Alexander County IL Archives Obituaries.....Moore, Allen S. May 1952 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarch.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarch.org/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Angela DiBlasi ADib102684@aol.com and Tim Casey timcasey5@gmail.com March 24, 2008, 1:36 am Cairo Newspaper at that time period. Allen S. Moore, age 57, died suddenly at his home, 2301 Walnut Street, at 11:55 p.m. Thursday. Mr. Moore was born in Cairo, educated in the Cairo schools and spent his entire life here. Frothe past 15 years, he had been a salesman for the Shapleigh Hardware Company in St. Louis. Mr. Moore was a veteran of World War I and was a member of St. Joseph's Church of this city. His mother preceded him in death in April of this year. Survivors include his wife, Gertrude; one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Williams of Cairo; one son, Sgt. Paul C. Moore with the U.S. Army in Korea; two grandchildren; his father, Henry T. Moore; two sisters, Miss Margaret Moore of St. Louis and Miss Alice Moore of Cairo, and other relatives. Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph's Church with the pastor, Rt. Rev. Msgr. R. E. Jantzen, officiating. Interment will be made in Calvary Cemetery. Karcher Brothers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: Saturday, May 31, 1952 may be the day paper came out or his death date. Not sure. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/alexander/obits/m/moore233ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb