Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival at 1:25 p.m. She had suffered from a cardiac condition for some time, but had continued active. She belonged to a number of patriotic organizations and yeterans auxiliaries, and held offices in several. She had attended a meeting of one of the organizations on the evening before her fatal attack. Mrs.

Cope was a member of Daughters of Union Veterans, and a past president of the organiza- for nearly five hours tinder the fred Nobbe, Alton, trestle before he Was found aM moved by ambulance to St. Joseph's Hospital. In addition to injuries incurred In the fall, he suffered cold. C. H.

Watson River Creek on Powder Mill near East Alton was authorized Wednesday hy the Mndlsnn County Board of Supervisors. the present bridge has hern renre stated. He estimated closed hopes of He returned home last' Friday died Wednesday afternoon from the hospital -and 'appeared lot Sm.lt Marie. Mich. He to be making satisfactory pro-j nme to Hartford In IMS to take gress until this morning when i employment at TnlernatlonAl Shoe) complications developed and he; o.

was lion; Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic of which she was currently president, and was Watson. 81, former Hartford res- of the bridge replacement si $200,000. The County Board awnrded a eontract Wednesday to Walter Flood Chicago, on the firm's bid of a a hen Inspect Ions showed il was "economically Impractical" lo either muke repairs or build a te upornry 5 Uiull inis iiiui iinift nnci imiiw.ir.. VM.W».J plications developed and he; o. tannery and moved to moved hy ambulance to thejste.

Marie In 1935. ital. Me was pronounced irv iving are widow; a son, on arrival there. Charles B. of Moro; a daughter, in children.

Telegraph Want Ads "CLICK" hospital. Me' was pronounced dead on arrival there. Grady, who was a foreman at Beall Tool Co. In East Alton, iSte. Marie, and eight grand was apparently on his way home from work at time of the accident.

It was during the severe ice storm and Grady had walked to work that morning after he was unable to start his car. He had been employed at the East Alton plant of the Beall firm for 18 years and prior to that, had been in the ice and coal business at 1040 Union Alton. He was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church and belonged to International Association recommendation ot Bridge Committee, luoHi-u Wednesday approved the Surviving are hit, widow; a son, Tmvmhlp Charles B. of Moro; a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Messerlv of Sault Commissioner Henry Lawrence for county aid in con- si ructIng a 200-foot continuous I-beam bridge.

Wood River T6wn ship is wholly responsible for re the entire three In for test designing hnrlncs Alfred Kiltitm Smires Meld Following funeral rites day at 2 p.m. the body of Alfred KUlton, 83. was Intrrw! In Upper Alton Cemetery. The Rev. Jesne Williams, pastor of the True Church House of! Prayer ot All Nations, officiated i at rites in Staten Funeral Homo.

Mrs. Joyce Fletcher was orgnn- 1st and accompanist for the choir that sang. Pallbearers were George White, Milton Onher, Matt Han-Is. Ross bridge at the location. new Jesse Block, and IHftll, Eddtp 'M: of replacing a culvert In College Crest subdivision.

Wood Rlvori Township. HlRhway Commission-! er Lawrence estimated the cost: at for replacing the pred-j ent 72-inch pipe culvert a corrugated metal plate arch, with SB-foot roadway. withj pipe ft "old Seal INLAID LINOLEUM ECONOMY LINOLEUM K. NOTICE-WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 22 LEGAL HOLIDAY The Following Banks will Metiderf i Fib. 29, it a Legal Holiday and Will Nat Be Open lot BuilftMi, Alton Banking and Trust Alton Bethalto National Bank.

Bethalto First National Bank and Trust Alton First National Bank, Wood River Illinois State Bank, East Alton The Bank oi Alton, Alton Machinists, Local 660. Born at Bunker Hill. June 23, 1892, he was a son of the latej John and Kmma Grady. He was have relinquished her office at marrled 32, 1918, in Alton, an installation meeting scheduled to Fannie Mansholt. for today; she was a member Surviving are his wife; three and past, president of the Ladies daughters, Mrs.

Marcella Glass- Auxiliary of the Military Order of meyer, Alton; Mrs. Anna Mae Lady Bugs, and belonged to Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. A resident of Alton for the past avenue home for 40 years, slie was widely acquainted in Alton. She was born in Jersey County, Baxter, O'Fallon, and s. Lois Burnh, East Alton; a brother, Walter Grady, and a sister, Alton; A sis- Mrs.

Katherine Schallenberg, died 30 years ago, and grandchildren, John and Cheryl Nov. 9, 1880, a duaghter of thej ere killed in an auto- late Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Green. mo bile accident in 1957, near Her husband died July 10, 1955, following a heart attack.

Surviving are seeven duaghters, Mrs. Leslie Angell, Gerald, Mrs. Charles Lowe Mrs. Russell Oleson, Mrs. Lawrence McKenzie and Mrs.

Thomas Johnson, Alton; Mrs. Sam Taravella. Forrest Homes, and Miss Theresa Cope, Jerseyville; six sons, Thomas a member of the Alton police force, and Benjamin Alton; James W. Bunker Hill; Robert Jerseyville; Frederick Woodburn, and Charles East Alton; three sisters, and 107 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. J.F.

Grady John Edward Grady, 66, of 3561 Fullerton who was Granile City. The body is at Smith Funeral Home, Alton, may call after where friends 7 p.m. today. Funeral rites will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home by the Rev.

Carl Hilgendorf, pastor of- Messiah Lutheran Church. Burial will be Roselaw Memory Gardens. Carson inquest! Alton Main Edwards Sti, JOHN EDWARD GRADY Sat. 2:30 P.M. Funeral Home Deputy Coroner O.

Quinn will conduct an Mrs. C. Saylor Mrs. Gladys Saylor, 50, a sister of Mrs. Earl Smith, 1107 Long and Arthur Gibbs, 2608 Kirsch died Wednesday at Joliet where she had made her home for the past two years.

She was the wife of Victor Saylor. The body will be returned to Harrisburg, her former home, for funeral rites and burial, probably Friday. C. J. Nobbe SUCCESSOR TO ROBERT STREEPER Funeral services for Charles J.

Nobbe, 89, a native of Prairietown and former resident of East Alton, will be conducted Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Donnell Funeral Home. Greenville. Burial will be in Staunton City Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m.

today. Mr. Nobbe died Wednesday at 5:40 a.m. in Pacatte Nursing Home, Greenville, where he hac been a patient for the past eight years. A son of the late CaSper and Anna Nobbe, he was born Jan 39, 1870, in Prairietown.

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