Coles County IL Archives Obituaries.....Cordes, Harry
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Obituary of Harry CORDES, Coles County, Illinois

Name of Deceased:  Harry CORDES
Name of Newspaper:  Mattoon Journal-Gazette
Date of Newspaper:  23 April 1945, Monday

HARRY CORDES, I. C. YARD CLERK, DIES

Harry A. Cordes, 42, an Illinois Central Railroad employee,
died at 10 o'clock Sunday night at his home, 2520 Marshall 
Avenue.  Mr. Cordes had been ill more than three months.  
Death was due to a heart ailment.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.  Services will be held
from the Church of the Immaculate Conception.  The body was 
taken to Phillips Funeral Home.

Mr. Cordes was born August 29, 1902, in Mattoon, a son of 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cordes.  He had made his home in Mattoon
all his life and in 1922, he entered the employ of the 
Illinois Central Railroad as a yard clerk, a position he 
retained at the time of his death.  On June 15, 1926, he 
married Margaret Blaine of Linton, Indiana.

Surviving besides his wife are a son, Harry Charles, at home 
and a brother, Carl Cordes of Mattoon.

Mr. Cordes was a member of the Church of the Immaculate 
Conception, the Knights of Columbus and the Brotherhood of 
Railroad Clerks.


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