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

Name of Deceased:  Mrs. Mary CORDES
Name of Newspaper:  Mattoon Journal-Gazette
Date of Newspaper:  25 October 1941

MRS. CORDES DIES OF HEART AILMENT

Mrs. Mary Cordes, 2520 Marshall Avenue, died at 6 o'clock Friday 
evening at her home after an illness of several months.  Death
 was due to a heart ailment.  Mrs. Cordes was 70 years old.

The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Monday morning in the 
Church of the Immaculate Conception, with Rev. Father T. G. 
Smith officiating.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.  The
body will be at the residence until time for the funeral.

Mrs. Cordes, as Mary Cavanaugh, was born in Mattoon, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cavanaugh.  She attended the parochial
school.  On November 20, 1900, she was married to Charles Cordes 
of Mattoon.  Mr. Cordes died in June, 1936.

Surviving are two sons, Harry and Carl of Mattoon;  a foster 
daughter, Mrs. Mary Roberts of Mattoon;  a grandchild;  two 
sisters, Mrs. Charles Newland of Mattoon and Mrs. Alice Price 
of Terre Haute, and a brother, Michael Cavanaugh of Paducah, 
Ky.

Mrs. Cordes was a member of the Church of the Immaculate 
Conception, the Daughters of Isabella and the Auxiliary to 
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.


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