Clark County IL Archives Obituaries.....Kerr, Jayne Bartlett July 16, 1929
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The Marshall Herald, Friday, July 19, 1929, page 1
MRS. JAYNE KERR DIES IN CHICAGO EARLY TUESDAY

Mrs. Kerr is a Former Marshall Resident, Having Made Her Home Here for Several 
Years
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FUNERAL HERE YESTERDAY
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Served on Staff of State Tuberculosis Association as Field Supervisor for 
Seven Years, Starting in 1919.

  News was received in Marshall Tuesday of the death of Mrs. Jayne B. Kerr, 
49, of Springfield, executive secretary of the Illinois State Tuberculosis 
Association, at 5:00 o’clock that morning in the Augustine Hospital in Chicago.
  Mrs. Kerr, who for many years was a resident of Marshall, became ill on 
January 14 at the governor’s inaugural ball in Springfield and went to Chicago 
on the night of July 11 to consult a specialist concerning her condition.  
Previous to that time she had been a patient at St. John’s Hospital in 
Springfield from March 25 to April 5 and from May 5 to July 11.
  Mrs. Kerr served on the staff of the State Tuberculosis Association as field 
secretary for seven years, beginning her work in that capacity in 1919.  While 
serving in this office Mrs. Kerr shared responsibility in organizing the work 
throughout the state and became intimately acquainted with people in all 
counties of the state.  She held a record of 12,000 miles in six months, 
serving the state and local associations.  Then because of her wide 
acquaintance among public health workers of Illinois and the nation.  Mrs. 
Kerr was appointed executive secretary of the State Tuberculosis Association 
in 1926, in which capacity she served untiringly until her death illness.
  During the World War Mrs. Kerr became nationally known for her organization 
work in the liberty loan drive.  Previous to that time she was connected with 
a newspaper in California.
  Throughout her life Mrs. Kerr was active in club work.  She was a member of 
the D. A. R. of the Professional and Business Women’s Club, Daughters of the 
Colonial Dames and of the Eastern Star.
  Immediate relatives who survive her are one son, Louis, of Philadelphia, 
Pa., and a sister, Mrs. C. B. Wilson of Terre Haute.
  The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the 
Congregational Church with Rev. Laren Spear officiating.  Interment in the 
Marshall cemetery.
  An editorial in the Illinois State Register at Springfield states: “For ten 
years Mrs. Jayne B. Kerr has been active in promoting the good work of the 
Illinois State Tuberculosis Association.  She has had much to do with the 
promotion of the Christmas Seal campaigns, the planning of clinics and the 
development of open air hospitals.  To help in providing funds for the 
fundamental, life-saving, humanitarian work was her principal objective.  She 
found greatest joy in giving comfort and relief to those afflicted with 
tuberculosis.  That is the character of public service which deserves far 
greater recognition than it receives.  It is genuine and human.  Only such 
devotion to high ideals, makes life worthwhile.  The death of Mrs. Kerr fills 
with profound sorrow the hearts of all who know her work.”



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