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Surname: Carnahan, Randolph, Higginson, Alder
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Mrs. Gertrude Carnahan Dies at the age of 64 Years.
Mrs. Gertrude Angeline Carnahan of 1418 north 11th street, died at 12:40
a.m. today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, at the age of 64 years, two
months, and 16 days.
Mrs. Carnahan was a hospital attendant at Jefferson Memorial.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel at the
Pulley Funeral Home. The Rev. Mr. Sanford of Keenes, will officiate and
burial will be in Bethel Memorial cemetery. (Located in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
Co, IL)
The body will remain at the Pulley Funeral Home, where friends may call
after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Carnahan was born March 27, 1891 in White County, the daughter of
John L. and Prudence Ann (Rudolph) Higginson.
She was a member of the Christian church at Keenes.
Surviving are two sons, William Howard Carnahan of Mt. Vernon and Haensel
R. Carnahan of Inglewood, Calif.: ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren:
five brothers, Rolla, Ernest and Edward Higginson, all of Mt. Vernon, Thomas
of McLeansboro and Gilbert of Jonesville, Va,: and one sister, Katherine
Alder of Mt. Vernon. One daughter and one sister preceded her in death.
Published Monday 13 June 1955
Mt. Vernon News Register
Mt. Vernon, IL
* Note: husband was Dillard H. Carnahan