Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Cryer, Joseph February 5, 1938
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Morris Herald, Feb 5 & 7, 1938
Morris Herald
February 5, 1938

Joseph Cryer, 78, Died this Morning

Joseph Cryer, 78, died in the home of his sister, Mrs. George Mitchell on East 
Benton street this morning at 5:30.  He had been in poor health for the past 
five years following a stroke of paralysis but had been bedfast for less than 
two weeks.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:30 in the Davis Funeral home.  
Rev. Ivan Obenshain will officiate.  Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.  
The Odd Fellows lodge will be in charge of the services.

Mr. Cryer was born Oct. 22, 1859 in Lancashire, England and came to America, 
when a child.  He was united in marriage here to Elizabeth Sims, April 30, 
1884.  No children were born to them.

Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Mark Hamilton of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Ed. 
Bright, Mrs. John Bryant and Mrs. George Mitchell, all of Morris.

Mr. Cryer had been a member of the local Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges.



February 7, 1938

Hold Funeral Services Today for Joseph Cryer
By Harriet Waters
Telephone 835

Morris, Feb. 7 - Funeral services for Joseph Cryer, 79 years old, who died at 
his home on Benton street here Saturday were held this afternoon at 2:30 
o'clock from the Davis funeral home with the Rev. Ivan Obenshain, Methodist 
pastor, officiating.  Burial was in Evergreen cemetery where the Odd Fellows 
lodge conducted rites.

Mr. Cryer, a native of England, came to this country with his parents when he 
was four years old.  Most of his life was spent at Morris.

Four sisters survive, Mrs. Edward Bright, Mrs. John Bryant and George 
Mitchell, of Morris, and Mrs. Mark Hamilton, Kansas City, Mo.  His wife died 
in 1933.

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