Obituary of Robert Eugene Page, Hardin County, Illinois Copyright 1999 Wanda Reed Name of Deceased: Robert Eugene PAGE Name of Newspaper: Hardin County Independent Date of Newspaper: Unknown Obituary: Robert Eugene PAGE, son of Mary F. Page and the late Harold Page, was born in Detroit, Mich., February 7, 1931, and died at the military hospital at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, October 21, 1959, at the age of 28 years, 8 months and 14 days. He was one of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Page. When Robert was but a lad the family moved to Hardin County, ILL. He attended the Tower Rock School and later the Cave-in-Rock High School from which he graduated with the class of '49. Later he was for a time a student at the University of Illinois, Champaign. In his efforts to obtain an education he had more recently attended night school at the Eastern New Mexico University. On Dec. 31, 1950, he was united in marriage to Miss Florence Frailey, Cave-in-Rock. To their union was born one son, Robert Ted. In addition to his wife and son, other members of the family who survive him are the mother, Mrs. Mary F. Page, one brother Captain William Nick Page, Mather Air Force Base, CA and four sisters, Mrs. Mary Lee Kubert, Detroit, Mrs Cherita Walker, Cave-in-Rock, Mrs. Erma Dale Noel, Cedar Lake, INd., and Mrs. Jeanine Linn, Benton, Ill. One brother preceded him in death. In December, 1951, Mr. Page voluntarily enlisted in the service of his country. He received his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Later he received additional training at Denver, Colo. For the past seven years he has been station at Roswell, New Mexico. He and his wife had established a home there. He had achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant, and before his illness, which caused his death, was with the Strategic Air Command 39th. Bomb Squadron 6 Bomb wing. He had been hospitalized since March and on June 29th. was granted a medical retirement. He was, however under treatment at military hospitals until the time of his death. Staff Sergeant Page was a memeber of Cave-in-Rock Lodge No. 444 A.F&A.M. Before his death he had united with the Roswell First Methodist church. He had many admirable traits of character and he will be sadly missed, not only by the immediate family, but by a large number of other relatives and many friends. ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wanda Reed