Obituary of James W TRACY, Crawford County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Admire This obituary was copied from the collection located at the Robinson Public Library. The obituaries themselves are USUALLY not dated. Whoever made the collection has written down the dates by hand. The source of the obituary (i.e. which newspaper) is also USUALLY not included. Transcribed by Dan Weger. Robinson Argus 4/20/1967 James W. Tracy, 74, 402 S. Range St., Oblong, died at 5:45 a.m. Monday at Crawford Memorial Hospital here where he had been a patient since April 9th. A retired pumper for Marathon Oil Company and a veteran of World War I, Mr. Tracy is survived by his wife, Florence; five sons, Paul Tracy, Pampa, Texas; Earl and Wayne Tracy, both of Oblong; Clarence Tracy, Madison Heights, Mich.; and Lee Tracy, Grand Rapids, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. Rex (Helen) Cruzen, St. Louis, Mo.; 22 grandchildren and five great- grandchildren, and a sister, Mary Allen, rural Oblong. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Marshall Funeral Chapel at Oblong with Rev. Carl Hall officiating, assisted by Rev. Calvin Smith. Interment followed in Kirk Cmeetery where Oblong Legion Post 219 conducted graveside services. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: Jim Admire